Book 1 Chapter 96 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | hate citrāṅgade bhīṣmo bāle bhrātari cānagha
pālayām āsa tad rājyaṃ satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ |
2 | saṃprāptayauvanaṃ paśyan bhrātaraṃ dhīmatāṃ varam
bhīṣmo vicitravīryasya vivāhāyākaron matim |
3 | atha kāśipater bhīṣmaḥ kanyās tisro 'psaraḥsamāḥ
śuśrāva sahitā rājan vṛṇvatīr vai svayaṃ varam |
4 | tataḥ sa rathināṃ śreṣṭho rathenaikena varmabhṛt
jagāmānumate mātuḥ purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ prati |
5 | tatra rājñaḥ samuditān sarvataḥ samupāgatān
dadarśa kanyās tāś caiva bhīṣmaḥ śaṃtanunandanaḥ |
6 | kīrtyamāneṣu rājñāṃ tu nāmasv atha sahasraśaḥ
bhīṣmaḥ svayaṃ tadā rājan varayām āsa tāḥ prabhuḥ |
7 | uvāca ca mahīpālān rājañ jaladaniḥsvanaḥ
ratham āropya tāḥ kanyā bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ |
8 | āhūya dānaṃ kanyānāṃ guṇavadbhyaḥ smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ
alaṃkṛtya yathāśakti pradāya ca dhanāny api |
9 | prayacchanty apare kanyāṃ mithunena gavām api
vittena kathitenānye balenānye 'numānya ca |
10 | pramattām upayānty anye svayam anye ca vindate
aṣṭamaṃ tam atho vitta vivāhaṃ kavibhiḥ smṛtam |
11 | svayaṃvaraṃ tu rājanyāḥ praśaṃsanty upayānti ca
pramathya tu hṛtām āhur jyāyasīṃ dharmavādinaḥ |
12 | tā imāḥ pṛthivīpālā jihīrṣāmi balād itaḥ
te yatadhvaṃ paraṃ śaktyā vijayāyetarāya vā sthito 'haṃ pṛthivīpālā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ |
13 | evam uktvā mahīpālān kāśirājaṃ ca vīryavān
sarvāḥ kanyāḥ sa kauravyo ratham āropayat svakam āmantrya ca sa tān prāyāc chīghraṃ kanyāḥ pragṛhya tāḥ |
14 | tatas te pārthivāḥ sarve samutpetur amarṣitāḥ
saṃspṛśantaḥ svakān bāhūn daśanto daśanacchadān |
15 | teṣām ābharaṇāny āśu tvaritānāṃ vimuñcatām
āmuñcatāṃ ca varmāṇi saṃbhramaḥ sumahān abhūt |
16 | tārāṇām iva saṃpāto babhūva janamejaya
bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca śubhrāṇāṃ kavacānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ |
17 | savarmabhir bhūṣaṇais te drāg bhrājadbhir itas tataḥ
sakrodhāmarṣajihmabhrūsakaṣāyadṛśas tathā |
18 | sūtopakḷptān rucirān sadaśvodyatadhūrgatān
rathān āsthāya te vīrāḥ sarvapraharaṇānvitāḥ prayāntam ekaṃ kauravyam anusasrur udāyudhāḥ |
19 | tataḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ teṣāṃ tasya ca bhārata
ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam |
20 | te tv iṣūn daśasāhasrāṃs tasmai yugapad ākṣipan
aprāptāṃś caiva tān āśu bhīṣmaḥ sarvāṃs tadācchinat |
21 | tatas te pārthivāḥ sarve sarvataḥ parivārayan
vavarṣuḥ śaravarṣeṇa varṣeṇevādrim ambudāḥ |
22 | sa tad bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ śarair āvārya sarvataḥ
tataḥ sarvān mahīpālān pratyavidhyat tribhis tribhiḥ |
23 | tasyāti puruṣān anyāṃl lāghavaṃ rathacāriṇaḥ
rakṣaṇaṃ cātmanaḥ saṃkhye śatravo 'py abhyapūjayan |
24 | tān vinirjitya tu raṇe sarvaśastraviśāradaḥ
kanyābhiḥ sahitaḥ prāyād bhārato bhāratān prati |
25 | tatas taṃ pṛṣṭhato rājañ śālvarājo mahārathaḥ
abhyāhanad ameyātmā bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ raṇe |
26 | vāraṇaṃ jaghane nighnan dantābhyām aparo yathā
vāśitām anusaṃprāpto yūthapo balināṃ varaḥ |
27 | strīkāma tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti bhīṣmam āha sa pārthivaḥ
śālvarājo mahābāhur amarṣeṇābhicoditaḥ |
28 | tataḥ sa puruṣavyāghro bhīṣmaḥ parabalārdanaḥ
tadvākyākulitaḥ krodhād vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan |
29 | kṣatradharmaṃ samāsthāya vyapetabhayasaṃbhramaḥ
