 | Book 9 Chapter 15
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ sainyās tava vibho madrarājapuraskṛtāḥ
punar abhyadravan pārthān vegena mahatā raṇe
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| 2 | pīḍitās tāvakāḥ sarve pradhāvanto raṇotkaṭāḥ
kṣaṇenaiva ca pārthāṃs te bahutvāt samaloḍayan
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| 3 | te vadhyamānāḥ kurubhiḥ pāṇḍavā nāvatasthire
nivāryamāṇā bhīmena paśyatoḥ kṛṣṇapārthayoḥ
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| 4 | tato dhanaṃjayaḥ kruddhaḥ kṛpaṃ saha padānugaiḥ
avākirac charaugheṇa kṛtavarmāṇam eva ca
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| 5 | śakuniṃ sahadevas tu sahasainyam avārayat
nakulaḥ pārśvataḥ sthitvā madrarājam avaikṣata
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| 6 | draupadeyā narendrāṃś ca bhūyiṣṭhaṃ samavārayan
droṇaputraṃ ca pāñcālyaḥ śikhaṇḍī samavārayat
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| 7 | bhīmasenas tu rājānaṃ gadāpāṇir avārayat
śalyaṃ tu saha sainyena kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ saṃsaktaṃ tatra tatra ha
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca saṃgrāmeṣv anivartinām
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| 9 | tatra paśyāmahe karma śalyasyātimahad raṇe
yad ekaḥ sarvasainyāni pāṇḍavānām ayudhyata
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| 10 | vyadṛśyata tadā śalyo yudhiṣṭhirasamīpataḥ
raṇe candramaso 'bhyāśe śanaiścara iva grahaḥ
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| 11 | pīḍayitvā tu rājānaṃ śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ
abhyadhāvat punar bhīmaṃ śaravarṣair avākirat
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| 12 | tasya tal lāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathaiva ca kṛtāstratām
apūjayann anīkāni pareṣāṃ tāvakāni ca
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| 13 | pīḍyamānās tu śalyena pāṇḍavā bhṛśavikṣatāḥ
prādravanta raṇaṃ hitvā krośamāne yudhiṣṭhire
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| 14 | vadhyamāneṣv anīkeṣu madrarājena pāṇḍavaḥ
amarṣavaśam āpanno dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
tataḥ pauruṣam āsthāya madrarājam apīḍayat
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| 15 | jayo vāstu vadho veti kṛtabuddhir mahārathaḥ
samāhūyābravīt sarvān bhrātṝn kṛṣṇaṃ ca mādhavam
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| 16 | bhīṣmo droṇaś ca karṇaś ca ye cānye pṛthivīkṣitaḥ
kauravārthe parākrāntāḥ saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
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| 17 | yathābhāgaṃ yathotsāhaṃ bhavantaḥ kṛtapauruṣāḥ
bhāgo 'vaśiṣṭa eko 'yaṃ mama śalyo mahārathaḥ
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| 18 | so 'ham adya yudhā jetum āśaṃse madrakeśvaram
tatra yan mānasaṃ mahyaṃ tat sarvaṃ nigadāmi vaḥ
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| 19 | cakrarakṣāv imau śūrau mama mādravatīsutau
ajeyau vāsavenāpi samare vīrasaṃmatau
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| 20 | sādhv imau mātulaṃ yuddhe kṣatradharmapuraskṛtau
madarthaṃ pratiyudhyetāṃ mānārhau satyasaṃgarau
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| 21 | māṃ vā śalyo raṇe hantā taṃ vāhaṃ bhadram astu vaḥ
iti satyām imāṃ vāṇīṃ lokavīrā nibodhata
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| 22 | yotsye 'haṃ mātulenādya kṣatradharmeṇa pārthivāḥ
svayaṃ samabhisaṃdhāya vijayāyetarāya vā
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| 23 | tasya me 'bhyadhikaṃ śastraṃ sarvopakaraṇāni ca
saṃyuñjantu raṇe kṣipraṃ śāstravad rathayojakāḥ
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| 24 | śaineyo dakṣiṇaṃ cakraṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnas tathottaram
pṛṣṭhagopo bhavatv adya mama pārtho dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 25 | puraḥsaro mamādyāstu bhīmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
evam abhyadhikaḥ śalyād bhaviṣyāmi mahāmṛdhe
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| 26 | evam uktās tathā cakruḥ sarve rājñaḥ priyaiṣiṇaḥ
tataḥ praharṣaḥ sainyānāṃ punar āsīt tadā nṛpa
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| 27 | pāñcālānāṃ somakānāṃ matsyānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
pratijñāṃ tāṃ ca saṃgrāme dharmarājasya pūrayan
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| 28 | tataḥ śaṅkhāṃś ca bherīś ca śataśaś caiva puṣkarān
avādayanta pāñcālāḥ siṃhanādāṃś ca nedire
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| 29 | te 'bhyadhāvanta saṃrabdhā madrarājaṃ tarasvinaḥ
mahatā harṣajenātha nādena kurupuṃgavāḥ
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| 30 | hrādena gajaghaṇṭānāṃ śaṅkhānāṃ ninadena ca
tūryaśabdena mahatā nādayantaś ca medinīm
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| 31 | tān pratyagṛhṇāt putras te madrarājaś ca vīryavān
mahāmeghān iva bahūñ śailāv astodayāv ubhau
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| 32 | śalyas tu samaraślāghī dharmarājam ariṃdamam
vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa varṣeṇa maghavān iva
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| 33 | tathaiva kururājo 'pi pragṛhya ruciraṃ dhanuḥ
droṇopadeśān vividhān darśayāno mahāmanāḥ
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| 34 | vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi citraṃ laghu ca suṣṭhu ca
