 | Book 2 Chapter 21
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tatas taṃ niścitātmānaṃ yuddhāya yadunandanaḥ
uvāca vāgmī rājānaṃ jarāsaṃdham adhokṣajaḥ
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| 2 | trayāṇāṃ kena te rājan yoddhuṃ vitarate manaḥ
asmad anyatameneha sajjībhavatu ko yudhi
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| 3 | evam uktaḥ sa kṛṣṇena yuddhaṃ vavre mahādyutiḥ
jarāsaṃdhas tato rājan bhīmasenena māgadhaḥ
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| 4 | dhārayann agadān mukhyān nirvṛtīr vedanāni ca
upatasthe jarāsaṃdhaṃ yuyutsuṃ vai purohitaḥ
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| 5 | kṛtasvastyayano vidvān brāhmaṇena yaśasvinā
samanahyaj jarāsaṃdhaḥ kṣatradharmam anuvrataḥ
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| 6 | avamucya kirīṭaṃ sa keśān samanumṛjya ca
udatiṣṭhaj jarāsaṃdho velātiga ivārṇavaḥ
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| 7 | uvāca matimān rājā bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam
bhīma yotsye tvayā sārdhaṃ śreyasā nirjitaṃ varam
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| 8 | evam uktvā jarāsaṃdho bhīmasenam ariṃdamaḥ
pratyudyayau mahātejāḥ śakraṃ balir ivāsuraḥ
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| 9 | tataḥ saṃmantrya kṛṣṇena kṛtasvastyayano balī
bhīmaseno jarāsaṃdham āsasāda yuyutsayā
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| 10 | tatas tau naraśārdūlau bāhuśastrau samīyatuḥ
vīrau paramasaṃhṛṣṭāv anyonyajayakāṅkṣiṇau
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| 11 | tayor atha bhujāghātān nigrahapragrahāt tathā
āsīt subhīmasaṃhrādo vajraparvatayor iva
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| 12 | ubhau paramasaṃhṛṣṭau balenātibalāv ubhau
anyonyasyāntaraṃ prepsū parasparajayaiṣiṇau
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| 13 | tad bhīmam utsārya janaṃ yuddham āsīd upahvare
balinoḥ saṃyuge rājan vṛtravāsavayor iva
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| 14 | prakarṣaṇākarṣaṇābhyām abhyākarṣavikarṣaṇaiḥ
ākarṣetāṃ tathānyonyaṃ jānubhiś cābhijaghnatuḥ
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| 15 | tataḥ śabdena mahatā bhartsayantau parasparam
pāṣāṇasaṃghātanibhaiḥ prahārair abhijaghnatuḥ
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| 16 | vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau niyuddhakuśalāv ubhau
bāhubhiḥ samasajjetām āyasaiḥ parighair iva
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| 17 | kārttikasya tu māsasya pravṛttaṃ prathame 'hani
anārataṃ divārātram aviśrāntam avartata
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| 18 | tad vṛttaṃ tu trayodaśyāṃ samavetaṃ mahātmanoḥ
caturdaśyāṃ niśāyāṃ tu nivṛtto māgadhaḥ klamāt
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| 19 | taṃ rājānaṃ tathā klāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājañ janārdanaḥ
uvāca bhīmakarmāṇaṃ bhīmaṃ saṃbodhayann iva
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| 20 | klāntaḥ śatrur na kaunteya labhyaḥ pīḍayituṃ raṇe
pīḍyamāno hi kārtsnyena jahyāj jīvitam ātmanaḥ
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| 21 | tasmāt te naiva kaunteya pīḍanīyo narādhipaḥ
samam etena yudhyasva bāhubhyāṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 22 | evam uktaḥ sa kṛṣṇena pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā
jarāsaṃdhasya tad randhraṃ jñātvā cakre matiṃ vadhe
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| 23 | tatas tam ajitaṃ jetuṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ vṛkodaraḥ
saṃrabhya balināṃ mukhyo jagrāha kurunandanaḥ
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