 | Book 7 Chapter 66
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | duḥśāsanabalaṃ hatvā savyasācī dhanaṃjayaḥ
sindhurājaṃ parīpsan vai droṇānīkam upādravat
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| 2 | sa tu droṇaṃ samāsādya vyūhasya pramukhe sthitam
kṛtāñjalir idaṃ vākyaṃ kṛṣṇasyānumate 'bravīt
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| 3 | śivena dhyāhi māṃ brahman svasti caiva vadasva me
bhavatprasādād icchāmi praveṣṭuṃ durbhidāṃ camūm
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| 4 | bhavān pitṛsamo mahyaṃ dharmarājasamo 'pi ca
tathā kṛṣṇasamaś caiva satyam etad bravīmi te
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| 5 | aśvatthāmā yathā tāta rakṣaṇīyas tavānagha
tathāham api te rakṣyaḥ sadaiva dvijasattama
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| 6 | tava prasādād icchāmi sindhurājānam āhave
nihantuṃ dvipadāṃ śreṣṭha pratijñāṃ rakṣa me vibho
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| 7 | evam uktas tadācāryaḥ pratyuvāca smayann iva
mām ajitvā na bībhatso śakyo jetuṃ jayadrathaḥ
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| 8 | etāvad uktvā taṃ droṇaḥ śaravrātair avākirat
sarathāśvadhvajaṃ tīkṣṇaiḥ prahasan vai sasārathim
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| 9 | tato 'rjunaḥ śaravrātān droṇasyāvārya sāyakaiḥ
droṇam abhyardayad bāṇair ghorarūpair mahattaraiḥ
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| 10 | vivyādha ca raṇe droṇam anumānya viśāṃ pate
kṣatradharmaṃ samāsthāya navabhiḥ sāyakaiḥ punaḥ
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| 11 | tasyeṣūn iṣubhiś chittvā droṇo vivyādha tāv ubhau
viṣāgnijvalanaprakhyair iṣubhiḥ kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau
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| 12 | iyeṣa pāṇḍavas tasya bāṇaiś chettuṃ śarāsanam
tasya cintayatas tv evaṃ phalgunasya mahātmanaḥ
droṇaḥ śarair asaṃbhrānto jyāṃ cicchedāśu vīryavān
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| 13 | vivyādha ca hayān asya dhvajaṃ sārathim eva ca
arjunaṃ ca śarair vīraṃ smayamāno 'bhyavākirat
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| 14 | etasminn antare pārthaḥ sajjaṃ kṛtvā mahad dhanuḥ
viśeṣayiṣyann ācāryaṃ sarvāstraviduṣāṃ varam
mumoca ṣaṭśatān bāṇān gṛhītvaikam iva drutam
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| 15 | punaḥ sapta śatān anyān sahasraṃ cānivartinām
cikṣepāyutaśaś cānyāṃs te 'ghnan droṇasya tāṃ camūm
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| 16 | taiḥ samyag astair balinā kṛtinā citrayodhinā
manuṣyavājimātaṅgā viddhāḥ petur gatāsavaḥ
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| 17 | vidrutāś ca raṇe petuḥ saṃchinnāyudhajīvitāḥ
rathino rathamukhyebhyaḥ sahayāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ
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| 18 | cūrṇitākṣiptadagdhānāṃ vajrānilahutāśanaiḥ
tulyarūpā gajāḥ petur giryagrāmbudaveśmanām
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| 19 | petur aśvasahasrāṇi prahatāny arjuneṣubhiḥ
haṃsā himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe vāriviprahatā iva
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| 20 | rathāśvadvipapattyoghāḥ salilaughā ivādbhutāḥ
yugāntādityaraśmyābhaiḥ pāṇḍavāstaśarair hatāḥ
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| 21 | taṃ pāṇḍavādityaśarāṃśujālaṃ; kurupravīrān yudhi niṣṭapantam
sa droṇameghaḥ śaravarṣavegaiḥ; prācchādayan megha ivārkaraśmīn
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| 22 | athātyarthavisṛṣṭena dviṣatām asubhojinā
