 | Book 7 Chapter 46
|
| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
|
| 1 | tathā praviṣṭaṃ taruṇaṃ saubhadram aparājitam
kulānurūpaṃ kurvāṇaṃ saṃgrāmeṣv apalāyinam
|
| 2 | ājāneyaiḥ subalibhir yuktam aśvais trihāyanaiḥ
plavamānam ivākāśe ke śūrāḥ samavārayan
|
| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
|
| 3 | abhimanyuḥ praviśyaiva tāvakān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
akarod vimukhān sarvān pārthivān pāṇḍunandanaḥ
|
| 4 | taṃ tu droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo drauṇiś ca sabṛhadbalaḥ
kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyaḥ ṣaḍ rathāḥ paryavārayan
|
| 5 | dṛṣṭvā tu saindhave bhāram atimātraṃ samāhitam
sainyaṃ tava mahārāja yudhiṣṭhiram upādravat
|
| 6 | saubhadram itare vīram abhyavarṣañ śarāmbubhiḥ
tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣanto mahārathāḥ
|
| 7 | tāṃs tu sarvān maheṣvāsān sarvavidyāsu niṣṭhitān
vyaṣṭambhayad raṇe bāṇaiḥ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā
|
| 8 | droṇaṃ pañcāśatā viddhvā viṃśatyā ca bṛhadbalam
aśītyā kṛtavarmāṇaṃ kṛpaṃ ṣaṣṭyā śilīmukhaiḥ
|
| 9 | rukmapuṅkhair mahāvegair ākarṇasamacoditaiḥ
avidhyad daśabhir bāṇair aśvatthāmānam ārjuniḥ
|
| 10 | sa karṇaṃ karṇinā karṇe pītena niśitena ca
phālgunir dviṣatāṃ madhye vivyādha parameṣuṇā
|
| 11 | pātayitvā kṛpasyāśvāṃs tathobhau pārṣṇisārathī
athainaṃ daśabhir bāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyat stanāntare
|
| 12 | tato vṛndārakaṃ vīraṃ kurūṇāṃ kīrtivardhanam
putrāṇāṃ tava vīrāṇāṃ paśyatām avadhīd balī
|
| 13 | taṃ drauṇiḥ pañcaviṃśatyā kṣudrakāṇāṃ samarpayat
varaṃ varam amitrāṇām ārujantam abhītavat
|
| 14 | sa tu bāṇaiḥ śitais tūrṇaṃ pratyavidhyata māriṣa
paśyatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām aśvatthāmānam ārjuniḥ
|
| 15 | ṣaṣṭyā śarāṇāṃ taṃ drauṇis tigmadhāraiḥ sutejanaiḥ
ugrair nākampayad viddhvā mainākam iva parvatam
|
| 16 | sa tu drauṇiṃ trisaptatyā hemapuṅkhair ajihmagaiḥ
pratyavidhyan mahātejā balavān apakāriṇam
|
| 17 | tasmin droṇo bāṇaśataṃ putragṛddhī nyapātayat
aśvatthāmā tathāṣṭau ca parīpsan pitaraṃ raṇe
|
| 18 | karṇo dvāviṃśatiṃ bhallān kṛtavarmā caturdaśa
bṛhadbalas tu pañcāśat kṛpaḥ śāradvato daśa
|
| 19 | tāṃs tu pratyavadhīt sarvān daśabhir daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
tair ardyamānaḥ saubhadraḥ sarvato niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
|
| 20 | taṃ kosalānām adhipaḥ karṇinātāḍayad dhṛdi
sa tasyāśvān dhvajaṃ cāpaṃ sūtaṃ cāpātayat kṣitau
|
| 21 | atha kosalarājas tu virathaḥ khaḍgacarmadhṛt
iyeṣa phālguneḥ kāyāc chiro hartuṃ sakuṇḍalam
|
| 22 | sa kosalānāṃ bhartāraṃ rājaputraṃ bṛhadbalam
hṛdi vivyādha bāṇena sa bhinnahṛdayo 'patat
|
| 23 | babhañja ca sahasrāṇi daśa rājan mahātmanām
sṛjatām aśivā vācaḥ khaḍgakārmukadhāriṇām
|
| 24 | tathā bṛhadbalaṃ hatvā saubhadro vyacarad raṇe
viṣṭambhayan maheṣvāsān yodhāṃs tava śarāmbubhiḥ
|