 | Book 11 Chapter 16
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | evam uktvā tu gāndhārī kurūṇām āvikartanam
apaśyat tatra tiṣṭhantī sarvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā
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| 2 | pativratā mahābhāgā samānavratacāriṇī
ugreṇa tapasā yuktā satataṃ satyavādinī
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| 3 | varadānena kṛṣṇasya maharṣeḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
divyajñānabalopetā vividhaṃ paryadevayat
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| 4 | dadarśa sā buddhimatī dūrād api yathāntike
raṇājiraṃ nṛvīrāṇām adbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
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| 5 | asthikeśaparistīrṇaṃ śoṇitaughapariplutam
śarīrair bahusāhasrair vinikīrṇaṃ samantataḥ
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| 6 | gajāśvarathayodhānām āvṛtaṃ rudhirāvilaiḥ
śarīrair aśiraskaiś ca videhaiś ca śirogaṇaiḥ
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| 7 | gajāśvanaravīrāṇāṃ niḥsattvair abhisaṃvṛtam
sṛgālabaḍakākolakaṅkakākaniṣevitam
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| 8 | rakṣasāṃ puruṣādānāṃ modanaṃ kurarākulam
aśivābhiḥ śivābhiś ca nāditaṃ gṛdhrasevitam
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| 9 | tato vyāsābhyanujñāto dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ
pāṇḍuputrāś ca te sarve yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ
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| 10 | vāsudevaṃ puraskṛtya hatabandhuṃ ca pārthivam
kurustriyaḥ samāsādya jagmur āyodhanaṃ prati
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| 11 | samāsādya kurukṣetraṃ tāḥ striyo nihateśvarāḥ
apaśyanta hatāṃs tatra putrān bhrātṝn pitṝn patīn
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| 12 | kravyādair bhakṣyamāṇān vai gomāyubaḍavāyasaiḥ
bhūtaiḥ piśācai rakṣobhir vividhaiś ca niśācaraiḥ
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| 13 | rudrākrīḍanibhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā viśasanaṃ striyaḥ
mahārhebhyo 'tha yānebhyo vikrośantyo nipetire
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| 14 | adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ paśyantyo duḥkhārtā bharatastriyaḥ
śarīreṣv askhalann anyā nyapataṃś cāparā bhuvi
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| 15 | śrāntānāṃ cāpy anāthānāṃ nāsīt kā cana cetanā
pāñcālakuruyoṣāṇāṃ kṛpaṇaṃ tad abhūn mahat
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| 16 | duḥkhopahatacittābhiḥ samantād anunāditam
dṛṣṭvāyodhanam atyugraṃ dharmajñā subalātmajā
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| 17 | tataḥ sā puṇḍarīkākṣam āmantrya puruṣottamam
kurūṇāṃ vaiśasaṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhād vacanam abravīt
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| 18 | paśyaitāḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa snuṣā me nihateśvarāḥ
prakīrṇakeśāḥ krośantīḥ kurarīr iva mādhava
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| 19 | amūs tv abhisamāgamya smarantyo bharatarṣabhān
pṛthag evābhyadhāvanta putrān bhrātṝn pitṝn patīn
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| 20 | vīrasūbhir mahābāho hataputrābhir āvṛtam
kva cic ca vīrapatnībhir hatavīrābhir ākulam
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| 21 | śobhitaṃ puruṣavyāghrair bhīṣmakarṇābhimanyubhiḥ
droṇadrupadaśalyaiś ca jvaladbhir iva pāvakaiḥ
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| 22 | kāñcanaiḥ kavacair niṣkair maṇibhiś ca mahātmanām
aṅgadair hastakeyūraiḥ sragbhiś ca samalaṃkṛtam
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| 23 | vīrabāhuvisṛṣṭābhiḥ śaktibhiḥ parighair api
khaḍgaiś ca vimalais tīkṣṇaiḥ saśaraiś ca śarāsanaiḥ
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| 24 | kravyādasaṃghair muditais tiṣṭhadbhiḥ sahitaiḥ kva cit
kva cid ākrīḍamānaiś ca śayānair aparaiḥ kva cit
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| 25 | etad evaṃvidhaṃ vīra saṃpaśyāyodhanaṃ vibho
paśyamānā ca dahyāmi śokenāhaṃ janārdana
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| 26 | pāñcālānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca vināśaṃ madhusūdana
pañcānām iva bhūtānāṃ nāhaṃ vadham acintayam
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| 27 | tān suparṇāś ca gṛdhrāś ca niṣkarṣanty asṛgukṣitān
nigṛhya kavaceṣūgrā bhakṣayanti sahasraśaḥ
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| 28 | jayadrathasya karṇasya tathaiva droṇabhīṣmayoḥ
abhimanyor vināśaṃ ca kaś cintayitum arhati
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| 29 | avadhyakalpān nihatān dṛṣṭvāhaṃ madhusūdana
