Book 4 Chapter 53 | |
1 | arjuna uvāca |
1 | yatraiṣā kāñcanī vedī pradīptāgniśikhopamā
ucchritā kāñcane daṇḍe patākābhir alaṃkṛtā tatra māṃ vaha bhadraṃ te droṇānīkāya māriṣa |
2 | aśvāḥ śoṇāḥ prakāśante bṛhantaś cāruvāhinaḥ
snigdhavidrumasaṃkāśās tāmrāsyāḥ priyadarśanāḥ yuktā rathavare yasya sarvaśikṣāviśāradāḥ |
3 | dīrghabāhur mahātejā balarūpasamanvitaḥ
sarvalokeṣu vikhyāto bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān |
4 | buddhyā tulyo hy uśanasā bṛhaspatisamo naye
vedās tathaiva catvāro brahmacaryaṃ tathaiva ca |
5 | sasaṃhārāṇi divyāni sarvāṇy astrāṇi māriṣa
dhanurvedaś ca kārtsnyena yasmin nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ |
6 | kṣamā damaś ca satyaṃ ca ānṛśaṃsyam athārjavam
ete cānye ca bahavo guṇā yasmin dvijottame |
7 | tenāhaṃ yoddhum icchāmi mahābhāgena saṃyuge
tasmāt tvaṃ prāpayācāryaṃ kṣipram uttara vāhaya |
8 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
8 | arjunenaivam uktas tu vairāṭir hemabhūṣitān
codayām āsa tān aśvān bhāradvājarathaṃ prati |
9 | tam āpatantaṃ vegena pāṇḍavaṃ rathināṃ varam
droṇaḥ pratyudyayau pārthaṃ matto mattam iva dvipam |
10 | tataḥ prādhmāpayac chaṅkhaṃ bherīśatanināditam
pracukṣubhe balaṃ sarvam uddhūta iva sāgaraḥ |
11 | atha śoṇān sadaśvāṃs tān haṃsavarṇair manojavaiḥ
miśritān samare dṛṣṭvā vyasmayanta raṇe janāḥ |
12 | tau rathau vīryasaṃpannau dṛṣṭvā saṃgrāmamūrdhani
ācāryaśiṣyāv ajitau kṛtavidyau manasvinau |
13 | samāśliṣṭau tadānyonyaṃ droṇapārthau mahābalau
dṛṣṭvā prākampata muhur bharatānāṃ mahad balam |
14 | harṣayuktas tathā pārthaḥ prahasann iva vīryavān
rathaṃ rathena droṇasya samāsādya mahārathaḥ |
15 | abhivādya mahābāhuḥ sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ
uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā kaunteyaḥ paravīrahā |
16 | uṣitāḥ sma vane vāsaṃ pratikarma cikīrṣavaḥ
kopaṃ nārhasi naḥ kartuṃ sadā samaradurjaya |
17 | ahaṃ tu prahṛte pūrvaṃ prahariṣyāmi te 'nagha
iti me vartate buddhis tad bhavān kartum arhati |
18 | tato 'smai prāhiṇod droṇaḥ śarān adhikaviṃśatim
aprāptāṃś caiva tān pārthaś ciccheda kṛtahastavat |
19 | tataḥ śarasahasreṇa rathaṃ pārthasya vīryavān
avākirat tato droṇaḥ śīghram astraṃ vidarśayan |
20 | evaṃ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ bhāradvājakirīṭinoḥ
samaṃ vimuñcatoḥ saṃkhye viśikhān dīptatejasaḥ |
21 | tāv ubhau khyātakarmāṇāv ubhau vāyusamau jave
ubhau divyāstraviduṣāv ubhāv uttamatejasau kṣipantau śarajālāni mohayām āsatur nṛpān |
22 | vyasmayanta tato yodhāḥ sarve tatra samāgatāḥ
śarān visṛjatos tūrṇaṃ sādhu sādhv iti pūjayan |
23 | droṇaṃ hi samare ko 'nyo yoddhum arhati phalgunāt
raudraḥ kṣatriyadharmo 'yaṃ guruṇā yad ayudhyata ity abruvañ janās tatra saṃgrāmaśirasi sthitāḥ |
