 | Book 7 Chapter 15
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tad balaṃ sumahad dīrṇaṃ tvadīyaṃ prekṣya vīryavān
dadhāraiko raṇe pāṇḍūn vṛṣaseno 'stramāyayā
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| 2 | śarā daśa diśo muktā vṛṣasenena māriṣa
vicerus te vinirbhidya naravājirathadvipān
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| 3 | tasya dīptā mahābāṇā viniśceruḥ sahasraśaḥ
bhānor iva mahābāho grīṣmakāle marīcayaḥ
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| 4 | tenārditā mahārāja rathinaḥ sādinas tathā
nipetur urvyāṃ sahasā vātanunnā iva drumāḥ
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| 5 | hayaughāṃś ca rathaughāṃś ca gajaughāṃś ca samantataḥ
apātayad raṇe rājañ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 6 | dṛṣṭvā tam evaṃ samare vicarantam abhītavat
sahitāḥ sarvarājānaḥ parivavruḥ samantataḥ
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| 7 | nākulis tu śatānīko vṛṣasenaṃ samabhyayāt
vivyādha cainaṃ daśabhir nārācair marmabhedibhiḥ
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| 8 | tasya karṇātmajaś cāpaṃ chittvā ketum apātayat
taṃ bhrātaraṃ parīpsanto draupadeyāḥ samabhyayuḥ
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| 9 | karṇātmajaṃ śaravrātaiś cakruś cādṛśyam añjasā
tān nadanto 'bhyadhāvanta droṇaputramukhā rathāḥ
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| 10 | chādayanto mahārāja draupadeyān mahārathān
śarair nānāvidhais tūrṇaṃ parvatāñ jaladā iva
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| 11 | tān pāṇḍavāḥ pratyagṛhṇaṃs tvaritāḥ putragṛddhinaḥ
pāñcālāḥ kekayā matsyāḥ sṛñjayāś codyatāyudhāḥ
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| 12 | tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
tvadīyaiḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ devānām iva dānavaiḥ
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| 13 | evam uttamasaṃrambhā yuyudhuḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ
parasparam udīkṣantaḥ parasparakṛtāgasaḥ
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| 14 | teṣāṃ dadṛśire kopād vapūṃṣy amitatejasām
yuyutsūnām ivākāśe patatrivarabhoginām
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| 15 | bhīmakarṇakṛpadroṇadrauṇipārṣatasātyakaiḥ
babhāse sa raṇoddeśaḥ kālasūryair ivoditaiḥ
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| 16 | tadāsīt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ nighnatām itaretaram
mahābalānāṃ balibhir dānavānāṃ yathā suraiḥ
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| 17 | tato yudhiṣṭhirānīkam uddhūtārṇavanisvanam
tvadīyam avadhīt sainyaṃ saṃpradrutamahāratham
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| 18 | tat prabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrubhir bhṛśam arditam
alaṃ drutena vaḥ śūrā iti droṇo 'bhyabhāṣata
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| 19 | tataḥ śoṇahayaḥ kruddhaś caturdanta iva dvipaḥ
praviśya pāṇḍavānīkaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram upādravat
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| 20 | tam avidhyac chitair bāṇaiḥ kaṅkapatrair yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
tasya droṇo dhanuś chittvā taṃ drutaṃ samupādravat
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| 21 | cakrarakṣaḥ kumāras tu pāñcālānāṃ yaśaskaraḥ
dadhāra droṇam āyāntaṃ veleva saritāṃ patim
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| 22 | droṇaṃ nivāritaṃ dṛṣṭvā kumāreṇa dvijarṣabham
siṃhanādaravo hy āsīt sādhu sādhv iti bhāṣatām
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| 23 | kumāras tu tato droṇaṃ sāyakena mahāhave
vivyādhorasi saṃkruddhaḥ siṃhavac cānadan muhuḥ
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| 24 | saṃvārya tu raṇe droṇaḥ kumāraṃ vai mahābalaḥ
śarair anekasāhasraiḥ kṛtahasto jitaklamaḥ
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| 25 | taṃ śūram āryavratinam astrārthakṛtaniśramam
cakrarakṣam apāmṛdnāt kumāraṃ dvijasattamaḥ
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| 26 | sa madhyaṃ prāpya senāyāḥ sarvāḥ paricaran diśaḥ
tava sainyasya goptāsīd bhāradvājo ratharṣabhaḥ
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| 27 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ dvādaśabhir viṃśatyā cottamaujasam
