 | Book 3 Chapter 20
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| 1 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 1 | evam uktas tu kaunteya sūtaputras tadā mṛdhe
pradyumnam abravīc chlakṣṇaṃ madhuraṃ vākyam añjasā
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| 2 | na me bhayaṃ raukmiṇeya saṃgrāme yacchato hayān
yuddhajñaś cāsmi vṛṣṇīnāṃ nātra kiṃ cid ato 'nyathā
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| 3 | āyuṣmann upadeśas tu sārathye vartatāṃ smṛtaḥ
sarvārtheṣu rathī rakṣyas tvaṃ cāpi bhṛśapīḍitaḥ
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| 4 | tvaṃ hi śālvaprayuktena patriṇābhihato bhṛśam
kaśmalābhihato vīra tato 'ham apayātavān
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| 5 | sa tvaṃ sātvatamukhyādya labdhasaṃjño yadṛcchayā
paśya me hayasaṃyāne śikṣāṃ keśavanandana
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| 6 | dārukeṇāham utpanno yathāvac caiva śikṣitaḥ
vītabhīḥ praviśāmy etāṃ śālvasya mahatīṃ camūm
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| 7 | evam uktvā tato vīra hayān saṃcodya saṃgare
raśmibhiś ca samudyamya javenābhyapatat tadā
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| 8 | maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi yamakānītarāṇi ca
savyāni ca vicitrāṇi dakṣiṇāni ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 9 | pratodenāhatā rājan raśmibhiś ca samudyatāḥ
utpatanta ivākāśaṃ vibabhus te hayottamāḥ
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| 10 | te hastalāghavopetaṃ vijñāya nṛpa dārukim
dahyamānā iva tadā paspṛśuś caraṇair mahīm
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| 11 | so 'pasavyāṃ camūṃ tasya śālvasya bharatarṣabha
cakāra nātiyatnena tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 12 | amṛṣyamāṇo 'pasavyaṃ pradyumnena sa saubharāṭ
yantāram asya sahasā tribhir bāṇaiḥ samarpayat
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| 13 | dārukasya sutas taṃ tu bāṇavegam acintayan
bhūya eva mahābāho prayayau hayasaṃmataḥ
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| 14 | tato bāṇān bahuvidhān punar eva sa saubharāṭ
mumoca tanaye vīre mama rukmiṇinandane
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| 15 | tān aprāptāñ śitair bāṇaiś ciccheda paravīrahā
raukmiṇeyaḥ smitaṃ kṛtvā darśayan hastalāghavam
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| 16 | chinnān dṛṣṭvā tu tān bāṇān pradyumnena sa saubharāṭ
āsurīṃ dāruṇīṃ māyām āsthāya vyasṛjac charān
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| 17 | prayujyamānam ājñāya daiteyāstraṃ mahābalaḥ
brahmāstreṇāntarā chittvā mumocānyān patatriṇaḥ
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| 18 | te tad astraṃ vidhūyāśu vivyadhū rudhirāśanāḥ
śirasy urasi vaktre ca sa mumoha papāta ca
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| 19 | tasmin nipatite kṣudre śālve bāṇaprapīḍite
raukmiṇeyo 'paraṃ bāṇaṃ saṃdadhe śatrunāśanam
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| 20 | tam arcitaṃ sarvadāśārhapūgair; āśīrbhir arkajvalanaprakāśam
dṛṣṭvā śaraṃ jyām abhinīyamānaṃ; babhūva hāhākṛtam antarikṣam
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| 21 | tato devagaṇāḥ sarve sendrāḥ saha dhaneśvarāḥ
nāradaṃ preṣayām āsuḥ śvasanaṃ ca mahābalam
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| 22 | tau raukmiṇeyam āgamya vaco 'brūtāṃ divaukasām
naiṣa vadhyas tvayā vīra śālvarājaḥ kathaṃ cana
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| 23 | saṃharasva punar bāṇam avadhyo 'yaṃ tvayā raṇe
etasya hi śarasyājau nāvadhyo 'sti pumān kva cit
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| 24 | mṛtyur asya mahābāho raṇe devakinandanaḥ
kṛṣṇaḥ saṃkalpito dhātrā tan na mithyā bhaved iti
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| 25 | tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ pradyumnaḥ śaram uttamam
saṃjahāra dhanuḥśreṣṭhāt tūṇe caiva nyaveśayat
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| 26 | tata utthāya rājendra śālvaḥ paramadurmanāḥ
vyapāyāt sabalas tūrṇaṃ pradyumnaśarapīḍitaḥ
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| 27 | sa dvārakāṃ parityajya krūro vṛṣṇibhir arditaḥ
saubham āsthāya rājendra divam ācakrame tadā
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