Book 7 Chapter 51 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | tvayi yāte mahābāho saṃśaptakabalaṃ prati
prayatnam akarot tīvram ācāryo grahaṇe mama |
2 | vyāḍhānīkaṃ vayaṃ droṇaṃ varayāmaḥ sma sarvaśaḥ
prativyūhya rathānīkaṃ yatamānaṃ tathā raṇe |
3 | sa vāryamāṇo rathibhī rakṣitena mayā tathā
asmān api jaghānāśu pīḍayan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
4 | te pīḍyamānā droṇena droṇānīkaṃ na śaknumaḥ
prativīkṣitum apy ājau bhettuṃ tat kuta eva tu |
5 | vayaṃ tv apratimaṃ vīrye sarve saubhadram ātmajam
uktavantaḥ sma te tāta bhindhy anīkam iti prabho |
6 | sa tathā codito 'smābhiḥ sadaśva iva vīryavān
asahyam api taṃ bhāraṃ voḍhum evopacakrame |
7 | sa tavāstropadeśena vīryeṇa ca samanvitaḥ
prāviśat tad balaṃ bālaḥ suparṇa iva sāgaram |
8 | te 'nuyātā vayaṃ vīraṃ sātvatīputram āhave
praveṣṭukāmās tenaiva yena sa prāviśac camūm |
9 | tataḥ saindhavako rājā kṣudras tāta jayadrathaḥ
varadānena rudrasya sarvān naḥ samavārayat |
10 | tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo drauṇiś ca sa bṛhadbalaḥ
kṛtavarmā ca saubhadraṃ ṣaḍ rathāḥ paryavārayan |
11 | parivārya tu taiḥ sarvair yudhi bālo mahārathaiḥ
yatamānaḥ paraṃ śaktyā bahubhir virathīkṛtaḥ |
12 | tato dauḥśāsaniḥ kṣipraṃ tathā tair virathīkṛtam
saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāpya diṣṭāntenābhyayojayat |
13 | sa tu hatvā sahasrāṇi dvipāśvarathasādinām
rājaputraśataṃ cāgryaṃ vīrāṃś cālakṣitān bahūn |
14 | bṛhadbalaṃ ca rājānaṃ svargeṇājau prayojya ha
tataḥ paramadharmātmā diṣṭāntam upajagmivān |
15 | etāvad eva nirvṛttam asmākaṃ śokavardhanam
sa caivaṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ svargalokam avāptavān |
16 | saṃjaya uvāca |
16 | tato 'rjuno vacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājena bhāṣitam
hā putra iti niḥśvasya vyathito nyapatad bhuvi |
17 | viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve parigṛhya dhanaṃjayam
netrair animiṣair dīnāḥ pratyavekṣan parasparam |
18 | pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ vāsaviḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
kampamāno jvareṇeva niḥśvasaṃś ca muhur muhuḥ |
19 | pāṇiṃ pāṇau viniṣpiṣya śvasamāno 'śrunetravān
unmatta iva viprekṣann idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
20 | satyaṃ vaḥ pratijānāmi śvo 'smi hantā jayadratham
na ced vadhabhayād bhīto dhārtarāṣṭrān prahāsyati |
21 | na cāsmāñ śaraṇaṃ gacchet kṛṣṇaṃ vā puruṣottamam
bhavantaṃ vā mahārāja śvo 'smi hantā jayadratham |
22 | dhārtarāṣṭrapriyakaraṃ mayi vismṛtasauhṛdam
pāpaṃ bālavadhe hetuṃ śvo 'smi hantā jayadratham |
23 | rakṣamāṇāś ca taṃ saṃkhye ye māṃ yotsyanti ke cana
