 | Book 5 Chapter 179
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | tato mām abravīd rāmaḥ prahasann iva bhārata
diṣṭyā bhīṣma mayā sārdhaṃ yoddhum icchasi saṃgare
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| 2 | ayaṃ gacchāmi kauravya kurukṣetraṃ tvayā saha
bhāṣitaṃ tat kariṣyāmi tatrāgaccheḥ paraṃtapa
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| 3 | tatra tvāṃ nihataṃ mātā mayā śaraśatācitam
jāhnavī paśyatāṃ bhīṣma gṛdhrakaṅkabaḍāśanam
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| 4 | kṛpaṇaṃ tvām abhiprekṣya siddhacāraṇasevitā
mayā vinihataṃ devī rodatām adya pārthiva
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| 5 | atadarhā mahābhāgā bhagīrathasutā nadī
yā tvām ajījanan mandaṃ yuddhakāmukam āturam
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| 6 | ehi gaccha mayā bhīṣma yuddham adyaiva vartatām
gṛhāṇa sarvaṃ kauravya rathādi bharatarṣabha
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| 7 | iti bruvāṇaṃ tam ahaṃ rāmaṃ parapuraṃjayam
praṇamya śirasā rājann evam astv ity athābruvam
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| 8 | evam uktvā yayau rāmaḥ kurukṣetraṃ yuyutsayā
praviśya nagaraṃ cāhaṃ satyavatyai nyavedayam
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| 9 | tataḥ kṛtasvastyayano mātrā pratyabhinanditaḥ
dvijātīn vācya puṇyāhaṃ svasti caiva mahādyute
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| 10 | ratham āsthāya ruciraṃ rājataṃ pāṇḍurair hayaiḥ
sūpaskaraṃ svadhiṣṭhānaṃ vaiyāghraparivāraṇam
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| 11 | upapannaṃ mahāśastraiḥ sarvopakaraṇānvitam
tat kulīnena vīreṇa hayaśāstravidā nṛpa
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| 12 | yuktaṃ sūtena śiṣṭena bahuśo dṛṣṭakarmaṇā
daṃśitaḥ pāṇḍureṇāhaṃ kavacena vapuṣmatā
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| 13 | pāṇḍuraṃ kārmukaṃ gṛhya prāyāṃ bharatasattama
pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani
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| 14 | pāṇḍuraiś cāmaraiś cāpi vījyamāno narādhipa
śuklavāsāḥ sitoṣṇīṣaḥ sarvaśuklavibhūṣaṇaḥ
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| 15 | stūyamāno jayāśīrbhir niṣkramya gajasāhvayāt
kurukṣetraṃ raṇakṣetram upāyāṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 16 | te hayāś coditās tena sūtena paramāhave
avahan māṃ bhṛśaṃ rājan manomārutaraṃhasaḥ
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| 17 | gatvāhaṃ tat kurukṣetraṃ sa ca rāmaḥ pratāpavān
yuddhāya sahasā rājan parākrāntau parasparam
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| 18 | tataḥ saṃdarśane 'tiṣṭhaṃ rāmasyātitapasvinaḥ
pragṛhya śaṅkhapravaraṃ tataḥ prādhamam uttamam
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| 19 | tatas tatra dvijā rājaṃs tāpasāś ca vanaukasaḥ
apaśyanta raṇaṃ divyaṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇās tadā
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| 20 | tato divyāni mālyāni prādurāsan muhur muhuḥ
vāditrāṇi ca divyāni meghavṛndāni caiva ha
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| 21 | tatas te tāpasāḥ sarve bhārgavasyānuyāyinaḥ
prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta parivārya raṇājiram
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| 22 | tato mām abravīd devī sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇī
mātā svarūpiṇī rājan kim idaṃ te cikīrṣitam
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| 23 | gatvāhaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ taṃ prayāciṣye kurūdvaha
bhīṣmeṇa saha mā yotsīḥ śiṣyeṇeti punaḥ punaḥ
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| 24 | mā maivaṃ putra nirbandhaṃ kuru vipreṇa pārthiva
jāmadagnyena samare yoddhum ity avabhartsayat
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| 25 | kiṃ na vai kṣatriyaharo haratulyaparākramaḥ
viditaḥ putra rāmas te yatas tvaṃ yoddhum icchasi
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| 26 | tato 'ham abruvaṃ devīm abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ
sarvaṃ tad bharataśreṣṭha yathāvṛttaṃ svayaṃvare
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| 27 | yathā ca rāmo rājendra mayā pūrvaṃ prasāditaḥ
kāśirājasutāyāś ca yathā kāmaḥ purātanaḥ
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| 28 | tataḥ sā rāmam abhyetya jananī me mahānadī
madarthaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ devī kṣamayām āsa bhārgavam
bhīṣmeṇa saha mā yotsīḥ śiṣyeṇeti vaco 'bravīt
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| 29 | sa ca tām āha yācantīṃ bhīṣmam eva nivartaya
na hi me kurute kāmam ity ahaṃ tam upāgamam
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| 30 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 30 | tato gaṅgā sutasnehād bhīṣmaṃ punar upāgamat
na cāsyāḥ so 'karod vākyaṃ krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ
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| 31 | athādṛśyata dharmātmā bhṛguśreṣṭho mahātapāḥ
āhvayām āsa ca punar yuddhāya dvijasattamaḥ
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