 | Book 7 Chapter 97
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | saṃpramṛdya mahat sainyaṃ yāntaṃ śaineyam arjunam
nirhrīkā mama te putrāḥ kim akurvata saṃjaya
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| 2 | kathaṃ caiṣāṃ tathā yuddhe dhṛtir āsīn mumūrṣatām
śaineyacaritaṃ dṛṣṭvā sadṛśaṃ savyasācinaḥ
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| 3 | kiṃ nu vakṣyanti te kṣātraṃ sainyamadhye parājitāḥ
kathaṃ ca sātyakir yuddhe vyatikrānto mahāyaśāḥ
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| 4 | kathaṃ ca mama putrāṇāṃ jīvatāṃ tatra saṃjaya
śaineyo 'bhiyayau yuddhe tan mamācakṣva tattvataḥ
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| 5 | atyadbhutam idaṃ tāta tvatsakāśāc chṛṇomy aham
ekasya bahubhir yuddhaṃ śatrubhir vai mahārathaiḥ
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| 6 | viparītam ahaṃ manye mandabhāgyān sutān prati
yatrāvadhyanta samare sātvatena mahātmanā
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| 7 | ekasya hi na paryāptaṃ matsainyaṃ tasya saṃjaya
kruddhasya yuyudhānasya sarve tiṣṭhantu pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 8 | nirjitya samare droṇaṃ kṛtinaṃ yuddhadurmadam
yathā paśugaṇān siṃhas tadvad dhantā sutān mama
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| 9 | kṛtavarmādibhiḥ śūrair yattair bahubhir āhave
yuyudhāno na śakito hantuṃ yaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
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| 10 | naitad īdṛśakaṃ yuddhaṃ kṛtavāṃs tatra phalgunaḥ
yādṛśaṃ kṛtavān yuddhaṃ śiner naptā mahāyaśāḥ
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| 11 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 11 | tava durmantrite rājan duryodhanakṛtena ca
śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā yat te vakṣyāmi bhārata
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| 12 | te punaḥ saṃnyavartanta kṛtvā saṃśaptakān mithaḥ
parāṃ yuddhe matiṃ kṛtvā putrasya tava śāsanāt
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| 13 | trīṇi sādisahasrāṇi duryodhanapurogamāḥ
śakāḥ kāmbojabāhlīkā yavanāḥ pāradās tathā
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| 14 | kuṇindās taṅgaṇāmbaṣṭhāḥ paiśācāś ca samandarāḥ
abhyadravanta śaineyaṃ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā
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| 15 | yuktāś ca pārvatīyānāṃ rathāḥ pāṣāṇayodhinām
śūrāḥ pañcaśatā rājañ śaineyaṃ samupādravan
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| 16 | tato rathasahasreṇa mahārathaśatena ca
dviradānāṃ sahasreṇa dvisāhasraiś ca vājibhiḥ
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| 17 | śaravarṣāṇi muñcanto vividhāni mahārathāḥ
abhyadravanta śaineyam asaṃkhyeyāś ca pattayaḥ
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| 18 | tāṃś ca saṃcodayan sarvān ghnatainam iti bhārata
duḥśāsano mahārāja sātyaktiṃ paryavārayat
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| 19 | tatrādbhutam apaśyāma śaineyacaritaṃ mahat
yad eko bahubhiḥ sārdham asaṃbhrāntam ayudhyata
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| 20 | avadhīc ca rathānīkaṃ dviradānāṃ ca tad balam
sādinaś caiva tān sarvān dasyūn api ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 21 | tatra cakrair vimathitair bhagnaiś ca paramāyudhaiḥ
akṣaiś ca bahudhā bhagnair īṣādaṇḍakabandhuraiḥ
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| 22 | kūbarair mathitaiś cāpi dhvajaiś cāpi nipātitaiḥ
varmabhiś cāmaraiś caiva vyavakīrṇā vasuṃdharā
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| 23 | sragbhir ābharaṇair vastrair anukarṣaiś ca māriṣa
saṃchannā vasudhā tatra dyaur grahair iva bhārata
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| 24 | girirūpadharāś cāpi patitāḥ kuñjarottamāḥ
añjanasya kule jātā vāmanasya ca bhārata
supratīkakule jātā mahāpadmakule tathā
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| 25 | airāvaṇakule caiva tathānyeṣu kuleṣu ca
jātā dantivarā rājañ śerate bahavo hatāḥ
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| 26 | vanāyujān pārvatīyān kāmbojāraṭṭabāhlikān
tathā hayavarān rājan nijaghne tatra sātyakiḥ
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| 27 | nānādeśasamutthāṃś ca nānājātyāṃś ca pattinaḥ
nijaghne tatra śaineyaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 28 | teṣu prakālyamāneṣu dasyūn duḥśāsano 'bravīt
nivartadhvam adharmajñā yudhyadhvaṃ kiṃ sṛtena vaḥ
