Book 3 Chapter 167 | |
1 | arjuna uvāca |
1 | tato nivātakavacāḥ sarve vegena bhārata
abhyadravan māṃ sahitāḥ pragṛhītāyudhā raṇe |
2 | ācchidya rathapanthānam utkrośanto mahārathāḥ
āvṛtya sarvatas te māṃ śaravarṣair avākiran |
3 | tato 'pare mahāvīryāḥ śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ
śūlāni ca bhuśuṇḍīś ca mumucur dānavā mayi |
4 | tac chūlavarṣaṃ sumahad gadāśaktisamākulam
aniśaṃ sṛjyamānaṃ tair apatan madrathopari |
5 | anye mām abhyadhāvanta nivātakavacā yudhi
śitaśastrāyudhā raudrāḥ kālarūpāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |
6 | tān ahaṃ vividhair bāṇair vegavadbhir ajihmagaiḥ
gāṇḍīvamuktair abhyaghnam ekaikaṃ daśabhir mṛdhe te kṛtā vimukhāḥ sarve matprayuktaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ |
7 | tato mātalinā tūrṇaṃ hayās te saṃpracoditāḥ
rathamārgād bahūṃs tatra vicerur vātaraṃhasaḥ susaṃyatā mātalinā prāmathnanta diteḥ sutān |
8 | śataṃ śatās te harayas tasmin yuktā mahārathe
tadā mātalinā yattā vyacarann alpakā iva |
9 | teṣāṃ caraṇapātena rathanemisvanena ca
mama bāṇanipātaiś ca hatās te śataśo 'surāḥ |
10 | gatāsavas tathā cānye pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ
hatasārathayas tatra vyakṛṣyanta turaṃgamaiḥ |
11 | te diśo vidiśaḥ sarvāḥ pratirudhya prahāriṇaḥ
nighnanti vividhaiḥ śastrais tato me vyathitaṃ manaḥ |
12 | tato 'haṃ mātaler vīryam apaśyaṃ paramādbhutam
aśvāṃs tathā vegavato yad ayatnād adhārayat |
13 | tato 'haṃ laghubhiś citrair astrais tān asurān raṇe
sāyudhān acchinaṃ rājañ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ |
14 | evaṃ me caratas tatra sarvayatnena śatruhan
prītimān abhavad vīro mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ |
15 | vadhyamānās tatas te tu hayais tena rathena ca
agaman prakṣayaṃ ke cin nyavartanta tathāpare |
16 | spardhamānā ivāsmābhir nivātakavacā raṇe
śaravarṣair mahadbhir māṃ samantāt pratyavārayan |
17 | tato 'haṃ laghubhiś citrair brahmāstraparimantritaiḥ
vyadhamaṃ sāyakair āśu śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ |
18 | tataḥ saṃpīḍyamānās te krodhāviṣṭā mahāsurāḥ
apīḍayan māṃ sahitāḥ śaraśūlāsivṛṣṭibhiḥ |
19 | tato 'ham astram ātiṣṭhaṃ paramaṃ tigmatejasam
dayitaṃ devarājasya mādhavaṃ nāma bhārata |
20 | tataḥ khaḍgāṃs triśūlāṃś ca tomarāṃś ca sahasraśaḥ
astravīryeṇa śatadhā tair muktān aham acchinam |
21 | chittvā praharaṇāny eṣāṃ tatas tān api sarvaśaḥ
pratyavidhyam ahaṃ roṣād daśabhir daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
22 | gāṇḍīvād dhi tadā saṃkhye yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ
niṣpatanti tathā bāṇās tan mātalir apūjayat |
23 | teṣām api tu bāṇās te bahutvāc chalabhā iva
avākiran māṃ balavat tān ahaṃ vyadhamaṃ śaraiḥ |
24 | vadhyamānās tatas te tu nivātakavacāḥ punaḥ
śaravarṣair mahadbhir māṃ samantāt paryavārayan |
25 | śaravegān nihatyāham astraiḥ śaravighātibhiḥ
jvaladbhiḥ paramaiḥ śīghrais tān avidhyaṃ sahasraśaḥ |
26 | teṣāṃ chinnāni gātrāṇi visṛjanti sma śoṇitam
prāvṛṣīvātivṛṣṭāni śṛṅgāṇīva dharābhṛtām |
27 | indrāśanisamasparśair vegavadbhir ajihmagaiḥ
madbāṇair vadhyamānās te samudvignāḥ sma dānavāḥ |
28 | śatadhā bhinnadehāntrāḥ kṣīṇapraharaṇaujasaḥ
tato nivātakavacā mām ayudhyanta māyayā |