Book 3 Chapter 234 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | tato divyāstrasaṃpannā gandharvā hemamālinaḥ
visṛjantaḥ śarān dīptān samantāt paryavārayan |
2 | catvāraḥ pāṇḍavā vīrā gandharvāś ca sahasraśaḥ
raṇe saṃnyapatan rājaṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
3 | yathā karṇasya ca ratho dhārtarāṣṭrasya cobhayoḥ
gandharvaiḥ śataśaś chinnau tathā teṣāṃ pracakrire |
4 | tān samāpatato rājan gandharvāñ śataśo raṇe
pratyagṛhṇan naravyāghrāḥ śaravarṣair anekaśaḥ |
5 | avakīryamāṇāḥ khagamāḥ śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ
na śekuḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ samīpe parivartitum |
6 | abhikruddhān abhiprekṣya gandharvān arjunas tadā
lakṣayitvātha divyāni mahāstrāṇy upacakrame |
7 | sahasrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ sa prāhiṇod yamasādanam
āgneyenārjunaḥ saṃkhye gandharvāṇāṃ balotkaṭaḥ |
8 | tathā bhīmo maheṣvāsaḥ saṃyuge balināṃ varaḥ
gandharvāñ śataśo rājañ jaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
9 | mādrīputrāv api tathā yudhyamānau balotkaṭau
parigṛhyāgrato rājañ jaghnatuḥ śataśaḥ parān |
10 | te vadhyamānā gandharvā divyair astrair mahātmabhiḥ
utpetuḥ kham upādāya dhṛtarāṣṭrasutāṃs tataḥ |
11 | tān utpatiṣṇūn buddhvā tu kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
mahatā śarajālena samantāt paryavārayat |
12 | te baddhāḥ śarajālena śakuntā iva pañjare
vavarṣur arjunaṃ krodhād gadāśaktyṛṣṭivṛṣṭibhiḥ |
13 | gadāśaktyasivṛṣṭīs tā nihatya sa mahāstravit
gātrāṇi cāhanad bhallair gandharvāṇāṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ |
14 | śirobhiḥ prapatadbhiś ca caraṇair bāhubhis tathā
aśmavṛṣṭir ivābhāti pareṣām abhavad bhayam |
15 | te vadhyamānā gandharvāḥ pāṇḍavena mahātmanā
bhūmiṣṭham antarikṣasthāḥ śaravarṣair avākiran |
16 | teṣāṃ tu śaravarṣāṇi savyasācī paraṃtapaḥ
astraiḥ saṃvārya tejasvī gandharvān pratyavidhyata |
17 | sthūṇākarṇendrajālaṃ ca sauraṃ cāpi tathārjunaḥ
āgneyaṃ cāpi saumyaṃ ca sasarja kurunandanaḥ |
18 | te dahyamānā gandharvāḥ kuntīputrasya sāyakaiḥ
daiteyā iva śakreṇa viṣādam agaman param |
19 | ūrdhvam ākramamāṇāś ca śarajālena vāritāḥ
visarpamāṇā bhallaiś ca vāryante savyasācinā |
20 | gandharvāṃs trāsitān dṛṣṭvā kuntīputreṇa dhīmatā
citraseno gadāṃ gṛhya savyasācinam ādravat |
21 | tasyābhipatatas tūrṇaṃ gadāhastasya saṃyuge
gadāṃ sarvāyasīṃ pārthaḥ śaraiś ciccheda saptadhā |
22 | sa gadāṃ bahudhā dṛṣṭvā kṛttāṃ bāṇais tarasvinā
saṃvṛtya vidyayātmānaṃ yodhayām āsa pāṇḍavam astrāṇi tasya divyāni yodhayām āsa khe sthitaḥ |
23 | gandharvarājo balavān māyayāntarhitas tadā
antarhitaṃ samālakṣya praharantam athārjunaḥ tāḍayām āsa khacarair divyāstrapratimantritaiḥ |
24 | antardhānavadhaṃ cāsya cakre kruddho 'rjunas tadā
śabdavedhyam upāśritya bahurūpo dhanaṃjayaḥ |
25 | sa vadhyamānas tair astrair arjunena mahātmanā
athāsya darśayām āsa tadātmānaṃ priyaḥ sakhā |
26 | citrasenam athālakṣya sakhāyaṃ yudhi durbalam
saṃjahārāstram atha tat prasṛṣṭaṃ pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ |
27 | dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavāḥ sarve saṃhṛtāstraṃ dhanaṃjayam
saṃjahruḥ pradrutān aśvāñ śaravegān dhanūṃṣi ca |
28 | citrasenaś ca bhīmaś ca savyasācī yamāv api
pṛṣṭvā kauśalam anyonyaṃ ratheṣv evāvatasthire |