Book 3 Chapter 175 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | kathaṃ nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
bhayam āhārayat tīvraṃ tasmād ajagarān mune |
2 | paulastyaṃ yo 'hvayad yuddhe dhanadaṃ baladarpitaḥ
nalinyāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtvā varāṇāṃ yakṣarakṣasām |
3 | taṃ śaṃsasi bhayāviṣṭam āpannam arikarṣaṇam
etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me |
4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
4 | bahvāścarye vane teṣāṃ vasatām ugradhanvinām
prāptānām āśramād rājan rājarṣer vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ |
5 | yadṛcchayā dhanuṣpāṇir baddhakhaḍgo vṛkodaraḥ
dadarśa tad vanaṃ ramyaṃ devagandharvasevitam |
6 | sa dadarśa śubhān deśān girer himavatas tadā
devarṣisiddhacaritān apsarogaṇasevitān |
7 | cakoraiś cakravākaiś ca pakṣibhir jīvajīvakaiḥ
kokilair bhṛṅgarājaiś ca tatra tatra vināditān |
8 | nityapuṣpaphalair vṛkṣair himasaṃsparśakomalaiḥ
upetān bahulacchāyair manonayananandanaiḥ |
9 | sa saṃpaśyan girinadīr vaiḍūryamaṇisaṃnibhaiḥ
salilair himasaṃsparśair haṃsakāraṇḍavāyutaiḥ |
10 | vanāni devadārūṇāṃ meghānām iva vāgurāḥ
haricandanamiśrāṇi tuṅgakālīyakāny api |
11 | mṛgayāṃ paridhāvan sa sameṣu marudhanvasu
vidhyan mṛgāñ śaraiḥ śuddhaiś cacāra sumahābalaḥ |
12 | sa dadarśa mahākāyaṃ bhujaṅgaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
giridurge samāpannaṃ kāyenāvṛtya kandaram |
13 | parvatābhogavarṣmāṇaṃ bhogaiś candrārkamaṇḍalaiḥ
citrāṅgam ajinaiś citrair haridrāsadṛśacchavim |
14 | guhākāreṇa vaktreṇa caturdaṃṣṭreṇa rājatā
dīptākṣeṇātitāmreṇa lihantaṃ sṛkkiṇī muhuḥ |
15 | trāsanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ kālāntakayamopamam
niḥśvāsakṣveḍanādena bhartsayantam iva sthitam |
16 | sa bhīmaṃ sahasābhyetya pṛdākuḥ kṣudhito bhṛśam
jagrāhājagaro grāho bhujayor ubhayor balāt |
17 | tena saṃspṛṣṭamātrasya bhimasenasya vai tadā
saṃjñā mumoha sahasā varadānena tasya ha |
18 | daśa nāgasahasrāṇi dhārayanti hi yad balam
tad balaṃ bhīmasenasya bhujayor asamaṃ paraiḥ |
19 | sa tejasvī tathā tena bhujagena vaśīkṛtaḥ
visphurañ śanakair bhīmo na śaśāka viceṣṭitum |
20 | nāgāyutasamaprāṇaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ
gṛhīto vyajahāt sattvaṃ varadānena mohitaḥ |
21 | sa hi prayatnam akarot tīvram ātmavimokṣaṇe
na cainam aśakad vīraḥ kathaṃ cit pratibādhitum |