Book 6 Chapter 58 | |
1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
1 | daivam eva paraṃ manye pauruṣād api saṃjaya
yat sainyaṃ mama putrasya pāṇḍusainyena vadhyate |
2 | nityaṃ hi māmakāṃs tāta hatān eva hi śaṃsasi
avyagrāṃś ca prahṛṣṭāṃś ca nityaṃ śaṃsasi pāṇḍavān |
3 | hīnān puruṣakāreṇa māmakān adya saṃjaya
patitān pātyamānāṃś ca hatān eva ca śaṃsasi |
4 | yudhyamānān yathāśakti ghaṭamānāñ jayaṃ prati
pāṇḍavā vijayanty eva jīyante caiva māmakāḥ |
5 | so 'haṃ tīvrāṇi duḥkhāni duryodhanakṛtāni ca
aśrauṣaṃ satataṃ tāta duḥsahāni bahūni ca |
6 | tam upāyaṃ na paśyāmi jīyeran yena pāṇḍavāḥ
māmakā vā jayaṃ yuddhe prāpnuyur yena saṃjaya |
7 | saṃjaya uvāca |
7 | kṣayaṃ manuṣyadehānāṃ gajavājirathakṣayam
śṛṇu rājan sthiro bhūtvā tavaivāpanayo mahān |
8 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu śalyena pīḍito navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
pīḍayām āsa saṃkruddho madrādhipatim āyasaiḥ |
9 | tatrādbhutam apaśyāma pārṣatasya parākramam
nyavārayata yat tūrṇaṃ śalyaṃ samitiśobhanam |
10 | nāntaraṃ dadṛśe kaś cit tayoḥ saṃrabdhayo raṇe
muhūrtam iva tad yuddhaṃ tayoḥ samam ivābhavat |
11 | tataḥ śalyo mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge
dhanuś ciccheda bhallena pītena niśitena ca |
12 | athainaṃ śaravarṣeṇa chādayām āsa bhārata
giriṃ jalāgame yadvaj jaladā jaladhāriṇaḥ |
13 | abhimanyus tu saṃkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumne nipīḍite
abhidudrāva vegena madrarājarathaṃ prati |
14 | tato madrādhiparathaṃ kārṣṇiḥ prāpyātikopanaḥ
ārtāyanim ameyātmā vivyādha viśikhais tribhiḥ |
15 | tatas tu tāvakā rājan parīpsanto 'rjuniṃ raṇe
madrarājarathaṃ tūrṇaṃ parivāryāvatasthire |
16 | duryodhano vikarṇaś ca duḥśāsanaviviṃśatī
durmarṣaṇo duḥsahaś ca citrasenaś ca durmukhaḥ |
17 | satyavrataś ca bhadraṃ te purumitraś ca bhārata
ete madrādhiparathaṃ pālayantaḥ sthitā raṇe |
18 | tān bhīmasenaḥ saṃkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ
draupadeyābhimanyuś ca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau |
19 | nānārūpāṇi śastrāṇi visṛjanto viśāṃ pate
abhyavartanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ te vai samīyuḥ saṃgrāme rājan durmantrite tava |
20 | tasmin dāśarathe yuddhe vartamāne bhayāvahe
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca prekṣakā rathino 'bhavan |
21 | śastrāṇy anekarūpāṇi visṛjanto mahārathāḥ
anyonyam abhinardantaḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire |
22 | te yattā jātasaṃrambhāḥ sarve 'nyonyaṃ jighāṃsavaḥ
mahāstrāṇi vimuñcantaḥ samāpetur amarṣaṇāḥ |
23 | duryodhanas tu saṃkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahāraṇe
vivyādha niśitair bāṇaiś caturbhis tvarito bhṛśam |
24 | durmarṣaṇaś ca viṃśatyā citrasenaś ca pañcabhiḥ
durmukho navabhir bāṇair duḥsahaś cāpi saptabhiḥ viviṃśatiḥ pañcabhiś ca tribhir duḥśāsanas tathā |
25 | tān pratyavidhyad rājendra pārṣataḥ śatrutāpanaḥ
ekaikaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā darśayan pāṇilāghavam |
26 | satyavrataṃ tu samare purumitraṃ ca bhārata
abhimanyur avidhyat tau daśabhir daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
27 | mādrīputrau tu samare mātulaṃ mātṛnandanau
chādayetāṃ śaravrātais tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
28 | tataḥ śalyo mahārāja svasrīyau rathināṃ varau
śarair bahubhir ānarchat kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau chādyamānau tatas tau tu mādrīputrau na celatuḥ |
29 | atha duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