24 | vīrau tāv api saṃrabdhau saṃnikṛṣṭau mahārathau
chādayetāṃ śaravrātair anyonyam aparājitau |
25 | visphārya sumahac cāpaṃ hemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam
saṃrabdho 'tha bharadvājaḥ phalgunaṃ pratyayudhyata |
26 | sa sāyakamayair jālair arjunasya rathaṃ prati
bhānumadbhiḥ śilādhautair bhānoḥ pracchādayat prabhām |
27 | pārthaṃ ca sa mahābāhur mahāvegair mahārathaḥ
vivyādha niśitair bāṇair megho vṛṣṭyeva parvatam |
28 | tathaiva divyaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanur ādāya pāṇḍavaḥ
śatrughnaṃ vegavad dhṛṣṭo bhārasādhanam uttamam visasarja śarāṃś citrān suvarṇavikṛtān bahūn |
29 | nāśayañ śaravarṣāṇi bhāradvājasya vīryavān
tūrṇaṃ cāpavinirmuktais tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
30 | sa rathena caran pārthaḥ prekṣaṇīyo dhanaṃjayaḥ
yugapad dikṣu sarvāsu sarvaśastrāṇy adarśayat |
31 | ekacchāyam ivākāśaṃ bāṇaiś cakre samantataḥ
nādṛśyata tadā droṇo nīhāreṇeva saṃvṛtaḥ |
32 | tasyābhavat tadā rūpaṃ saṃvṛtasya śarottamaiḥ
jājvalyamānasya yathā parvatasyeva sarvataḥ |
33 | dṛṣṭvā tu pārthasya raṇe śaraiḥ svaratham āvṛtam
sa visphārya dhanuś citraṃ meghastanitanisvanam |
34 | agnicakropamaṃ ghoraṃ vikarṣan paramāyudham
vyaśātayac charāṃs tāṃs tu droṇaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ mahān abhūt tataḥ śabdo vaṃśānām iva dahyatām |
35 | jāmbūnadamayaiḥ puṅkhaiś citracāpavarātigaiḥ
prācchādayad ameyātmā diśaḥ sūryasya ca prabhām |
36 | tataḥ kanakapuṅkhānāṃ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
viyaccarāṇāṃ viyati dṛśyante bahuśaḥ prajāḥ |
37 | droṇasya puṅkhasaktāś ca prabhavantaḥ śarāsanāt
eko dīrgha ivādṛśyad ākāśe saṃhataḥ śaraḥ |
38 | evaṃ tau svarṇavikṛtān vimuñcantau mahāśarān
ākāśaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ vīrāv ulkābhir iva cakratuḥ |
39 | śarās tayoś ca vibabhuḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ
paṅktyaḥ śaradi khasthānāṃ haṃsānāṃ caratām iva |
40 | yuddhaṃ samabhavat tatra susaṃrabdhaṃ mahātmanoḥ
droṇapāṇḍavayor ghoraṃ vṛtravāsavayor iva |
41 | tau gajāv iva cāsādya viṣāṇāgraiḥ parasparam
śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭair anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ |
42 | tau vyavāharatāṃ śūrau saṃrabdhau raṇaśobhinau
udīrayantau samare divyāny astrāṇi bhāgaśaḥ |
43 | atha tv ācāryamukhyena śarān sṛṣṭāñ śilāśitān
nyavārayac chitair bāṇair arjuno jayatāṃ varaḥ |
44 | darśayann aindrir ātmānam ugram ugraparākramaḥ
iṣubhis tūrṇam ākāśaṃ bahubhiś ca samāvṛṇot |
45 | jighāṃsantaṃ naravyāghram arjunaṃ tigmatejasam
ācāryamukhyaḥ samare droṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ arjunena sahākrīḍac charaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ |
