 | Book 9 Chapter 20
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tasmiṃs tu nihate śūre śālve samitiśobhane
tavābhajyad balaṃ vegād vāteneva mahādrumaḥ
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| 2 | tat prabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ
dadhāra samare śūraḥ śatrusainyaṃ mahābalaḥ
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| 3 | saṃnivṛttās tu te śūrā dṛṣṭvā sātvatam āhave
śailopamaṃ sthitaṃ rājan kīryamāṇaṃ śarair yudhi
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| 4 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
nivṛttānāṃ mahārāja mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam
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| 5 | tatrāścaryam abhūd yuddhaṃ sātvatasya paraiḥ saha
yad eko vārayām āsa pāṇḍusenāṃ durāsadām
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| 6 | teṣām anyonyasuhṛdāṃ kṛte karmaṇi duṣkare
siṃhanādaḥ prahṛṣṭānāṃ divaḥspṛk sumahān abhūt
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| 7 | tena śabdena vitrastān pāñcālān bharatarṣabha
śiner naptā mahābāhur anvapadyata sātyakiḥ
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| 8 | sa samāsādya rājānaṃ kṣemadhūrtiṃ mahābalam
saptabhir niśitair bāṇair anayad yamasādanam
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| 9 | tam āyāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ pravapantaṃ śitāñ śarān
javenābhyapatad dhīmān hārdikyaḥ śinipuṃgavam
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| 10 | tau siṃhāv iva nardantau dhanvinau rathināṃ varau
anyonyam abhyadhāvetāṃ śastrapravaradhāriṇau
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| 11 | pāṇḍavāḥ saha pāñcālair yodhāś cānye nṛpottamāḥ
prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
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| 12 | nārācair vatsadantaiś ca vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathau
abhijaghnatur anyonyaṃ prahṛṣṭāv iva kuñjarau
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| 13 | carantau vividhān mārgān hārdikyaśinipuṃgavau
muhur antardadhāte tau bāṇavṛṣṭyā parasparam
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| 14 | cāpavegabaloddhūtān mārgaṇān vṛṣṇisiṃhayoḥ
ākāśe samapaśyāma pataṃgān iva śīghragān
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| 15 | tam ekaṃ satyakarmāṇam āsādya hṛdikātmajaḥ
avidhyan niśitair bāṇaiś caturbhiś caturo hayān
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| 16 | sa dīrghabāhuḥ saṃkruddhas tottrārdita iva dvipaḥ
aṣṭābhiḥ kṛtavarmāṇam avidhyat parameṣubhiḥ
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| 17 | tataḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭaiḥ kṛtavarmā śilāśitaiḥ
sātyakiṃ tribhir āhatya dhanur ekena cicchide
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| 18 | nikṛttaṃ tad dhanuḥśreṣṭham apāsya śinipuṃgavaḥ
anyad ādatta vegena śaineyaḥ saśaraṃ dhanuḥ
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| 19 | tad ādāya dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanvinām
āropya ca mahāvīryo mahābuddhir mahābalaḥ
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| 20 | amṛṣyamāṇo dhanuṣaś chedanaṃ kṛtavarmaṇā
kupito 'tirathaḥ śīghraṃ kṛtavarmāṇam abhyayāt
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| 21 | tataḥ suniśitair bāṇair daśabhiḥ śinipuṃgavaḥ
jaghāna sūtam aśvāṃś ca dhvajaṃ ca kṛtavarmaṇaḥ
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| 22 | tato rājan maheṣvāsaḥ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ
hatāśvasūtaṃ saṃprekṣya rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam
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| 23 | roṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ śūlam udyamya māriṣa
cikṣepa bhujavegena jighāṃsuḥ śinipuṃgavam
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| 24 | tac chūlaṃ sātvato hy ājau nirbhidya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
cūrṇitaṃ pātayām āsa mohayann iva mādhavam
tato 'pareṇa bhallena hṛdy enaṃ samatāḍayat
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| 25 | sa yuddhe yuyudhānena hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
kṛtavarmā kṛtāstreṇa dharaṇīm anvapadyata
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| 26 | tasmin sātyakinā vīre dvairathe virathīkṛte
samapadyata sarveṣāṃ sainyānāṃ sumahad bhayam
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| 27 | putrasya tava cātyarthaṃ viṣādaḥ samapadyata
hatasūte hatāśve ca virathe kṛtavarmaṇi
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| 28 | hatāśvaṃ ca samālakṣya hatasūtam ariṃdamam
abhyadhāvat kṛpo rājañ jighāṃsuḥ śinipuṃgavam
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| 29 | tam āropya rathopasthe miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām
apovāha mahābāhus tūrṇam āyodhanād api
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| 30 | śaineye 'dhiṣṭhite rājan virathe kṛtavarmaṇi
duryodhanabalaṃ sarvaṃ punar āsīt parāṅmukham
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| 31 | tatpare nāvabudhyanta sainyena rajasāvṛte
tāvakāḥ pradrutā rājan duryodhanam ṛte nṛpam
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| 32 | duryodhanas tu saṃprekṣya bhagnaṃ svabalam antikāt
javenābhyapatat tūrṇaṃ sarvāṃś caiko nyavārayat
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| 33 | pāṇḍūṃś ca sarvān saṃkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam
śikhaṇḍinaṃ draupadeyān pāñcālānāṃ ca ye gaṇāḥ
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| 34 | kekayān somakāṃś caiva pāñcālāṃś caiva māriṣa
asaṃbhramaṃ durādharṣaḥ śitair astrair avārayat
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| 35 | atiṣṭhad āhave yattaḥ putras tava mahābalaḥ
yathā yajñe mahān agnir mantrapūtaḥ prakāśayan
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| 36 | taṃ pare nābhyavartanta martyā mṛtyum ivāhave
athānyaṃ ratham āsthāya hārdikyaḥ samapadyata
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