Book 5 Chapter 184 | |
1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
1 | tato 'haṃ niśi rājendra praṇamya śirasā tadā
brāhmaṇānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca devatānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ |
2 | naktaṃcarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ rajanyāś ca viśāṃ pate
śayanaṃ prāpya rahite manasā samacintayam |
3 | jāmadagnyena me yuddham idaṃ paramadāruṇam
ahāni subahūny adya vartate sumahātyayam |
4 | na ca rāmaṃ mahāvīryaṃ śaknomi raṇamūrdhani
vijetuṃ samare vipraṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahābalam |
5 | yadi śakyo mayā jetuṃ jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
daivatāni prasannāni darśayantu niśāṃ mama |
6 | tato 'haṃ niśi rājendra prasuptaḥ śaravikṣataḥ
dakṣiṇenaiva pārśvena prabhātasamaye iva |
7 | tato 'haṃ vipramukhyais tair yair asmi patito rathāt
utthāpito dhṛtaś caiva mā bhair iti ca sāntvitaḥ |
8 | ta eva māṃ mahārāja svapnadarśanam etya vai
parivāryābruvan vākyaṃ tan nibodha kurūdvaha |
9 | uttiṣṭha mā bhair gāṅgeya bhayaṃ te nāsti kiṃ cana
rakṣāmahe naravyāghra svaśarīraṃ hi no bhavān |
10 | na tvāṃ rāmo raṇe jetā jāmadagnyaḥ kathaṃ cana
tvam eva samare rāmaṃ vijetā bharatarṣabha |
11 | idam astraṃ sudayitaṃ pratyabhijñāsyate bhavān
viditaṃ hi tavāpy etat pūrvasmin dehadhāraṇe |
12 | prājāpatyaṃ viśvakṛtaṃ prasvāpaṃ nāma bhārata
na hīdaṃ veda rāmo 'pi pṛthivyāṃ vā pumān kva cit |
13 | tat smarasva mahābāho bhṛśaṃ saṃyojayasva ca
na ca rāmaḥ kṣayaṃ gantā tenāstreṇa narādhipa |
14 | enasā ca na yogaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyase jātu mānada
svapsyate jāmadagnyo 'sau tvadbāṇabalapīḍitaḥ |
15 | tato jitvā tvam evainaṃ punar utthāpayiṣyasi
astreṇa dayitenājau bhīṣma saṃbodhanena vai |
16 | evaṃ kuruṣva kauravya prabhāte ratham āsthitaḥ
prasuptaṃ vā mṛtaṃ vāpi tulyaṃ manyāmahe vayam |
17 | na ca rāmeṇa martavyaṃ kadā cid api pārthiva
tataḥ samutpannam idaṃ prasvāpaṃ yujyatām iti |
18 | ity uktvāntarhitā rājan sarva eva dvijottamāḥ
aṣṭau sadṛśarūpās te sarve bhāsvaramūrtayaḥ |