gṛdhrakaṅkabaḍaśyenaśvasṛgālādanīkṛtān
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| 30 | amarṣavaśam āpannān duryodhanavaśe sthitān
paśyemān puruṣavyāghrān saṃśāntān pāvakān iva
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| 31 | śayanāny ucitāḥ sarve mṛdūni vimalāni ca
vipannās te 'dya vasudhāṃ vivṛtām adhiśerate
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| 32 | bandibhiḥ satataṃ kāle stuvadbhir abhinanditāḥ
śivānām aśivā ghorāḥ śṛṇvanti vividhā giraḥ
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| 33 | ye purā śerate vīrāḥ śayaneṣu yaśasvinaḥ
candanāgurudigdhāṅgās te 'dya pāṃsuṣu śerate
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| 34 | teṣām ābharaṇāny ete gṛdhragomāyuvāyasāḥ
ākṣipanty aśivā ghorā vinadantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 35 | cāpāni viśikhān pītān nistriṃśān vimalā gadāḥ
yuddhābhimāninaḥ prītā jīvanta iva bibhrati
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| 36 | surūpavarṇā bahavaḥ kravyādair avaghaṭṭitāḥ
ṛṣabhapratirūpākṣāḥ śerate haritasrajaḥ
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| 37 | apare punar āliṅgya gadāḥ parighabāhavaḥ
śerate 'bhimukhāḥ śūrā dayitā iva yoṣitaḥ
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| 38 | bibhrataḥ kavacāny anye vimalāny āyudhāni ca
na dharṣayanti kravyādā jīvantīti janārdana
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| 39 | kravyādaiḥ kṛṣyamāṇānām apareṣāṃ mahātmanām
śātakaumbhyaḥ srajaś citrā viprakīrṇāḥ samantataḥ
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| 40 | ete gomāyavo bhīmā nihatānāṃ yaśasvinām
kaṇṭhāntaragatān hārān ākṣipanti sahasraśaḥ
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| 41 | sarveṣv apararātreṣu yān anandanta bandinaḥ
stutibhiś ca parārdhyābhir upacāraiś ca śikṣitāḥ
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| 42 | tān imāḥ paridevanti duḥkhārtāḥ paramāṅganāḥ
kṛpaṇaṃ vṛṣṇiśārdūla duḥkhaśokārditā bhṛśam
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| 43 | raktotpalavanānīva vibhānti rucirāṇi vai
mukhāni paramastrīṇāṃ pariśuṣkāṇi keśava
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| 44 | ruditoparatā hy etā dhyāyantyaḥ saṃpariplutāḥ
kurustriyo 'bhigacchanti tena tenaiva duḥkhitāḥ
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| 45 | etāny ādityavarṇāni tapanīyanibhāni ca
roṣarodanatāmrāṇi vaktrāṇi kuruyoṣitām
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| 46 | āsām aparipūrṇārthaṃ niśamya paridevitam
itaretarasaṃkrandān na vijānanti yoṣitaḥ
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| 47 | etā dīrgham ivocchvasya vikruśya ca vilapya ca
vispandamānā duḥkhena vīrā jahati jīvitam
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| 48 | bahvyo dṛṣṭvā śarīrāṇi krośanti vilapanti ca
pāṇibhiś cāparā ghnanti śirāṃsi mṛdupāṇayaḥ
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| 49 | śirobhiḥ patitair hastaiḥ sarvāṅgair yūthaśaḥ kṛtaiḥ
itaretarasaṃpṛktair ākīrṇā bhāti medinī
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| 50 | viśiraskān atho kāyān dṛṣṭvā ghorābhinandinaḥ
muhyanty anucitā nāryo videhāni śirāṃsi ca
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| 51 | śiraḥ kāyena saṃdhāya prekṣamāṇā vicetasaḥ
apaśyantyo paraṃ tatra nedam asyeti duḥkhitāḥ
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| 52 | bāhūrucaraṇān anyān viśikhonmathitān pṛthak
saṃdadhatyo 'sukhāviṣṭā mūrchanty etāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 53 | utkṛttaśirasaś cānyān vijagdhān mṛgapakṣibhiḥ
dṛṣṭvā kāś cin na jānanti bhartṝn bharatayoṣitaḥ
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| 54 | pāṇibhiś cāparā ghnanti śirāṃsi madhusūdana
prekṣya bhrātṝn pitṝn putrān patīṃś ca nihatān paraiḥ
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| 55 | bāhubhiś ca sakhaḍgaiś ca śirobhiś ca sakuṇḍalaiḥ
agamyakalpā pṛthivī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā
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| 56 | na duḥkheṣūcitāḥ pūrvaṃ duḥkhaṃ gāhanty aninditāḥ
bhrātṛbhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ putrair upakīrṇāṃ vasuṃdharām
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| 57 | yūthānīva kiśorīṇāṃ sukeśīnāṃ janārdana
snuṣāṇāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya paśya vṛndāny anekaśaḥ
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| 58 | ato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu keśava pratibhāti me
yad imāḥ kurvate sarvā rūpam uccāvacaṃ striyaḥ
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| 59 | nūnam ācaritaṃ pāpaṃ mayā pūrveṣu janmasu
yā paśyāmi hatān putrān pautrān bhrātṝṃś ca keśava
evam ārtā vilapatī dadarśa nihataṃ sutam
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