Book 7 Chapter 3 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | śaratalpe mahātmānaṃ śayānam amitaujasam
mahāvātasamūhena samudram iva śoṣitam |
2 | divyair astrair maheṣvāsaṃ pātitaṃ savyasācinā
jayāśāṃ tava putrāṇāṃ saṃbhagnāṃ śarma varma ca |
3 | apārāṇām iva dvīpam agādhe gādham icchatām
srotasā yāmuneneva śaraugheṇa pariplutam |
4 | mahāntam iva mainākam asahyaṃ bhuvi pātitam
nabhaścyutam ivādityaṃ patitaṃ dharaṇītale |
5 | śatakrator ivācintyaṃ purā vṛtreṇa nirjayam
mohanaṃ sarvasainyasya yudhi bhīṣmasya pātanam |
6 | kakudaṃ sarvasainyānāṃ lakṣma sarvadhanuṣmatām
dhanaṃjayaśaravyāptaṃ pitaraṃ te mahāvratam |
7 | taṃ vīraśayane vīraṃ śayānaṃ puruṣarṣabham
bhīṣmam ādhirathir dṛṣṭvā bharatānām amadhyamam |
8 | avatīrya rathād ārto bāṣpavyākulitākṣaram
abhivādyāñjaliṃ baddhvā vandamāno 'bhyabhāṣata |
9 | karṇo 'ham asmi bhadraṃ te adya mā vada bhārata
puṇyayā kṣemayā vācā cakṣuṣā cāvalokaya |
10 | na nūnaṃ sukṛtasyeha phalaṃ kaś cit samaśnute
yatra dharmaparo vṛddhaḥ śete bhuvi bhavān iha |
11 | kośasaṃjanane mantre vyūhapraharaṇeṣu ca
nātham anyaṃ na paśyāmi kurūṇāṃ kurusattama |
12 | buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto yaḥ kurūṃs tārayed bhayāt
yodhāṃs tvam aplave hitvā pitṛlokaṃ gamiṣyasi |
13 | adya prabhṛti saṃkruddhā vyāghrā iva mṛgakṣayam
pāṇḍavā bharataśreṣṭha kariṣyanti kurukṣayam |
14 | adya gāṇḍīvaghoṣasya vīryajñāḥ savyasācinaḥ
kuravaḥ saṃtrasiṣyanti vajrapāṇer ivāsurāḥ |
15 | adya gāṇḍīvamuktānām aśanīnām iva svanaḥ
trāsayiṣyati saṃgrāme kurūn anyāṃś ca pārthivān |
16 | samiddho 'gnir yathā vīra mahājvālo drumān dahet
dhārtarāṣṭrān pradhakṣyanti tathā bāṇāḥ kirīṭinaḥ |
17 | yena yena prasarato vāyvagnī sahitau vane
tena tena pradahato bhagavantau yad icchataḥ |
18 | yādṛśo 'gniḥ samiddho hi tādṛk pārtho na saṃśayaḥ
yathā vāyur naravyāghra tathā kṛṣṇo na saṃśayaḥ |
19 | nadataḥ pāñcajanyasya rasato gāṇḍivasya ca
śrutvā sarvāṇi sainyāni trāsaṃ yāsyanti bhārata |
20 | kapidhvajasya cotpāte rathasyāmitrakarśinaḥ
śabdaṃ soḍhuṃ na śakṣyanti tvām ṛte vīra pārthivāḥ |
21 | ko hy arjunaṃ raṇe yoddhuṃ tvad anyaḥ pārthivo 'rhati
yasya divyāni karmāṇi pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ |
22 | amānuṣaś ca saṃgrāmas tryambakena ca dhīmataḥ
tasmāc caiva varaḥ prāpto duṣprāpaś cākṛtātmabhiḥ |
23 | tam adyāhaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhaśauṇḍam; amṛṣyamāṇo bhavatānuśiṣṭaḥ
āśīviṣaṃ dṛṣṭiharaṃ sughoram; iyāṃ puraskṛtya vadhaṃ jayaṃ vā |