Book 6 Chapter 78 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | tathā pravṛtte saṃgrāme nivṛtte ca suśarmaṇi
prabhagneṣu ca vīreṣu pāṇḍavena mahātmanā |
2 | kṣubhyamāṇe bale tūrṇaṃ sāgarapratime tava
pratyudyāte ca gāṅgeye tvaritaṃ vijayaṃ prati |
3 | dṛṣṭvā duryodhano rājan raṇe pārthasya vikramam
tvaramāṇaḥ samabhyetya sarvāṃs tān abravīn nṛpān |
4 | teṣāṃ ca pramukhe śūraṃ suśarmāṇaṃ mahābalam
madhye sarvasya sainyasya bhṛśaṃ saṃharṣayan vacaḥ |
5 | eṣa bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo yoddhukāmo dhanaṃjayam
sarvātmanā kuruśreṣṭhas tyaktvā jīvitam ātmanaḥ |
6 | taṃ prayāntaṃ parānīkaṃ sarvasainyena bhāratam
saṃyattāḥ samare sarve pālayadhvaṃ pitāmaham |
7 | bāḍham ity evam uktvā tu tāny anīkāni sarvaśaḥ
narendrāṇāṃ mahārāja samājagmuḥ pitāmaham |
8 | tataḥ prayātaḥ sahasā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo 'rjunam
raṇe bhāratam āyāntam āsasāda mahābalam |
9 | mahāśvetāśvayuktena bhīmavānaraketunā
mahatā meghanādena rathenāti virājata |
10 | samare sarvasainyānām upayātaṃ dhanaṃjayam
abhavat tumulo nādo bhayād dṛṣṭvā kirīṭinam |
11 | abhīśuhastaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca dṛṣṭvādityam ivāparam
madhyaṃdinagataṃ saṃkhye na śekuḥ prativīkṣitum |
12 | tathā śāṃtanavaṃ bhīṣmaṃ śvetāśvaṃ śvetakārmukam
na śekuḥ pāṇḍavā draṣṭuṃ śvetagraham ivoditam |
13 | sa sarvataḥ parivṛtas trigartaiḥ sumahātmabhiḥ
bhrātṛbhis tava putraiś ca tathānyaiś ca mahārathaiḥ |
14 | bhāradvājas tu samare matsyaṃ vivyādha patriṇā
dhvajaṃ cāsya śareṇājau dhanuś caikena cicchide |
15 | tad apāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ virāṭo vāhinīpatiḥ
anyad ādatta vegena dhanur bhārasahaṃ dṛḍham śarāṃś cāśīviṣākārāñ jvalitān pannagān iva |
16 | droṇaṃ tribhiḥ pravivyādha caturbhiś cāsya vājinaḥ
dhvajam ekena vivyādha sārathiṃ cāsya pañcabhiḥ dhanur ekeṣuṇāvidhyat tatrākrudhyad dvijarṣabhaḥ |
17 | tasya droṇo 'vadhīd aśvāñ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
aṣṭābhir bharataśreṣṭha sūtam ekena patriṇā |
18 | sa hatāśvād avaplutya syandanād dhatasārathiḥ
āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ śaṅkhasya rathināṃ varaḥ |
19 | tatas tu tau pitāputrau bhāradvājaṃ rathe sthitau
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa vārayām āsatur balāt |
20 | bhāradvājas tataḥ kruddhaḥ śaram āśīviṣopamam
cikṣepa samare tūrṇaṃ śaṅkhaṃ prati janeśvara |
21 | sa tasya hṛdayaṃ bhittvā pītvā śoṇitam āhave
jagāma dharaṇiṃ bāṇo lohitārdrīkṛtacchaviḥ |
22 | sa papāta rathāt tūrṇaṃ bhāradvājaśarāhataḥ
dhanus tyaktvā śarāṃś caiva pitur eva samīpataḥ |
23 | hataṃ svam ātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā virāṭaḥ prādravad bhayāt
utsṛjya samare droṇaṃ vyāttānanam ivāntakam |
24 | bhāradvājas tatas tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahācamūm
dārayām āsa samare śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ |
25 | śikhaṇḍy api mahārāja drauṇim āsādya saṃyuge
ājaghāna bhruvor madhye nārācais tribhir āśugaiḥ |
26 | sa babhau naraśārdūlo lalāṭe saṃsthitais tribhiḥ
śikharaiḥ kāñcanamayair merus tribhir ivocchritaiḥ |
27 | aśvatthāmā tataḥ kruddho nimeṣārdhāc chikhaṇḍinaḥ
sūtaṃ dhvajam atho rājaṃs turagān āyudhaṃ tathā śarair bahubhir uddiśya pātayām āsa saṃyuge |
28 | sa hatāśvād avaplutya rathād vai rathināṃ varaḥ
khaḍgam ādāya niśitaṃ vimalaṃ ca śarāvaram śyenavad vyacarat kruddhaḥ śikhaṇḍī śatrutāpanaḥ |
29 | sakhaḍgasya mahārāja caratas tasya saṃyuge
nāntaraṃ dadṛśe drauṇis tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
