 | Book 7 Chapter 73
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | bāṇe tasmin nikṛtte tu dhṛṣṭadyumne ca mokṣite
tena vṛṣṇipravīreṇa yuyudhānena saṃjaya
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| 2 | amarṣito maheṣvāsaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
naravyāghraḥ śineḥ pautre droṇaḥ kim akarod yudhi
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| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 3 | saṃpradrutaḥ krodhaviṣo vyāditāsyaśarāsanaḥ
tīkṣṇadhāreṣudaśanaḥ śitanārācadaṃṣṭravān
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| 4 | saṃrambhāmarṣatāmrākṣo mahāhir iva niḥśvasan
naravīrapramuditaiḥ śoṇair aśvair mahājavaiḥ
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| 5 | utpatadbhir ivākāśaṃ kramadbhir iva sarvataḥ
rukmapuṅkhāñ śarān asyan yuyudhānam upādravat
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| 6 | śarapātamahāvarṣaṃ rathaghoṣabalāhakam
kārmukākarṣavikṣiptaṃ nārācabahuvidyutam
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| 7 | śaktikhaḍgāśanidharaṃ krodhavegasamutthitam
droṇamegham anāvāryaṃ hayamārutacoditam
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| 8 | dṛṣṭvaivābhipatantaṃ taṃ śūraḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
uvāca sūtaṃ śaineyaḥ prahasan yuddhadurmadaḥ
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| 9 | etaṃ vai brāhmaṇaṃ krūraṃ svakarmaṇy anavasthitam
āśrayaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya rājño duḥkhabhayāvaham
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| 10 | śīghraṃ prajavitair aśvaiḥ pratyudyāhi prahṛṣṭavat
ācāryaṃ rājaputrāṇāṃ satataṃ śūramāninam
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| 11 | tato rajatasaṃkāśā mādhavasya hayottamāḥ
droṇasyābhimukhāḥ śīghram agacchan vātaraṃhasaḥ
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| 12 | iṣujālāvṛtaṃ ghoram andhakāram anantaram
anādhṛṣyam ivānyeṣāṃ śūrāṇām abhavat tadā
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| 13 | tataḥ śīghrāstraviduṣor droṇasātvatayos tadā
nāntaraṃ śaravṛṣṭīnāṃ dṛśyate narasiṃhayoḥ
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| 14 | iṣūṇāṃ saṃnipātena śabdo dhārābhighātajaḥ
śuśruve śakramuktānām aśanīnām iva svanaḥ
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| 15 | nārācair atividdhānāṃ śarāṇāṃ rūpam ābabhau
āśīviṣavidaṣṭānāṃ sarpāṇām iva bhārata
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| 16 | tayor jyātalanirghoṣo vyaśrūyata sudāruṇaḥ
ajasraṃ śailaśṛṅgāṇāṃ vajreṇāhanyatām iva
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| 17 | ubhayos tau rathau rājaṃs te cāśvāstau ca sārathī
rukmapuṅkhaiḥ śaraiś channāś citrarūpā babhus tadā
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| 18 | nirmalānām ajihmānāṃ nārācānāṃ viśāṃ pate
nirmuktāśīviṣābhānāṃ saṃpāto 'bhūt sudāruṇaḥ
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| 19 | ubhayoḥ patite chatre tathaiva patitau dhvajau
ubhau rudhirasiktāṅgāv ubhau ca vijayaiṣiṇau
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| 20 | sravadbhiḥ śoṇitaṃ gātraiḥ prasrutāv iva vāraṇau
anyonyam abhividhyetāṃ jīvitāntakaraiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 21 | garjitotkruṣṭasaṃnādāḥ śaṅkhadundubhinisvanāḥ
upāraman mahārāja vyājahāra na kaś cana
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| 22 | tūṣṇīṃbhūtāny anīkāni yodhā yuddhād upāraman
dadṛśe dvairathaṃ tābhyāṃ jātakautūhalo janaḥ
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| 23 | rathino hastiyantāro hayārohāḥ padātayaḥ
avaikṣantācalair netraiḥ parivārya ratharṣabhau
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| 24 | hastyanīkāny atiṣṭhanta tathānīkāni vājinām
tathaiva rathavāhinyaḥ prativyūhya vyavasthitāḥ
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| 25 | muktāvidrumacitraiś ca maṇikāñcanabhūṣitaiḥ
dhvajair ābharaṇaiś citraiḥ kavacaiś ca hiraṇmayaiḥ
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| 26 | vaijayantīpatākābhiḥ paristomāṅgakambalaiḥ
vimalair niśitaiḥ śastrair hayānāṃ ca prakīrṇakaiḥ
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| 27 | jātarūpamayībhiś ca rājatībhiś ca mūrdhasu
