 | Book 8 Chapter 21
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ karṇaṃ puraskṛtya tvadīyā yuddhadurmadāḥ
punar āvṛtya saṃgrāmaṃ cakrur devāsuropamam
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| 2 | dviradarathanarāśvaśaṅkhaśabdaiḥ; parihṛṣitā vividhaiś ca śastrapātaiḥ
dviradarathapadātisārthavāhāḥ; paripatitābhimukhāḥ prajahrire te
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| 3 | śaraparaśuvarāsipaṭṭiśair; iṣubhir anekavidhaiś ca sāditāḥ
dviradarathahayā mahāhave; varapuruṣaiḥ puruṣāś ca vāhanaiḥ
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| 4 | kamaladinakarendusaṃnibhaiḥ; sitadaśanaiḥ sumukhākṣināsikaiḥ
ruciramukuṭakuṇḍalair mahī; puruṣaśirobhir avastṛtā babhau
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| 5 | parighamusalaśaktitomarair; nakharabhuśuṇḍigadāśatair drutāḥ
dviradanarahayāḥ sahasraśo; rudhiranadīpravahās tadābhavan
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| 6 | prahatanararathāśvakuñjaraṃ; pratibhayadarśanam ulbaṇaṃ tadā
tad ahitanihataṃ babhau balaṃ; pitṛpatirāṣṭram iva prajākṣaye
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| 7 | atha tava naradeva sainikās; tava ca sutāḥ surasūnusaṃnibhāḥ
amitabalapuraḥsarā raṇe; kuruvṛṣabhāḥ śiniputram abhyayuḥ
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| 8 | tad atirucirabhīmam ābabhau; puruṣavarāśvarathadvipākulam
lavaṇajalasamuddhatasvanaṃ; balam amarāsurasainyasaṃnibham
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| 9 | surapatisamavikramas tatas; tridaśavarāvarajopamaṃ yudhi
dinakarakiraṇaprabhaiḥ pṛṣatkai; ravitanayo 'bhyahanac chinipravīram
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| 10 | tam api sarathavājisārathiṃ; śinivṛṣabho vividhaiḥ śarais tvaran
bhujagaviṣasamaprabhai raṇe; puruṣavaraṃ samavāstṛṇot tadā
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| 11 | śinivṛṣabhaśaraprapīḍitaṃ; tava suhṛdo vasuṣeṇam abhyayuḥ
tvaritam atirathā ratharṣabhaṃ; dviradarathāśvapadātibhiḥ saha
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| 12 | tam udadhinibham ādravad balī; tvaritataraiḥ samabhidrutaṃ paraiḥ
drupadasutasakhas tadākarot; puruṣarathāśvagajakṣayaṃ mahat
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| 13 | atha puruṣavarau kṛtāhnikau; bhavam abhipūjya yathāvidhi prabhum
arivadhakṛtaniścayau drutaṃ; tava balam arjunakeśavau sṛtau
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| 14 | jaladaninadanisvanaṃ rathaṃ; pavanavidhūtapatākaketanam
sitahayam upayāntam antikaṃ; hṛtamanaso dadṛśus tadārayaḥ
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| 15 | atha visphārya gāṇḍīvaṃ raṇe nṛtyann ivārjunaḥ
śarasaṃbādham akarot khaṃ diśaḥ pradiśas tathā
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| 16 | rathān vimānapratimān sajjayantrāyudhadhvajān
sasārathīṃs tadā bāṇair abhrāṇīvānilo 'vadhīt
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| 17 | gajān gajaprayantṝṃś ca vaijayantyāyudhadhvajān
sādino 'śvāṃś ca pattīṃś ca śarair ninye yamakṣayam
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| 18 | tam antakam iva kruddham anivāryaṃ mahāratham
duryodhano 'bhyayād eko nighnan bāṇaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ
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| 19 | tasyārjuno dhanuḥ sūtaṃ ketum aśvāṃś ca sāyakaiḥ
hatvā saptabhir ekaikaṃ chatraṃ ciccheda patriṇā
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| 20 | navamaṃ ca samāsādya vyasṛjat pratighātinam
duryodhanāyeṣuvaraṃ taṃ drauṇiḥ saptadhācchinat
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| 21 | tato drauṇer dhanuś chittvā hatvā cāśvavarāñ śaraiḥ
