Book 4 Chapter 32 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | tamasābhiplute loke rajasā caiva bhārata
vyatiṣṭhan vai muhūrtaṃ tu vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |
2 | tato 'ndhakāraṃ praṇudann udatiṣṭhata candramāḥ
kurvāṇo vimalāṃ rātriṃ nandayan kṣatriyān yudhi |
3 | tataḥ prakāśam āsādya punar yuddham avartata
ghorarūpaṃ tatas te sma nāvekṣanta parasparam |
4 | tataḥ suśarmā traigartaḥ saha bhrātrā yavīyasā
abhyadravan matsyarājaṃ rathavrātena sarvaśaḥ |
5 | tato rathābhyāṃ praskandya bhrātarau kṣatriyarṣabhau
gadāpāṇī susaṃrabdhau samabhyadravatāṃ hayān |
6 | tathaiva teṣāṃ tu balāni tāni; kruddhāny athānyonyam abhidravanti
gadāsikhaḍgaiś ca paraśvadhaiś ca; prāsaiś ca tīkṣṇāgrasupītadhāraiḥ |
7 | balaṃ tu matsyasya balena rājā; sarvaṃ trigartādhipatiḥ suśarmā
pramathya jitvā ca prasahya matsyaṃ; virāṭam ojasvinam abhyadhāvat |
8 | tau nihatya pṛthag dhuryāv ubhau ca pārṣṇisārathī
virathaṃ matsyarājānaṃ jīvagrāham agṛhṇatām |
9 | tam unmathya suśarmā tu rudatīṃ vadhukām iva
syandanaṃ svaṃ samāropya prayayau śīghravāhanaḥ |
10 | tasmin gṛhīte virathe virāṭe balavattare
prādravanta bhayān matsyās trigartair arditā bhṛśam |
11 | teṣu saṃtrāsyamāneṣu kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
abhyabhāṣan mahābāhuṃ bhīmasenam ariṃdamam |
12 | matsyarājaḥ parāmṛṣṭas trigartena suśarmaṇā
taṃ mokṣaya mahābāho na gacched dviṣatāṃ vaśam |
13 | uṣitāḥ smaḥ sukhaṃ sarve sarvakāmaiḥ supūjitāḥ
bhīmasena tvayā kāryā tasya vāsasya niṣkṛtiḥ |
14 | bhīmasena uvāca |
14 | aham enaṃ paritrāsye śāsanāt tava pārthiva
paśya me sumahat karma yudhyataḥ saha śatrubhiḥ |
15 | svabāhubalam āśritya tiṣṭha tvaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
ekāntam āśrito rājan paśya me 'dya parākramam |
16 | suskandho 'yaṃ mahāvṛkṣo gadārūpa iva sthitaḥ
enam eva samārujya drāvayiṣyāmi śātravān |
17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
17 | taṃ mattam iva mātaṅgaṃ vīkṣamāṇaṃ vanaspatim
abravīd bhrātaraṃ vīraṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
18 | mā bhīma sāhasaṃ kārṣīs tiṣṭhatv eṣa vanaspatiḥ
mā tvā vṛkṣeṇa karmāṇi kurvāṇam atimānuṣam janāḥ samavabudhyeran bhīmo 'yam iti bhārata |
19 | anyad evāyudhaṃ kiṃ cit pratipadyasva mānuṣam
cāpaṃ vā yadi vā śaktiṃ nistriṃśaṃ vā paraśvadham |
20 | yad eva mānuṣaṃ bhīma bhaved anyair alakṣitam
tad evāyudham ādāya mokṣayāśu mahīpatim |
21 | yamau ca cakrarakṣau te bhavitārau mahābalau
vyūhataḥ samare tāta matsyarājaṃ parīpsataḥ |
22 | tataḥ samastās te sarve turagān abhyacodayan
divyam astraṃ vikurvāṇās trigartān pratyamarṣaṇāḥ |
23 | tān nivṛttarathān dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavān sā mahācamūḥ
vairāṭī paramakruddhā yuyudhe paramādbhutam |
24 | sahasraṃ nyavadhīt tatra kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhīmaḥ saptaśatān yodhān paralokam adarśayat nakulaś cāpi saptaiva śatāni prāhiṇoc charaiḥ |
25 | śatāni trīṇi śūrāṇāṃ sahadevaḥ pratāpavān