ājaghne vakṣasi droṇo nārācena dhanaṃjayam
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| 23 | sa vihvalitasarvāṅgaḥ kṣitikampe yathācalaḥ
dhairyam ālambya bībhatsur droṇaṃ vivyādha patribhiḥ
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| 24 | droṇas tu pañcabhir bāṇair vāsudevam atāḍayat
arjunaṃ ca trisaptatyā dhvajaṃ cāsya tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 25 | viśeṣayiṣyañ śiṣyaṃ ca droṇo rājan parākramī
adṛśyam arjunaṃ cakre nimeṣāc charavṛṣṭibhiḥ
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| 26 | prasaktān patato 'drākṣma bhāradvājasya sāyakān
maṇḍalīkṛtam evāsya dhanuś cādṛśyatādbhutam
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| 27 | te 'bhyayuḥ samare rājan vāsudevadhanaṃjayau
droṇasṛṣṭāḥ subahavaḥ kaṅkapatraparicchadāḥ
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| 28 | tad dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ yuddhaṃ droṇapāṇḍavayos tadā
vāsudevo mahābuddhiḥ kāryavattām acintayat
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| 29 | tato 'bravīd vāsudevo dhanaṃjayam idaṃ vacaḥ
pārtha pārtha mahābāho na naḥ kālātyayo bhavet
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| 30 | droṇam utsṛjya gacchāmaḥ kṛtyam etan mahattaram
pārthaś cāpy abravīt kṛṣṇaṃ yatheṣṭam iti keśava
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| 31 | tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā droṇaṃ prāyān mahābhujaḥ
parivṛttaś ca bībhatsur agacchad visṛjañ śarān
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| 32 | tato 'bravīt smayan droṇaḥ kvedaṃ pāṇḍava gamyate
nanu nāma raṇe śatrum ajitvā na nivartase
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| 33 | arjuna uvāca
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| 33 | gurur bhavān na me śatruḥ śiṣyaḥ putrasamo 'smi te
na cāsti sa pumāṃl loke yas tvāṃ yudhi parājayet
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| 34 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 34 | evaṃ bruvāṇo bībhatsur jayadrathavadhotsukaḥ
tvarāyukto mahābāhus tat sainyaṃ samupādravat
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| 35 | taṃ cakrarakṣau pāñcālyau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau
anvayātāṃ mahātmānau viśantaṃ tāvakaṃ balam
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| 36 | tato jayo mahārāja kṛtavarmā ca sāttvataḥ
kāmbojaś ca śrutāyuś ca dhanaṃjayam avārayan
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| 37 | teṣāṃ daśasahasrāṇi rathānām anuyāyinām
abhīṣāhāḥ śūrasenāḥ śibayo 'tha vasātayaḥ
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| 38 | mācellakā lalitthāś ca kekayā madrakās tathā
nārāyaṇāś ca gopālāḥ kāmbojānāṃ ca ye gaṇāḥ
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| 39 | karṇena vijitāḥ pūrvaṃ saṃgrāme śūrasaṃmatāḥ
bhāradvājaṃ puraskṛtya tyaktātmāno 'rjunaṃ prati
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| 40 | putraśokābhisaṃtaptaṃ kruddhaṃ mṛtyum ivāntakam
tyajantaṃ tumule prāṇān saṃnaddhaṃ citrayodhinam
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| 41 | gāhamānam anīkāni mātaṅgam iva yūthapam
maheṣvāsaṃ parākrāntaṃ naravyāghram avārayan
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| 42 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
anyonyaṃ vai prārthayatāṃ yodhānām arjunasya ca
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| 43 | jayadrathavadhaprepsum āyāntaṃ puruṣarṣabham
nyavārayanta sahitāḥ kriyā vyādhim ivotthitam
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