Book 7 Chapter 40 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | so 'bhigarjan dhanuṣpāṇir jyāṃ vikarṣan punaḥ punaḥ
tayor mahātmanos tūrṇaṃ rathāntaram avāpatat |
2 | so 'vidhyad daśabhir bāṇair abhimanyuṃ durāsadam
sacchatradhvajayantāraṃ sāśvam āśu smayann iva |
3 | pitṛpaitāmahaṃ karma kurvāṇam atimānuṣam
dṛṣṭvārditaṃ śaraiḥ kārṣṇiṃ tvadīyā hṛṣitābhavan |
4 | tasyābhimanyur āyamya smayann ekena patriṇā
śiraḥ pracyāvayām āsa sa rathāt prāpatad bhuvi |
5 | karṇikāram ivoddhūtaṃ vātena mathitaṃ nagāt
bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rājan karṇo vyathāṃ yayau |
6 | vimukhīkṛtya karṇaṃ tu saubhadraḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ
anyān api maheṣvāsāṃs tūrṇam evābhidudruve |
7 | tatas tad vitataṃ jālaṃ hastyaśvarathapattimat
jhaṣaḥ kruddha ivābhindad abhimanyur mahāyaśāḥ |
8 | karṇas tu bahubhir bāṇair ardyamāno 'bhimanyunā
apāyāj javanair aśvais tato 'nīkam abhidyata |
9 | śalabhair iva cākāśe dhārābhir iva cāvṛte
abhimanyoḥ śarai rājan na prājñāyata kiṃ cana |
10 | tāvakānāṃ tu yodhānāṃ vadhyatāṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
anyatra saindhavād rājan na sma kaś cid atiṣṭhata |
11 | saubhadras tu tataḥ śaṅkhaṃ pradhmāpya puruṣarṣabhaḥ
śīghram abhyapatat senāṃ bhāratīṃ bharatarṣabha |
12 | sa kakṣe 'gnir ivotsṛṣṭo nirdahaṃs tarasā ripūn
madhye bhāratasainyānām ārjuniḥ paryavartata |
13 | rathanāgāśvamanujān ardayan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
sa praviśyākarod bhūmiṃ kabandhagaṇasaṃkulām |
14 | saubhadracāpaprabhavair nikṛttāḥ parameṣubhiḥ
svān evābhimukhān ghnantaḥ prādravañ jīvitārthinaḥ |
15 | te ghorā raudrakarmāṇo vipāṭhāḥ pṛthavaḥ śitāḥ
nighnanto rathanāgāśvāñ jagmur āśu vasuṃdharām |
16 | sāyudhāḥ sāṅgulitrāṇāḥ sakhaḍgāḥ sāṅgadā raṇe
dṛśyante bāhavaś chinnā hemābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ |
17 | śarāś cāpāni khaḍgāś ca śarīrāṇi śirāṃsi ca
sakuṇḍalāni sragvīṇi bhūmāv āsan sahasraśaḥ |
18 | apaskarair adhiṣṭhānair īṣādaṇḍakabandhuraiḥ
akṣair vimathitaiś cakrair bhagnaiś ca bahudhā rathaiḥ śakticāpāyudhaiś cāpi patitaiś ca mahādhvajaiḥ |
19 | nihataiḥ kṣatriyair aśvair vāraṇaiś ca viśāṃ pate
agamyakalpā pṛthivī kṣaṇenāsīt sudāruṇā |
20 | vadhyatāṃ rājaputrāṇāṃ krandatām itaretaram
prādurāsīn mahāśabdo bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhanaḥ sa śabdo bharataśreṣṭha diśaḥ sarvā vyanādayat |
21 | saubhadraś cādravat senāṃ nighnann aśvarathadvipān
vyacarat sa diśaḥ sarvāḥ pradiśaś cāhitān rujan |
22 | taṃ tadā nānupaśyāma sainyena rajasāvṛtam
ādadānaṃ gajāśvānāṃ nṛṇāṃ cāyūṃṣi bhārata |
23 | kṣaṇena bhūyo 'paśyāma sūryaṃ madhyaṃdine yathā
abhimanyuṃ mahārāja pratapantaṃ dviṣadgaṇān |
24 | sa vāsavasamaḥ saṃkhye vāsavasyātmajātmajaḥ
abhimanyur mahārāja sainyamadhye vyarocata |