 | Book 3 Chapter 255
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | saṃtiṣṭhata praharata tūrṇaṃ viparidhāvata
iti sma saindhavo rājā codayām āsa tān nṛpān
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| 2 | tato ghorataraḥ śabdo raṇe samabhavat tadā
bhīmārjunayamān dṛṣṭvā sainyānāṃ sayudhiṣṭhirān
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| 3 | śibisindhutrigartānāṃ viṣādaś cāpy ajāyata
tān dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghrān vyāghrān iva balotkaṭān
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| 4 | hemacitrasamutsedhāṃ sarvaśaikyāyasīṃ gadām
pragṛhyābhyadravad bhīmaḥ saindhavaṃ kālacoditam
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| 5 | tadantaram athāvṛtya koṭikāśyo 'bhyahārayat
mahatā rathavaṃśena parivārya vṛkodaram
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| 6 | śaktitomaranārācair vīrabāhupracoditaiḥ
kīryamāṇo 'pi bahubhir na sma bhīmo 'bhyakampata
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| 7 | gajaṃ tu sagajārohaṃ padātīṃś ca caturdaśa
jaghāna gadayā bhīmaḥ saindhavadhvajinīmukhe
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| 8 | pārthaḥ pañcaśatāñ śūrān pārvatīyān mahārathān
parīpsamānaḥ sauvīraṃ jaghāna dhvajinīmukhe
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| 9 | rājā svayaṃ suvīrāṇāṃ pravarāṇāṃ prahāriṇām
nimeṣamātreṇa śataṃ jaghāna samare tadā
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| 10 | dadṛśe nakulas tatra rathāt praskandya khaḍgadhṛk
śirāṃsi pādarakṣāṇāṃ bījavat pravapan muhuḥ
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| 11 | sahadevas tu saṃyāya rathena gajayodhinaḥ
pātayām āsa nārācair drumebhya iva barhiṇaḥ
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| 12 | tatas trigartaḥ sadhanur avatīrya mahārathāt
gadayā caturo vāhān rājñas tasya tadāvadhīt
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| 13 | tam abhyāśagataṃ rājā padātiṃ kuntinandanaḥ
ardhacandreṇa bāṇena vivyādhorasi dharmarāṭ
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| 14 | sa bhinnahṛdayo vīro vaktrāc choṇitam udvaman
papātābhimukhaḥ pārthaṃ chinnamūla iva drumaḥ
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| 15 | indrasenadvitīyas tu rathāt praskandya dharmarāṭ
hatāśvaḥ sahadevasya pratipede mahāratham
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| 16 | nakulaṃ tv abhisaṃdhāya kṣemaṃkaramahāmukhau
ubhāv ubhayatas tīkṣṇaiḥ śaravarṣair avarṣatām
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| 17 | tau śarair abhivarṣantau jīmūtāv iva vārṣikau
ekaikena vipāṭhena jaghne mādravatīsutaḥ
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| 18 | trigartarājaḥ surathas tasyātha rathadhūrgataḥ
ratham ākṣepayām āsa gajena gajayānavit
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| 19 | nakulas tv apabhīs tasmād rathāc carmāsipāṇimān
udbhrāntaṃ sthānam āsthāya tasthau girir ivācalaḥ
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| 20 | surathas taṃ gajavaraṃ vadhāya nakulasya tu
preṣayām āsa sakrodham abhyucchritakaraṃ tataḥ
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| 21 | nakulas tasya nāgasya samīpaparivartinaḥ
saviṣāṇaṃ bhujaṃ mūle khaḍgena nirakṛntata
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| 22 | sa vinadya mahānādaṃ gajaḥ kaṅkaṇabhūṣaṇaḥ
patann avākśirā bhūmau hastyārohān apothayat
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| 23 | sa tat karma mahat kṛtvā śūro mādravatīsutaḥ
bhīmasenarathaṃ prāpya śarma lebhe mahārathaḥ
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| 24 | bhīmas tv āpatato rājñaḥ koṭikāśyasya saṃgare
sūtasya nudato vāhān kṣureṇāpāharac chiraḥ
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| 25 | na bubodha hataṃ sūtaṃ sa rājā bāhuśālinā
tasyāśvā vyadravan saṃkhye hatasūtās tatas tataḥ
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| 26 | vimukhaṃ hatasūtaṃ taṃ bhīmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
jaghāna talayuktena prāsenābhyetya pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 27 | dvādaśānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ sauvīrāṇāṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ
cakarta niṣitair bhallair dhanūṃṣi ca śirāṃsi ca
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| 28 | śibīn ikṣvākumukhyāṃś ca trigartān saindhavān api
jaghānātirathaḥ saṃkhye bāṇagocaram āgatān
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| 29 | sāditāḥ pratyadṛśyanta bahavaḥ savyasācinā
sapatākāś ca mātaṅgāḥ sadhvajāś ca mahārathāḥ
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| 30 | pracchādya pṛthivīṃ tasthuḥ sarvam āyodhanaṃ prati
śarīrāṇy aśiraskāni videhāni śirāṃsi ca
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| 31 | śvagṛdhrakaṅkakākolabhāsagomāyuvāyasāḥ
atṛpyaṃs tatra vīrāṇāṃ hatānāṃ māṃsaśoṇitaiḥ