vidhitsuḥ kalahasyāntaṃ gadāṃ jagrāha pāṇḍavaḥ |
30 | tam udyatagadaṃ dṛṣṭvā kailāsam iva śṛṅgiṇam
bhīmasenaṃ mahābāhuṃ putrās te prādravan bhayāt |
31 | duryodhanas tu saṃkruddho māgadhaṃ samacodayat
anīkaṃ daśasāhasraṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām māgadhaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā bhīmasenaṃ samabhyayāt |
32 | āpatantaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā gajānīkaṃ vṛkodaraḥ
gadāpāṇir avārohad rathāt siṃha ivonnadan |
33 | adrisāramayīṃ gurvīṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām
abhyadhāvad gajānīkaṃ vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ |
34 | sa gajān gadayā nighnan vyacarat samare balī
bhīmaseno mahābāhuḥ savajra iva vāsavaḥ |
35 | tasya nādena mahatā manohṛdayakampinā
vyatyaceṣṭanta saṃhatya gajā bhīmasya nardataḥ |
36 | tatas tu draupadīputrāḥ saubhadraś ca mahārathaḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ |
37 | pṛṣṭhaṃ bhīmasya rakṣantaḥ śaravarṣeṇa vāraṇān
abhyadhāvanta varṣanto meghā iva girīn yathā |
38 | kṣuraiḥ kṣuraprair bhallaiś ca pītair añjalikair api
pātayantottamāṅgāni pāṇḍavā gajayodhinām |
39 | śirobhiḥ prapatadbhiś ca bāhubhiś ca vibhūṣitaiḥ
aśmavṛṣṭir ivābhāti pāṇibhiś ca sahāṅkuśaiḥ |
40 | hṛtottamāṅgāḥ skandheṣu gajānāṃ gajayodhinaḥ
adṛśyantācalāgreṣu drumā bhagnaśikhā iva |
41 | dhṛṣṭadyumnahatān anyān apaśyāma mahāgajān
patitān pātyamānāṃś ca pārṣatena mahātmanā |
42 | māgadho 'tha mahīpālo gajam airāvatopamam
preṣayām āsa samare saubhadrasya rathaṃ prati |
43 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya māgadhasya gajottamam
jaghānaikeṣuṇā vīraḥ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā |
44 | tasyāvarjitanāgasya kārṣṇiḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
rājño rajatapuṅkhena bhallenāpaharac chiraḥ |
45 | vigāhya tad gajānīkaṃ bhīmaseno 'pi pāṇḍavaḥ
vyacarat samare mṛdnan gajān indro girīn iva |
46 | ekaprahārābhihatān bhīmasenena kuñjarān
apaśyāma raṇe tasmin girīn vajrahatān iva |
47 | bhagnadantān bhagnakaṭān bhagnasakthāṃś ca vāraṇān
bhagnapṛṣṭhān bhagnakumbhān nihatān parvatopamān |
48 | nadataḥ sīdataś cānyān vimukhān samare gajān
vimūtrān bhagnasaṃvignāṃs tathā viśakṛto 'parān |
49 | bhīmasenasya mārgeṣu gatāsūn parvatopamān
apaśyāma hatān nāgān niṣṭanantas tathāpare |
50 | vamanto rudhiraṃ cānye bhinnakumbhā mahāgajāḥ
vihvalanto gatā bhūmiṃ śailā iva dharātale |
51 | medorudhiradigdhāṅgo vasāmajjāsamukṣitaḥ
vyacarat samare bhīmo daṇḍapāṇir ivāntakaḥ |
52 | gajānāṃ rudhirāktāṃ tāṃ gadāṃ bibhrad vṛkodaraḥ
ghoraḥ pratibhayaś cāsīt pinākīva pinākadhṛk |
53 | nirmathyamānāḥ kruddhena bhīmasenena dantinaḥ
sahasā prādravañ śiṣṭā mṛdnantas tava vāhinīm |
54 | taṃ hi vīraṃ maheṣvāsāḥ saubhadrapramukhā rathāḥ
paryarakṣanta yudhyantaṃ vajrāyudham ivāmarāḥ |
55 | śoṇitāktāṃ gadāṃ bibhrad ukṣito gajaśoṇitaiḥ
kṛtānta iva raudrātmā bhīmaseno vyadṛśyata |
56 | vyāyacchamānaṃ gadayā dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata
nṛtyamānam apaśyāma nṛtyantam iva śaṃkaram |
57 | yamadaṇḍopamāṃ gurvīm indrāśanisamasvanām
apaśyāma mahārāja raudrāṃ viśasanīṃ gadām |
58 | vimiśrāṃ keśamajjābhiḥ pradigdhāṃ rudhireṇa ca
pinākam iva rudrasya kruddhasyābhighnataḥ paśūn |
59 | yathā paśūnāṃ saṃghātaṃ yaṣṭyā pālaḥ prakālayet
tathā bhīmo gajānīkaṃ gadayā paryakālayat |
60 | gadayā vadhyamānās te mārgaṇaiś ca samantataḥ
svāny anīkāni mṛdnantaḥ prādravan kuñjarās tava |
61 | mahāvāta ivābhrāṇi vidhamitvā sa vāraṇān
atiṣṭhat tumule bhīmaḥ śmaśāna iva śūlabhṛt |