Book 6 Chapter 115 | |
1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
1 | katham āsaṃs tadā yodhā hīnā bhīṣmeṇa saṃjaya
balinā devakalpena gurvarthe brahmacāriṇā |
2 | tadaiva nihatān manye kurūn anyāṃś ca pārthivān
na prāharad yadā bhīṣmo ghṛṇitvād drupadātmaje |
3 | tato duḥkhataraṃ manye kim anyat prabhaviṣyati
yad adya pitaraṃ śrutvā nihataṃ mama durmateḥ |
4 | aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama saṃjaya
śrutvā vinihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ śatadhā yan na dīryate |
5 | punaḥ punar na mṛṣyāmi hataṃ devavrataṃ raṇe
na hato jāmadagnyena divyair astraiḥ sma yaḥ purā |
6 | yad adya nihatenājau bhīṣmeṇa jayam icchatā
ceṣṭitaṃ narasiṃhena tan me kathaya saṃjaya |
7 | saṃjaya uvāca |
7 | sāyāhne nyapatad bhūmau dhārtarāṣṭrān viṣādayan
pāñcālānāṃ dadad dharṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ |
8 | sa śete śaratalpastho medinīm aspṛśaṃs tadā
bhīṣmo rathāt prapatitaḥ pracyuto dharaṇītale |
9 | hā heti tumulaḥ śabdo bhūtānāṃ samapadyata
sīmāvṛkṣe nipatite kurūṇāṃ samitikṣaye |
10 | ubhayoḥ senayo rājan kṣatriyān bhayam āviśat
bhīṣmaṃ śaṃtanavaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśīrṇakavacadhvajam kuravaḥ paryavartanta pāṇḍavāś ca viśāṃ pate |
11 | khaṃ tamovṛtam āsīc ca nāsīd bhānumataḥ prabhā
rarāsa pṛthivī caiva bhīṣme śāṃtanave hate |
12 | ayaṃ brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho ayaṃ brahmavidāṃ gatiḥ
ity abhāṣanta bhūtāni śayānaṃ bharatarṣabham |
13 | ayaṃ pitaram ājñāya kāmārtaṃ śaṃtanuṃ purā
ūrdhvaretasam ātmānaṃ cakāra puruṣarṣabhaḥ |
14 | iti sma śaratalpasthaṃ bharatānām amadhyamam
ṛṣayaḥ paryadhāvanta sahitāḥ siddhacāraṇaiḥ |
15 | hate śāṃtanave bhīṣme bharatānāṃ pitāmahe
na kiṃ cit pratyapadyanta putrās tava ca bhārata |
16 | vivarṇavadanāś cāsan gataśrīkāś ca bhārata
atiṣṭhan vrīḍitāś caiva hriyā yuktā hy adhomukhāḥ |
17 | pāṇḍavāś ca jayaṃ labdhvā saṃgrāmaśirasi sthitāḥ
sarve dadhmur mahāśaṅkhān hemajālapariṣkṛtān |
18 | bhṛśaṃ tūryaninādeṣu vādyamāneṣu cānagha
apaśyāma raṇe rājan bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam ākrīḍamānaṃ kaunteyaṃ harṣeṇa mahatā yutam |
19 | nihatya samare śatrūn mahābalasamanvitān
saṃmohaś cāpi tumulaḥ kurūṇām abhavat tadā |
20 | karṇaduryodhanau cāpi niḥśvasetāṃ muhur muhuḥ
tathā nipatite bhīṣme kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdhare hāhākāram abhūt sarvaṃ nirmaryādam avartata |
21 | dṛṣṭvā ca patitaṃ bhīṣmaṃ putro duḥśāsanas tava
uttamaṃ javam āsthāya droṇānīkaṃ samādravat |
22 | bhrātrā prasthāpito vīraḥ svenānīkena daṃśitaḥ
prayayau puruṣavyāghraḥ svasainyam abhicodayan |
23 | tam āyāntam abhiprekṣya kuravaḥ paryavārayan
duḥśāsanaṃ mahārāja kim ayaṃ vakṣyatīti vai |
24 | tato droṇāya nihataṃ bhīṣmam ācaṣṭa kauravaḥ
droṇas tad apriyaṃ śrutvā sahasā nyapatad rathāt |
25 | sa saṃjñām upalabhyātha bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān
nivārayām āsa tadā svāny anīkāni māriṣa |
26 | vinivṛttān kurūn dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāpi svasainikān
dūtaiḥ śīghrāśvasaṃyuktair avahāram akārayan |
27 | vinivṛtteṣu sainyeṣu pāraṃparyeṇa sarvaśaḥ
vimuktakavacāḥ sarve bhīṣmam īyur narādhipāḥ |
28 | vyupāramya tato yuddhād yodhāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
upatasthur mahātmānaṃ prajāpatim ivāmarāḥ |
29 | te tu bhīṣmaṃ samāsādya śayānaṃ bharatarṣabham
abhivādya vyatiṣṭhanta pāṇḍavāḥ kurubhiḥ saha |
30 | atha pāṇḍūn kurūṃś caiva praṇipatyāgrataḥ sthitān
abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavas tadā |
31 | svāgataṃ vo mahābhāgāḥ svāgataṃ vo mahārathāḥ
tuṣyāmi darśanāc cāhaṃ yuṣmākam amaropamāḥ |
32 | abhinandya sa tān evaṃ śirasā lambatābravīt
śiro me lambate 'tyartham upadhānaṃ pradīyatām |
33 | tato nṛpāḥ samājahrus tanūni ca mṛdūni ca
upadhānāni mukhyāni naicchat tāni pitāmahaḥ |
34 | abravīc ca naravyāghraḥ prahasann iva tān nṛpān