nakulaṃ pañcabhir viddhvā sahadevaṃ ca saptabhiḥ
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| 28 | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dvādaśabhir draupadeyāṃs tribhis tribhiḥ
sātyakiṃ pañcabhir viddhvā matsyaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 29 | vyakṣobhayad raṇe yodhān yathāmukhyān abhidravan
abhyavartata saṃprepsuḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 30 | yugaṃdharas tato rājan bhāradvājaṃ mahāratham
vārayām āsa saṃkruddhaṃ vātoddhūtam ivārṇavam
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| 31 | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ sa viddhvā tu śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
yugaṃdharaṃ ca bhallena rathanīḍād apāharat
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| 32 | tato virāṭadrupadau kekayāḥ sātyakiḥ śibiḥ
vyāghradattaś ca pāñcālyaḥ siṃhasenaś ca vīryavān
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| 33 | ete cānye ca bahavaḥ parīpsanto yudhiṣṭhiram
āvavrus tasya panthānaṃ kirantaḥ sāyakān bahūn
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| 34 | vyāghradattaś ca pāñcālyo droṇaṃ vivyādha mārgaṇaiḥ
pañcāśadbhiḥ śitai rājaṃs tata uccukruśur janāḥ
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| 35 | tvaritaṃ siṃhasenas tu droṇaṃ viddhvā mahāratham
prāhasat sahasā hṛṣṭas trāsayan vai yatavratam
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| 36 | tato visphārya nayane dhanurjyām avamṛjya ca
talaśabdaṃ mahat kṛtvā droṇas taṃ samupādravat
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| 37 | tatas tu siṃhasenasya śiraḥ kāyāt sakuṇḍalam
vyāghradattasya cākramya bhallābhyām aharad balī
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| 38 | tān pramṛdya śaravrātaiḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathān
yudhiṣṭhirasamabhyāśe tasthau mṛtyur ivāntakaḥ
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| 39 | tato 'bhavan mahāśabdo rājan yaudhiṣṭhire bale
hṛto rājeti yodhānāṃ samīpasthe yatavrate
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| 40 | abruvan sainikās tatra dṛṣṭvā droṇasya vikramam
adya rājā dhārtarāṣṭraḥ kṛtārtho vai bhaviṣyati
āgamiṣyati no nūnaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃyuge
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| 41 | evaṃ saṃjalpatāṃ teṣāṃ tāvakānāṃ mahārathaḥ
āyāj javena kaunteyo rathaghoṣeṇa nādayan
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| 42 | śoṇitodāṃ rathāvartāṃ kṛtvā viśasane nadīm
śūrāsthicayasaṃkīrṇāṃ pretakūlāpahāriṇīm
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| 43 | tāṃ śaraughamahāphenāṃ prāsamatsyasamākulām
nadīm uttīrya vegena kurūn vidrāvya pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 44 | tataḥ kirīṭī sahasā droṇānīkam upādravat
chādayann iṣujālena mahatā mohayann iva
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| 45 | śīghram abhyasyato bāṇān saṃdadhānasya cāniśam
nāntaraṃ dadṛśe kaś cit kaunteyasya yaśasvinaḥ
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| 46 | na diśo nāntarikṣaṃ ca na dyaur naiva ca medinī
adṛśyata mahārāja bāṇabhūtam ivābhavat
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| 47 | nādṛśyata tadā rājaṃs tatra kiṃ cana saṃyuge
bāṇāndhakāre mahati kṛte gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
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| 48 | sūrye cāstam anuprāpte rajasā cābhisaṃvṛte
nājñāyata tadā śatrur na suhṛn na ca kiṃ cana
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| 49 | tato 'vahāraṃ cakrus te droṇaduryodhanādayaḥ
tān viditvā bhṛśaṃ trastān ayuddhamanasaḥ parān
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| 50 | svāny anīkāni bībhatsuḥ śanakair avahārayat
tato 'bhituṣṭuvuḥ pārthaṃ prahṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ
pāñcālāś ca manojñābhir vāgbhiḥ sūryam ivarṣayaḥ
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| 51 | evaṃ svaśibiraṃ prāyāj jitvā śatrūn dhanaṃjayaḥ
pṛṣṭhataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ mudito vai sakeśavaḥ
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| 52 | masāragalvarkasuvarṇarūpyair; vajrapravālasphaṭikaiś ca mukhyaiḥ
citre rathe pāṇḍusuto babhāse; nakṣatracitre viyatīva candraḥ
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