30 | tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi bahūni bharatarṣabha
preṣayām āsa samare drauṇiḥ paramakopanaḥ |
31 | tām āpatantīṃ samare śaravṛṣṭiṃ sudāruṇām
asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa ciccheda balināṃ varaḥ |
32 | tato 'sya vimalaṃ drauṇiḥ śatacandraṃ manoramam
carmācchinad asiṃ cāsya khaṇḍayām āsa saṃyuge śitaiḥ subahuśo rājaṃs taṃ ca vivyādha patribhiḥ |
33 | śikhaṇḍī tu tataḥ khaḍgaṃ khaṇḍitaṃ tena sāyakaiḥ
āvidhya vyasṛjat tūrṇaṃ jvalantam iva pannagam |
34 | tam āpatantaṃ sahasā kālānalasamaprabham
ciccheda samare drauṇir darśayan pāṇilāghavam śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca vivyādha śarair bahubhir āyasaiḥ |
35 | śikhaṇḍī tu bhṛśaṃ rājaṃs tāḍyamānaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ mādhavasya mahātmanaḥ |
36 | sātyakis tu tataḥ kruddho rākṣasaṃ krūram āhave
alambusaṃ śarair ghorair vivyādha balinaṃ balī |
37 | rākṣasendras tatas tasya dhanuś ciccheda bhārata
ardhacandreṇa samare taṃ ca vivyādha sāyakaiḥ māyāṃ ca rākṣasīṃ kṛtvā śaravarṣair avākirat |
38 | tatrādbhutam apaśyāma śaineyasya parākramam
nāsaṃbhramad yat samare vadhyamānaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
39 | aindram astraṃ ca vārṣṇeyo yojayām āsa bhārata
vijayād yad anuprāptaṃ mādhavena yaśasvinā |
40 | tad astraṃ bhasmasāt kṛtvā māyāṃ tāṃ rākṣasīṃ tadā
alambusaṃ śarair ghorair abhyākirata sarvaśaḥ parvataṃ vāridhārābhiḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ |
41 | tat tathā pīḍitaṃ tena mādhavena mahātmanā
pradudrāva bhayād rakṣo hitvā sātyakim āhave |
42 | tam ajeyaṃ rākṣasendraṃ saṃkhye maghavatā api
śaineyaḥ prāṇadaj jitvā yodhānāṃ tava paśyatām |
43 | nyahanat tāvakāṃś cāpi sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ
niśitair bahubhir bāṇais te 'dravanta bhayārditāḥ |
44 | etasminn eva kāle tu drupadasyātmajo balī
dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja tava putraṃ janeśvaram chādayām āsa samare śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ |
45 | saṃchādyamāno viśikhair dhṛṣṭadyumnena bhārata
vivyathe na ca rājendra tava putro janeśvaraḥ |
46 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca samare tūrṇaṃ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ
ṣaṣṭyā ca triṃśatā caiva tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
47 | tasya senāpatiḥ kruddho dhanuś ciccheda māriṣa
hayāṃś ca caturaḥ śīghraṃ nijaghāna mahārathaḥ śaraiś cainaṃ suniśitaiḥ kṣipraṃ vivyādha saptabhiḥ |
48 | sa hatāśvān mahābāhur avaplutya rathād balī
padātir asim udyamya prādravat pārṣataṃ prati |
49 | śakunis taṃ samabhyetya rājagṛddhī mahābalaḥ
rājānaṃ sarvalokasya ratham āropayat svakam |
50 | tato nṛpaṃ parājitya pārṣataḥ paravīrahā
nyahanat tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ vajrapāṇir ivāsuram |
51 | kṛtavarmā raṇe bhīmaṃ śarair ārchan mahāratham
pracchādayām āsa ca taṃ mahāmegho raviṃ yathā |
52 | tataḥ prahasya samare bhīmasenaḥ paraṃtapaḥ
preṣayām āsa saṃkruddhaḥ sāyakān kṛtavarmaṇe |
53 | tair ardyamāno 'tirathaḥ sātvataḥ śastrakovidaḥ
nākampata mahārāja bhīmaṃ cārchac chitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
54 | tasyāśvāṃś caturo hatvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
sārathiṃ pātayām āsa dhvajaṃ ca supariṣkṛtam |
55 | śarair bahuvidhaiś cainam ācinot paravīrahā
śakalīkṛtasarvāṅgaḥ śvāvidvat samadṛśyata |
56 | hatāśvāt tu rathāt tūrṇaṃ vṛṣakasya rathaṃ yayau
syālasya te mahārāja tava putrasya paśyataḥ |
57 | bhīmaseno 'pi saṃkruddhas tava sainyam upādravat
nijaghāna ca saṃkruddho daṇḍapāṇir ivāntakaḥ |