Book 4 Chapter 34 | |
1 | uttara uvāca |
1 | adyāham anugaccheyaṃ dṛḍhadhanvā gavāṃ padam
yadi me sārathiḥ kaś cid bhaved aśveṣu kovidaḥ |
2 | tam eva nādhigacchāmi yo me yantā bhaven naraḥ
paśyadhvaṃ sārathiṃ kṣipraṃ mama yuktaṃ prayāsyataḥ |
3 | aṣṭāviṃśatirātraṃ vā māsaṃ vā nūnam antataḥ
yat tad āsīn mahad yuddhaṃ tatra me sārathir hataḥ |
4 | sa labheyaṃ yadi tv anyaṃ hayayānavidaṃ naram
tvarāvān adya yātvāhaṃ samucchritamahādhvajam |
5 | vigāhya tatparānīkaṃ gajavājirathākulam
śastrapratāpanirvīryān kurūñ jitvānaye paśūn |
6 | duryodhanaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ kṛpam
droṇaṃ ca saha putreṇa maheṣvāsān samāgatān |
7 | vitrāsayitvā saṃgrāme dānavān iva vajrabhṛt
anenaiva muhūrtena punaḥ pratyānaye paśūn |
8 | śūnyam āsādya kuravaḥ prayānty ādāya godhanam
kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ yad ahaṃ tatra nābhavam |
9 | paśyeyur adya me vīryaṃ kuravas te samāgatāḥ
kiṃ nu pārtho 'rjunaḥ sākṣād ayam asmān prabādhate |
10 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
10 | tasya tad vacanaṃ strīṣu bhāṣataḥ sma punaḥ punaḥ
nāmarṣayata pāñcālī bībhatsoḥ parikīrtanam |
11 | athainam upasaṃgamya strīmadhyāt sā tapasvinī
vrīḍamāneva śanakair idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
12 | yo 'sau bṛhadvāraṇābho yuvā supriyadarśanaḥ
bṛhannaḍeti vikhyātaḥ pārthasyāsīt sa sārathiḥ |
13 | dhanuṣy anavaraś cāsīt tasya śiṣyo mahātmanaḥ
dṛṣṭapūrvo mayā vīra carantyā pāṇḍavān prati |
14 | yadā tat pāvako dāvam adahat khāṇḍavaṃ mahat
arjunasya tadānena saṃgṛhītā hayottamāḥ |
15 | tena sārathinā pārthaḥ sarvabhūtāni sarvaśaḥ
ajayat khāṇḍavaprasthe na hi yantāsti tādṛśaḥ |
16 | yeyaṃ kumārī suśroṇī bhaginī te yavīyasī
asyāḥ sa vacanaṃ vīra kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
17 | yadi vai sārathiḥ sa syāt kurūn sarvān asaṃśayam
jitvā gāś ca samādāya dhruvam āgamanaṃ bhavet |
18 | evam uktaḥ sa sairandhryā bhaginīṃ pratyabhāṣata
gaccha tvam anavadyāṅgi tām ānaya bṛhannaḍām |
19 | sā bhrātrā preṣitā śīghram agacchan nartanāgṛham
yatrāste sa mahābāhuś channaḥ satreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ |