 | Book 6 Chapter 41
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tato dhanaṃjayaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇagāṇḍīvadhāriṇam
punar eva mahānādaṃ vyasṛjanta mahārathāḥ
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| 2 | pāṇḍavāḥ somakāś caiva ye caiṣām anuyāyinaḥ
dadhmuś ca muditāḥ śaṅkhān vīrāḥ sāgarasaṃbhavān
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| 3 | tato bheryaś ca peśyaś ca krakacā goviṣāṇikāḥ
sahasaivābhyahanyanta tataḥ śabdo mahān abhūt
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| 4 | atha devāḥ sagandharvāḥ pitaraś ca janeśvara
siddhacāraṇasaṃghāś ca samīyus te didṛkṣayā
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| 5 | ṛṣayaś ca mahābhāgāḥ puraskṛtya śatakratum
samīyus tatra sahitā draṣṭuṃ tad vaiśasaṃ mahat
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| 6 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro dṛṣṭvā yuddhāya susamudyate
te sene sāgaraprakhye muhuḥ pracalite nṛpa
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| 7 | vimucya kavacaṃ vīro nikṣipya ca varāyudham
avaruhya rathāt tūrṇaṃ padbhyām eva kṛtāñjaliḥ
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| 8 | pitāmaham abhiprekṣya dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
vāgyataḥ prayayau yena prāṅmukho ripuvāhinīm
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| 9 | taṃ prayāntam abhiprekṣya kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
avatīrya rathāt tūrṇaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito 'nvayāt
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| 10 | vāsudevaś ca bhagavān pṛṣṭhato 'nujagāma ha
yathāmukhyāś ca rājānas tam anvājagmur utsukāḥ
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| 11 | arjuna uvāca
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| 11 | kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājan yad asmān apahāya vai
padbhyām eva prayāto 'si prāṅmukho ripuvāhinīm
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| 12 | bhīmasena uvāca
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| 12 | kva gamiṣyasi rājendra nikṣiptakavacāyudhaḥ
daṃśiteṣv arisainyeṣu bhrātṝn utsṛjya pārthiva
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| 13 | nakula uvāca
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| 13 | evaṃgate tvayi jyeṣṭhe mama bhrātari bhārata
bhīr me dunoti hṛdayaṃ brūhi gantā bhavān kva nu
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| 14 | sahadeva uvāca
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| 14 | asmin raṇasamūhe vai vartamāne mahābhaye
yoddhavye kva nu gantāsi śatrūn abhimukho nṛpa
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| 15 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 15 | evam ābhāṣyamāṇo 'pi bhrātṛbhiḥ kurunandana
novāca vāgyataḥ kiṃ cid gacchaty eva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 16 | tān uvāca mahāprājño vāsudevo mahāmanāḥ
abhiprāyo 'sya vijñāto mayeti prahasann iva
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| 17 | eṣa bhīṣmaṃ tathā droṇaṃ gautamaṃ śalyam eva ca
anumānya gurūn sarvān yotsyate pārthivo 'ribhiḥ
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| 18 | śrūyate hi purākalpe gurūn ananumānya yaḥ
yudhyate sa bhaved vyaktam apadhyāto mahattaraiḥ
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| 19 | anumānya yathāśāstraṃ yas tu yudhyen mahattaraiḥ
dhruvas tasya jayo yuddhe bhaved iti matir mama
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| 20 | evaṃ bruvati kṛṣṇe tu dhārtarāṣṭracamūṃ prati
hāhākāro mahān āsīn niḥśabdās tv apare 'bhavan
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| 21 | dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dūrād dhārtarāṣṭrasya sainikāḥ
mithaḥ saṃkathayāṃ cakrur neśo 'sti kulapāṃsanaḥ
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| 22 | vyaktaṃ bhīta ivābhyeti rājāsau bhīṣmam antikāt
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sasodaryaḥ śaraṇārthaṃ prayācakaḥ
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| 23 | dhanaṃjaye kathaṃ nāthe pāṇḍave ca vṛkodare
nakule sahadeve ca bhīto 'bhyeti ca pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 24 | na nūnaṃ kṣatriyakule jātaḥ saṃprathite bhuvi
yathāsya hṛdayaṃ bhītam alpasattvasya saṃyuge
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| 25 | tatas te kṣatriyāḥ sarve praśaṃsanti sma kauravān
hṛṣṭāḥ sumanaso bhūtvā cailāni dudhuvuḥ pṛthak
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| 26 | vyanindanta tataḥ sarve yodhās tatra viśāṃ pate
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ sasodaryaṃ sahitaṃ keśavena ha
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| 27 | tatas tat kauravaṃ sainyaṃ dhikkṛtvā tu yudhiṣṭhiram
niḥśabdam abhavat tūrṇaṃ punar eva viśāṃ pate
