 | Book 7 Chapter 44
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | ādadānas tu śūrāṇām āyūṃṣy abhavad ārjuniḥ
antakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ prāṇān kāla ivāgate
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| 2 | sa śakra iva vikrāntaḥ śakrasūnoḥ suto balī
abhimanyus tadānīkaṃ loḍayan bahv aśobhata
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| 3 | praviśyaiva tu rājendra kṣatriyendrāntakopamaḥ
satyaśravasam ādatta vyāghro mṛgam ivolbaṇam
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| 4 | satyaśravasi cākṣipte tvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ
pragṛhya vipulaṃ śastram abhimanyum upādravan
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| 5 | ahaṃ pūrvam ahaṃ pūrvam iti kṣatriyapuṃgavāḥ
spardhamānāḥ samājagmur jighāṃsanto 'rjunātmajam
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| 6 | kṣatriyāṇām anīkāni pradrutāny abhidhāvatām
jagrāsa timir āsādya kṣudramatsyān ivārṇave
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| 7 | ye ke cana gatās tasya samīpam apalāyinaḥ
na te pratinyavartanta samudrād iva sindhavaḥ
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| 8 | mahāgrāhagṛhīteva vātavegabhayārditā
samakampata sā senā vibhraṣṭā naur ivārṇave
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| 9 | atha rukmaratho nāma madreśvarasuto balī
trastām āśvāsayan senām atrasto vākyam abravīt
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| 10 | alaṃ trāsena vaḥ śūrā naiṣa kaś cin mayi sthite
aham enaṃ grahīṣyāmi jīvagrāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
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| 11 | evam uktvā tu saubhadram abhidudrāva vīryavān
sukalpitenohyamānaḥ syandanena virājatā
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| 12 | so 'bhimanyuṃ tribhir bāṇair viddhvā vakṣasy athānadat
tribhiś ca dakṣiṇe bāhau savye ca niśitais tribhiḥ
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| 13 | sa tasyeṣvasanaṃ chittvā phālguṇiḥ savyadakṣiṇau
bhujau śiraś ca svakṣibhru kṣitau kṣipram apātayat
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| 14 | dṛṣṭvā rukmarathaṃ rugṇaṃ putraṃ śalyasya māninam
jīvagrāhaṃ jighṛkṣantaṃ saubhadreṇa yaśasvinā
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| 15 | saṃgrāmadurmadā rājan rājaputrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
vayasyāḥ śalyaputrasya suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ
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| 16 | tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣanto mahārathāḥ
ārjuniṃ śaravarṣeṇa samantāt paryavārayan
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| 17 | śūraiḥ śikṣābalopetais taruṇair atyamarṣaṇaiḥ
dṛṣṭvaikaṃ samare śūraṃ saubhadram aparājitam
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| 18 | chādyamānaṃ śaravrātair hṛṣṭo duryodhano 'bhavat
vaivasvatasya bhavanaṃ gatam enam amanyata
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| 19 | suvarṇapuṅkhair iṣubhir nānāliṅgais tribhis tribhiḥ
adṛśyam ārjuniṃ cakrur nimeṣāt te nṛpātmajāḥ
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| 20 | sasūtāśvadhvajaṃ tasya syandanaṃ taṃ ca māriṣa
ācitaṃ samapaśyāma śvāvidhaṃ śalalair iva
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| 21 | sa gāḍhaviddhaḥ kruddhaś ca tottrair gaja ivārditaḥ
gāndharvam astram āyacchad rathamāyāṃ ca yojayat
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| 22 | arjunena tapas taptvā gandharvebhyo yad āhṛtam
tumburupramukhebhyo vai tenāmohayatāhitān
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| 23 | ekaḥ sa śatadhā rājan dṛśyate sma sahasradhā
alātacakravat saṃkhye kṣipram astrāṇi darśayan
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| 24 | rathacaryāstramāyābhir mohayitvā paraṃtapaḥ
bibheda śatadhā rājañ śarīrāṇi mahīkṣitām
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| 25 | prāṇāḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ saṃkhye preṣitā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
rājan prāpur amuṃ lokaṃ śarīrāṇy avaniṃ yayuḥ
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| 26 | dhanūṃṣy aśvān niyantṝṃś ca dhvajān bāhūṃś ca sāṅgadān
śirāṃsi ca śitair bhallais teṣāṃ ciccheda phālguniḥ
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| 27 | cūtārāmo yathā bhagnaḥ pañcavarṣaphalopagaḥ
rājaputraśataṃ tadvat saubhadreṇāpatad dhatam
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| 28 | kruddhāśīviṣasaṃkāśān sukumārān sukhocitān
ekena nihatān dṛṣṭvā bhīto duryodhano 'bhavat
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| 29 | rathinaḥ kuñjarān aśvān padātīṃś cāvamarditān
dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaḥ kṣipram upāyāt tam amarṣitaḥ
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| 30 | tayoḥ kṣaṇam ivāpūrṇaḥ saṃgrāmaḥ samapadyata
athābhavat te vimukhaḥ putraḥ śaraśatārditaḥ
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