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| 32 | hateṣu teṣu vīreṣu sindhurājo jayadrathaḥ
vimucya kṛṣṇāṃ saṃtrastaḥ palāyanaparo 'bhavat
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| 33 | sa tasmin saṃkule sainye draupadīm avatārya vai
prāṇaprepsur upādhāvad vanaṃ yena narādhamaḥ
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| 34 | draupadīṃ dharmarājas tu dṛṣṭvā dhaumyapuraskṛtām
mādrīputreṇa vīreṇa ratham āropayat tadā
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| 35 | tatas tad vidrutaṃ sainyam apayāte jayadrathe
ādiśyādiśya nārācair ājaghāna vṛkodaraḥ
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| 36 | savyasācī tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyantaṃ jayadratham
vārayām āsa nighnantaṃ bhīmaṃ saindhavasainikān
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| 37 | arjuna uvāca
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| 37 | yasyāpacārāt prāpto 'yam asmān kleśo durāsadaḥ
tam asmin samaroddeśe na paśyāmi jayadratham
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| 38 | tam evānviṣa bhadraṃ te kiṃ te yodhair nipātitaiḥ
anāmiṣam idaṃ karma kathaṃ vā manyate bhavān
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| 39 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 39 | ity ukto bhīmasenas tu guḍākeśena dhīmatā
yudhiṣṭhiram abhiprekṣya vāgmī vacanam abravīt
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| 40 | hatapravīrā ripavo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vidrutā diśaḥ
gṛhītvā draupadīṃ rājan nivartatu bhavān itaḥ
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| 41 | yamābhyāṃ saha rājendra dhaumyena ca mahātmanā
prāpyāśramapadaṃ rājan draupadīṃ parisāntvaya
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| 42 | na hi me mokṣyate jīvan mūḍhaḥ saindhavako nṛpaḥ
pātālatalasaṃstho 'pi yadi śakro 'sya sārathiḥ
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| 43 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 43 | na hantavyo mahābāho durātmāpi sa saindhavaḥ
duḥśalām abhisaṃsmṛtya gāndhārīṃ ca yaśasvinīm
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| 44 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 44 | tac chrutvā draupadī bhīmam uvāca vyākulendriyā
kupitā hrīmatī prājñā patī bhīmārjunāv ubhau
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| 45 | kartavyaṃ cet priyaṃ mahyaṃ vadhyaḥ sa puruṣādhamaḥ
saindhavāpasadaḥ pāpo durmatiḥ kulapāṃsanaḥ
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| 46 | bhāryābhihartā nirvairo yaś ca rājyaharo ripuḥ
yācamāno 'pi saṃgrāme na sa jīvitum arhati
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| 47 | ity uktau tau naravyāghrau yayatur yatra saindhavaḥ
rājā nivavṛte kṛṣṇām ādāya sapurohitaḥ
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| 48 | sa praviśyāśramapadaṃ vyapaviddhabṛsīghaṭam
mārkaṇḍeyādibhir viprair anukīrṇaṃ dadarśa ha
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| 49 | draupadīm anuśocadbhir brāhmaṇais taiḥ samāgataiḥ
samiyāya mahāprājñaḥ sabhāryo bhrātṛmadhyagaḥ
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| 50 | te sma taṃ muditā dṛṣṭvā punar abhyāgataṃ nṛpam
jitvā tān sindhusauvīrān draupadīṃ cāhṛtāṃ punaḥ
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| 51 | sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā tatraivopaviveśa ha
praviveśāśramaṃ kṛṣṇā yamābhyāṃ saha bhāminī
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| 52 | bhīmārjunāv api śrutvā krośamātragataṃ ripum
svayam aśvāṃs tudantau tau javenaivābhyadhāvatām
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| 53 | idam atyadbhutaṃ cātra cakāra puruṣo 'rjunaḥ
krośamātragatān aśvān saindhavasya jaghāna yat
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| 54 | sa hi divyāstrasaṃpannaḥ kṛcchrakāle 'py asaṃbhramaḥ
akarod duṣkaraṃ karma śarair astrānumantritaiḥ
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| 55 | tato 'bhyadhāvatāṃ vīrāv ubhau bhīmadhanaṃjayau
hatāśvaṃ saindhavaṃ bhītam ekaṃ vyākulacetasam
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| 56 | saindhavas tu hatān dṛṣṭvā tathāśvān svān suduḥkhitaḥ
dṛṣṭvā vikramakarmāṇi kurvāṇaṃ ca dhanaṃjayam
palāyanakṛtotsāhaḥ prādravad yena vai vanam
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| 57 | saindhavaṃ tvabhisaṃprekṣya parākrāntaṃ palāyane
anuyāya mahābāhuḥ phalguno vākyam abravīt
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| 58 | anena vīryeṇa kathaṃ striyaṃ prārthayase balāt
rājaputra nivartasva na te yuktaṃ palāyanam
kathaṃ cānucarān hitvā śatrumadhye palāyase
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| 59 | ity ucyamānaḥ pārthena saindhavo na nyavartata
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti taṃ bhīmaḥ sahasābhyadravad balī
mā vadhīr iti pārthas taṃ dayāvān abhyabhāṣata
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