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| 28 | kiṃ nu vakṣyati rājāsau kiṃ bhīṣmaḥ prativakṣyati
kiṃ bhīmaḥ samaraślāghī kiṃ nu kṛṣṇārjunāv iti
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| 29 | vivakṣitaṃ kim asyeti saṃśayaḥ sumahān abhūt
ubhayoḥ senayo rājan yudhiṣṭhirakṛte tadā
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| 30 | sa vigāhya camūṃ śatroḥ śaraśaktisamākulām
bhīṣmam evābhyayāt tūrṇaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ
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| 31 | tam uvāca tataḥ pādau karābhyāṃ pīḍya pāṇḍavaḥ
bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ rājā yuddhāya samupasthitam
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| 32 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 32 | āmantraye tvāṃ durdharṣa yotsye tāta tvayā saha
anujānīhi māṃ tāta āśiṣaś ca prayojaya
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| 33 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 33 | yady evaṃ nābhigacchethā yudhi māṃ pṛthivīpate
śapeyaṃ tvāṃ mahārāja parābhāvāya bhārata
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| 34 | prīto 'smi putra yudhyasva jayam āpnuhi pāṇḍava
yat te 'bhilaṣitaṃ cānyat tad avāpnuhi saṃyuge
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| 35 | vriyatāṃ ca varaḥ pārtha kim asmatto 'bhikāṅkṣasi
evaṃ gate mahārāja na tavāsti parājayaḥ
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| 36 | arthasya puruṣo dāso dāsas tv artho na kasya cit
iti satyaṃ mahārāja baddho 'smy arthena kauravaiḥ
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| 37 | atas tvāṃ klībavad vākyaṃ bravīmi kurunandana
hṛto 'smy arthena kauravya yuddhād anyat kim icchasi
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| 38 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 38 | mantrayasva mahāprājña hitaiṣī mama nityaśaḥ
yudhyasva kauravasyārthe mamaiṣa satataṃ varaḥ
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| 39 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 39 | rājan kim atra sāhyaṃ te karomi kurunandana
kāmaṃ yotsye parasyārthe brūhi yat te vivakṣitam
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| 40 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 40 | kathaṃ jayeyaṃ saṃgrāme bhavantam aparājitam
etan me mantraya hitaṃ yadi śreyaḥ prapaśyasi
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| 41 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 41 | na taṃ paśyāmi kaunteya yo māṃ yudhyantam āhave
vijayeta pumān kaś cid api sākṣāc chatakratuḥ
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| 42 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 42 | hanta pṛcchāmi tasmāt tvāṃ pitāmaha namo 'stu te
jayopāyaṃ bravīhi tvam ātmanaḥ samare paraiḥ
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| 43 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 43 | na śatruṃ tāta paśyāmi samare yo jayeta mām
na tāvan mṛtyukālo me punarāgamanaṃ kuru
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| 44 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 44 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro vākyaṃ bhīṣmasya kurunandana
śirasā pratijagrāha bhūyas tam abhivādya ca
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| 45 | prāyāt punar mahābāhur ācāryasya rathaṃ prati
paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ madhyena bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
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| 46 | sa droṇam abhivādyātha kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇam
uvāca vācā durdharṣam ātmaniḥśreyasaṃ vacaḥ
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| 47 | āmantraye tvāṃ bhagavan yotsye vigatakalmaṣaḥ
jayeyaṃ ca ripūn sarvān anujñātas tvayā dvija
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| 48 | droṇa uvāca
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| 48 | yadi māṃ nābhigacchethā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ
śapeyaṃ tvāṃ mahārāja parābhāvāya sarvaśaḥ
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| 49 | tad yudhiṣṭhira tuṣṭo 'smi pūjitaś ca tvayānagha
anujānāmi yudhyasva vijayaṃ samavāpnuhi
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| 50 | karavāṇi ca te kāmaṃ brūhi yat te 'bhikāṅkṣitam
evaṃ gate mahārāja yuddhād anyat kim icchasi
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| 51 | arthasya puruṣo dāso dāsas tv artho na kasya cit
iti satyaṃ mahārāja baddho 'smy arthena kauravaiḥ
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| 52 | atas tvāṃ klībavad brūmo yuddhād anyat kim icchasi
yotsyāmi kauravasyārthe tavāśāsyo jayo mayā
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| 53 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 53 | jayam āśāssva me brahman mantrayasva ca maddhitam
yudhyasva kauravasyārthe vara eṣa vṛto mayā
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| 54 | droṇa uvāca
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| 54 | dhruvas te vijayo rājan yasya mantrī haris tava
ahaṃ ca tvābhijānāmi raṇe śatrūn vijeṣyasi
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| 55 | yato dharmas tataḥ kṛṣṇo yataḥ kṛṣṇas tato jayaḥ
yudhyasva gaccha kaunteya pṛccha māṃ kiṃ bravīmi te
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| 56 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 56 | pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dvijaśreṣṭha śṛṇu me yad vivakṣitam
kathaṃ jayeyaṃ saṃgrāme bhavantam aparājitam
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| 57 | droṇa uvāca
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| 57 | na te 'sti vijayas tāvad yāvad yudhyāmy ahaṃ raṇe
mamāśu nidhane rājan yatasva saha sodaraiḥ
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| 58 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 58 | hanta tasmān mahābāho vadhopāyaṃ vadātmanaḥ
ācārya praṇipatyaiṣa pṛcchāmi tvāṃ namo 'stu te
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| 59 | droṇa uvāca
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| 59 | na śatruṃ tāta paśyāmi yo māṃ hanyād raṇe sthitam
yudhyamānaṃ susaṃrabdhaṃ śaravarṣaughavarṣiṇam
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| 60 | ṛte prāyagataṃ rājan nyastaśastram acetanam
hanyān māṃ yudhi yodhānāṃ satyam etad bravīmi te
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| 61 | śastraṃ cāhaṃ raṇe jahyāṃ śrutvā sumahad apriyam
śraddheyavākyāt puruṣād etat satyaṃ bravīmi te
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| 62 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 62 | etac chrutvā mahārāja bhāradvājasya dhīmataḥ
anumānya tam ācāryaṃ prāyāc chāradvataṃ prati
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| 63 | so 'bhivādya kṛpaṃ rājā kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
uvāca durdharṣatamaṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ
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| 64 | anumānaye tvāṃ yotsyāmi guro vigatakalmaṣaḥ
jayeyaṃ ca ripūn sarvān anujñātas tvayānagha
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| 65 | kṛpa uvāca
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| 65 | yadi māṃ nābhigacchethā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ
śapeyaṃ tvāṃ mahārāja parābhāvāya sarvaśaḥ
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| 66 | arthasya puruṣo dāso dāsas tv artho na kasya cit
iti satyaṃ mahārāja baddho 'smy arthena kauravaiḥ
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| 67 | teṣām arthe mahārāja yoddhavyam iti me matiḥ
atas tvāṃ klībavad brūmi yuddhād anyat kim icchasi
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| 68 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 68 | hanta pṛcchāmi te tasmād ācārya śṛṇu me vacaḥ
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| 69 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 69 | ity uktvā vyathito rājā novāca gatacetanaḥ
taṃ gautamaḥ pratyuvāca vijñāyāsya vivakṣitam
avadhyo 'haṃ mahīpāla yudhyasva jayam āpnuhi
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| 70 | prītas tv abhigamenāhaṃ jayaṃ tava narādhipa
āśāsiṣye sadotthāya satyam etad bravīmi te
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| 71 | etac chrutvā mahārāja gautamasya vacas tadā
anumānya kṛpaṃ rājā prayayau yena madrarāṭ
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| 72 | sa śalyam abhivādyātha kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam
uvāca rājā durdharṣam ātmaniḥśreyasaṃ vacaḥ
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| 73 | anumānaye tvāṃ yotsyāmi guro vigatakalmaṣaḥ
jayeyaṃ ca mahārāja anujñātas tvayā ripūn
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| 74 | śalya uvāca
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| 74 | yadi māṃ nābhigacchethā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ
śapeyaṃ tvāṃ mahārāja parābhāvāya vai raṇe
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| 75 | tuṣṭo 'smi pūjitaś cāsmi yat kāṅkṣasi tad astu te
anujānāmi caiva tvāṃ yudhyasva jayam āpnuhi
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| 76 | brūhi caiva paraṃ vīra kenārthaḥ kiṃ dadāmi te
evaṃ gate mahārāja yuddhād anyat kim icchasi
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| 77 | arthasya puruṣo dāso dāsas tv artho na kasya cit
iti satyaṃ mahārāja baddho 'smy arthena kauravaiḥ
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| 78 | kariṣyāmi hi te kāmaṃ bhāgineya yathepsitam
bravīmy ataḥ klībavat tvāṃ yuddhād anyat kim icchasi
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| 79 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 79 | mantrayasva mahārāja nityaṃ maddhitam uttamam
