Book 4 Chapter 2 | |
1 | bhīma uvāca |
1 | paurogavo bruvāṇo 'haṃ ballavo nāma nāmataḥ
upasthāsyāmi rājānaṃ virāṭam iti me matiḥ |
2 | sūpān asya kariṣyāmi kuśalo 'smi mahānase
kṛtapūrvāṇi yair asya vyañjanāni suśikṣitaiḥ tān apy abhibhaviṣyāmi prītiṃ saṃjanayann aham |
3 | āhariṣyāmi dārūṇāṃ nicayān mahato 'pi ca
tat prekṣya vipulaṃ karma rājā prīto bhaviṣyati |
4 | dvipā vā balino rājan vṛṣabhā vā mahābalāḥ
vinigrāhyā yadi mayā nigrahīṣyāmi tān api |
5 | ye ca ke cin niyotsyanti samājeṣu niyodhakāḥ
tān ahaṃ nihaniṣyāmi prītiṃ tasya vivardhayan |
6 | na tv etān yudhyamānān vai haniṣyāmi kathaṃ cana
tathaitān pātayiṣyāmi yathā yāsyanti na kṣayam |
7 | ārāliko govikartā sūpakartā niyodhakaḥ
āsaṃ yudhiṣṭhirasyāham iti vakṣyāmi pṛcchataḥ |
8 | ātmānam ātmanā rakṣaṃś cariṣyāmi viśāṃ pate
ity etat pratijānāmi vihariṣyāmy ahaṃ yathā |
9 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
9 | yam agnir brāhmaṇo bhūtvā samāgacchan nṛṇāṃ varam
didhakṣuḥ khāṇḍavaṃ dāvaṃ dāśārhasahitaṃ purā |
10 | mahābalaṃ mahābāhum ajitaṃ kurunandanam
so 'yaṃ kiṃ karma kaunteyaḥ kariṣyati dhanaṃjayaḥ |
11 | yo 'yam āsādya taṃ dāvaṃ tarpayām āsa pāvakam
vijityaikarathenendraṃ hatvā pannagarākṣasān śreṣṭhaḥ pratiyudhāṃ nāma so 'rjunaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati |
12 | sūryaḥ pratapatāṃ śreṣṭho dvipadāṃ brāhmaṇo varaḥ
āśīviṣaś ca sarpāṇām agnis tejasvināṃ varaḥ |
13 | āyudhānāṃ varo varjaḥ kakudmī ca gavāṃ varaḥ
hradānām udadhiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ parjanyo varṣatāṃ varaḥ |
14 | dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca nāgānāṃ hastiṣv airāvato varaḥ
putraḥ priyāṇām adhiko bhāryā ca suhṛdāṃ varā |
15 | yathaitāni viśiṣṭāni jātyāṃ jātyāṃ vṛkodara
evaṃ yuvā guḍākeśaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām |
16 | so 'yam indrād anavaro vāsudevāc ca bhārata
gāṇḍīvadhanvā śvetāśvo bībhatsuḥ kiṃ kariṣyati |
17 | uṣitvā pañca varṣāṇi sahasrākṣasya veśmani
divyāny astrāṇy avāptāni devarūpeṇa bhāsvatā |
18 | yaṃ manye dvādaśaṃ rudram ādityānāṃ trayodaśam
yasya bāhū samau dīrghau jyāghātakaṭhinatvacau dakṣiṇe caiva savye ca gavām iva vahaḥ kṛtaḥ |
19 | himavān iva śailānāṃ samudraḥ saritām iva
tridaśānāṃ yathā śakro vasūnām iva havyavāṭ |
20 | mṛgāṇām iva śārdūlo garuḍaḥ patatām iva
varaḥ saṃnahyamānānām arjunaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati |
21 | arjuna uvāca |
21 | pratijñāṃ ṣaṇḍhako 'smīti kariṣyāmi mahīpate
jyāghātau hi mahāntau me saṃvartuṃ nṛpa duṣkarau |
22 | karṇayoḥ pratimucyāhaṃ kuṇḍale jvalanopame
veṇīkṛtaśirā rājan nāmnā caiva bṛhannaḍā |
23 | paṭhann ākhyāyikāṃ nāma strībhāvena punaḥ punaḥ
ramayiṣye mahīpālam anyāṃś cāntaḥpure janān |
24 | gītaṃ nṛttaṃ vicitraṃ ca vāditraṃ vividhaṃ tathā
śikṣayiṣyāmy ahaṃ rājan virāṭabhavane striyaḥ |
25 | prajānāṃ samudācāraṃ bahu karmakṛtaṃ vadan
chādayiṣyāmi kaunteya māyayātmānam ātmanā |
26 | yudhiṣṭhirasya gehe 'smi draupadyāḥ paricārikā
uṣitāsmīti vakṣyāmi pṛṣṭo rājñā ca bhārata |
27 | etena vidhinā channaḥ kṛtakena yathā nalaḥ
vihariṣyāmi rājendra virāṭabhavane sukham |