 | Book 5 Chapter 164
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | śakunir mātulas te 'sau ratha eko narādhipa
prasajya pāṇḍavair vairaṃ yotsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 2 | etasya sainyā durdharṣāḥ samare 'pratiyāyinaḥ
vikṛtāyudhabhūyiṣṭhā vāyuvegasamā jave
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| 3 | droṇaputro maheṣvāsaḥ sarveṣām ati dhanvinām
samare citrayodhī ca dṛḍhāstraś ca mahārathaḥ
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| 4 | etasya hi mahārāja yathā gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ
śarāsanād vinirmuktāḥ saṃsaktā yānti sāyakāḥ
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| 5 | naiṣa śakyo mayā vīraḥ saṃkhyātuṃ rathasattamaḥ
nirdahed api lokāṃs trīn icchann eṣa mahāyaśāḥ
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| 6 | krodhas tejaś ca tapasā saṃbhṛto 'śramavāsinā
droṇenānugṛhītaś ca divyair astrair udāradhīḥ
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| 7 | doṣas tv asya mahān eko yenaiṣa bharatarṣabha
na me ratho nātiratho mataḥ pārthivasattama
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| 8 | jīvitaṃ priyam atyartham āyuṣkāmaḥ sadā dvijaḥ
na hy asya sadṛśaḥ kaś cid ubhayoḥ senayor api
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| 9 | hanyād ekarathenaiva devānām api vāhinīm
vapuṣmāṃs talaghoṣeṇa sphoṭayed api parvatān
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| 10 | asaṃkhyeyaguṇo vīraḥ prahartā dāruṇadyutiḥ
daṇḍapāṇir ivāsahyaḥ kālavat pracariṣyati
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| 11 | yugāntāgnisamaḥ krodhe siṃhagrīvo mahāmatiḥ
eṣa bhārata yuddhasya pṛṣṭhaṃ saṃśamayiṣyati
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| 12 | pitā tv asya mahātejā vṛddho 'pi yuvabhir varaḥ
raṇe karma mahat kartā tatra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ
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| 13 | astravegāniloddhūtaḥ senākakṣendhanotthitaḥ
pāṇḍuputrasya sainyāni pradhakṣyati jaye dhṛtaḥ
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| 14 | rathayūthapayūthānāṃ yūthapaḥ sa nararṣabhaḥ
bhāradvājātmajaḥ kartā karma tīvraṃ hitāya vaḥ
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| 15 | sarvamūrdhābhiṣiktānām ācāryaḥ sthaviro guruḥ
gacched antaṃ sṛñjayānāṃ priyas tv asya dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 16 | naiṣa jātu maheṣvāsaḥ pārtham akliṣṭakāriṇam
hanyād ācāryakaṃ dīptaṃ saṃsmṛtya guṇanirjitam
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| 17 | ślāghaty eṣa sadā vīraḥ pārthasya guṇavistaraiḥ
putrād abhyadhikaṃ caiva bhāradvājo 'nupaśyati
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| 18 | hanyād ekarathenaiva devagandharvadānavān
ekībhūtān api raṇe divyair astraiḥ pratāpavān
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| 19 | pauravo rājaśārdūlas tava rājan mahārathaḥ
mato mama ratho vīra paravīrarathārujaḥ
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| 20 | svena sainyena sahitaḥ pratapañ śatruvāhinīm
pradhakṣyati sa pāñcālān kakṣaṃ kṛṣṇagatir yathā
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| 21 | satyavrato rathavaro rājaputro mahārathaḥ
tava rājan ripubale kālavat pracariṣyati
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| 22 | etasya yodhā rājendra vicitrakavacāyudhāḥ
vicariṣyanti saṃgrāme nighnantaḥ śātravāṃs tava
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| 23 | vṛṣaseno rathāgryas te karṇaputro mahārathaḥ
pradhakṣyati ripūṇāṃ te balāni balināṃ varaḥ
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| 24 | jalasaṃdho mahātejā rājan rathavaras tava
tyakṣyate samare prāṇān māgadhaḥ paravīrahā
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| 25 | eṣa yotsyati saṃgrāme gajaskandhaviśāradaḥ
rathena vā mahābāhuḥ kṣapayañ śatruvāhinīm
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| 26 | ratha eṣa mahārāja mato mama nararṣabhaḥ
tvadarthe tyakṣyati prāṇān saha sainyo mahāraṇe
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| 27 | eṣa vikrāntayodhī ca citrayodhī ca saṃgare
vītabhīś cāpi te rājañ śātravaiḥ saha yotsyate
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| 28 | bāhlīko 'tirathaś caiva samare cānivartitā
mama rājan mato yuddhe śūro vaivasvatopamaḥ
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| 29 | na hy eṣa samaraṃ prāpya nivarteta kathaṃ cana
yathā satatago rājan nābhihatya parān raṇe
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| 30 | senāpatir mahārāja satyavāṃs te mahārathaḥ
raṇeṣv adbhutakarmā ca rathaḥ pararathārujaḥ
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| 31 | etasya samaraṃ dṛṣṭvā na vyathāsti kathaṃ cana
utsmayann abhyupaity eṣa parān rathapathe sthitān
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| 32 | eṣa cāriṣu vikrāntaḥ karma satpuruṣocitam
kartā vimarde sumahat tvadarthe puruṣottamaḥ
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| 33 | alāyudho rākṣasendraḥ krūrakarmā mahābalaḥ
haniṣyati parān rājan pūrvavairam anusmaran
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| 34 | eṣa rākṣasasainyānāṃ sarveṣāṃ rathasattamaḥ
māyāvī dṛḍhavairaś ca samare vicariṣyati
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| 35 | prāgjyotiṣādhipo vīro bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān
gajāṅkuśadharaśreṣṭho rathe caiva viśāradaḥ
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| 36 | etena yuddham abhavat purā gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ
divasān subahūn rājann ubhayor jayagṛddhinoḥ
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| 37 | tataḥ sakhāyaṃ gāndhāre mānayan pākaśāsanam
akarot saṃvidaṃ tena pāṇḍavena mahātmanā
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| 38 | eṣa yotsyati saṃgrāme gajaskandhaviśāradaḥ
airāvatagato rājā devānām iva vāsavaḥ
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