Book 4 Chapter 54 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | taṃ pārthaḥ pratijagrāha vāyuvegam ivoddhatam
śarajālena mahatā varṣamāṇam ivāmbudam |
2 | tayor devāsurasamaḥ saṃnipāto mahān abhūt
kiratoḥ śarajālāni vṛtravāsavayor iva |
3 | na sma sūryas tadā bhāti na ca vāti samīraṇaḥ
śaragāḍhe kṛte vyomni chāyābhūte samantataḥ |
4 | mahāṃś caṭacaṭāśabdo yodhayor hanyamānayoḥ
dahyatām iva veṇūnām āsīt parapuraṃjaya |
5 | hayān asyārjunaḥ sarvān kṛtavān alpajīvitān
sa rājan na prajānāti diśaṃ kāṃ cana mohitaḥ |
6 | tato drauṇir mahāvīryaḥ pārthasya vicariṣyataḥ
vivaraṃ sūkṣmam ālokya jyāṃ ciccheda kṣureṇa ha tad asyāpūjayan devāḥ karma dṛṣṭvātimānuṣam |
7 | tato drauṇir dhanūṃṣy aṣṭau vyapakramya nararṣabham
punar abhyāhanat pārthaṃ hṛdaye kaṅkapatribhiḥ |
8 | tataḥ pārtho mahābāhuḥ prahasya svanavat tadā
yojayām āsa navayā maurvyā gāṇḍīvam ojasā |
9 | tato 'rdhacandram āvṛtya tena pārthaḥ samāgamat
vāraṇeneva mattena matto vāraṇayūthapaḥ |
10 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ pṛthivyām ekavīrayoḥ
raṇamadhye dvayor eva sumahal lomaharṣaṇam |
11 | tau vīrau kuravaḥ sarve dadṛśur vismayānvitāḥ
yudhyamānau mahātmānau yūthapāv iva saṃgatau |
12 | tau samājaghnatur vīrāv anyonyaṃ puruṣarṣabhau
śarair āśīviṣākārair jvaladbhir iva pannagaiḥ |
13 | akṣayyāv iṣudhī divyau pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ
tena pārtho raṇe śūras tasthau girir ivācalaḥ |
14 | aśvatthāmnaḥ punar bāṇāḥ kṣipram abhyasyato raṇe
jagmuḥ parikṣayaṃ śīghram abhūt tenādhiko 'rjunaḥ |
15 | tataḥ karṇo mahac cāpaṃ vikṛṣyābhyadhikaṃ ruṣā
avākṣipat tataḥ śabdo hāhākāro mahān abhūt |
16 | tatra cakṣur dadhe pārtho yatra visphāryate dhanuḥ
dadarśa tatra rādheyaṃ tasya kopo 'tyavīvṛdhat |
17 | sa roṣavaśam āpannaḥ karṇam eva jighāṃsayā
avaikṣata vivṛttābhyāṃ netrābhyāṃ kurupuṃgavaḥ |
18 | tathā tu vimukhe pārthe droṇaputrasya sāyakān
tvaritāḥ puruṣā rājann upājahruḥ sahasraśaḥ |
19 | utsṛjya ca mahābāhur droṇaputraṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ
abhidudrāva sahasā karṇam eva sapatnajit |
20 | tam abhidrutya kaunteyaḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
kāmayan dvairathe yuddham idaṃ vacanam abravīt |