 | Book 6 Chapter 16
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tvadyukto 'yam anupraśno mahārāja yathārhasi
na tu duryodhane doṣam imam āsaktum arhasi
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| 2 | ya ātmano duścaritād aśubhaṃ prāpnuyān naraḥ
enasā tena nānyaṃ sa upāśaṅkitum arhati
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| 3 | mahārāja manuṣyeṣu nindyaṃ yaḥ sarvam ācaret
sa vadhyaḥ sarvalokasya ninditāni samācaran
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| 4 | nikāro nikṛtiprajñaiḥ pāṇḍavais tvatpratīkṣayā
anubhūtaḥ sahāmātyaiḥ kṣāntaṃ ca suciraṃ vane
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| 5 | hayānāṃ ca gajānāṃ ca śūrāṇāṃ cāmitaujasām
pratyakṣaṃ yan mayā dṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ yogabalena ca
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| 6 | śṛṇu tat pṛthivīpāla mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ
diṣṭam etat purā nūnam evaṃbhāvi narādhipa
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| 7 | namaskṛtvā pitus te 'haṃ pārāśaryāya dhīmate
yasya prasādād divyaṃ me prāptaṃ jñānam anuttamam
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| 8 | dṛṣṭiś cātīndriyā rājan dūrāc chravaṇam eva ca
paracittasya vijñānam atītānāgatasya ca
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| 9 | vyutthitotpattivijñānam ākāśe ca gatiḥ sadā
śastrair asaṅgo yuddheṣu varadānān mahātmanaḥ
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| 10 | śṛṇu me vistareṇedaṃ vicitraṃ paramādbhutam
bhāratānāṃ mahad yuddhaṃ yathābhūl lomaharṣaṇam
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| 11 | teṣv anīkeṣu yat teṣu vyūḍheṣu ca vidhānataḥ
duryodhano mahārāja duḥśāsanam athābravīt
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| 12 | duḥśāsana rathās tūrṇaṃ yujyantāṃ bhīṣmarakṣiṇaḥ
anīkāni ca sarvāṇi śīghraṃ tvam anucodaya
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| 13 | ayaṃ mā samanuprāpto varṣapūgābhicintitaḥ
pāṇḍavānāṃ sasainyānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca samāgamaḥ
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| 14 | nātaḥ kāryatamaṃ manye raṇe bhīṣmasya rakṣaṇāt
hanyād gupto hy asau pārthān somakāṃś ca sasṛñjayān
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| 15 | abravīc ca viśuddhātmā nāhaṃ hanyāṃ śikhaṇḍinam
śrūyate strī hy asau pūrvaṃ tasmād varjyo raṇe mama
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| 16 | tasmād bhīṣmo rakṣitavyo viśeṣeṇeti me matiḥ
śikhaṇḍino vadhe yattāḥ sarve tiṣṭhantu māmakāḥ
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| 17 | tathā prācyāḥ pratīcyāś ca dākṣiṇātyottarāpathāḥ
sarvaśastrāstrakuśalās te rakṣantu pitāmaham
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| 18 | arakṣyamāṇaṃ hi vṛko hanyāt siṃhaṃ mahābalam
mā siṃhaṃ jambukeneva ghātayāmaḥ śikhaṇḍinā
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| 19 | vāmaṃ cakraṃ yudhāmanyur uttamaujāś ca dakṣiṇam
goptārau phalgunasyaitau phalguno 'pi śikhaṇḍinaḥ
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| 20 | saṃrakṣyamāṇaḥ pārthena bhīṣmeṇa ca vivarjitaḥ
yathā na hanyād gāṅgeyaṃ duḥśāsana tathā kuru
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| 21 | tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ śabdaḥ samabhavan mahān
krośatāṃ bhūmipālānāṃ yujyatāṃ yujyatām iti
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| 22 | śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ siṃhanādaiś ca bhārata
hayaheṣitaśabdaiś ca rathanemisvanais tathā
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| 23 | gajānāṃ bṛṃhatāṃ caiva yodhānāṃ cābhigarjatām
kṣveḍitāsphoṭitotkruṣṭais tumulaṃ sarvato 'bhavat
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| 24 | udatiṣṭhan mahārāja sarvaṃ yuktam aśeṣataḥ
sūryodaye mahat sainyaṃ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ
tava rājendra putrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca
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| 25 | tatra nāgā rathāś caiva jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ
vibhrājamānā dṛśyante meghā iva savidyutaḥ
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| 26 | rathānīkāny adṛśyanta nagarāṇīva bhūriśaḥ
atīva śuśubhe tatra pitā te pūrṇacandravat
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| 27 | dhanurbhir ṛṣṭibhiḥ khaḍgair gadābhiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ
yodhāḥ praharaṇaiḥ śubhraiḥ sveṣv anīkeṣv avasthitāḥ
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| 28 | gajā rathāḥ padātāś ca turagāś ca viśāṃ pate
vyatiṣṭhan vāgurākārāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 29 | dhvajā bahuvidhākārā vyadṛśyanta samucchritāḥ
sveṣāṃ caiva pareṣāṃ ca dyutimantaḥ sahasraśaḥ
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| 30 | kāñcanā maṇicitrāṅgā jvalanta iva pāvakāḥ
arciṣmanto vyarocanta dhvajā rājñāṃ sahasraśaḥ
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| 31 | mahendraketavaḥ śubhrā mahendrasadaneṣv iva
saṃnaddhās teṣu te vīrā dadṛśur yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
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| 32 | udyatair āyudhaiś citrās talabaddhāḥ kalāpinaḥ
ṛṣabhākṣā manuṣyendrāś camūmukhagatā babhuḥ
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| 33 | śakuniḥ saubalaḥ śalyaḥ saindhavo 'tha jayadrathaḥ
vindānuvindāv āvantyau kāmbojaś ca sudakṣiṇaḥ
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| 34 | śrutāyudhaś ca kāliṅgo jayatsenaś ca pārthivaḥ
bṛhadbalaś ca kauśalyaḥ kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ
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| 35 | daśaite puruṣavyāghrāḥ śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ
akṣauhiṇīnāṃ patayo yajvāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ
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| 36 | ete cānye ca bahavo duryodhanavaśānugāḥ
rājāno rājaputrāś ca nītimanto mahābalāḥ
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| 37 | saṃnaddhāḥ samadṛśyanta sveṣv anīkeṣv avasthitāḥ
baddhakṛṣṇājināḥ sarve dhvajino muñjamālinaḥ
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| 38 | sṛṣṭā duryodhanasyārthe brahmalokāya dīkṣitāḥ
samṛddhā daśa vāhinyaḥ parigṛhya vyavasthitāḥ
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| 39 | ekādaśī dhārtarāṣṭrī kauravāṇāṃ mahācamūḥ
agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ yatra śāṃtanavo 'graṇīḥ
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| 40 | śvetoṣṇīṣaṃ śvetahayaṃ śvetavarmāṇam acyutam
apaśyāma mahārāja bhīṣmaṃ candram ivoditam
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| 41 | hematāladhvajaṃ bhīṣmaṃ rājate syandane sthitam
śvetābhra iva tīkṣṇāṃśuṃ dadṛśuḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ
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| 42 | dṛṣṭvā camūmukhe bhīṣmaṃ samakampanta pāṇḍavāḥ
sṛñjayāś ca maheṣvāsā dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ
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| 43 | jṛmbhamāṇaṃ mahāsiṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣudramṛgā yathā
dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhāḥ sarve samudvivijire muhuḥ
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| 44 | ekādaśaitāḥ śrījuṣṭā vāhinyas tava bhārata
pāṇḍavānāṃ tathā sapta mahāpuruṣapālitāḥ
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| 45 | unmattamakarāvartau mahāgrāhasamākulau
yugānte samupetau dvau dṛśyete sāgarāv iva
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| 46 | naiva nas tādṛśo rājan dṛṣṭapūrvo na ca śrutaḥ
anīkānāṃ sametānāṃ samavāyas tathāvidhaḥ
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