 | Book 6 Chapter 18
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tato muhūrtāt tumulaḥ śabdo hṛdayakampanaḥ
aśrūyata mahārāja yodhānāṃ prayuyutsatām
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| 2 | śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣair vāraṇānāṃ ca bṛṃhitaiḥ
rathānāṃ nemighoṣaiś ca dīryatīva vasuṃdharā
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| 3 | hayānāṃ heṣamāṇānāṃ yodhānāṃ tatra garjatām
kṣaṇena khaṃ diśaś caiva śabdenāpūritaṃ tadā
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| 4 | putrāṇāṃ tava durdharṣa pāṇḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca
samakampanta sainyāni parasparasamāgame
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| 5 | tatra nāgā rathāś caiva jāmbūnadavibhūṣitāḥ
bhrājamānā vyadṛśyanta meghā iva savidyutaḥ
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| 6 | dhvajā bahuvidhākārās tāvakānāṃ narādhipa
kāñcanāṅgadino rejur jvalitā iva pāvakāḥ
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| 7 | sveṣāṃ caiva pareṣāṃ ca samadṛśyanta bhārata
mahendraketavaḥ śubhrā mahendrasadaneṣv iva
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| 8 | kāñcanaiḥ kavacair vīrā jvalanārkasamaprabhaiḥ
saṃnaddhāḥ pratyadṛśyanta grahāḥ prajvalitā iva
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| 9 | udyatair āyudhaiś citrais talabaddhāḥ patākinaḥ
ṛṣabhākṣā maheṣvāsāś camūmukhagatā babhuḥ
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| 10 | pṛṣṭhagopās tu bhīṣmasya putrās tava narādhipa
duḥśāsano durviṣaho durmukho duḥsahas tathā
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| 11 | viviṃśatiś citraseno vikarṇaś ca mahārathaḥ
satyavrataḥ purumitro jayo bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ
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| 12 | rathā viṃśatisāhasrās tathaiṣām anuyāyinaḥ
abhīṣāhāḥ śūrasenāḥ śibayo 'tha vasātayaḥ
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| 13 | śālvā matsyās tathāmbaṣṭhās trigartāḥ kekayās tathā
sauvīrāḥ kitavāḥ prācyāḥ pratīcyodīcyamālavāḥ
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| 14 | dvādaśaite janapadāḥ sarve śūrās tanutyajaḥ
mahatā rathavaṃśena te 'bhyarakṣan pitāmaham
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| 15 | anīkaṃ daśasāhasraṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām
māgadho yena nṛpatis tad rathānīkam anvayāt
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| 16 | rathānāṃ cakrarakṣāś ca pādarakṣāś ca dantinām
abhūvan vāhinīmadhye śatānām ayutāni ṣaṭ
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| 17 | pādātāś cāgrato 'gacchan dhanuścarmāsipāṇayaḥ
anekaśatasāhasrā nakharaprāsayodhinaḥ
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| 18 | akṣauhiṇyo daśaikā ca tava putrasya bhārata
adṛśyanta mahārāja gaṅgeva yamunāntare
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