 | Book 7 Chapter 74
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | parivartamāne tv āditye tatra sūryasya raśmibhiḥ
rajasā kīryamāṇāś ca mandībhūtāś ca sainikāḥ
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| 2 | tiṣṭhatāṃ yudhyamānānāṃ punar āvartatām api
bhajyatāṃ jayatāṃ caiva jagāma tad ahaḥ śanaiḥ
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| 3 | tathā teṣu viṣakteṣu sainyeṣu jayagṛddhiṣu
arjuno vāsudevaś ca saindhavāyaiva jagmatuḥ
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| 4 | rathamārgapramāṇaṃ tu kaunteyo niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
cakāra tatra panthānaṃ yayau yena janārdanaḥ
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| 5 | yatra yatra ratho yāti pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ
tatra tatraiva dīryante senās tava viśāṃ pate
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| 6 | rathaśikṣāṃ tu dāśārho darśayām āsa vīryavān
uttamādhamamadhyāni maṇḍalāni vidarśayan
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| 7 | te tu nāmāṅkitāḥ pītāḥ kālajvalanasaṃnibhāḥ
snāyunaddhāḥ suparvāṇaḥ pṛthavo dīrghagāminaḥ
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| 8 | vaiṇavāyasmayaśarāḥ svāyatā vividhānanāḥ
rudhiraṃ patagaiḥ sārdhaṃ prāṇināṃ papur āhave
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| 9 | rathasthitaḥ krośamātre yān asyaty arjunaḥ śarān
rathe krośam atikrānte tasya te ghnanti śātravān
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| 10 | tārkṣyamārutaraṃhobhir vājibhiḥ sādhuvāhibhiḥ
tathāgacchad dhṛṣīkeśaḥ kṛtsnaṃ vismāpayañ jagat
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| 11 | na tathā gacchati rathas tapanasya viśāṃ pate
nendrasya na ca rudrasya nāpi vaiśravaṇasya ca
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| 12 | nānyasya samare rājan gatapūrvas tathā rathaḥ
yathā yayāv arjunasya manobhiprāyaśīghragaḥ
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| 13 | praviśya tu raṇe rājan keśavaḥ paravīrahā
senāmadhye hayāṃs tūrṇaṃ codayām āsa bhārata
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| 14 | tatas tasya rathaughasya madhyaṃ prāpya hayottamāḥ
kṛcchreṇa ratham ūhus taṃ kṣutpipāsāśramānvitāḥ
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| 15 | kṣatāś ca bahubhiḥ śastrair yuddhaśauṇḍair anekaśaḥ
maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi vicerus te muhur muhuḥ
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| 16 | hatānāṃ vājināgānāṃ rathānāṃ ca naraiḥ saha
upariṣṭād atikrāntāḥ śailābhānāṃ sahasraśaḥ
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| 17 | etasminn antare vīrāv āvantyau bhrātarau nṛpa
sahasenau samārchetāṃ pāṇḍavaṃ klāntavāhanam
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| 18 | tāv arjunaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā saptatyā ca janārdanam
śarāṇāṃ ca śatenāśvān avidhyetāṃ mudānvitau
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| 19 | tāv arjuno mahārāja navabhir nataparvabhiḥ
ājaghāna raṇe kruddho marmajño marmabhedibhiḥ
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| 20 | tatas tau tu śaraugheṇa bībhatsuṃ sahakeśavam
ācchādayetāṃ saṃrabdhau siṃhanādaṃ ca nedatuḥ
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| 21 | tayos tu dhanuṣī citre bhallābhyāṃ śvetavāhanaḥ
ciccheda samare tūrṇaṃ dhvajau ca kanakojjvalau
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| 22 | athānye dhanuṣī rājan pragṛhya samare tadā
pāṇḍavaṃ bhṛśasaṃkruddhāv ardayām āsatuḥ śaraiḥ
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| 23 | tayos tu bhṛśasaṃkruddhaḥ śarābhyāṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ
ciccheda dhanuṣī tūrṇaṃ bhūya eva dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 24 | tathānyair viśikhais tūrṇaṃ hemapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ
jaghānāśvān sapadātāṃs tathobhau pārṣṇisārathī
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| 25 | jyeṣṭhasya ca śiraḥ kāyāt kṣurapreṇa nyakṛntata
sa papāta hataḥ pṛthvyāṃ vātarugṇa iva drumaḥ
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| 26 | vindaṃ tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā anuvindaḥ pratāpavān
hatāśvaṃ ratham utsṛjya gadāṃ gṛhya mahābalaḥ
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| 27 | abhyadravata saṃgrāme bhrātur vadham anusmaran
gadayā gadināṃ śreṣṭho nṛtyann iva mahārathaḥ
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| 28 | anuvindas tu gadayā lalāṭe madhusūdanam
spṛṣṭvā nākampayat kruddho mainākam iva parvatam
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| 29 | tasyārjunaḥ śaraiḥ ṣaḍbhir grīvāṃ pādau bhujau śiraḥ
nicakarta sa saṃchinnaḥ papātādricayo yathā
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| 30 | tatas tau nihatau dṛṣṭvā tayo rājan padānugāḥ