nivartayām āsa rathaṃ śālvaṃ prati mahārathaḥ |
30 | nivartamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānaḥ sarva eva te
prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta bhīṣmaśālvasamāgame |
31 | tau vṛṣāv iva nardantau balinau vāśitāntare
anyonyam abhivartetāṃ balavikramaśālinau |
32 | tato bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ śaraiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
śālvarājo naraśreṣṭhaḥ samavākirad āśugaiḥ |
33 | pūrvam abhyarditaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmaṃ śālvena te nṛpāḥ
vismitāḥ samapadyanta sādhu sādhv iti cābruvan |
34 | lāghavaṃ tasya te dṛṣṭvā saṃyuge sarvapārthivāḥ
apūjayanta saṃhṛṣṭā vāgbhiḥ śālvaṃ narādhipāḥ |
35 | kṣatriyāṇāṃ tadā vācaḥ śrutvā parapuraṃjayaḥ
kruddhaḥ śāṃtanavo bhīṣmas tiṣṭha tiṣṭhety abhāṣata |
36 | sārathiṃ cābravīt kruddho yāhi yatraiṣa pārthivaḥ
yāvad enaṃ nihanmy adya bhujaṃgam iva pakṣirāṭ |
37 | tato 'straṃ vāruṇaṃ samyag yojayām āsa kauravaḥ
tenāśvāṃś caturo 'mṛdnāc chālvarājño narādhipa |
38 | astrair astrāṇi saṃvārya śālvarājñaḥ sa kauravaḥ
bhīṣmo nṛpatiśārdūla nyavadhīt tasya sārathim astreṇa cāpy athaikena nyavadhīt turagottamān |
39 | kanyāhetor naraśreṣṭha bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavas tadā
jitvā visarjayām āsa jīvantaṃ nṛpasattamam tataḥ śālvaḥ svanagaraṃ prayayau bharatarṣabha |
40 | rājāno ye ca tatrāsan svayaṃvaradidṛkṣavaḥ
svāny eva te 'pi rāṣṭrāṇi jagmuḥ parapuraṃjaya |
41 | evaṃ vijitya tāḥ kanyā bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
prayayau hāstinapuraṃ yatra rājā sa kauravaḥ |
42 | so 'cireṇaiva kālena atyakrāman narādhipa
vanāni saritaś caiva śailāṃś ca vividhadrumān |
43 | akṣataḥ kṣapayitvārīn saṃkhye 'saṃkhyeyavikramaḥ
ānayām āsa kāśyasya sutāḥ sāgaragāsutaḥ |
44 | snuṣā iva sa dharmātmā bhaginya iva cānujāḥ
yathā duhitaraś caiva pratigṛhya yayau kurūn |
45 | tāḥ sarvā guṇasaṃpannā bhrātā bhrātre yavīyase
bhīṣmo vicitravīryāya pradadau vikramāhṛtāḥ |
46 | satāṃ dharmeṇa dharmajñaḥ kṛtvā karmātimānuṣam
bhrātur vicitravīryasya vivāhāyopacakrame satyavatyā saha mithaḥ kṛtvā niścayam ātmavān |
47 | vivāhaṃ kārayiṣyantaṃ bhīṣmaṃ kāśipateḥ sutā
jyeṣṭhā tāsām idaṃ vākyam abravīd dha satī tadā |
48 | mayā saubhapatiḥ pūrvaṃ manasābhivṛtaḥ patiḥ
tena cāsmi vṛtā pūrvam eṣa kāmaś ca me pituḥ |
49 | mayā varayitavyo 'bhūc chālvas tasmin svayaṃvare
etad vijñāya dharmajña tatas tvaṃ dharmam ācara |
50 | evam uktas tayā bhīṣmaḥ kanyayā viprasaṃsadi
cintām abhyagamad vīro yuktāṃ tasyaiva karmaṇaḥ |
51 | sa viniścitya dharmajño brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ
anujajñe tadā jyeṣṭām ambāṃ kāśipateḥ sutām |
52 | ambikāmbālike bhārye prādād bhrātre yavīyase
bhīṣmo vicitravīryāya vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā |
53 | tayoḥ pāṇiṃ gṛhītvā sa rūpayauvanadarpitaḥ
vicitravīryo dharmātmā kāmātmā samapadyata |
54 | te cāpi bṛhatī śyāme nīlakuñcitamūrdhaje
raktatuṅganakhopete pīnaśroṇipayodhare |
55 | ātmanaḥ pratirūpo 'sau labdhaḥ patir iti sthite
vicitravīryaṃ kalyāṇaṃ pūjayām āsatus tu te |
56 | sa cāśvirūpasadṛśo devasattvaparākramaḥ
sarvāsām eva nārīṇāṃ cittapramathano 'bhavat |
57 | tābhyāṃ saha samāḥ sapta viharan pṛthivīpatiḥ
vicitravīryas taruṇo yakṣmāṇaṃ samapadyata |
58 | suhṛdāṃ yatamānānām āptaiḥ saha cikitsakaiḥ
jagāmāstam ivādityaḥ kauravyo yamasādanam |
59 | pretakāryāṇi sarvāṇi tasya samyag akārayat
rājño vicitravīryasya satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ ṛtvigbhiḥ sahito bhīṣmaḥ sarvaiś ca kurupuṃgavaiḥ |