46 | divyāny astrāṇi muñcantaṃ bhāradvājaṃ mahāraṇe
astrair astrāṇi saṃvārya phalgunaḥ samayodhayat |
47 | tayor āsīt saṃprahāraḥ kruddhayor narasiṃhayoḥ
amarṣiṇos tadānyonyaṃ devadānavayor iva |
48 | aindraṃ vāyavyam āgneyam astram astreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ
droṇena muktaṃ muktaṃ tu grasate sma punaḥ punaḥ |
49 | evaṃ śūrau maheṣvāsau visṛjantau śitāñ śarān
ekacchāyaṃ cakratus tāv ākāśaṃ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ |
50 | tato 'rjunena muktānāṃ patatāṃ ca śarīriṣu
parvateṣv iva vajrāṇāṃ śarāṇāṃ śrūyate svanaḥ |
51 | tato nāgā rathāś caiva sādinaś ca viśāṃ pate
śoṇitāktā vyadṛśyanta puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ |
52 | bāhubhiś ca sakeyūrair vicitraiś ca mahārathaiḥ
suvarṇacitraiḥ kavacair dhvajaiś ca vinipātitaiḥ |
53 | yodhaiś ca nihatais tatra pārthabāṇaprapīḍitaiḥ
balam āsīt samudbhrāntaṃ droṇārjunasamāgame |
54 | vidhunvānau tu tau vīrau dhanuṣī bhārasādhane
ācchādayetām anyonyaṃ titakṣantau raṇeṣubhiḥ |
55 | athāntarikṣe nādo 'bhūd droṇaṃ tatra praśaṃsatām
duṣkaraṃ kṛtavān droṇo yad arjunam ayodhayat |
56 | pramāthinaṃ mahāvīryaṃ dṛḍhamuṣṭiṃ durāsadam
jetāraṃ devadaityānāṃ sarpāṇāṃ ca mahāratham |
57 | aviśramaṃ ca śikṣāṃ ca lāghavaṃ dūrapātitām
pārthasya samare dṛṣṭvā droṇasyābhūc ca vismayaḥ |
58 | atha gāṇḍīvam udyamya divyaṃ dhanur amarṣaṇaḥ
vicakarṣa raṇe pārtho bāhubhyāṃ bharatarṣabha |
59 | tasya bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ śalabhānām ivāyatam
na ca bāṇāntare vāyur asya śaknoti sarpitum |
60 | aniśaṃ saṃdadhānasya śarān utsṛjatas tadā
dadṛśe nāntaraṃ kiṃ cit pārthasyādadato 'pi ca |
61 | tathā śīghrāstrayuddhe tu vartamāne sudāruṇe
śīghrāc chīghrataraṃ pārthaḥ śarān anyān udīrayat |
62 | tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
yugapat prāpataṃs tatra droṇasya ratham antikāt |
63 | avakīryamāṇe droṇe tu śarair gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
hāhākāro mahān āsīt sainyānāṃ bharatarṣabha |
64 | pāṇḍavasya tu śīghrāstraṃ maghavān samapūjayat
gandharvāpsarasaś caiva ye ca tatra samāgatāḥ |
65 | tato vṛndena mahatā rathānāṃ rathayūthapaḥ
ācāryaputraḥ sahasā pāṇḍavaṃ pratyavārayat |
66 | aśvatthāmā tu tat karma hṛdayena mahātmanaḥ
pūjayām āsa pārthasya kopaṃ cāsyākarod bhṛśam |
67 | sa manyuvaśam āpannaḥ pārtham abhyadravad raṇe
kirañ śarasahasrāṇi parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān |
68 | āvṛtya tu mahābāhur yato drauṇis tato hayān
antaraṃ pradadau pārtho droṇasya vyapasarpitum |
69 | sa tu labdhvāntaraṃ tūrṇam apāyāj javanair hayaiḥ
chinnavarmadhvajaḥ śūro nikṛttaḥ parameṣubhiḥ |