Book 4 Chapter 59 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | tataḥ śāṃtanavo bhīṣmo durādharṣaḥ pratāpavān
vadhyamāneṣu yodheṣu dhanaṃjayam upādravat |
2 | pragṛhya kārmukaśreṣṭhaṃ jātarūpapariṣkṛtam
śarān ādāya tīkṣṇāgrān marmabhedapramāthinaḥ |
3 | pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani
śuśubhe sa naravyāghro giriḥ sūryodaye yathā |
4 | pradhmāya śaṅkhaṃ gāṅgeyo dhārtarāṣṭrān praharṣayan
pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya bībhatsuṃ samavārayat |
5 | tam udvīkṣya tathāyāntaṃ kaunteyaḥ paravīrahā
pratyagṛhṇāt prahṛṣṭātmā dhārādharam ivācalaḥ |
6 | tato bhīṣmaḥ śarān aṣṭau dhvaje pārthasya vīryavān
samaparyan mahāvegāñ śvasamānān ivoragān |
7 | te dhvajaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya samāsādya patatriṇaḥ
jvalantaḥ kapim ājaghnur dhvajāgranilayāṃś ca tān |
8 | tato bhallena mahatā pṛthudhāreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ
chatraṃ ciccheda bhīṣmasya tūrṇaṃ tad apatad bhuvi |
9 | dhvajaṃ caivāsya kaunteyaḥ śarair abhyahanad dṛḍham
śīghrakṛd rathavāhāṃś ca tathobhau pārṣṇisārathī |
10 | tayos tad abhavad yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
bhīṣmasya saha pārthena balivāsavayor iva |
11 | bhallair bhallāḥ samāgamya bhīṣmapāṇḍavayor yudhi
antarikṣe vyarājanta khadyotāḥ prāvṛṣīva hi |
12 | agnicakram ivāviddhaṃ savyadakṣiṇam asyataḥ
gāṇḍīvam abhavad rājan pārthasya sṛjataḥ śarān |
13 | sa taiḥ saṃchādayām āsa bhīṣmaṃ śaraśataiḥ śitaiḥ
parvataṃ vāridhārābhiś chādayann iva toyadaḥ |
14 | tāṃ sa velām ivoddhūtāṃ śaravṛṣṭiṃ samutthitām
vyadhamat sāyakair bhīṣmo arjunaṃ saṃnivārayat |
15 | tatas tāni nikṛttāni śarajālāni bhāgaśaḥ
samare 'bhivyaśīryanta phalgunasya rathaṃ prati |
16 | tataḥ kanakapuṅkhānāṃ śaravṛṣṭiṃ samutthitām
pāṇḍavasya rathāt tūrṇaṃ śalabhānām ivāyatim vyadhamat tāṃ punas tasya bhīṣmaḥ śaraśataiḥ śitaiḥ |
17 | tatas te kuravaḥ sarve sādhu sādhv iti cābruvan
duṣkaraṃ kṛtavān bhīṣmo yad arjunam ayodhayat |
18 | balavāṃs taruṇo dakṣaḥ kṣiprakārī ca pāṇḍavaḥ
ko 'nyaḥ samarthaḥ pārthasya vegaṃ dhārayituṃ raṇe |
19 | ṛte śāṃtanavād bhīṣmāt kṛṣṇād vā devakīsutāt
ācāryapravarād vāpi bhāradvājān mahābalāt |
20 | astrair astrāṇi saṃvārya krīḍataḥ puruṣarṣabhau
cakṣūṃṣi sarvabhūtānāṃ mohayantau mahābalau |
21 | prājāpatyaṃ tathaivaindram āgneyaṃ ca sudāruṇam
kauberaṃ vāruṇaṃ caiva yāmyaṃ vāyavyam eva ca prayuñjānau mahātmānau samare tau viceratuḥ |
22 | vismitāny atha bhūtāni tau dṛṣṭvā saṃyuge tadā