kṛpasyāpi tathātyugraṃ dhanuś ciccheda pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 22 | hārdikyasya dhanuś chittvā dhvajaṃ cāśvaṃ tathāvadhīt
duḥśāsanasyeṣuvaraṃ chittvā rādheyam abhyayāt
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| 23 | atha sātyakim utsṛjya tvaran karṇo 'rjunaṃ tribhiḥ
viddhvā vivyādha viṃśatyā kṛṣṇaṃ pārthaṃ punas tribhiḥ
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| 24 | atha sātyakir āgatya karṇaṃ viddhvā śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
navatyā navabhiś cograiḥ śatena punar ārdayat
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| 25 | tataḥ pravīrāḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ sarve karṇam apīḍayan
yudhāmanyuḥ śikhaṇḍī ca draupadeyāḥ prabhadrakāḥ
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| 26 | uttamaujā yuyutsuś ca yamau pārṣata eva ca
cedikārūṣamatsyānāṃ kekayānāṃ ca yad balam
cekitānaś ca balavān dharmarājaś ca suvrataḥ
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| 27 | ete rathāśvadviradaiḥ pattibhiś cogravikramaiḥ
parivārya raṇe karṇaṃ nānāśastrair avākiran
bhāṣanto vāgbhir ugrābhiḥ sarve karṇavadhe vṛtāḥ
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| 28 | tāṃ śastravṛṣṭiṃ bahudhā chittvā karṇaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
apovāha sma tān sarvān drumān bhaṅktveva mārutaḥ
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| 29 | rathinaḥ samahāmātrān gajān aśvān sasādinaḥ
śaravrātāṃś ca saṃkruddho nighnan karṇo vyadṛśyata
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| 30 | tad vadhyamānaṃ pāṇḍūnāṃ balaṃ karṇāstratejasā
viśastrakṣatadehaṃ ca prāya āsīt parāṅmukham
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| 31 | atha karṇāstram astreṇa pratihatyārjunaḥ svayam
diśaḥ khaṃ caiva bhūmiṃ ca prāvṛṇoc charavṛṣṭibhiḥ
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| 32 | musalānīva niṣpetuḥ parighā iva ceṣavaḥ
śataghnya iva cāpy anye vajrāṇy ugrāṇi vāpare
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| 33 | tair vadhyamānaṃ tat sainyaṃ sapattyaśvarathadvipam
nimīlitākṣam atyartham udabhrāmyat samantataḥ
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| 34 | niṣkaivalyaṃ tadā yuddhaṃ prāpur aśvanaradvipāḥ
vadhyamānāḥ śarair anye tadā bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ
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| 35 | evaṃ teṣāṃ tadā yuddhe saṃsaktānāṃ jayaiṣiṇām
girim astaṃ samāsādya pratyapadyata bhānumān
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| 36 | tamasā ca mahārāja rajasā ca viśeṣataḥ
na kiṃ cit pratyapaśyāma śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham
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| 37 | te trasanto maheṣvāsā rātriyuddhasya bhārata
apayānaṃ tataś cakruḥ sahitāḥ sarvavājibhiḥ
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| 38 | kauraveṣu ca yāteṣu tadā rājan dinakṣaye
jayaṃ sumanasaḥ prāpya pārthāḥ svaśibiraṃ yayuḥ
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| 39 | vāditraśabdair vividhaiḥ siṃhanādaiś ca nartitaiḥ
parān avahasantaś ca stuvantaś cācyutārjunau
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| 40 | kṛte 'vahāre tair vīraiḥ sainikāḥ sarva eva te
āśiṣaḥ pāṇḍaveyeṣu prāyujyanta nareśvarāḥ
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| 41 | tataḥ kṛte 'vahāre ca prahṛṣṭāḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ
niśāyāṃ śibiraṃ gatvā nyaviśanta nareśvarāḥ
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| 42 | yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācāś ca śvāpadāni ca saṃghaśaḥ
jagmur āyodhanaṃ ghoraṃ rudrasyānartanopamam
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