 | Book 14 Chapter 75
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | evaṃ trirātram abhavat tad yuddhaṃ bharatarṣabha
arjunasya narendreṇa vṛtreṇeva śatakratoḥ
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| 2 | tataś caturthe divase vajradatto mahābalaḥ
jahāsa sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ vākyaṃ cedam athābravīt
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| 3 | arjunārjuna tiṣṭhasva na me jīvan vimokṣyase
tvāṃ nihatya kariṣyāmi pitus toyaṃ yathāvidhi
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| 4 | tvayā vṛddho mama pitā bhagadattaḥ pituḥ sakhā
hato vṛddho 'pacāyitvāc chiśuṃ mām adya yodhaya
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| 5 | ity evam uktvā saṃkruddho vajradatto narādhipaḥ
preṣayām āsa kauravya vāraṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ prati
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| 6 | saṃpreṣyamāṇo nāgendro vajradattena dhīmatā
utpatiṣyann ivākāśam abhidudrāva pāṇḍavam
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| 7 | agrahastapramuktena śīkareṇa sa phalgunam
samukṣata mahārāja śailaṃ nīla ivāmbudaḥ
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| 8 | sa tena preṣito rājñā meghavan ninadan muhuḥ
mukhāḍambaraghoṣeṇa samādravata phalgunam
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| 9 | sa nṛtyann iva nāgendro vajradattapracoditaḥ
āsasāda drutaṃ rājan kauravāṇāṃ mahāratham
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| 10 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya vajradattasya vāraṇam
gāṇḍīvam āśritya balī na vyakampata śatruhā
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| 11 | cukrodha balavac cāpi pāṇḍavas tasya bhūpateḥ
kāryavighnam anusmṛtya pūrvavairaṃ ca bhārata
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| 12 | tatas taṃ vāraṇaṃ kruddhaḥ śarajālena pāṇḍavaḥ
nivārayām āsa tadā veleva makarālayam
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| 13 | sa nāgapravaro vīryād arjunena nivāritaḥ
tasthau śarair vitunnāṅgaḥ śvāvic chalalito yathā
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| 14 | nivāritaṃ gajaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagadattātmajo nṛpaḥ
utsasarja śitān bāṇān arjune krodhamūrchitaḥ
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| 15 | arjunas tu mahārāja śaraiḥ śaravighātibhiḥ
vārayām āsa tān astāṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 16 | tataḥ punar atikruddho rājā prāgjyotiṣādhipaḥ
preṣayām āsa nāgendraṃ balavac chvasanopamam
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| 17 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya balavān pākaśāsaniḥ
nārācam agnisaṃkāśaṃ prāhiṇod vāraṇaṃ prati
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| 18 | sa tena vāraṇo rājan marmaṇy abhihato bhṛśam
papāta sahasā bhūmau vajrarugṇa ivācalaḥ
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| 19 | sa patañ śuśubhe nāgo dhanaṃjayaśarāhataḥ
viśann iva mahāśailo mahīṃ vajraprapīḍitaḥ
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| 20 | tasmin nipatite nāge vajradattasya pāṇḍavaḥ
taṃ na bhetavyam ity āha tato bhūmigataṃ nṛpam
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| 21 | abravīd dhi mahātejāḥ prasthitaṃ māṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
rājānas te na hantavyā dhanaṃjaya kathaṃ cana
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| 22 | sarvam etan naravyāghra bhavatv etāvatā kṛtam
yodhāś cāpi na hantavyā dhanaṃjaya raṇe tvayā
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| 23 | vaktavyāś cāpi rājānaḥ sarvaiḥ saha suhṛjjanaiḥ
yudhiṣṭhirasyāśvamedho bhavadbhir anubhūyatām
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| 24 | iti bhrātṛvacaḥ śrutvā na hanmi tvāṃ janādhipa
uttiṣṭha na bhayaṃ te 'sti svastimān gaccha pārthiva
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| 25 | āgacchethā mahārāja parāṃ caitrīm upasthitām
tadāśvamedho bhavitā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
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| 26 | evam uktaḥ sa rājā tu bhagadattātmajas tadā
tathety evābravīd vākyaṃ pāṇḍavenābhinirjitaḥ
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