gajānāṃ kumbhamālābhir dantaveṣṭaiś ca bhārata
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| 28 | sabalākāḥ sakhadyotāḥ sairāvataśatahradāḥ
adṛśyantoṣṇaparyāye meghānām iva vāgurāḥ
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| 29 | apaśyann asmadīyāś ca te ca yaudhiṣṭhirāḥ sthitāḥ
tad yuddhaṃ yuyudhānasya droṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ
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| 30 | vimānāgragatā devā brahmaśakrapurogamāḥ
siddhacāraṇasaṃghāś ca vidyādharamahoragāḥ
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| 31 | gatapratyāgatākṣepaiś citraiḥ śastravighātibhiḥ
vividhair vismayaṃ jagmus tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
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| 32 | hastalāghavam astreṣu darśayantau mahābalau
anyonyaṃ samavidhyetāṃ śarais tau droṇasātyakī
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| 33 | tato droṇasya dāśārhaḥ śarāṃś ciccheda saṃyuge
patribhiḥ sudṛḍhair āśu dhanuś caiva mahādyute
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| 34 | nimeṣāntaramātreṇa bhāradvājo 'paraṃ dhanuḥ
sajyaṃ cakāra tac cāśu cicchedāsya sa sātyakiḥ
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| 35 | tatas tvaran punar droṇo dhanurhasto vyatiṣṭhata
sajyaṃ sajyaṃ punaś cāsya ciccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 36 | tato 'sya saṃyuge droṇo dṛṣṭvā karmātimānuṣam
yuyudhānasya rājendra manasedam acintayat
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| 37 | etad astrabalaṃ rāme kārtavīrye dhanaṃjaye
bhīṣme ca puruṣavyāghre yad idaṃ sātvatāṃ vare
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| 38 | taṃ cāsya manasā droṇaḥ pūjayām āsa vikramam
lāghavaṃ vāsavasyeva saṃprekṣya dvijasattamaḥ
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| 39 | tutoṣāstravidāṃ śreṣṭhas tathā devāḥ savāsavāḥ
na tām ālakṣayām āsur laghutāṃ śīghrakāriṇaḥ
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| 40 | devāś ca yuyudhānasya gandharvāś ca viśāṃ pate
siddhacāraṇasaṃghāś ca vidur droṇasya karma tat
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| 41 | tato 'nyad dhanur ādāya droṇaḥ kṣatriyamardanaḥ
astrair astravidāṃ śreṣṭho yodhayām āsa bhārata
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| 42 | tasyāstrāṇy astramāyābhiḥ pratihanya sa sātyakiḥ
jaghāna niśitair bāṇais tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 43 | tasyātimānuṣaṃ karma dṛṣṭvānyair asamaṃ raṇe
yuktaṃ yogena yogajñās tāvakāḥ samapūjayan
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| 44 | yad astram asyati droṇas tad evāsyati sātyakiḥ
tam ācāryo 'py asaṃbhrānto 'yodhayac chatrutāpanaḥ
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| 45 | tataḥ kruddho mahārāja dhanurvedasya pāragaḥ
vadhāya yuyudhānasya divyam astram udairayat
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| 46 | tad āgneyaṃ mahāghoraṃ ripughnam upalakṣya saḥ
astraṃ divyaṃ maheṣvāso vāruṇaṃ samudairayat
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| 47 | hāhākāro mahān āsīd dṛṣṭvā divyāstradhāriṇau
na vicerus tadākāśe bhūtāny ākāśagāny api
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| 48 | astre te vāruṇāgneye tābhyāṃ bāṇasamāhite
na tāvad abhiṣajyete vyāvartad atha bhāskaraḥ
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| 49 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca paryarakṣanta sātyakim
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| 50 | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhaiḥ sārdhaṃ virāṭaś ca sakekayaḥ
matsyāḥ śālveyasenāś ca droṇam ājagmur añjasā
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| 51 | duḥśāsanaṃ puraskṛtya rājaputrāḥ sahasraśaḥ
droṇam abhyupapadyanta sapatnaiḥ parivāritam
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| 52 | tato yuddham abhūd rājaṃs tava teṣāṃ ca dhanvinām
rajasā saṃvṛte loke śarajālasamāvṛte
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| 53 | sarvam āvignam abhavan na prājñāyata kiṃ cana
sainyena rajasā dhvaste nirmaryādam avartata
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