 | Book 5 Chapter 153
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ śāṃtanavaṃ bhīṣmaṃ prāñjalir dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ
saha sarvair mahīpālair idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 2 | ṛte senāpraṇetāraṃ pṛtanā sumahaty api
dīryate yuddham āsādya pipīlikapuṭaṃ yathā
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| 3 | na hi jātu dvayor buddhiḥ samā bhavati karhi cit
śauryaṃ ca nāma netṝṇāṃ spardhate ca parasparam
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| 4 | śrūyate ca mahāprājña haihayān amitaujasaḥ
abhyayur brāhmaṇāḥ sarve samucchritakuśadhvajāḥ
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| 5 | tān anvayus tadā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś caiva pitāmaha
ekatas tu trayo varṇā ekataḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ
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| 6 | te sma yuddheṣv abhajyanta trayo varṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
kṣatriyās tu jayanty eva bahulaṃ caikato balam
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| 7 | tatas te kṣatriyān eva papracchur dvijasattamāḥ
tebhyaḥ śaśaṃsur dharmajñā yāthātathyaṃ pitāmaha
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| 8 | vayam ekasya śṛṇumo mahābuddhimato raṇe
bhavantas tu pṛthak sarve svabuddhivaśavartinaḥ
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| 9 | tatas te brāhmaṇāś cakrur ekaṃ senāpatiṃ dvijam
nayeṣu kuśalaṃ śūram ajayan kṣatriyāṃs tataḥ
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| 10 | evaṃ ye kuśalaṃ śūraṃ hite sthitam akalmaṣam
senāpatiṃ prakurvanti te jayanti raṇe ripūn
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| 11 | bhavān uśanasā tulyo hitaiṣī ca sadā mama
asaṃhāryaḥ sthito dharme sa naḥ senāpatir bhava
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| 12 | raśmīvatām ivādityo vīrudhām iva candramāḥ
kubera iva yakṣāṇāṃ marutām iva vāsavaḥ
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| 13 | parvatānāṃ yathā meruḥ suparṇaḥ patatām iva
kumāra iva bhūtānāṃ vasūnām iva havyavāṭ
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| 14 | bhavatā hi vayaṃ guptāḥ śakreṇeva divaukasaḥ
anādhṛṣyā bhaviṣyāmas tridaśānām api dhruvam
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| 15 | prayātu no bhavān agre devānām iva pāvakiḥ
vayaṃ tvām anuyāsyāmaḥ saurabheyā ivarṣabham
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| 16 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 16 | evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata
yathaiva hi bhavanto me tathaiva mama pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 17 | api caiva maya śreyo vācyaṃ teṣāṃ narādhipa
yoddhavyaṃ tu tavārthāya yathā sa samayaḥ kṛtaḥ
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| 18 | na tu paśyāmi yoddhāram ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṃ bhuvi
ṛte tasmān naravyāghrāt kuntīputrād dhanaṃjayāt
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| 19 | sa hi veda mahābāhur divyāny astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ
na tu māṃ vivṛto yuddhe jātu yudhyeta pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 20 | ahaṃ sa ca kṣaṇenaiva nirmanuṣyam idaṃ jagat
kuryāṃ śastrabalenaiva sasurāsurarākṣasam
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| 21 | na tv evotsādanīyā me pāṇḍoḥ putrā narādhipa
tasmād yodhān haniṣyāmi prayogeṇāyutaṃ sadā
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| 22 | evam eṣāṃ kariṣyāmi nidhanaṃ kurunandana
na cet te māṃ haniṣyanti pūrvam eva samāgame
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| 23 | senāpatis tv ahaṃ rājan samayenāpareṇa te
bhaviṣyāmi yathākāmaṃ tan me śrotum ihārhasi
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| 24 | karṇo vā yudhyatāṃ pūrvam ahaṃ vā pṛthivīpate
spardhate hi sadātyarthaṃ sūtaputro mayā raṇe
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| 25 | karṇa uvāca
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| 25 | nāhaṃ jīvati gāṅgeye yotsye rājan kathaṃ cana
hate bhīṣme tu yotsyāmi saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
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| 26 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 26 | tataḥ senāpatiṃ cakre vidhivad bhūridakṣiṇam
dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajo bhīṣmaṃ so 'bhiṣikto vyarocata
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| 27 | tato bherīś ca śaṅkhāṃś ca śataśaś caiva puṣkarān
vādayām āsur avyagrāḥ puruṣā rājaśāsanāt
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| 28 | siṃhanādāś ca vividhā vāhanānāṃ ca nisvanāḥ
prādurāsann anabhre ca varṣaṃ rudhirakardamam
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| 29 | nirghātāḥ pṛthivīkampā gajabṛṃhitanisvanāḥ
āsaṃś ca sarvayodhānāṃ pātayanto manāṃsy uta
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| 30 | vācaś cāpy aśarīriṇyo divaś colkāḥ prapedire
śivāś ca bhayavedinyo nedur dīptasvarā bhṛśam
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| 31 | senāpatye yadā rājā gāṅgeyam abhiṣiktavān
tadaitāny ugrarūpāṇi abhavañ śataśo nṛpa
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| 32 | tataḥ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā bhīṣmaṃ parabalārdanam
vācayitvā dvijaśreṣṭhān niṣkair gobhiś ca bhūriśaḥ
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| 33 | vardhamāno jayāśīrbhir niryayau sainikair vṛtaḥ
āpageyaṃ puraskṛtya bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitas tadā
skandhāvāreṇa mahatā kurukṣetraṃ jagāma ha
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| 34 | parikramya kurukṣetraṃ karṇena saha kauravaḥ
śibiraṃ māpayām āsa same deśe narādhipaḥ
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| 35 | madhurānūṣare deśe prabhūtayavasendhane
yathaiva hāstinapuraṃ tadvac chibiram ābabhau
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