Book 6 Chapter 95 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ prātar utthāya vai nṛpaḥ
rājñaḥ samājñāpayata senāṃ yojayateti ha adya bhīṣmo raṇe kruddho nihaniṣyati somakān |
2 | duryodhanasya tac chrutvā rātrau vilapitaṃ bahu
manyamānaḥ sa taṃ rājan pratyādeśam ivātmanaḥ |
3 | nirvedaṃ paramaṃ gatvā vinindya paravācyatām
dīrghaṃ dadhyau śāṃtanavo yoddhukāmo 'rjunaṃ raṇe |
4 | iṅgitena tu taj jñātvā gāṅgeyena vicintitam
duryodhano mahārāja duḥśāsanam acodayat |
5 | duḥśāsana rathās tūrṇaṃ yujyantāṃ bhīṣmarakṣiṇaḥ
dvātriṃśat tvam anīkāni sarvāṇy evābhicodaya |
6 | idaṃ hi samanuprāptaṃ varṣapūgābhicintitam
pāṇḍavānāṃ sasainyānāṃ vadho rājyasya cāgamaḥ |
7 | tatra kāryam ahaṃ manye bhīṣmasyaivābhirakṣaṇam
sa no guptaḥ sukhāya syād dhanyāt pārthāṃś ca saṃyuge |
8 | abravīc ca viśuddhātmā nāhaṃ hanyāṃ śikhaṇḍinam
strīpūrvako hy asau jātas tasmād varjyo raṇe mayā |
9 | lokas tad veda yad ahaṃ pituḥ priyacikīrṣayā
rājyaṃ sphītaṃ mahābāho striyaś ca tyaktavān purā |
10 | naiva cāhaṃ striyaṃ jātu na strīpūrvaṃ kathaṃ cana
hanyāṃ yudhi naraśreṣṭha satyam etad bravīmi te |
11 | ayaṃ strīpūrvako rājañ śikhaṇḍī yadi te śrutaḥ
udyoge kathitaṃ yat tat tathā jātā śikhaṇḍinī |
12 | kanyā bhūtvā pumāñ jātaḥ sa ca yotsyati bhārata
tasyāhaṃ pramukhe bāṇān na muñceyaṃ kathaṃ cana |
13 | yuddhe tu kṣatriyāṃs tāta pāṇḍavānāṃ jayaiṣiṇaḥ
sarvān anyān haniṣyāmi saṃprāptān bāṇagocarān |
14 | evaṃ māṃ bharataśreṣṭho gāṅgeyaḥ prāha śāstravit
tatra sarvātmanā manye bhīṣmasyaivābhipālanam |
15 | arakṣyamāṇaṃ hi vṛko hanyāt siṃhaṃ mahāvane
mā vṛkeṇeva śārdūlaṃ ghātayema śikhaṇḍinā |
16 | mātulaḥ śakuniḥ śalyaḥ kṛpo droṇo viviṃśatiḥ
yattā rakṣantu gāṅgeyaṃ tasmin gupte dhruvo jayaḥ |
17 | etac chrutvā tu rājāno duryodhanavacas tadā
sarvato rathavaṃśena gāṅgeyaṃ paryavārayan |
18 | putrāś ca tava gāṅgeyaṃ parivārya yayur mudā
kampayanto bhuvaṃ dyāṃ ca kṣobhayantaś ca pāṇḍavān |
19 | tai rathaiś ca susaṃyuktair dantibhiś ca mahārathāḥ
parivārya raṇe bhīṣmaṃ daṃśitāḥ samavasthitāḥ |
20 | yathā devāsure yuddhe tridaśā vajradhāriṇam
sarve te sma vyatiṣṭhanta rakṣantas taṃ mahāratham |
21 | tato duryodhano rājā punar bhrātaram abravīt
savyaṃ cakraṃ yudhāmanyur uttamaujāś ca dakṣiṇam goptārāv arjunasyaitāv arjuno 'pi śikhaṇḍinaḥ |
22 | sa rakṣyamāṇaḥ pārthena tathāsmābhir vivarjitaḥ
yathā bhīṣmaṃ na no hanyād duḥśāsana tathā kuru |
23 | bhrātus tad vacanaṃ śrutvā putro duḥśāsanas tava
bhīṣmaṃ pramukhataḥ kṛtvā prayayau senayā saha |
24 | bhīṣmaṃ tu rathavaṃśena dṛṣṭvā tam abhisaṃvṛtam
arjuno rathināṃ śreṣṭho dhṛṣṭadyumnam uvāca ha |
25 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ naravyāghra bhīṣmasya pramukhe 'nagha
sthāpayasvādya pāñcālya tasya goptāham apy uta |
26 | tataḥ śāṃtanavo bhīṣmo niryayau senayā saha
vyūhaṃ cāvyūhata mahat sarvatobhadram āhave |
27 | kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca śaibyaś caiva mahārathaḥ
śakuniḥ saindhavaś caiva kāmbojaś ca sudakṣiṇaḥ |
28 | bhīṣmeṇa sahitāḥ sarve putraiś ca tava bhārata
agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ vyūhasya pramukhe sthitāḥ |