sādhu pārtha mahābāho sādhu bhīṣmeti cābruvan |
23 | nedaṃ yuktaṃ manuṣyeṣu yo 'yaṃ saṃdṛśyate mahān
mahāstrāṇāṃ saṃprayogaḥ samare bhīṣmapārthayoḥ |
24 | evaṃ sarvāstraviduṣor astrayuddham avartata
atha jiṣṇur upāvṛtya pṛthudhāreṇa kārmukam cakarta bhīṣmasya tadā jātarūpapariṣkṛtam |
25 | nimeṣāntaramātreṇa bhīṣmo 'nyat kārmukaṃ raṇe
samādāya mahābāhuḥ sajyaṃ cakre mahābalaḥ śarāṃś ca subahūn kruddho mumocāśu dhanaṃjaye |
26 | arjuno 'pi śarāṃś citrān bhīṣmāya niśitān bahūn
cikṣepa sumahātejās tathā bhīṣmaś ca pāṇḍave |
27 | tayor divyāstraviduṣor asyator aniśaṃ śarān
na viśeṣas tadā rājaṃl lakṣyate sma mahātmanoḥ |
28 | athāvṛṇod daśa diśaḥ śarair atirathas tadā
kirīṭamālī kaunteyaḥ śūraḥ śāṃtanavas tathā |
29 | atīva pāṇḍavo bhīṣmaṃ bhīṣmaś cātīva pāṇḍavam
babhūva tasmin saṃgrāme rājaṃl loke tad adbhutam |
30 | pāṇḍavena hatāḥ śūrā bhīṣmasya ratharakṣiṇaḥ
śerate sma tadā rājan kaunteyasyābhito ratham |
31 | tato gāṇḍīvanirmuktā niramitraṃ cikīrṣavaḥ
āgacchan puṅkhasaṃśliṣṭāḥ śvetavāhanapatriṇaḥ |
32 | niṣpatanto rathāt tasya dhautā hairaṇyavāsasaḥ
ākāśe samadṛśyanta haṃsānām iva paṅktayaḥ |
33 | tasya tad divyam astraṃ hi pragāḍhaṃ citram asyataḥ
prekṣante smāntarikṣasthāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ |
34 | tad dṛṣṭvā paramaprīto gandharvaś citram adbhutam
śaśaṃsa devarājāya citrasenaḥ pratāpavān |
35 | paśyemān arinirdārān saṃsaktān iva gacchataḥ
citrarūpam idaṃ jiṣṇor divyam astram udīryataḥ |
36 | nedaṃ manuṣyāḥ śraddadhyur na hīdaṃ teṣu vidyate
paurāṇānāṃ mahāstrāṇāṃ vicitro 'yaṃ samāgamaḥ |
37 | madhyaṃdinagataṃ sūryaṃ pratapantam ivāmbare
na śaknuvanti sainyāni pāṇḍavaṃ prativīkṣitum |
38 | ubhau viśrutakarmāṇāv ubhau yuddhaviśāradau
ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇāv ubhau yudhi durāsadau |
39 | ity ukto devarājas tu pārthabhīṣmasamāgamam
pūjayām āsa divyena puṣpavarṣeṇa bhārata |
40 | tato bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo vāme pārśve samarpayat
asyataḥ pratisaṃdhāya vivṛtaṃ savyasācinaḥ |
41 | tataḥ prahasya bībhatsuḥ pṛthudhāreṇa kārmukam
nyakṛntad gārdhrapatreṇa bhīṣmasyāmitatejasaḥ |
42 | athainaṃ daśabhir bāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyat stanāntare
yatamānaṃ parākrāntaṃ kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ |
43 | sa pīḍito mahābāhur gṛhītvā rathakūbaram
gāṅgeyo yudhi durdharṣas tasthau dīrgham ivāturaḥ |
44 | taṃ visaṃjñam apovāha saṃyantā rathavājinām
upadeśam anusmṛtya rakṣamāṇo mahāratham |