 | Book 4 Chapter 40
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| 1 | uttara uvāca
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| 1 | āsthāya vipulaṃ vīra rathaṃ sārathinā mayā
katamaṃ yāsyase 'nīkam ukto yāsyāmy ahaṃ tvayā
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| 2 | arjuna uvāca
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| 2 | prīto 'smi puruṣavyāghra na bhayaṃ vidyate tava
sarvān nudāmi te śatrūn raṇe raṇaviśārada
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| 3 | svastho bhava mahābuddhe paśya māṃ śatrubhiḥ saha
yudhyamānaṃ vimarde 'smin kurvāṇaṃ bhairavaṃ mahat
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| 4 | etān sarvān upāsaṅgān kṣipraṃ badhnīhi me rathe
etaṃ cāhara nistriṃśaṃ jātarūpapariṣkṛtam
ahaṃ vai kurubhir yotsyāmy avajeṣyāmi te paśūn
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| 5 | saṃkalpapakṣavikṣepaṃ bāhuprākāratoraṇam
tridaṇḍatūṇasaṃbādham anekadhvajasaṃkulam
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| 6 | jyākṣepaṇaṃ krodhakṛtaṃ nemīninadadundubhi
nagaraṃ te mayā guptaṃ rathopasthaṃ bhaviṣyati
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| 7 | adhiṣṭhito mayā saṃkhye ratho gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
ajeyaḥ śatrusainyānāṃ vairāṭe vyetu te bhayam
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| 8 | uttara uvāca
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| 8 | bibhemi nāham eteṣāṃ jānāmi tvāṃ sthiraṃ yudhi
keśavenāpi saṃgrāme sākṣād indreṇa vā samam
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| 9 | idaṃ tu cintayann eva parimuhyāmi kevalam
niścayaṃ cāpi durmedhā na gacchāmi kathaṃ cana
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| 10 | evaṃ vīrāṅgarūpasya lakṣaṇair ucitasya ca
kena karmavipākena klībatvam idam āgatam
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| 11 | manye tvāṃ klībaveṣeṇa carantaṃ śūlapāṇinam
gandharvarājapratimaṃ devaṃ vāpi śatakratum
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| 12 | arjuna uvāca
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| 12 | bhrātur niyogāj jyeṣṭhasya saṃvatsaram idaṃ vratam
carāmi brahmacaryaṃ vai satyam etad bravīmi te
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| 13 | nāsmi klībo mahābāho paravān dharmasaṃyutaḥ
samāptavratam uttīrṇaṃ viddhi māṃ tvaṃ nṛpātmaja
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| 14 | uttara uvāca
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| 14 | paramo 'nugraho me 'dya yat pratarko na me vṛthā
na hīdṛśāḥ klībarūpā bhavantīha narottamāḥ
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| 15 | sahāyavān asmi raṇe yudhyeyam amarair api
sādhvasaṃ tat pranaṣṭaṃ me kiṃ karomi bravīhi me
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| 16 | ahaṃ te saṃgrahīṣyāmi hayāñ śatrurathārujaḥ
śikṣito hy asmi sārathye tīrthataḥ puruṣarṣabha
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| 17 | dāruko vāsudevasya yathā śakrasya mātaliḥ
tathā māṃ viddhi sārathye śikṣitaṃ narapuṃgava
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| 18 | yasya yāte na paśyanti bhūmau prāptaṃ padaṃ padam
dakṣiṇaṃ yo dhuraṃ yuktaḥ sugrīvasadṛśo hayaḥ
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| 19 | yo 'yaṃ dhuraṃ dhuryavaro vāmaṃ vahati śobhanaḥ
taṃ manye meghapuṣpasya javena sadṛśaṃ hayam
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| 20 | yo 'yaṃ kāñcanasaṃnāhaḥ pārṣṇiṃ vahati śobhanaḥ
vāmaṃ sainyasya manye taṃ javena balavattaram
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| 21 | yo 'yaṃ vahati te pārṣṇiṃ dakṣiṇām añcitodyataḥ
balāhakād api mataḥ sa jave vīryavattaraḥ
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| 22 | tvām evāyaṃ ratho voḍhuṃ saṃgrāme 'rhati dhanvinam
tvaṃ cemaṃ ratham āsthāya yoddhum arho mato mama
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| 23 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 23 | tato nirmucya bāhubhyāṃ valayāni sa vīryavān
citre dundubhisaṃnāde pratyamuñcat tale śubhe
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| 24 | kṛṣṇān bhaṅgīmataḥ keśāñ śvetenodgrathya vāsasā
adhijyaṃ tarasā kṛtvā gāṇḍīvaṃ vyākṣipad dhanuḥ
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| 25 | tasya vikṣipyamāṇasya dhanuṣo 'bhūn mahāsvanaḥ
yathā śailasya mahataḥ śailenaivābhijaghnuṣaḥ
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| 26 | sanirghātābhavad bhūmir dikṣu vāyur vavau bhṛśam
bhrāntadvijaṃ khaṃ tadāsīt prakampitamahādrumam
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| 27 | taṃ śabdaṃ kuravo 'jānan visphoṭam aśaner iva
yad arjuno dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ bāhubhyām ākṣipad rathe
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