Book 7 Chapter 45 | |
1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
1 | yathā vadasi me sūta ekasya bahubhiḥ saha
saṃgrāmaṃ tumulaṃ ghoraṃ jayaṃ caiva mahātmanaḥ |
2 | aśraddheyam ivāścaryaṃ saubhadrasyātha vikramam
kiṃ tu nātyadbhutaṃ teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ dharmo vyapāśrayaḥ |
3 | duryodhane 'tha vimukhe rājaputraśate hate
saubhadre pratipattiṃ kāṃ pratyapadyanta māmakāḥ |
4 | saṃjaya uvāca |
4 | saṃśuṣkāsyāś calannetrāḥ prasvinnā lomaharṣiṇaḥ
palāyanakṛtotsāhā nirutsāhā dviṣajjaye |
5 | hatān bhrātṝn pitṝn putrān suhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavān
utsṛjyotsṛjya samiyus tvarayanto hayadvipān |
6 | tān prabhagnāṃs tathā dṛṣṭvā droṇo drauṇir bṛhadbalaḥ
kṛpo duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ kṛtavarmātha saubalaḥ |
7 | abhidrutāḥ susaṃkruddhāḥ saubhadram aparājitam
te 'pi pautreṇa te rājan prāyaśo vimukhīkṛtāḥ |
8 | ekas tu sukhasaṃvṛddho bālyād darpāc ca nirbhayaḥ
iṣvastravin mahātejā lakṣmaṇo 'rjunim abhyayāt |
9 | tam anvag evāsya pitā putragṛddhī nyavartata
anu duryodhanaṃ cānye nyavartanta mahārathāḥ |
10 | taṃ te 'bhiṣiṣicur bāṇair meghā girim ivāmbubhiḥ
sa ca tān pramamāthaiko viṣvag vāto yathāmbudān |
11 | pautraṃ tu tava durdharṣaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ priyadarśanam
pituḥ samīpe tiṣṭhantaṃ śūram udyatakārmukam |
12 | atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhaṃ dhaneśvarasutopamam
āsasāda raṇe kārṣṇir matto mattam iva dvipam |
13 | lakṣmaṇena tu saṃgamya saubhadraḥ paravīrahā
śaraiḥ suniśitais tīkṣṇair bāhvor urasi cārpitaḥ |
14 | saṃkruddho vai mahābāhur daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ
pautras tava mahārāja tava pautram abhāṣata |
15 | sudṛṣṭaḥ kriyatāṃ loko amuṃ lokaṃ gamiṣyasi
paśyatāṃ bāndhavānāṃ tvāṃ nayāmi yamasādanam |
16 | evam uktvā tato bhallaṃ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā
udbabarha mahābāhur nirmuktoragasaṃnibham |
17 | sa tasya bhujanirmukto lakṣmaṇasya sudarśanam
sunasaṃ subhru keśāntaṃ śiro 'hārṣīt sakuṇḍalam lakṣmaṇaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hā hety uccukruśur janāḥ |
18 | tato duryodhanaḥ kruddhaḥ priye putre nipātite
hatainam iti cukrośa kṣatriyān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ |
19 | tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo droṇaputro bṛhadbalaḥ
kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyaḥ ṣaḍ rathāḥ paryavārayan |
20 | sa tān viddhvā śitair bāṇair vimukhīkṛtya cārjuniḥ
vegenābhyapatat kruddhaḥ saindhavasya mahad balam |
21 | āvavrus tasya panthānaṃ gajānīkena daṃśitāḥ
kaliṅgāś ca niṣādāś ca krāthaputraś ca vīryavān tat prasaktam ivātyarthaṃ yuddham āsīd viśāṃ pate |
22 | tatas tat kuñjarānīkaṃ vyadhamad dhṛṣṭam ārjuniḥ
yathā vivān nityagatir jaladāñ śataśo 'mbare |
23 | tataḥ krāthaḥ śaravrātair ārjuniṃ samavākirat
athetare saṃnivṛttāḥ punar droṇamukhā rathāḥ paramāstrāṇi dhunvānāḥ saubhadram abhidudruvuḥ |
24 | tān nivāryārjunir bāṇaiḥ krāthaputram athārdayat
śaraugheṇāprameyeṇa tvaramāṇo jighāṃsayā |
25 | sadhanurbāṇakeyūrau bāhū samukuṭaṃ śiraḥ
chatraṃ dhvajaṃ niyantāram aśvāṃś cāsya nyapātayat |
26 | kulaśīlaśrutabalaiḥ kīrtyā cāstrabalena ca
yukte tasmin hate vīrāḥ prāyaśo vimukhābhavan |