yudhiṣṭhirasamādiṣṭo nijaghne puruṣarṣabhaḥ bhittvā tāṃ mahatīṃ senāṃ trigartānāṃ nararṣabha |
26 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā tvaramāṇo mahārathaḥ
abhidrutya suśarmāṇaṃ śarair abhyatudad bhṛśam |
27 | suśarmāpi susaṃkruddhas tvaramāṇo yudhiṣṭhiram
avidhyan navabhir bāṇaiś caturbhiś caturo hayān |
28 | tato rājann āśukārī kuntīputro vṛkodaraḥ
samāsādya suśarmāṇam aśvān asya vyapothayat |
29 | pṛṣṭhagopau ca tasyātha hatvā paramasāyakaiḥ
athāsya sārathiṃ kruddho rathopasthād apāharat |
30 | cakrarakṣaś ca śūraś ca śoṇāśvo nāma viśrutaḥ
sa bhayād dvairathaṃ dṛṣṭvā traigartaṃ prājahat tadā |
31 | tato virāṭaḥ praskandya rathād atha suśarmaṇaḥ
gadām asya parāmṛśya tam evājaghnivān balī sa cacāra gadāpāṇir vṛddho 'pi taruṇo yathā |
32 | bhīmas tu bhīmasaṃkāśo rathāt praskandya kuṇḍalī
trigartarājam ādatta siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā |
33 | tasmin gṛhīte virathe trigartānāṃ mahārathe
abhajyata balaṃ sarvaṃ traigartaṃ tadbhayāturam |
34 | nivartya gās tataḥ sarvāḥ pāṇḍuputrā mahābalāḥ
avajitya suśarmāṇaṃ dhanaṃ cādāya sarvaśaḥ |
35 | svabāhubalasaṃpannā hrīniṣedhā yatavratāḥ
saṃgrāmaśiraso madhye tāṃ rātriṃ sukhino 'vasan |
36 | tato virāṭaḥ kaunteyān atimānuṣavikramān
arcayām āsa vittena mānena ca mahārathān |
37 | virāṭa uvāca |
37 | yathaiva mama ratnāni yuṣmākaṃ tāni vai tathā
kāryaṃ kuruta taiḥ sarve yathākāmaṃ yathāsukham |
38 | dadāny alaṃkṛtāḥ kanyā vasūni vividhāni ca
manasaś cāpy abhipretaṃ yad vaḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ |
39 | yuṣmākaṃ vikramād adya mukto 'haṃ svastimān iha
tasmād bhavanto matsyānām īśvarāḥ sarva eva hi |
40 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
40 | tathābhivādinaṃ matsyaṃ kauraveyāḥ pṛthak pṛthak
ūcuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ |
41 | pratinandāma te vākyaṃ sarvaṃ caiva viśāṃ pate
etenaiva pratītāḥ smo yat tvaṃ mukto 'dya śatrubhiḥ |
42 | athābravīt prītamanā matsyarājo yudhiṣṭhiram
punar eva mahābāhur virāṭo rājasattamaḥ ehi tvām abhiṣekṣyāmi matsyarājo 'stu no bhavān |
43 | manasaś cāpy abhipretaṃ yat te śatrunibarhaṇa
tat te 'haṃ saṃpradāsyāmi sarvam arhati no bhavān |
44 | ratnāni gāḥ suvarṇaṃ ca maṇimuktam athāpi vā
vaiyāghrapadya viprendra sarvathaiva namo 'stu te |
45 | tvatkṛte hy adya paśyāmi rājyam ātmānam eva ca
yataś ca jātaḥ saṃrambhaḥ sa ca śatrur vaśaṃ gataḥ |
46 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro matsyaṃ punar evābhyabhāṣata
pratinandāmi te vākyaṃ manojñaṃ matsya bhāṣase |
47 | ānṛśaṃsyaparo nityaṃ susukhaḥ satataṃ bhava
gacchantu dūtās tvaritaṃ nagaraṃ tava pārthiva suhṛdāṃ priyam ākhyātuṃ ghoṣayantu ca te jayam |
48 | tatas tadvacanān matsyo dūtān rājā samādiśat
ācakṣadhvaṃ puraṃ gatvā saṃgrāme vijayaṃ mama |
49 | kumārāḥ samalaṃkṛtya paryāgacchantu me purāt
vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi gaṇikāś ca svalaṃkṛtāḥ |
50 | te gatvā kevalāṃ rātrim atha sūryodayaṃ prati
virāṭasya purābhyāśe dūtā jayam aghoṣayan |