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| 29 | tāṃś cāpi sarvān saṃprekṣya putro duḥśāsanas tava
pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ śūrān pārvatīyān acodayat
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| 30 | aśmayuddheṣu kuśalā naitaj jānāti sātyakiḥ
aśmayuddham ajānantaṃ ghnatainaṃ yuddhakāmukam
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| 31 | tathaiva kuravaḥ sarve nāśmayuddhaviśāradāḥ
abhidravata mā bhaiṣṭa na vaḥ prāpsyati sātyakiḥ
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| 32 | tato gajaśiśuprakhyair upalaiḥ śailavāsinaḥ
udyatair yuyudhānasya sthitā maraṇakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
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| 33 | kṣepaṇīyais tathāpy anye sātvatasya vadhaiṣiṇaḥ
coditās tava putreṇa rurudhuḥ sarvatodiśam
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| 34 | teṣām āpatatām eva śilāyuddhaṃ cikīrṣatām
sātyakiḥ pratisaṃdhāya triṃśataṃ prāhiṇoc charān
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| 35 | tām aśmavṛṣṭiṃ tumulāṃ pārvatīyaiḥ samīritām
bibhedoragasaṃkāśair nārācaiḥ śinipuṃgavaḥ
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| 36 | tair aśmacūrṇair dīpyadbhiḥ khadyotānām iva vrajaiḥ
prāyaḥ sainyāny avadhyanta hāhābhūtāni māriṣa
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| 37 | tataḥ pañcaśatāḥ śūrāḥ samudyatamahāśilāḥ
nikṛttabāhavo rājan nipetur dharaṇītale
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| 38 | pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ śūrān yatamānān avasthitān
avadhīd bahusāhasrāṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 39 | tataḥ punar bastamukhair aśmavṛṣṭiṃ samantataḥ
ayohastaiḥ śūlahastair daradaiḥ khaśataṅgaṇaiḥ
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| 40 | ambaṣṭhaiś ca kuṇindaiś ca kṣiptāṃ kṣiptāṃ sa sātyakiḥ
nārācaiḥ prativivyādha prekṣamāṇo mahābalaḥ
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| 41 | adrīṇāṃ bhidyamānānām antarikṣe śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
śabdena prādravan rājan gajāśvarathapattayaḥ
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| 42 | aśmacūrṇaiḥ samākīrṇā manuṣyāś ca vayāṃsi ca
nāśaknuvann avasthātuṃ bhramarair iva daṃśitāḥ
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| 43 | hataśiṣṭā virudhirā bhinnamastakapiṇḍikāḥ
kuñjarāḥ saṃnyavartanta yuyudhānarathaṃ prathi
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| 44 | tataḥ śabdaḥ samabhavat tava sainyasya māriṣa
mādhavenārdyamānasya sāgarasyeva dāruṇaḥ
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| 45 | taṃ śabdaṃ tumulaṃ śrutvā droṇo yantāram abravīt
eṣa sūta raṇe kruddhaḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ
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| 46 | dārayan bahudhā sainyaṃ raṇe carati kālavat
yatraiṣa śabdas tumulas tatra sūta rathaṃ naya
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| 47 | pāṣāṇayodhibhir nūnaṃ yuyudhānaḥ samāgataḥ
tathā hi rathinaḥ sarve hriyante vidrutair hayaiḥ
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| 48 | viśastrakavacā rugṇās tatra tatra patanti ca
na śaknuvanti yantāraḥ saṃyantuṃ tumule hayān
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| 49 | ity evaṃ bruvato rājan bhāradvājasya dhīmataḥ
pratyuvāca tato yantā droṇaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam
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| 50 | āyuṣman dravate sainyaṃ kauraveyaṃ samantataḥ
paśya yodhān raṇe bhinnān dhāvamānāṃs tatas tataḥ
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| 51 | ete ca sahitāḥ śūrāḥ pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
tvām eva hi jighāṃsantaḥ prādravanti samantataḥ
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| 52 | atra kāryaṃ samādhatsva prāptakālam ariṃdama
sthāne vā gamane vāpi dūraṃ yātaś ca sātyakiḥ
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| 53 | tathaivaṃ vadatas tasya bhāradvājasya māriṣa
pratyadṛśyata śaineyo nighnan bahuvidhān rathān
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| 54 | te vadhyamānāḥ samare yuyudhānena tāvakāḥ
yuyudhānarathaṃ tyaktvā droṇānīkāya dudruvuḥ
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| 55 | yais tu duḥśāsanaḥ sārdhaṃ rathaiḥ pūrvaṃ nyavartata
te bhītās tv abhyadhāvanta sarve droṇarathaṃ prati
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