abhyadravanta saṃkruddhāḥ kirantaḥ śataśaḥ śarān
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| 31 | tān arjunaḥ śarais tūrṇaṃ nihatya bharatarṣabha
vyarocata yathā vahnir dāvaṃ dagdhvā himātyaye
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| 32 | tayoḥ senām atikramya kṛcchrān niryād dhanaṃjayaḥ
vibabhau jaladān bhittvā divākara ivoditaḥ
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| 33 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā kuravas trastāḥ prahṛṣṭāś cābhavan punaḥ
abhyavarṣaṃs tadā pārthaṃ samantād bharatarṣabha
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| 34 | śrāntaṃ cainaṃ samālakṣya jñātvā dūre ca saindhavam
siṃhanādena mahatā sarvataḥ paryavārayan
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| 35 | tāṃs tu dṛṣṭvā susaṃrabdhān utsmayan puruṣarṣabhaḥ
śanakair iva dāśārham arjuno vākyam abravīt
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| 36 | śarārditāś ca glānāś ca hayā dūre ca saindhavaḥ
kim ihānantaraṃ kāryaṃ jyāyiṣṭhaṃ tava rocate
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| 37 | brūhi kṛṣṇa yathātattvaṃ tvaṃ hi prājñatamaḥ sadā
bhavannetrā raṇe śatrūn vijeṣyantīha pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 38 | mama tv anantaraṃ kṛtyaṃ yad vai tat saṃnibodha me
hayān vimucya hi sukhaṃ viśalyān kuru mādhava
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| 39 | evam uktas tu pārthena keśavaḥ pratyuvāca tam
mamāpy etan mataṃ pārtha yad idaṃ te prabhāṣitam
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| 40 | arjuna uvāca
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| 40 | aham āvārayiṣyāmi sarvasainyāni keśava
tvam apy atra yathānyāyaṃ kuru kāryam anantaram
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| 41 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 41 | so 'vatīrya rathopasthād asaṃbhrānto dhanaṃjayaḥ
gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanur ādāya tasthau girir ivācalaḥ
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| 42 | tam abhyadhāvan krośantaḥ kṣatriyā jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
idaṃ chidram iti jñātvā dharaṇīsthaṃ dhanaṃjayam
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| 43 | tam ekaṃ rathavaṃśena mahatā paryavārayan
vikarṣantaś ca cāpāni visṛjantaś ca sāyakān
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| 44 | astrāṇi ca vicitrāṇi kruddhās tatra vyadarśayan
chādayantaḥ śaraiḥ pārthaṃ meghā iva divākaram
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| 45 | abhyadravanta vegena kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabham
rathasiṃhaṃ rathodārāḥ siṃhaṃ mattā iva dvipāḥ
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| 46 | tatra pārthasya bhujayor mahad balam adṛśyata
yat kruddho bahulāḥ senāḥ sarvataḥ samavārayat
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| 47 | astrair astrāṇi saṃvārya dviṣatāṃ sarvato vibhuḥ
iṣubhir bahubhis tūrṇaṃ sarvān eva samāvṛṇot
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| 48 | tatrāntarikṣe bāṇānāṃ pragāḍhānāṃ viśāṃ pate
saṃgharṣeṇa mahārciṣmān pāvakaḥ samajāyata
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| 49 | tatra tatra maheṣvāsaiḥ śvasadbhiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ
hayair nāgaiś ca saṃbhinnair nadadbhiś cārikarśanaiḥ
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| 50 | saṃrabdhaiś cāribhir vīraiḥ prārthayadbhir jayaṃ mṛdhe
ekasthair bahubhiḥ kruddhair ūṣmeva samajāyata
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| 51 | śarormiṇaṃ dhvajāvartaṃ nāganakraṃ duratyayam
padātimatsyakalilaṃ śaṅkhadundubhinisvanam
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| 52 | asaṃkhyeyam apāraṃ ca rajo 'bhīlam atīva ca
uṣṇīṣakamaṭhacchannaṃ patākāphenamālinam
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| 53 | rathasāgaram akṣobhyaṃ mātaṅgāṅgaśilācitam
velābhūtas tadā pārthaḥ patribhiḥ samavārayat
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| 54 | tato janārdanaḥ saṃkhye priyaṃ puruṣasattamam
asaṃbhrānto mahābāhur arjunaṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 55 | udapānam ihāśvānāṃ nālam asti raṇe 'rjuna
parīpsante jalaṃ ceme peyaṃ na tv avagāhanam
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| 56 | idam astīty asaṃbhrānto bruvann astreṇa medinīm
abhihatyārjunaś cakre vājipānaṃ saraḥ śubham
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| 57 | śaravaṃśaṃ śarasthūṇaṃ śarācchādanam adbhutam
śaraveśmākarot pārthas tvaṣṭevādbhutakarmakṛt
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| 58 | tataḥ prahasya govindaḥ sādhu sādhv ity athābravīt
śaraveśmani pārthena kṛte tasmin mahāraṇe
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