Book 3 Chapter 168 | |
1 | arjuna uvāca |
1 | tato 'śmavarṣaṃ sumahat prādurāsīt samantataḥ
nagamātrair mahāghorais tan māṃ dṛḍham apīḍayat |
2 | tad ahaṃ vajrasaṃkāśaiḥ śarair indrāstracoditaiḥ
acūrṇayaṃ vegavadbhiḥ śatadhaikaikam āhave |
3 | cūrṇyamāne 'śmavarṣe tu pāvakaḥ samajāyata
tatrāśmacūrṇam apatat pāvakaprakarā iva |
4 | tato 'śmavarṣe nihate jalavarṣaṃ mahattaram
dhārābhir akṣamātrābhiḥ prādurāsīn mamāntike |
5 | nabhasaḥ pracyutā dhārās tigmavīryāḥ sahasraśaḥ
āvṛṇvan sarvato vyoma diśaś copadiśas tathā |
6 | dhārāṇāṃ ca nipātena vāyor visphūrjitena ca
garjitena ca daityānāṃ na prājñāyata kiṃ cana |
7 | dhārā divi ca saṃbaddhā vasudhāyāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
vyāmohayanta māṃ tatra nipatantyo 'niśaṃ bhuvi |
8 | tatropadiṣṭam indreṇa divyam astraṃ viśoṣaṇam
dīptaṃ prāhiṇavaṃ ghoram aśuṣyat tena taj jalam |
9 | hate 'śmavarṣe tu mayā jalavarṣe ca śoṣite
mumucur dānavā māyām agniṃ vāyuṃ ca mānada |
10 | tato 'ham agniṃ vyadhamaṃ salilāstreṇa sarvaśaḥ
śailena ca mahāstreṇa vāyor vegam adhārayam |
11 | tasyāṃ pratihatāyāṃ tu dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ
prākurvan vividhā māyā yaugapadyena bhārata |
12 | tato varṣaṃ prādurabhūt sumahal lomaharṣaṇam
astrāṇāṃ ghorarūpāṇām agner vāyos tathāśmanām |
13 | sā tu māyāmayī vṛṣṭiḥ pīḍayām āsa māṃ yudhi
atha ghoraṃ tamas tīvraṃ prādurāsīt samantataḥ |
14 | tamasā saṃvṛte loke ghoreṇa paruṣeṇa ca
turagā vimukhāś cāsan prāskhalac cāpi mātaliḥ |
15 | hastād dhiraṇmayaś cāsya pratodaḥ prāpatad bhuvi
asakṛc cāha māṃ bhītaḥ kvāsīti bharatarṣabha |
16 | māṃ ca bhīr āviśat tīvrā tasmin vigatacetasi
sa ca māṃ vigatajñānaḥ saṃtrasta idam abravīt |
17 | surāṇām asurāṇāṃ ca saṃgrāmaḥ sumahān abhūt
amṛtārthe purā pārtha sa ca dṛṣṭo mayānagha |
18 | śambarasya vadhe cāpi saṃgrāmaḥ sumahān abhūt
sārathyaṃ devarājasya tatrāpi kṛtavān aham |
19 | tathaiva vṛtrasya vadhe saṃgṛhītā hayā mayā
vairocaner mayā yuddhaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ cāpi sudāruṇam |
20 | ete mayā mahāghorāḥ saṃgrāmāḥ paryupāsitāḥ
na cāpi vigatajñāno bhūtapūrvo 'smi pāṇḍava |
21 | pitāmahena saṃhāraḥ prajānāṃ vihito dhruvam
na hi yuddham idaṃ yuktam anyatra jagataḥ kṣayāt |
22 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā saṃstabhyātmānam ātmanā
mohayiṣyan dānavānām ahaṃ māyāmayaṃ balam |
23 | abruvaṃ mātaliṃ bhītaṃ paśya me bhujayor balam
astrāṇāṃ ca prabhāvaṃ me dhanuṣo gāṇḍivasya ca |
24 | adyāstramāyayaiteṣāṃ māyām etāṃ sudāruṇām
vinihanmi tamaś cograṃ mā bhaiḥ sūta sthiro bhava |
25 | evam uktvāham asṛjam astramāyāṃ narādhipa
mohanīṃ sarvaśatrūṇāṃ hitāya tridivaukasām |
26 | pīḍyamānāsu māyāsu tāsu tāsv asureśvarāḥ
punar bahuvidhā māyāḥ prākurvann amitaujasaḥ |
27 | punaḥ prakāśam abhavat tamasā grasyate punaḥ
vrajaty adarśanaṃ lokaḥ punar apsu nimajjati |
28 | susaṃgṛhītair haribhiḥ prakāśe sati mātaliḥ
vyacarat syandanāgryeṇa saṃgrāme lomaharṣaṇe |
29 | tataḥ paryapatann ugrā nivātakavacā mayi
tān ahaṃ vivaraṃ dṛṣṭvā prāhiṇvaṃ yamasādanam |
30 | vartamāne tathā yuddhe nivātakavacāntake
nāpaśyaṃ sahasā sarvān dānavān māyayāvṛtān |