na cāsya vivaraṃ kaś cid dadarśa carato raṇe
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| 35 | tāv ubhau vividhair bāṇais tatakṣāte parasparam
śārdūlāv āmiṣaprepsū parākrāntāv ivāhave
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| 36 | bhīmas tu tava putreṇa raṇaśauṇḍena saṃgataḥ
pāñcālyaḥ sātyakiś caiva mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau
śakunipramukhān vīrān pratyagṛhṇan samantataḥ
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| 37 | tadāsīt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ punar eva jayaiṣiṇām
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca rājan durmantrite tava
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| 38 | duryodhanas tu bhīmasya śareṇānataparvaṇā
cicchedādiśya saṃgrāme dhvajaṃ hemavibhūṣitam
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| 39 | sakiṅkiṇīkajālena mahatā cārudarśanaḥ
papāta ruciraḥ siṃho bhīmasenasya nānadan
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| 40 | punaś cāsya dhanuś citraṃ gajarājakaropamam
kṣureṇa śitadhāreṇa pracakarta narādhipaḥ
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| 41 | sa cchinnadhanvā tejasvī rathaśaktyā sutaṃ tava
bibhedorasi vikramya sa rathopastha āviśat
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| 42 | tasmin moham anuprāpte punar eva vṛkodaraḥ
yantur eva śiraḥ kāyāt kṣurapreṇāharat tadā
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| 43 | hatasūtā hayās tasya ratham ādāya bhārata
vyadravanta diśo rājan hāhākāras tadābhavat
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| 44 | tam abhyadhāvat trāṇārthaṃ droṇaputro mahārathaḥ
kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca putraṃ te 'bhiparīpsavaḥ
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| 45 | tasmin vilulite sainye trastās tasya padānugāḥ
gāṇḍīvadhanvā visphārya dhanus tān ahanac charaiḥ
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| 46 | yudhiṣṭhiras tu madreśam abhyadhāvad amarṣitaḥ
svayaṃ saṃcodayann aśvān dantavarṇān manojavān
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| 47 | tatrādbhutam apaśyāma kuntīputre yudhiṣṭhire
purā bhūtvā mṛdur dānto yat tadā dāruṇo 'bhavat
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| 48 | vivṛtākṣaś ca kaunteyo vepamānaś ca manyunā
ciccheda yodhān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
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yāṃ yāṃ pratyudyayau senāṃ tāṃ tāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ sa pāṇḍavaḥ
śarair apātayad rājan girīn vajrair ivottamaiḥ
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| 50 | sāśvasūtadhvajarathān rathinaḥ pātayan bahūn
ākrīḍad eko balavān pavanas toyadān iva
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| 51 | sāśvārohāṃś ca turagān pattīṃś caiva sahasraśaḥ
vyapothayata saṃgrāme kruddho rudraḥ paśūn iva
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| 52 | śūnyam āyodhanaṃ kṛtvā śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ
abhyadravata madreśaṃ tiṣṭha śalyeti cābravīt
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| 53 | tasya tac caritaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃgrāme bhīmakarmaṇaḥ
vitresus tāvakāḥ sarve śalyas tv enaṃ samabhyayāt
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| 54 | tatas tau tu susaṃrabdhau pradhmāpya salilodbhavau
samāhūya tadānyonyaṃ bhartsayantau samīyatuḥ
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| 55 | śalyas tu śaravarṣeṇa yudhiṣṭhiram avākirat
madrarājaṃ ca kaunteyaḥ śaravarṣair avākirat
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| 56 | vyadṛśyetāṃ tadā rājan kaṅkapatribhir āhave
udbhinnarudhirau śūrau madrarājayudhiṣṭhirau
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| 57 | puṣpitāv iva rejāte vane śalmalikiṃśukā
dīpyamānau mahātmānau prāṇayor yuddhadurmadau
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| 58 | dṛṣṭvā sarvāṇi sainyāni nādhyavasyaṃs tayor jayam
hatvā madrādhipaṃ pārtho bhokṣyate 'dya vasuṃdharām
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| 59 | śalyo vā pāṇḍavaṃ hatvā dadyād duryodhanāya gām
itīva niścayo nābhūd yodhānāṃ tatra bhārata
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| 60 | pradakṣiṇam abhūt sarvaṃ dharmarājasya yudhyataḥ
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| 61 | tataḥ śaraśataṃ śalyo mumocāśu yudhiṣṭhire
dhanuś cāsya śitāgreṇa bāṇena nirakṛntata
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| 62 | so 'nyat kārmukam ādāya śalyaṃ śaraśatais tribhiḥ
avidhyat kārmukaṃ cāsya kṣureṇa nirakṛntata
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| 63 | athāsya nijaghānāśvāṃś caturo nataparvabhiḥ
dvābhyām atha śitāgrābhyām ubhau ca pārṣṇisārathī
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| 64 | tato 'sya dīpyamānena pītena niśitena ca
pramukhe vartamānasya bhallenāpāharad dhvajam
tataḥ prabhagnaṃ tat sainyaṃ dauryodhanam ariṃdama
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| 65 | tato madrādhipaṃ drauṇir abhyadhāvat tathākṛtam
āropya cainaṃ svarathaṃ tvaramāṇaḥ pradudruve
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| 66 | muhūrtam iva tau gatvā nardamāne yudhiṣṭhire
sthitvā tato madrapatir anyaṃ syandanam āsthitaḥ
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| 67 | vidhivat kalpitaṃ śubhraṃ mahāmbudaninādinam
sajjayantropakaraṇaṃ dviṣatāṃ romaharṣaṇam
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