 | Book 9 Chapter 19
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | saṃnivṛtte balaughe tu śālvo mlecchagaṇādhipaḥ
abhyavartata saṃkruddhaḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ sumahad balam
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| 2 | āsthāya sumahānāgaṃ prabhinnaṃ parvatopamam
dṛptam airāvataprakhyam amitragaṇamardanam
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| 3 | yo 'sau mahābhadrakulaprasūtaḥ; supūjito dhārtarāṣṭreṇa nityam
sukalpitaḥ śāstraviniścayajñaiḥ; sadopavāhyaḥ samareṣu rājan
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| 4 | tam āsthito rājavaro babhūva; yathodayasthaḥ savitā kṣapānte
sa tena nāgapravareṇa rājann; abhyudyayau pāṇḍusutān samantāt
śitaiḥ pṛṣatkair vidadāra cāpi; mahendravajrapratimaiḥ sughoraiḥ
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| 5 | tataḥ śarān vai sṛjato mahāraṇe; yodhāṃś ca rājan nayato yamāya
nāsyāntaraṃ dadṛśuḥ sve pare vā; yathā purā vajradharasya daityāḥ
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te pāṇḍavāḥ somakāḥ sṛñjayāś ca; tam eva nāgaṃ dadṛśuḥ samantāt
sahasraśo vai vicarantam ekaṃ; yathā mahendrasya gajaṃ samīpe
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| 7 | saṃdrāvyamāṇaṃ tu balaṃ pareṣāṃ; parītakalpaṃ vibabhau samantāt
naivāvatasthe samare bhṛśaṃ bhayād; vimardamānaṃ tu parasparaṃ tadā
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| 8 | tataḥ prabhagnā sahasā mahācamūḥ; sā pāṇḍavī tena narādhipena
diśaś catasraḥ sahasā pradhāvitā; gajendravegaṃ tam apārayantī
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| 9 | dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ vegavatā prabhagnāṃ; sarve tvadīyā yudhi yodhamukhyāḥ
apūjayaṃs tatra narādhipaṃ taṃ; dadhmuś ca śaṅkhāñ śaśisaṃnikāśān
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śrutvā ninādaṃ tv atha kauravāṇāṃ; harṣād vimuktaṃ saha śaṅkhaśabdaiḥ
senāpatiḥ pāṇḍavasṛñjayānāṃ; pāñcālaputro na mamarṣa roṣāt
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| 11 | tatas tu taṃ vai dviradaṃ mahātmā; pratyudyayau tvaramāṇo jayāya
jambho yathā śakrasamāgame vai; nāgendram airāvaṇam indravāhyam
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| 12 | tam āpatantaṃ sahasā tu dṛṣṭvā; pāñcālarājaṃ yudhi rājasiṃhaḥ
taṃ vai dvipaṃ preṣayām āsa tūrṇaṃ; vadhāya rājan drupadātmajasya
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| 13 | sa taṃ dvipaṃ sahasābhyāpatantam; avidhyad arkapratimaiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ
karmāradhautair niśitair jvaladbhir; nārācamukhyais tribhir ugravegaiḥ
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| 14 | tato 'parān pañca śitān mahātmā; nārācamukhyān visasarja kumbhe
sa tais tu viddhaḥ paramadvipo raṇe; tadā parāvṛtya bhṛśaṃ pradudruve
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| 15 | taṃ nāgarājaṃ sahasā praṇunnaṃ; vidrāvyamāṇaṃ ca nigṛhya śālvaḥ
tottrāṅkuśaiḥ preṣayām āsa tūrṇaṃ; pāñcālarājasya rathaṃ pradiśya
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| 16 | dṛṣṭvāpatantaṃ sahasā tu nāgaṃ; dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ svarathāc chīghram eva
gadāṃ pragṛhyāśu javena vīro; bhūmiṃ prapanno bhayavihvalāṅgaḥ
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| 17 | sa taṃ rathaṃ hemavibhūṣitāṅgaṃ; sāśvaṃ sasūtaṃ sahasā vimṛdya
utkṣipya hastena tadā mahādvipo; vipothayām āsa vasuṃdharātale
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| 18 | pāñcālarājasya sutaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā; tadārditaṃ nāgavareṇa tena
tam abhyadhāvat sahasā javena; bhīmaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca śineś ca naptā
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| 19 | śaraiś ca vegaṃ sahasā nigṛhya; tasyābhito 'bhyāpatato gajasya
sa saṃgṛhīto rathibhir gajo vai; cacāla tair vāryamāṇaś ca saṃkhye
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| 20 | tataḥ pṛṣatkān pravavarṣa rājā; sūryo yathā raśmijālaṃ samantāt
tenāśugair vadhyamānā rathaughāḥ; pradudruvus tatra tatas tu sarve
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| 21 | tat karma śālvasya samīkṣya sarve; pāñcālamatsyā nṛpa sṛñjayāś ca
hāhākārair nādayantaḥ sma yuddhe; dvipaṃ samantād rurudhur narāgryāḥ
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| 22 | pāñcālarājas tvaritas tu śūro; gadāṃ pragṛhyācalaśṛṅgakalpām
asaṃbhramaṃ bhārata śatrughātī; javena vīro 'nusasāra nāgam
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| 23 | tato 'tha nāgaṃ dharaṇīdharābhaṃ; madaṃ sravantaṃ jaladaprakāśam
gadāṃ samāvidhya bhṛśaṃ jaghāna; pāñcālarājasya sutas tarasvī
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| 24 | sa bhinnakumbhaḥ sahasā vinadya; mukhāt prabhūtaṃ kṣatajaṃ vimuñcan
papāta nāgo dharaṇīdharābhaḥ; kṣitiprakampāc calito yathādriḥ
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| 25 | nipātyamāne tu tadā gajendre; hāhākṛte tava putrasya sainye
sa śālvarājasya śinipravīro; jahāra bhallena śiraḥ śitena
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| 26 | hṛtottamāṅgo yudhi sātvatena; papāta bhūmau saha nāgarājñā
yathādriśṛṅgaṃ sumahat praṇunnaṃ; vajreṇa devādhipacoditena
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