Book 4 Chapter 58 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | atha duryodhanaḥ karṇo duḥśāsanaviviṃśatī
droṇaś ca saha putreṇa kṛpaś cātiratho raṇe |
2 | punar īyuḥ susaṃrabdhā dhanaṃjayajighāṃsayā
visphārayantaś cāpāni balavanti dṛḍhāni ca |
3 | tān prakīrṇapatākena rathenādityavarcasā
pratyudyayau mahārāja samastān vānaradhvajaḥ |
4 | tataḥ kṛpaś ca karṇaś ca droṇaś ca rathināṃ varaḥ
taṃ mahāstrair mahāvīryaṃ parivārya dhanaṃjayam |
5 | śaraughān samyag asyanto jīmūtā iva vārṣikāḥ
vavarṣuḥ śaravarṣāṇi prapatantaṃ kirīṭinam |
6 | iṣubhir bahubhis tūrṇaṃ samare lomavāhibhiḥ
adūrāt paryavasthāya pūrayām āsur ādṛtāḥ |
7 | tathāvakīrṇasya hi tair divyair astraiḥ samantataḥ
na tasya dvyaṅgulam api vivṛtaṃ samadṛśyata |
8 | tataḥ prahasya bībhatsur divyam aindraṃ mahārathaḥ
astram ādityasaṃkāśaṃ gāṇḍīve samayojayat |
9 | sa raśmibhir ivādityaḥ pratapan samare balī
kirīṭamālī kaunteyaḥ sarvān prācchādayat kurūn |
10 | yathā balāhake vidyut pāvako vā śiloccaye
tathā gāṇḍīvam abhavad indrāyudham ivātatam |
11 | yathā varṣati parjanye vidyud vibhrājate divi
tathā daśa diśaḥ sarvāḥ patad gāṇḍīvam āvṛṇot |
12 | trastāś ca rathinaḥ sarve babhūvus tatra sarvaśaḥ
sarve śāntiparā bhūtvā svacittāni na lebhire saṃgrāmavimukhāḥ sarve yodhās te hatacetasaḥ |
13 | evaṃ sarvāṇi sainyāni bhagnāni bharatarṣabha
prādravanta diśaḥ sarvā nirāśāni svajīvite |