 | Book 7 Chapter 8
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | kiṃ kurvāṇaṃ raṇe droṇaṃ jaghnuḥ pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ
tathā nipuṇam astreṣu sarvaśastrabhṛtām api
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| 2 | rathabhaṅgo babhūvāsya dhanur vāśīryatāsyataḥ
pramatto vābhavad droṇas tato mṛtyum upeyivān
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| 3 | kathaṃ nu pārṣatas tāta śatrubhir duṣpradharṣaṇam
kirantam iṣusaṃghātān rukmapuṅkhān anekaśaḥ
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| 4 | kṣiprahastaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtinaṃ citrayodhinam
dūreṣupātinaṃ dāntam astrayuddhe ca pāragam
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| 5 | pāñcālaputro nyavadhīd diṣṭyā sa varam acyutam
kurvāṇaṃ dāruṇaṃ karma raṇe yattaṃ mahāratham
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| 6 | vyaktaṃ diṣṭaṃ hi balavat pauruṣād iti me matiḥ
yad droṇo nihataḥ śūraḥ pārṣatena mahātmanā
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| 7 | astraṃ caturvidhaṃ vīre yasminn āsīt pratiṣṭhitam
tam iṣvastravarācāryaṃ droṇaṃ śaṃsasi me hatam
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| 8 | śrutvā hataṃ rukmarathaṃ vaiyāghraparivāraṇam
jātarūpapariṣkāraṃ nādya śokam apānude
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| 9 | na nūnaṃ paraduḥkhena kaś cin mriyati saṃjaya
yatra droṇam ahaṃ śrutvā hataṃ jīvāmi na mriye
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| 10 | aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ mama
yac chrutvā nihataṃ droṇaṃ śatadhā na vidīryate
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| 11 | brāhme vede tatheṣv astre yam upāsan guṇārthinaḥ
brāhmaṇā rājaputrāś ca sa kathaṃ mṛtyunā hataḥ
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| 12 | śoṣaṇaṃ sāgarasyeva meror iva visarpaṇam
patanaṃ bhāskarasyeva na mṛṣye droṇapātanam
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| 13 | dṛptānāṃ pratiṣeddhāsīd dhārmikānāṃ ca rakṣitā
yo 'tyākṣīt kṛpaṇasyārthe prāṇān api paraṃtapaḥ
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| 14 | mandānāṃ mama putrāṇāṃ jayāśā yasya vikrame
bṛhaspatyuśanastulyo buddhyā sa nihataḥ katham
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| 15 | te ca śoṇā bṛhanto 'śvāḥ saindhavā hemamālinaḥ
rathe vātajavā yuktāḥ sarvaśabdātigā raṇe
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| 16 | balino ghoṣiṇo dāntāḥ saindhavāḥ sādhuvāhinaḥ
dṛḍhāḥ saṃgrāmamadhyeṣu kaccid āsan na vihvalāḥ
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| 17 | kariṇāṃ bṛṃhatāṃ yuddhe śaṅkhadundubhinisvanam
jyākṣepaśaravarṣāṇāṃ śastrāṇāṃ ca sahiṣṇavaḥ
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| 18 | āśaṃsantaḥ parāñ jetuṃ jitaśvāsā jitavyathāḥ
hayāḥ prajavitāḥ śīghrā bhāradvājarathodvahāḥ
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| 19 | te sma rukmarathe yuktā naravīrasamāhitāḥ
kathaṃ nābhyataraṃs tāta pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm
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| 20 | jātarūpapariṣkāram āsthāya ratham uttamam
bhāradvājaḥ kim akaroc chūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi
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| 21 | vidyāṃ yasyopajīvanti sarvalokadhanurbhṛtaḥ
sa satyasaṃdho balavān droṇaḥ kim akarod yudhi
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| 22 | divi śakram iva śreṣṭhaṃ mahāmātraṃ dhanurbhṛtām
ke nu taṃ raudrakarmāṇaṃ yuddhe pratyudyayū rathāḥ
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| 23 | nanu rukmarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā pradravanti sma pāṇḍavāḥ
divyam astraṃ vikurvāṇaṃ senāṃ kṣiṇvantam avyayam
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| 24 | utāho sarvasainyena dharmarājaḥ sahānujaḥ
pāñcālyapragraho droṇaṃ sarvataḥ samavārayat
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| 25 | nūnam āvārayat pārtho rathino 'nyān ajihmagaiḥ
tato droṇaṃ samārohat pārṣataḥ pāpakarmakṛt
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| 26 | na hy anyaṃ paripaśyāmi vadhe kaṃ cana śuṣmiṇaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnād ṛte raudrāt pālyamānāt kirīṭinā
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| 27 | tair vṛtaḥ sarvataḥ śūraiḥ pāñcālyāpasadas tataḥ
kekayaiś cedikārūṣair matsyair anyaiś ca bhūmipaiḥ
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| 28 | vyākulīkṛtam ācāryaṃ pipīlair uragaṃ yathā
karmaṇy asukare saktaṃ jaghāneti matir mama
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| 29 | yo 'dhītya caturo vedān sarvān ākhyānapañcamān
brāhmaṇānāṃ pratiṣṭhāsīt srotasām iva sāgaraḥ
sa kathaṃ brāhmaṇo vṛddhaḥ śastreṇa vadham āptavān
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| 30 | amarṣaṇo marṣitavān kliśyamānaḥ sadā mayā
anarhamāṇaḥ kaunteyaḥ karmaṇas tasya tat phalam
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| 31 | yasya karmānujīvanti loke sarvadhanurbhṛtaḥ
sa satyasaṃdhaḥ sukṛtī śrīkāmair nihataḥ katham
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| 32 | divi śakra iva śreṣṭho mahāsattvo mahābalaḥ
sa kathaṃ nihataḥ pārthaiḥ kṣudramatsyair yathā timiḥ
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| 33 | kṣiprahastaś ca balavān dṛḍhadhanvārimardanaḥ
na yasya jīvitākāṅkṣī viṣayaṃ prāpya jīvati
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| 34 | yaṃ dvau na jahataḥ śabdau jīvamānaṃ kadā cana
brāhmaś ca vedakāmānāṃ jyāghoṣaś ca dhanurbhṛtām
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| 35 | nāhaṃ mṛṣye hataṃ droṇaṃ siṃhadviradavikramam
kathaṃ saṃjaya durdharṣam anādhṛṣyayaśobalam
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| 36 | ke 'rakṣan dakṣiṇaṃ cakraṃ savyaṃ ke ca mahātmanaḥ
purastāt ke ca vīrasya yudhyamānasya saṃyuge
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| 37 | ke ca tatra tanuṃ tyaktvā pratīpaṃ mṛtyum āvrajan
droṇasya samare vīrāḥ ke 'kurvanta parāṃ dhṛtim
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| 38 | etad āryeṇa kartavyaṃ kṛcchrāsv āpatsu saṃjaya
parākramed yathāśaktyā tac ca tasmin pratiṣṭhitam
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| 39 | muhyate me manas tāta kathā tāvan nivartyatām
bhūyas tu labdhasaṃjñas tvā pariprakṣyāmi saṃjaya
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