 | Book 6 Chapter 56
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | vyuṣṭāṃ niśāṃ bhārata bhāratānām; anīkinīnāṃ pramukhe mahātmā
yayau sapatnān prati jātakopo; vṛtaḥ samagreṇa balena bhīṣmaḥ
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| 2 | taṃ droṇaduryodhanabāhlikāś ca; tathaiva durmarṣaṇacitrasenau
jayadrathaś cātibalo balaughair; nṛpās tathānye 'nuyayuḥ samantāt
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| 3 | sa tair mahadbhiś ca mahārathaiś; ca tejasvibhir vīryavadbhiś ca rājan
rarāja rājottama rājamukhyair; vṛtaḥ sa devair iva vajrapāṇiḥ
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| 4 | tasminn anīkapramukhe viṣaktā; dodhūyamānāś ca mahāpatākāḥ
suraktapītāsitapāṇḍurābhā; mahāgajaskandhagatā virejuḥ
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| 5 | sā vāhinī śāṃtanavena rājñā; mahārathair vāraṇavājibhiś ca
babhau savidyutstanayitnukalpā; jalāgame dyaur iva jātameghā
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| 6 | tato raṇāyābhimukhī prayātā; praty arjunaṃ śāṃtanavābhiguptā
senā mahogrā sahasā kurūṇāṃ; vego yathā bhīma ivāpagāyāḥ
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| 7 | taṃ vyālanānāvidhagūḍhasāraṃ; gajāśvapādātarathaughapakṣam
vyūhaṃ mahāmeghasamaṃ mahātmā; dadarśa dūrāt kapirājaketuḥ
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| 8 | sa niryayau ketumatā rathena; nararṣabhaḥ śvetahayena vīraḥ
varūthinā sainyamukhe mahātmā; vadhe dhṛtaḥ sarvasapatnayūnām
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| 9 | sūpaskaraṃ sottarabandhureṣaṃ; yattaṃ yadūnām ṛṣabheṇa saṃkhye
kapidhvajaṃ prekṣya viṣedur ājau; sahaiva putrais tava kauraveyāḥ
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| 10 | prakarṣatā guptam udāyudhena; kirīṭinā lokamahārathena
taṃ vyūharājaṃ dadṛśus tvadīyāś; catuścaturvyālasahasrakīrṇam
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| 11 | yathā hi pūrve 'hani dharmarājñā; vyūhaḥ kṛtaḥ kauravanandanena
tathā tathoddeśam upetya tasthuḥ; pāñcālamukhyaiḥ saha cedimukhyāḥ
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| 12 | tato mahāvegasamāhatāni; bherīsahasrāṇi vinedur ājau
śaṅkhasvanā dundubhinisvanāś ca; sarveṣv anīkeṣu sasiṃhanādāḥ
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| 13 | tataḥ sabāṇāni mahāsvanāni; visphāryamāṇāni dhanūṃṣi vīraiḥ
kṣaṇena bherīpaṇavapraṇādān; antardadhuḥ śaṅkhamahāsvanāś ca
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| 14 | tac chaṅkhaśabdāvṛtam antarikṣam; uddhūtabhaumadrutareṇujālam
mahāvitānāvatataprakāśam; ālokya vīrāḥ sahasābhipetuḥ
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| 15 | rathī rathenābhihataḥ sasūtaḥ; papāta sāśvaḥ sarathaḥ saketuḥ
gajo gajenābhihataḥ papāta; padātinā cābhihataḥ padātiḥ
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| 16 | āvartamānāny abhivartamānair; bāṇaiḥ kṣatāny adbhutadarśanāni
prāsaiś ca khaḍgaiś ca samāhatāni; sadaśvavṛndāni sadaśvavṛndaiḥ
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| 17 | suvarṇatārāgaṇabhūṣitāni; śarāvarāṇi prahitāni vīraiḥ
vidāryamāṇāni paraśvadhaiś ca; prāsaiś ca khaḍgaiś ca nipetur urvyām
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| 18 | gajair viṣāṇair varahastarugṇāḥ; ke cit sasūtā rathinaḥ prapetuḥ
gajarṣabhāś cāpi ratharṣabheṇa; nipetire bāṇahatāḥ pṛthivyām
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| 19 | gajaughavegoddhatasāditānāṃ; śrutvā niṣedur vasudhāṃ manuṣyāḥ
ārtasvaraṃ sādipadātiyūnāṃ; viṣāṇagātrāvaratāḍitānām
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| 20 | saṃbhrāntanāgāśvarathe prasūte; mahābhaye sādipadātiyūnām
mahārathaiḥ saṃparivāryamāṇaṃ; dadarśa bhīṣmaḥ kapirājaketum
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| 21 | taṃ pañcatālocchritatālaketuḥ; sadaśvavegoddhatavīryayātaḥ
mahāstrabāṇāśanidīptamārgaṃ; kirīṭinaṃ śāṃtanavo 'bhyadhāvat
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| 22 | tathaiva śakrapratimānakalpam; indrātmajaṃ droṇamukhābhisasruḥ
kṛpaś ca śalyaś ca viviṃśatiś ca; duryodhanaḥ saumadattiś ca rājan
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| 23 | tato rathānīkamukhād upetya; sarvāstravit kāñcanacitravarmā
javena śūro 'bhisasāra sarvāṃs; tathārjunasyātra suto 'bhimanyuḥ
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| 24 | teṣāṃ mahāstrāṇi mahārathānām; asaktakarmā vinihatya kārṣṇiḥ
babhau mahāmantrahutārcimālī; sadogataḥ san bhagavān ivāgniḥ
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| 25 | tataḥ sa tūrṇaṃ rudhirodaphenāṃ; kṛtvā nadīṃ vaiśasane ripūṇām
jagāma saubhadram atītya bhīṣmo; mahārathaṃ pārtham adīnasattvaḥ
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| 26 | tataḥ prahasyādbhutadarśanena; gāṇḍīvanirhvādamahāsvanena
vipāṭhajālena mahāstrajālaṃ; vināśayām āsa kirīṭamālī
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| 27 | tam uttamaṃ sarvadhanurdharāṇām; asaktakarmā kapirājaketuḥ
bhīṣmaṃ mahātmābhivavarṣa tūrṇaṃ; śaraughajālair vimalaiś ca bhallaiḥ
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| 28 | evaṃvidhaṃ kārmukabhīmanādam; adīnavat satpuruṣottamābhyām
dadarśa lokaḥ kurusṛñjayāś ca; tad dvairathaṃ bhīṣmadhanaṃjayābhyām
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