Book 4 Chapter 43 | |
1 | karṇa uvāca |
1 | sarvān āyuṣmato bhītān saṃtrastān iva lakṣaye
ayuddhamanasaś caiva sarvāṃś caivānavasthitān |
2 | yady eṣa rājā matsyānāṃ yadi bībhatsur āgataḥ
aham āvārayiṣyāmi veleva makarālayam |
3 | mama cāpapramuktānāṃ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
nāvṛttir gacchatām asti sarpāṇām iva sarpatām |
4 | rukmapuṅkhāḥ sutīkṣṇāgrā muktā hastavatā mayā
chādayantu śarāḥ pārthaṃ śalabhā iva pādapam |
5 | śarāṇāṃ puṅkhasaktānāṃ maurvyābhihatayā dṛḍham
śrūyatāṃ talayoḥ śabdo bheryor āhatayor iva |
6 | samāhito hi bībhatsur varṣāṇy aṣṭau ca pañca ca
jātasnehaś ca yuddhasya mayi saṃprahariṣyati |
7 | pātrībhūtaś ca kaunteyo brāhmaṇo guṇavān iva
śaraughān pratigṛhṇātu mayā muktān sahasraśaḥ |
8 | eṣa caiva maheṣvāsas triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ
ahaṃ cāpi kuruśreṣṭhā arjunān nāvaraḥ kva cit |
9 | itaś cetaś ca nirmuktaiḥ kāñcanair gārdhravājitaiḥ
dṛśyatām adya vai vyoma khadyotair iva saṃvṛtam |
10 | adyāham ṛṇam akṣayyaṃ purā vācā pratiśrutam
dhārtarāṣṭrasya dāsyāmi nihatya samare 'rjunam |
11 | antarā chidyamānānāṃ puṅkhānāṃ vyatiśīryatām
śalabhānām ivākāśe pracāraḥ saṃpradṛśyatām |
12 | indrāśanisamasparśaṃ mahendrasamatejasam
ardayiṣyāmy ahaṃ pārtham ulkābhir iva kuñjaram |
13 | tam agnim iva durdharṣam asiśaktiśarendhanam
pāṇḍavāgnim ahaṃ dīptaṃ pradahantam ivāhitān |
14 | aśvavegapurovāto rathaughastanayitnumān
śaradhāro mahāmeghaḥ śamayiṣyāmi pāṇḍavam |
15 | matkārmukavinirmuktāḥ pārtham āśīviṣopamāḥ
śarāḥ samabhisarpantu valmīkam iva pannagāḥ |
16 | jāmadagnyān mayā hy astraṃ yat prāptam ṛṣisattamāt
tad upāśritya vīryaṃ ca yudhyeyam api vāsavam |
17 | dhvajāgre vānaras tiṣṭhan bhallena nihato mayā
adyaiva patatāṃ bhūmau vinadan bhairavān ravān |
18 | śatror mayābhipannānāṃ bhūtānāṃ dhvajavāsinām
diśaḥ pratiṣṭhamānānām astu śabdo divaṃ gataḥ |
19 | adya duryodhanasyāhaṃ śalyaṃ hṛdi cirasthitam
samūlam uddhariṣyāmi bībhatsuṃ pātayan rathāt |
20 | hatāśvaṃ virathaṃ pārthaṃ pauruṣe paryavasthitam
niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgam adya paśyantu kauravāḥ |
21 | kāmaṃ gacchantu kuravo dhanam ādāya kevalam
ratheṣu vāpi tiṣṭhanto yuddhaṃ paśyantu māmakam |