Book 7 Chapter 42 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | yan mā pṛcchasi rājendra sindhurājasya vikramam
śṛṇu tat sarvam ākhyāsye yathā pāṇḍūn ayodhayat |
2 | tam ūhuḥ sārather vaśyāḥ saindhavāḥ sādhuvāhinaḥ
vikurvāṇā bṛhanto 'śvāḥ śvasanopamaraṃhasaḥ |
3 | gandharvanagarākāraṃ vidhivat kalpitaṃ ratham
tasyābhyaśobhayat ketur vārāho rājato mahān |
4 | śvetacchatrapatākābhiś cāmaravyajanena ca
sa babhau rājaliṅgais tais tārāpatir ivāmbare |
5 | muktāvajramaṇisvarṇair bhūṣitaṃ tad ayasmayam
varūthaṃ vibabhau tasya jyotirbhiḥ kham ivāvṛtam |
6 | sa visphārya mahac cāpaṃ kirann iṣugaṇān bahūn
tat khaṇḍaṃ pūrayām āsa yad vyadārayad ārjuniḥ |
7 | sa sātyakiṃ tribhir bāṇair aṣṭabhiś ca vṛkodaram
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tathā ṣaṣṭyā virāṭaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
8 | drupadaṃ pañcabhis tīkṣṇair daśabhiś ca śikhaṇḍinam
kekayān pañcaviṃśatyā draupadeyāṃs tribhis tribhiḥ |
9 | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca saptatyā tataḥ śeṣān apānudat
iṣujālena mahatā tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
10 | athāsya śitapītena bhallenādiśya kārmukam
ciccheda prahasan rājā dharmaputraḥ pratāpavān |
11 | akṣṇor nimeṣamātreṇa so 'nyad ādāya kārmukam
vivyādha daśabhiḥ pārtha tāṃś caivānyāṃs tribhis tribhiḥ |
12 | tasya tal lāghavaṃ jñātvā bhīmo bhallais tribhiḥ punaḥ
dhanur dhvajaṃ ca chatraṃ ca kṣitau kṣipram apātayat |
13 | so 'nyad ādāya balavān sajyaṃ kṛtvā ca kārmukam
bhīmasyāpothayat ketuṃ dhanur aśvāṃś ca māriṣa |
14 | sa hatāśvād avaplutya chinnadhanvā rathottamāt
sātyaker āpluto yānaṃ giryagram iva kesarī |
15 | tatas tvadīyāḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ sādhu sādhv iti cukruśuḥ
sindhurājasya tat karma prekṣyāśraddheyam uttamam |
16 | saṃkruddhān pāṇḍavān eko yad dadhārāstratejasā
tat tasya karma bhūtāni sarvāṇy evābhyapūjayan |
17 | saubhadreṇa hataiḥ pūrvaṃ sottarāyudhibhir dvipaiḥ
pāṇḍūnāṃ darśitaḥ panthāḥ saindhavena nivāritaḥ |
18 | yatamānās tu te vīrā matsyapāñcālakekayāḥ
pāṇḍavāś cānvapadyanta pratyaikaśyena saindhavam |
19 | yo yo hi yatate bhettuṃ droṇānīkaṃ tavāhitaḥ
taṃ taṃ devavaraprāptyā saindhavaḥ pratyavārayat |