api droṇakṛpau vīrau chādayiṣyāmi tāñ śaraiḥ |
24 | yady etad evaṃ saṃgrāme na kuryāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
mā sma puṇyakṛtāṃ lokān prāpnuyāṃ śūrasaṃmatān |
25 | ye lokā mātṛhantṝṇāṃ ye cāpi pitṛghātinām
gurudāragāmināṃ ye ca piśunānāṃ ca ye tathā |
26 | sādhūn asūyatāṃ ye ca ye cāpi parivādinām
ye ca nikṣepahartṝṇāṃ ye ca viśvāsaghātinām |
27 | bhuktapūrvāṃ striyaṃ ye ca nindatām aghaśaṃsinām
brahmaghnānāṃ ca ye lokā ye ca goghātinām api |
28 | pāyasaṃ vā yavānnaṃ vā śākaṃ kṛsaram eva vā
saṃyāvāpūpamāṃsāni ye ca lokā vṛthāśnatām tān ahnaivādhigaccheyaṃ na ced dhanyāṃ jayadratham |
29 | vedādhyāyinam atyarthaṃ saṃśitaṃ vā dvijottamam
avamanyamāno yān yāti vṛddhān sādhūṃs tathā gurūn |
30 | spṛśatāṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca pādenāgniṃ ca yāṃ labhet
yāpsu śleṣma purīṣaṃ vā mūtraṃ vā muñcatāṃ gatiḥ tāṃ gaccheyaṃ gatiṃ ghorāṃ na ced dhanyāṃ jayadratham |
31 | nagnasya snāyamānasya yā ca vandhyātither gatiḥ
utkocināṃ mṛṣoktīnāṃ vañcakānāṃ ca yā gatiḥ ātmāpahāriṇāṃ yā ca yā ca mithyābhiśaṃsinām |
32 | bhṛtyaiḥ saṃdṛśyamānānāṃ putradārāśritais tathā
asaṃvibhajya kṣudrāṇāṃ yā gatir mṛṣṭam aśnatām tāṃ gaccheyaṃ gatiṃ ghorāṃ na ced dhanyāṃ jayadratham |
33 | saṃśritaṃ vāpi yas tyaktvā sādhuṃ tadvacane ratam
na bibharti nṛśaṃsātmā nindate copakāriṇam |
34 | arhate prātiveśyāya śrāddhaṃ yo na dadāti ca
anarhate ca yo dadyād vṛṣalīpatyur eva ca |
35 | madyapo bhinnamaryādaḥ kṛtaghno bhrātṛnindakaḥ
teṣāṃ gatim iyāṃ kṣipraṃ na ced dhanyāṃ jayadratham |
36 | dharmād apetā ye cānye mayā nātrānukīrtitāḥ
ye cānukīrtitāḥ kṣipraṃ teṣāṃ gatim avāpnuyām yadi vyuṣṭām imāṃ rātriṃ śvo na hanyāṃ jayadratham |
37 | imāṃ cāpy aparāṃ bhūyaḥ pratijñāṃ me nibodhata
yady asminn ahate pāpe sūryo 'stam upayāsyati ihaiva saṃpraveṣṭāhaṃ jvalitaṃ jātavedasam |
38 | asurasuramanuṣyāḥ pakṣiṇo voragā vā; pitṛrajanicarā vā brahmadevarṣayo vā
caram acaram apīdaṃ yat paraṃ cāpi tasmāt; tad api mama ripuṃ taṃ rakṣituṃ naiva śaktāḥ |
39 | yadi viśati rasātalaṃ tadagryaṃ; viyad api devapuraṃ diteḥ puraṃ vā
tad api śaraśatair ahaṃ prabhāte; bhṛśam abhipatya ripoḥ śiro 'bhihartā |
40 | evam uktvā vicikṣepa gāṇḍīvaṃ savyadakṣiṇam
tasya śabdam atikramya dhanuḥśabdo 'spṛśad divam |
41 | arjunena pratijñāte pāñcajanyaṃ janārdanaḥ
pradadhmau tatra saṃkruddho devadattaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ |
42 | sa pāñcajanyo 'cyutavaktravāyunā; bhṛśaṃ supūrṇodaraniḥsṛtadhvaniḥ
jagat sapātālaviyaddigīśvaraṃ; prakampayām āsa yugātyaye yathā |
43 | tato vāditraghoṣāś ca prādurāsan samantataḥ
siṃhanādāś ca pāṇḍūnāṃ pratijñāte mahātmanā |