kāmaṃ yudhya parasyārthe varam etad vṛṇomy aham
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| 80 | śalya uvāca
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| 80 | brūhi kim atra sāhyaṃ te karomi nṛpasattama
kāmaṃ yotsye parasyārthe vṛto 'smy arthena kauravaiḥ
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| 81 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 81 | sa eva me varaḥ satya udyoge yas tvayā kṛtaḥ
sūtaputrasya saṃgrāme kāryas tejovadhas tvayā
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| 82 | śalya uvāca
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| 82 | saṃpatsyaty eṣa te kāmaḥ kuntīputra yathepsitaḥ
gaccha yudhyasva visrabdhaṃ pratijāne jayaṃ tava
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| 83 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 83 | anumānyātha kaunteyo mātulaṃ madrakeśvaram
nirjagāma mahāsainyād bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ
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| 84 | vāsudevas tu rādheyam āhave 'bhijagāma vai
tata enam uvācedaṃ pāṇḍavārthe gadāgrajaḥ
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| 85 | śrutaṃ me karṇa bhīṣmasya dveṣāt kila na yotsyasi
asmān varaya rādheya yāvad bhīṣmo na hanyate
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| 86 | hate tu bhīṣme rādheya punar eṣyasi saṃyuge
dhārtarāṣṭrasya sāhāyyaṃ yadi paśyasi cet samam
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| 87 | karṇa uvāca
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| 87 | na vipriyaṃ kariṣyāmi dhārtarāṣṭrasya keśava
tyaktaprāṇaṃ hi māṃ viddhi duryodhanahitaiṣiṇam
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| 88 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 88 | tac chrutvā vacanaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ saṃnyavartata bhārata
yudhiṣṭhirapurogaiś ca pāṇḍavaiḥ saha saṃgataḥ
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| 89 | atha sainyasya madhye tu prākrośat pāṇḍavāgrajaḥ
yo 'smān vṛṇoti tad ahaṃ varaye sāhyakāraṇāt
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| 90 | atha tān samabhiprekṣya yuyutsur idam abravīt
prītātmā dharmarājānaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 91 | ahaṃ yotsyāmi miṣataḥ saṃyuge dhārtarāṣṭrajān
yuṣmadarthe mahārāja yadi māṃ vṛṇuṣe 'nagha
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| 92 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 92 | ehy ehi sarve yotsyāmas tava bhrātṝn apaṇḍitān
yuyutso vāsudevaś ca vayaṃ ca brūma sarvaśaḥ
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| 93 | vṛṇomi tvāṃ mahābāho yudhyasva mama kāraṇāt
tvayi piṇḍaś ca tantuś ca dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dṛśyate
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| 94 | bhajasvāsmān rājaputra bhajamānān mahādyute
na bhaviṣyati durbuddhir dhārtarāṣṭro 'tyamarṣaṇaḥ
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| 95 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 95 | tato yuyutsuḥ kauravyaḥ parityajya sutāṃs tava
jagāma pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ senāṃ viśrāvya dundubhim
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| 96 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā saṃprahṛṣṭaḥ sahānujaiḥ
jagrāha kavacaṃ bhūyo dīptimat kanakojjvalam
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| 97 | pratyapadyanta te sarve rathān svān puruṣarṣabhāḥ
tato vyūhaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ pratyavyūhanta te punaḥ
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| 98 | avādayan dundubhīṃś ca śataśaś caiva puṣkarān
siṃhanādāṃś ca vividhān vineduḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
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| 99 | rathasthān puruṣavyāghrān pāṇḍavān prekṣya pārthivāḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnādayaḥ sarve punar jahṛṣire mudā
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| 100 | gauravaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ mānyān mānayatāṃ ca tān
dṛṣṭvā mahīkṣitas tatra pūjayāṃ cakrire bhṛśam
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| 101 | sauhṛdaṃ ca kṛpāṃ caiva prāptakālaṃ mahātmanām
dayāṃ ca jñātiṣu parāṃ kathayāṃ cakrire nṛpāḥ
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| 102 | sādhu sādhv iti sarvatra niśceruḥ stutisaṃhitāḥ
vācaḥ puṇyāḥ kīrtimatāṃ manohṛdayaharṣiṇīḥ
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| 103 | mlecchāś cāryāś ca ye tatra dadṛśuḥ śuśruvus tadā
vṛttaṃ tat pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ rurudus te sagadgadāḥ
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| 104 | tato jaghnur mahābherīḥ śataśaś caiva puṣkarān
śaṅkhāṃś ca gokṣīranibhān dadhmur hṛṣṭā manasvinaḥ
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