 | Book 6 Chapter 1
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ yuyudhire vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ
pārthivāś ca mahābhāgā nānādeśasamāgatāḥ
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| 2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 2 | yathā yuyudhire vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ
kurukṣetre tapaḥkṣetre śṛṇu tat pṛthivīpate
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| 3 | avatīrya kurukṣetraṃ pāṇḍavāḥ sahasomakāḥ
kauravān abhyavartanta jigīṣanto mahābalāḥ
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| 4 | vedādhyayanasaṃpannāḥ sarve yuddhābhinandinaḥ
āśaṃsanto jayaṃ yuddhe vadhaṃ vābhimukhā raṇe
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| 5 | abhiyāya ca durdharṣāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya vāhinīm
prāṅmukhāḥ paścime bhāge nyaviśanta sasainikāḥ
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| 6 | samantapañcakād bāhyaṃ śibirāṇi sahasraśaḥ
kārayām āsa vidhivat kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 7 | śūnyeva pṛthivī sarvā bālavṛddhāvaśeṣitā
niraśvapuruṣā cāsīd rathakuñjaravarjitā
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| 8 | yāvat tapati sūryo hi jambūdvīpasya maṇḍalam
tāvad eva samāvṛttaṃ balaṃ pārthivasattama
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| 9 | ekasthāḥ sarvavarṇās te maṇḍalaṃ bahuyojanam
paryākrāmanta deśāṃś ca nadīḥ śailān vanāni ca
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| 10 | teṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā sarveṣāṃ puruṣarṣabha
ādideśa savāhānāṃ bhakṣyabhojyam anuttamam
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| 11 | saṃjñāś ca vividhās tās tās teṣāṃ cakre yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
evaṃvādī veditavyaḥ pāṇḍaveyo 'yam ity uta
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| 12 | abhijñānāni sarveṣāṃ saṃjñāś cābharaṇāni ca
yojayām āsa kauravyo yuddhakāla upasthite
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| 13 | dṛṣṭvā dhvajāgraṃ pārthānāṃ dhārtarāṣṭro mahāmanāḥ
saha sarvair mahīpālaiḥ pratyavyūhata pāṇḍavān
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| 14 | pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani
madhye nāgasahasrasya bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritam
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| 15 | dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ sarve pāṇḍavasainikāḥ
dadhmuḥ sarve mahāśaṅkhān bherīr jaghnuḥ sahasraśaḥ
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| 16 | tataḥ prahṛṣṭāṃ svāṃ senām abhivīkṣyātha pāṇḍavāḥ
babhūvur hṛṣṭamanaso vāsudevaś ca vīryavān
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| 17 | tato yodhān harṣayantau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau
dadhmatuḥ puruṣavyāghrau divyau śaṅkhau rathe sthitau
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| 18 | pāñcajanyasya nirghoṣaṃ devadattasya cobhayoḥ
śrutvā savāhanā yodhāḥ śakṛnmūtraṃ prasusruvuḥ
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| 19 | yathā siṃhasya nadataḥ svanaṃ śrutvetare mṛgāḥ
traseyus tadvad evāsīd dhārtarāṣṭrabalaṃ tadā
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| 20 | udatiṣṭhad rajo bhaumaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃ cana
antardhīyata cādityaḥ sainyena rajasāvṛtaḥ
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| 21 | vavarṣa cātra parjanyo māṃsaśoṇitavṛṣṭimān
vyukṣan sarvāṇy anīkāni tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 22 | vāyus tataḥ prādurabhūn nīcaiḥ śarkarakarṣaṇaḥ
vinighnaṃs tāny anīkāni vidhamaṃś caiva tad rajaḥ
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| 23 | ubhe sene tadā rājan yuddhāya mudite bhṛśam
kurukṣetre sthite yatte sāgarakṣubhitopame
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| 24 | tayos tu senayor āsīd adbhutaḥ sa samāgamaḥ
yugānte samanuprāpte dvayoḥ sāgarayor iva
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| 25 | śūnyāsīt pṛthivī sarvā bālavṛddhāvaśeṣitā
tena senāsamūhena samānītena kauravaiḥ
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| 26 | tatas te samayaṃ cakruḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ
dharmāṃś ca sthāpayām āsur yuddhānāṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 27 | nivṛtte caiva no yuddhe prītiś ca syāt parasparam
yathāpuraṃ yathāyogaṃ na ca syāc chalanaṃ punaḥ
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| 28 | vācā yuddhe pravṛtte no vācaiva pratiyodhanam
niṣkrāntaḥ pṛtanāmadhyān na hantavyaḥ kathaṃ cana
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| 29 | rathī ca rathinā yodhyo gajena gajadhūrgataḥ
aśvenāśvī padātiś ca padātenaiva bhārata
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| 30 | yathāyogaṃ yathāvīryaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathāvayaḥ
samābhāṣya prahartavyaṃ na viśvaste na vihvale
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| 31 | pareṇa saha saṃyuktaḥ pramatto vimukhas tathā
kṣīṇaśastro vivarmā ca na hantavyaḥ kathaṃ cana
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| 32 | na sūteṣu na dhuryeṣu na ca śastropanāyiṣu
na bherīśaṅkhavādeṣu prahartavyaṃ kathaṃ cana
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| 33 | evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ
vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ prekṣamāṇāḥ parasparam
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| 34 | niviśya ca mahātmānas tatas te puruṣarṣabhāḥ
hṛṣṭarūpāḥ sumanaso babhūvuḥ sahasainikāḥ
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