naitāni vīraśayyāsu yuktarūpāṇi pārthivāḥ |
35 | tato vīkṣya naraśreṣṭham abhyabhāṣata pāṇḍavam
dhanaṃjayaṃ dīrghabāhuṃ sarvalokamahāratham |
36 | dhanaṃjaya mahābāho śiraso me 'sya lambataḥ
dīyatām upadhānaṃ vai yad yuktam iha manyase |
37 | sa saṃnyasya mahac cāpam abhivādya pitāmaham
netrābhyām aśrupūrṇābhyām idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
38 | ājñāpaya kuruśreṣṭha sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ vara
preṣyo 'haṃ tava durdharṣa kriyatāṃ kiṃ pitāmaha |
39 | tam abravīc chāṃtanavaḥ śiro me tāta lambate
upadhānaṃ kuruśreṣṭha phalgunopanayasva me śayanasyānurūpaṃ hi śīghraṃ vīra prayaccha me |
40 | tvaṃ hi pārtha mahābāho śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām
kṣatradharmasya vettā ca buddhisattvaguṇānvitaḥ |
41 | phalgunas tu tathety uktvā vyavasāyapurojavaḥ
pragṛhyāmantrya gāṇḍīvaṃ śarāṃś ca nataparvaṇaḥ |
42 | anumānya mahātmānaṃ bharatānām amadhyamam
tribhis tīkṣṇair mahāvegair udagṛhṇāc chiraḥ śaraiḥ |
43 | abhiprāye tu vidite dharmātmā savyasācinā
atuṣyad bharataśreṣṭho bhīṣmo dharmārthatattvavit |
44 | upadhānena dattena pratyanandad dhanaṃjayam
kuntīputraṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ suhṛdāṃ prītivardhanam |
45 | anurūpaṃ śayānasya pāṇḍavopahitaṃ tvayā
yady anyathā pravartethāḥ śapeyaṃ tvām ahaṃ ruṣā |
46 | evam etan mahābāho dharmeṣu pariniṣṭhitam
svaptavyaṃ kṣatriyeṇājau śaratalpagatena vai |
47 | evam uktvā tu bībhatsuṃ sarvāṃs tān abravīd vacaḥ
rājñaś ca rājaputrāṃś ca pāṇḍavenābhi saṃsthitān |
48 | śayeyam asyāṃ śayyāyāṃ yāvad āvartanaṃ raveḥ
ye tadā pārayiṣyanti te māṃ drakṣyanti vai nṛpāḥ |
49 | diśaṃ vaiśravaṇākrāntāṃ yadā gantā divākaraḥ
arciṣmān pratapaṃl lokān rathenottamatejasā vimokṣye 'haṃ tadā prāṇān suhṛdaḥ supriyān api |
50 | parikhā khanyatām atra mamāvasadane nṛpāḥ
upāsiṣye vivasvantam evaṃ śaraśatācitaḥ upāramadhvaṃ saṃgrāmād vairāṇy utsṛjya pārthivāḥ |
51 | upātiṣṭhann atho vaidyāḥ śalyoddharaṇakovidāḥ
sarvopakaraṇair yuktāḥ kuśalās te suśikṣitāḥ |
52 | tān dṛṣṭvā jāhnavīputraḥ provāca vacanaṃ tadā
dattadeyā visṛjyantāṃ pūjayitvā cikitsakāḥ |
53 | evaṃgate na hīdānīṃ vaidyaiḥ kāryam ihāsti me
kṣatradharmapraśastāṃ hi prāpto 'smi paramāṃ gatim |
54 | naiṣa dharmo mahīpālāḥ śaratalpagatasya me
etair eva śaraiś cāhaṃ dagdhavyo 'nte narādhipāḥ |
55 | tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya putro duryodhanas tava
vaidyān visarjayām āsa pūjayitvā yathārhataḥ |
56 | tatas te vismayaṃ jagmur nānājanapadeśvarāḥ
sthitiṃ dharme parāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmasyāmitatejasaḥ |
57 | upadhānaṃ tato dattvā pitus tava janeśvara
sahitāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve kuravaś ca mahārathāḥ |
58 | upagamya mahātmānaṃ śayānaṃ śayane śubhe
te 'bhivādya tato bhīṣmaṃ kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam |
59 | vidhāya rakṣāṃ bhīṣmasya sarva eva samantataḥ
vīrāḥ svaśibirāṇy eva dhyāyantaḥ paramāturāḥ niveśāyābhyupāgacchan sāyāhne rudhirokṣitāḥ |
60 | niviṣṭān pāṇḍavāṃś cāpi prīyamāṇān mahārathān
bhīṣmasya patanād dhṛṣṭān upagamya mahārathān uvāca yādavaḥ kāle dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram |
61 | diṣṭyā jayasi kauravya diṣṭyā bhīṣmo nipātitaḥ
avadhyo mānuṣair eṣa satyasaṃdho mahārathaḥ |
62 | atha vā daivataiḥ pārtha sarvaśastrāstrapāragaḥ
tvāṃ tu cakṣurhaṇaṃ prāpya dagdho ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā |
63 | evam ukto dharmarājaḥ pratyuvāca janārdanam
tava prasādād vijayaḥ krodhāt tava parājayaḥ tvaṃ hi naḥ śaraṇaṃ kṛṣṇa bhaktānām abhayaṃkaraḥ |
64 | anāścaryo jayas teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ tvam asi keśava
raṣkitā samare nityaṃ nityaṃ cāpi hite rataḥ sarvathā tvāṃ samāsādya nāścaryam iti me matiḥ |
65 | evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca smayamāno janārdanaḥ
tvayy evaitad yuktarūpaṃ vacanaṃ pārthivottama |