 | Book 7 Chapter 21
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | bhāradvājena bhagneṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahāmṛdhe
pāñcāleṣu ca sarveṣu kaś cid anyo 'bhyavartata
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| 2 | āryāṃ yuddhe matiṃ kṛtvā kṣatriyāṇāṃ yaśaskarīm
asevitāṃ kāpuruṣaiḥ sevitāṃ puruṣarṣabhaiḥ
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| 3 | sa hi vīro naraḥ sūta yo bhagneṣu nivartate
aho nāsīt pumān kaś cid dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ vyavasthitam
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| 4 | jṛmbhamāṇam iva vyāghraṃ prabhinnam iva kuñjaram
tyajantam āhave prāṇān saṃnaddhaṃ citrayodhinam
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| 5 | maheṣvāsaṃ naravyāghraṃ dviṣatām aghavardhanam
kṛtajñaṃ satyanirataṃ duryodhanahitaiṣiṇam
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| 6 | bhāradvājaṃ tathānīke dṛṣṭvā śūram avasthitam
ke vīrāḥ saṃnyavartanta tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 7 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 7 | tān dṛṣṭvā calitān saṃkhye praṇunnān droṇasāyakaiḥ
pāñcālān pāṇḍavān matsyān sṛñjayāṃś cedikekayān
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| 8 | droṇacāpavimuktena śaraugheṇāsuhāriṇā
sindhor iva mahaughena hriyamāṇān yathā plavān
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| 9 | kauravāḥ siṃhanādena nānāvādyasvanena ca
rathadvipanarāśvaiś ca sarvataḥ paryavārayan
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| 10 | tān paśyan sainyamadhyastho rājā svajanasaṃvṛtaḥ
duryodhano 'bravīt karṇaṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ prahasann iva
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| 11 | paśya rādheya pāñcālān praṇunnān droṇasāyakaiḥ
siṃheneva mṛgān vanyāṃs trāsitān dṛḍhadhanvanā
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| 12 | naite jātu punar yuddham īheyur iti me matiḥ
yathā tu bhagnā droṇena vāteneva mahādrumāḥ
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| 13 | ardyamānāḥ śarair ete rukmapuṅkhair mahātmanā
pathā naikena gacchanti ghūrṇamānās tatas tataḥ
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| 14 | saṃniruddhāś ca kauravyair droṇena ca mahātmanā
ete 'nye maṇḍalībhūtāḥ pāvakeneva kuñjarāḥ
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| 15 | bhramarair iva cāviṣṭā droṇasya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
anyonyaṃ samalīyanta palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ
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| 16 | eṣa bhīmo dṛḍhakrodho hīnaḥ pāṇḍavasṛñjayaiḥ
madīyair āvṛto yodhaiḥ karṇa tarjayatīva mām
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| 17 | vyaktaṃ droṇamayaṃ lokam adya paśyati durmatiḥ
nirāśo jīvitān nūnam adya rājyāc ca pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 18 | karṇa uvāca
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| 18 | naiṣa jātu mahābāhur jīvann āhavam utsṛjet
na cemān puruṣavyāghra siṃhanādān viśakṣyate
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| 19 | na cāpi pāṇḍavā yuddhe bhajyerann iti me matiḥ
śūrāś ca balavantaś ca kṛtāstrā yuddhadurmadāḥ
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| 20 | viṣāgnidyūtasaṃkleśān vanavāsaṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ
smaramāṇā na hāsyanti saṃgrāmam iti me matiḥ
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| 21 | nikṛto hi mahābāhur amitaujā vṛkodaraḥ
varān varān hi kaunteyo rathodārān haniṣyati
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| 22 | asinā dhanuṣā śaktyā hayair nāgair narai rathaiḥ
āyasena ca daṇḍena vrātān vrātān haniṣyati
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| 23 | tam ete cānuvartante sātyakipramukhā rathāḥ
pāñcālāḥ kekayā matsyāḥ pāṇḍavāś ca viśeṣataḥ
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| 24 | śūrāś ca balavantaś ca vikrāntāś ca mahārathāḥ
viśeṣataś ca bhīmena saṃrabdhenābhicoditāḥ
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| 25 | te droṇam abhivartante sarvataḥ kurupuṃgavāḥ
vṛkodaraṃ parīpsantaḥ sūryam abhragaṇā iva
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| 26 | ekāyanagatā hy ete pīḍayeyur yatavratam
arakṣyamāṇaṃ śalabhā yathā dīpaṃ mumūrṣavaḥ
asaṃśayaṃ kṛtāstrāś ca paryāptāś cāpi vāraṇe
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| 27 | atibhāraṃ tv ahaṃ manye bhāradvāje samāhitam
te śīghram anugacchāmo yatra droṇo vyavasthitaḥ
kākā iva mahānāgaṃ mā vai hanyur yatavratam
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| 28 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 28 | rādheyasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājā duryodhanas tadā
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito rājan prāyād droṇarathaṃ prati
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| 29 | tatrārāvo mahān āsīd ekaṃ droṇaṃ jighāṃsatām
pāṇḍavānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ nānāvarṇair hayottamaiḥ
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