29 | droṇo bhūriśravāḥ śalyo bhagadattaś ca māriṣa
dakṣiṇaṃ pakṣam āśritya sthitā vyūhasya daṃśitāḥ |
30 | aśvatthāmā somadatta āvantyau ca mahārathau
mahatyā senayā yuktā vāmaṃ pakṣam apālayan |
31 | duryodhano mahārāja trigartaiḥ sarvato vṛtaḥ
vyūhamadhye sthito rājan pāṇḍavān prati bhārata |
32 | alambuso rathaśreṣṭhaḥ śrutāyuś ca mahārathaḥ
pṛṣṭhataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ sthitau vyūhasya daṃśitau |
33 | evam ete tadā vyūhaṃ kṛtvā bhārata tāvakāḥ
saṃnaddhāḥ samadṛśyanta pratapanta ivāgnayaḥ |
34 | tathā yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca mādrīputrāv ubhāv api agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ sthitā vyūhasya daṃśitāḥ |
35 | dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca sātyakiś ca mahārathaḥ
sthitāḥ sainyena mahatā parānīkavināśanāḥ |
36 | śikhaṇḍī vijayaś caiva rākṣasaś ca ghaṭotkacaḥ
cekitāno mahābāhuḥ kuntibhojaś ca vīryavān sthitā raṇe mahārāja mahatyā senayā vṛtāḥ |
37 | abhimanyur maheṣvāso drupadaś ca mahārathaḥ
kekayā bhrātaraḥ pañca sthitā yuddhāya daṃśitāḥ |
38 | evaṃ te 'pi mahāvyūhaṃ prativyūhya sudurjayam
pāṇḍavāḥ samare śūrāḥ sthitā yuddhāya māriṣa |
39 | tāvakās tu raṇe yattāḥ sahasenā narādhipāḥ
abhyudyayū raṇe pārthān bhīṣmaṃ kṛtvāgrato nṛpa |
40 | tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājan bhīmasenapurogamāḥ
bhīṣmaṃ yuddhapariprepsuṃ saṃgrāme vijigīṣavaḥ |
41 | kṣveḍāḥ kilikilāśabdān krakacān goviṣāṇikāḥ
bherīmṛdaṅgapaṇavān nādayantaś ca puṣkarān pāṇḍavā abhyadhāvanta nadanto bhairavān ravān |
42 | bherīmṛdaṅgaśaṅkhānāṃ dundubhīnāṃ ca nisvanaiḥ
utkruṣṭasiṃhanādaiś ca valgitaiś ca pṛthagvidhaiḥ |
43 | vayaṃ pratinadantas tān abhyagacchāma satvarāḥ
sahasaivābhisaṃkruddhās tadāsīt tumulaṃ mahat |
44 | tato 'nyonyaṃ pradhāvantaḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire
tataḥ śabdena mahatā pracakampe vasuṃdharā |
45 | pakṣiṇaś ca mahāghoraṃ vyāharanto vibabhramuḥ
saprabhaś coditaḥ sūryo niṣprabhaḥ samapadyata |
46 | vavuś ca tumulā vātāḥ śaṃsantaḥ sumahad bhayam
ghorāś ca ghoranirhrādāḥ śivās tatra vavāśire vedayantyo mahārāja mahad vaiśasam āgatam |
47 | diśaḥ prajvalitā rājan pāṃsuvarṣaṃ papāta ca
rudhireṇa samunmiśram asthivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca |
48 | rudatāṃ vāhanānāṃ ca netrebhyaḥ prāpataj jalam
susruvuś ca śakṛnmūtraṃ pradhyāyanto viśāṃ pate |
49 | antarhitā mahānādāḥ śrūyante bharatarṣabha
rakṣasāṃ puruṣādānāṃ nadatāṃ bhairavān ravān |
50 | saṃpatantaḥ sma dṛśyante gomāyubakavāyasāḥ
śvānaś ca vividhair nādair bhaṣantas tatra tasthire |
51 | jvalitāś ca maholkā vai samāhatya divākaram
nipetuḥ sahasā bhūmau vedayānā mahad bhayam |
52 | mahānty anīkāni mahāsamucchraye; samāgame pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭrayoḥ
prakāśire śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvanaiḥ; prakampitānīva vanāni vāyunā |
53 | narendranāgāśvasamākulānām; abhyāyatīnām aśive muhūrte
babhūva ghoṣas tumulaś camūnāṃ; vātoddhutānām iva sāgarāṇām |