Book 4 Chapter 44 | |
1 | kṛpa uvāca |
1 | sadaiva tava rādheya yuddhe krūratarā matiḥ
nārthānāṃ prakṛtiṃ vettha nānubandham avekṣase |
2 | nayā hi bahavaḥ santi śāstrāṇy āśritya cintitāḥ
teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ tu pāpiṣṭhaṃ vedayanti purāvidaḥ |
3 | deśakālena saṃyuktaṃ yuddhaṃ vijayadaṃ bhavet
hīnakālaṃ tad eveha phalavan na bhavaty uta deśe kāle ca vikrāntaṃ kalyāṇāya vidhīyate |
4 | ānukūlyena kāryāṇām antaraṃ saṃvidhīyatām
bhāraṃ hi rathakārasya na vyavasyanti paṇḍitāḥ |
5 | paricintya tu pārthena saṃnipāto na naḥ kṣamaḥ
ekaḥ kurūn abhyarakṣad ekaś cāgnim atarpayat |
6 | ekaś ca pañca varṣāṇi brahmacaryam adhārayat
ekaḥ subhadrām āropya dvairathe kṛṣṇam āhvayat asminn eva vane kṛṣṇo hṛtāṃ kṛṣṇām avājayat |
7 | ekaś ca pañca varṣāṇi śakrād astrāṇy aśikṣata
ekaḥ sāṃyaminīṃ jitvā kurūṇām akarod yaśaḥ |
8 | eko gandharvarājānaṃ citrasenam ariṃdamaḥ
vijigye tarasā saṃkhye senāṃ cāsya sudurjayām |
9 | tathā nivātakavacāḥ kālakhañjāś ca dānavāḥ
daivatair apy avadhyās te ekena yudhi pātitāḥ |
10 | ekena hi tvayā karṇa kiṃ nāmeha kṛtaṃ purā
ekaikena yathā teṣāṃ bhūmipālā vaśīkṛtāḥ |
11 | indro 'pi hi na pārthena saṃyuge yoddhum arhati
yas tenāśaṃsate yoddhuṃ kartavyaṃ tasya bheṣajam |
12 | āśīviṣasya kruddhasya pāṇim udyamya dakṣiṇam
avimṛśya pradeśinyā daṃṣṭrām ādātum icchasi |
13 | atha vā kuñjaraṃ mattam eka eva caran vane
anaṅkuśaṃ samāruhya nagaraṃ gantum icchasi |
14 | samiddhaṃ pāvakaṃ vāpi ghṛtamedovasāhutam
ghṛtāktaś cīravāsās tvaṃ madhyenottartum icchasi |
15 | ātmānaṃ yaḥ samudbadhya kaṇṭhe baddhvā mahāśilām
samudraṃ pratared dorbhyāṃ tatra kiṃ nāma pauruṣam |
16 | akṛtāstraḥ kṛtāstraṃ vai balavantaṃ sudurbalaḥ
tādṛśaṃ karṇa yaḥ pārthaṃ yoddhum icchet sa durmatiḥ |
17 | asmābhir eṣa nikṛto varṣāṇīha trayodaśa
siṃhaḥ pāśavinirmukto na naḥ śeṣaṃ kariṣyati |
18 | ekānte pārtham āsīnaṃ kūpe 'gnim iva saṃvṛtam
ajñānād abhyavaskandya prāptāḥ smo bhayam uttamam |
19 | saha yudhyāmahe pārtham āgataṃ yuddhadurmadam
sainyās tiṣṭhantu saṃnaddhā vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |
20 | droṇo duryodhano bhīṣmo bhavān drauṇis tathā vayam
sarve yudhyāmahe pārthaṃ karṇa mā sāhasaṃ kṛthāḥ |
21 | vayaṃ vyavasitaṃ pārthaṃ vajrapāṇim ivodyatam
ṣaḍrathāḥ pratiyudhyema tiṣṭhema yadi saṃhatāḥ |
22 | vyūḍhānīkāni sainyāni yattāḥ paramadhanvinaḥ
yudhyāmahe 'rjunaṃ saṃkhye dānavā vāsavaṃ yathā |