Book 4 Chapter 50 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | apayāte tu rādheye duryodhanapurogamāḥ
anīkena yathāsvena śarair ārcchanta pāṇḍavam |
2 | bahudhā tasya sainyasya vyūḍhasyāpatataḥ śaraiḥ
abhiyānīyam ājñāya vairāṭir idam abravīt |
3 | āsthāya ruciraṃ jiṣṇo rathaṃ sārathinā mayā
katamad yāsyase 'nīkam ukto yāsyāmy ahaṃ tvayā |
4 | arjuna uvāca |
4 | lohitākṣam ariṣṭaṃ yaṃ vaiyāghram anupaśyasi
nīlāṃ patākām āśritya rathe tiṣṭhantam uttara |
5 | kṛpasyaitad rathānīkaṃ prāpayasvaitad eva mām
etasya darśayiṣyāmi śīghrāstraṃ dṛḍhadhanvinaḥ |
6 | kamaṇḍalur dhvaje yasya śātakumbhamayaḥ śubhaḥ
ācārya eṣa vai droṇaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
7 | suprasannamanā vīra kuruṣvainaṃ pradakṣiṇam
atraiva cāvirodhena eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ |
8 | yadi me prathamaṃ droṇaḥ śarīre prahariṣyati
tato 'sya prahariṣyāmi nāsya kopo bhaviṣyati |
9 | asyāvidūre tu dhanur dhvajāgre yasya dṛśyate
ācāryasyaiṣa putro vai aśvatthāmā mahārathaḥ |
10 | sadā mamaiṣa mānyaś ca sarvaśastrabhṛtām api
etasya tvaṃ rathaṃ prāpya nivartethāḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
11 | ya eṣa tu rathānīke suvarṇakavacāvṛtaḥ
senāgryeṇa tṛtīyena vyavahāryeṇa tiṣṭhati |
12 | yasya nāgo dhvajāgre vai hemaketanasaṃśritaḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajaḥ śrīmān eṣa rājā suyodhanaḥ |
13 | etasyābhimukhaṃ vīra rathaṃ pararathārujaḥ
prāpayasvaiṣa tejobhipramāthī yuddhadurmadaḥ |
14 | eṣa droṇasya śiṣyāṇāṃ śīghrāstraḥ prathamo mataḥ
etasya darśayiṣyāmi śīghrāstraṃ vipulaṃ śaraiḥ |
15 | nāgakakṣyā tu rucirā dhvajāgre yasya tiṣṭhati
eṣa vaikartanaḥ karṇo viditaḥ pūrvam eva te |
16 | etasya ratham āsthāya rādheyasya durātmanaḥ
yatto bhavethāḥ saṃgrāme spardhaty eṣa mayā sadā |
17 | yas tu nīlānusāreṇa pañcatāreṇa ketunā
hastāvāpī bṛhaddhanvā rathe tiṣṭhati vīryavān |
18 | yasya tārārkacitro 'sau rathe dhvajavaraḥ sthitaḥ
yasyaitat pāṇḍuraṃ chatraṃ vimalaṃ mūrdhni tiṣṭhati |
19 | mahato rathavaṃśasya nānādhvajapatākinaḥ
balāhakāgre sūryo vā ya eṣa pramukhe sthitaḥ |
20 | haimaṃ candrārkasaṃkāśaṃ kavacaṃ yasya dṛśyate
jātarūpaśirastrāṇas trāsayann iva me manaḥ |
21 | eṣa śāṃtanavo bhīṣmaḥ sarveṣāṃ naḥ pitāmahaḥ
rājaśriyāvabaddhas tu duryodhanavaśānugaḥ |
22 | paścād eṣa prayātavyo na me vighnakaro bhavet
etena yudhyamānasya yattaḥ saṃyaccha me hayān |
23 | tato 'bhyavahad avyagro vairāṭiḥ savyasācinam
yatrātiṣṭhat kṛpo rājan yotsyamāno dhanaṃjayam |