 | Book 7 Chapter 72
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tathā tasmin pravṛtte tu saṃgrāme lomaharṣaṇe
kauraveyāṃs tridhābhūtān pāṇḍavāḥ samupādravan
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| 2 | jalasaṃdhaṃ mahābāhur bhīmaseno nyavārayat
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sahānīkaḥ kṛtavarmāṇam āhave
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| 3 | kirantaṃ śaravarṣāṇi rocamāna ivāṃśumān
dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja droṇam abhyadravad raṇe
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| 4 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tvaratāṃ sarvadhanvinām
kurūṇāṃ somakānāṃ ca saṃkruddhānāṃ parasparam
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| 5 | saṃkṣaye tu tathā bhūte vartamāne mahābhaye
dvaṃdvībhūteṣu sainyeṣu yudhyamāneṣv abhītavat
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| 6 | droṇaḥ pāñcālaputreṇa balī balavatā saha
vicikṣepa pṛṣatkaughāṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 7 | puṇḍarīkavanānīva vidhvastāni samantataḥ
cakrāte droṇapāñcālyau nṛṇāṃ śīrṣāṇy anekaśaḥ
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| 8 | vinikīrṇāni vīrāṇām anīkeṣu samantataḥ
vastrābharaṇaśastrāṇi dhvajavarmāyudhāni ca
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| 9 | tapanīyavicitrāṅgāḥ saṃsiktā rudhireṇa ca
saṃsaktā iva dṛśyante meghasaṃghāḥ savidyutaḥ
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| 10 | kuñjarāśvanarān saṃkhye pātayantaḥ patatribhiḥ
tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣanto mahārathāḥ
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| 11 | asicarmāṇi cāpāni śirāṃsi kavacāni ca
viprakīryanta śūrāṇāṃ saṃprahāre mahātmanām
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| 12 | utthitāny agaṇeyāni kabandhāni samantataḥ
adṛśyanta mahārāja tasmin paramasaṃkule
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| 13 | gṛdhrāḥ kaṅkā vaḍāḥ śyenā vāyasā jambukās tathā
bahavaḥ piśitāśāś ca tatrādṛśyanta māriṣa
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| 14 | bhakṣayantaḥ sma māṃsāni pibantaś cāpi śoṇitam
vilumpantaḥ sma keśāṃś ca majjāś ca bahudhā nṛpa
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| 15 | ākarṣantaḥ śarīrāṇi śarīrāvayavāṃs tathā
narāśvagajasaṃghānāṃ śirāṃsi ca tatas tataḥ
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| 16 | kṛtāstrā raṇadīkṣābhir dīkṣitāḥ śaradhāriṇaḥ
raṇe jayaṃ prārthayanto bhṛśaṃ yuyudhire tadā
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| 17 | asimārgān bahuvidhān vicerus tāvakā raṇe
ṛṣṭibhiḥ śaktibhiḥ prāsaiḥ śūlatomarapaṭṭiśaiḥ
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| 18 | gadābhiḥ parighaiś cānye vyāyudhāś ca bhujair api
anyonyaṃ jaghnire kruddhā yuddharaṅgagatā narāḥ
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| 19 | rathino rathibhiḥ sārdham aśvārohāś ca sādibhiḥ
mātaṅgā varamātaṅgaiḥ padātāś ca padātibhiḥ
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| 20 | kṣībā ivānye conmattā raṅgeṣv iva ca cāraṇāḥ
uccukruśus tathānyonyaṃ jaghnur anyonyam āhave
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| 21 | vartamāne tathā yuddhe nirmaryāde viśāṃ pate
dhṛṣṭadyumno hayān aśvair droṇasya vyatyamiśrayat
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| 22 | te hayā sādhv aśobhanta vimiśrā vātaraṃhasaḥ
pārāvatasavarṇāś ca raktaśoṇāś ca saṃyuge
hayāḥ śuśubhire rājan meghā iva savidyutaḥ
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| 23 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca saṃprekṣya droṇam abhyāśam āgatam
asicarmādade vīro dhanur utsṛjya bhārata
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| 24 | cikīrṣur duṣkaraṃ karma pārṣataḥ paravīrahā
īṣayā samatikramya droṇasya ratham āviśat
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| 25 | atiṣṭhad yugamadhye sa yugasaṃnahaneṣu ca
jaghānārdheṣu cāśvānāṃ tat sainyāny abhyapūjayan
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| 26 | khaḍgena caratas tasya śoṇāśvān adhitiṣṭhataḥ
na dadarśāntaraṃ droṇas tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 27 | yathā śyenasya patanaṃ vaneṣv āmiṣagṛddhinaḥ
tathaivāsīd abhīsāras tasya droṇaṃ jighāṃsataḥ
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| 28 | tataḥ śaraśatenāsya śatacandraṃ samākṣipat
droṇo drupadaputrasya khaḍgaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 29 | hayāṃś caiva catuḥṣaṣṭyā śarāṇāṃ jaghnivān balī
dhvajaṃ chatraṃ ca bhallābhyāṃ tathobhau pārṣṇisārathī
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| 30 | athāsmai tvarito bāṇam aparaṃ jīvitāntakam
ākarṇapūrṇaṃ cikṣepa vajraṃ vajradharo yathā
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| 31 | taṃ caturdaśabhir bāṇair bāṇaṃ ciccheda sātyakiḥ
grastam ācāryamukhyena dhṛṣṭadyumnam amocayat
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| 32 | siṃheneva mṛgaṃ grastaṃ narasiṃhena māriṣa
droṇena mocayām āsa pāñcālyaṃ śinipuṃgavaḥ
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| 33 | sātyakiṃ prekṣya goptāraṃ pāñcālyasya mahāhave
śarāṇāṃ tvarito droṇaḥ ṣaḍviṃśatyā samarpayat
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| 34 | tato droṇaṃ śineḥ pautro grasantam iva sṛñjayān
pratyavidhyac chitair bāṇaiḥ ṣaḍviṃśatyā stanāntare
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| 35 | tataḥ sarve rathās tūrṇaṃ pāñcālā jayagṛddhinaḥ
sātvatābhisṛte droṇe dhṛṣṭadyumnam amocayan
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