 | Book 7 Chapter 101
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | aparāhṇe mahārāja saṃgrāmaḥ samapadyata
parjanyasamanirghoṣaḥ punar droṇasya somakaiḥ
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| 2 | śoṇāśvaṃ ratham āsthāya naravīraḥ samāhitaḥ
samare 'bhyadravat pāṇḍūñ javam āsthāya madhyamam
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| 3 | tava priyahite yukto maheṣvāso mahābalaḥ
citrapuṅkhaiḥ śitair bāṇaiḥ kalaśottamasaṃbhavaḥ
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| 4 | varān varān hi yodhānāṃ vicinvann iva bhārata
akrīḍata raṇe rājan bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān
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| 5 | tam abhyayād bṛhatkṣatraḥ kekayānāṃ mahārathaḥ
bhrātṝṇāṃ vīrapañcānāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ samarakarkaśaḥ
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| 6 | vimuñcan viśikhāṃs tīkṣṇān ācāryaṃ chādayan bhṛśam
mahāmegho yathā varṣaṃ vimuñcan gandhamādane
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| 7 | tasya droṇo mahārāja svarṇapuṅkhāñ śilāśitān
preṣayām āsa saṃkruddhaḥ sāyakān daśa sapta ca
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| 8 | tāṃs tu droṇadhanurmuktān ghorān āśīviṣopamān
ekaikaṃ daśabhir bāṇair yudhi ciccheda hṛṣṭavat
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| 9 | tasya tal lāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā prahasan dvijasattamaḥ
preṣayām āsa viśikhān aṣṭau saṃnataparvaṇaḥ
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| 10 | tān dṛṣṭvā patataḥ śīghraṃ droṇacāpacyutāñ śarān
avārayac charair eva tāvadbhir niśitair dṛḍhaiḥ
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| 11 | tato 'bhavan mahārāja tava sainyasya vismayaḥ
bṛhatkṣatreṇa tat karma kṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā suduṣkaram
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| 12 | tato droṇo mahārāja kekayaṃ vai viśeṣayan
prāduścakre raṇe divyaṃ brāhmam astraṃ mahātapāḥ
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| 13 | tad asya rājan kaikeyaḥ pratyavārayad acyutaḥ
brāhmeṇaiva mahābāhur āhave samudīritam
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| 14 | pratihanya tad astraṃ tu bhāradvājasya saṃyuge
vivyādha brāhmaṇaṃ ṣaṣṭyā svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ
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| 15 | taṃ droṇo dvipadāṃ śreṣṭho nārācena samarpayat
sa tasya kavacaṃ bhittvā prāviśad dharaṇītalam
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| 16 | kṛṣṇasarpo yathā mukto valmīkaṃ nṛpasattama
tathābhyagān mahīṃ bāṇo bhittvā kaikeyam āhave
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| 17 | so 'tividdho mahārāja droṇenāstravidā bhṛśam
krodhena mahatāviṣṭo vyāvṛtya nayane śubhe
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| 18 | droṇaṃ vivyādha saptatyā svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ
sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena bāhvor urasi cārpayat
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| 19 | droṇas tu bahudhā viddho bṛhatkṣatreṇa māriṣa
asṛjad viśikhāṃs tīkṣṇān kekayasya rathaṃ prati
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| 20 | vyākulīkṛtya taṃ droṇo bṛhatkṣatraṃ mahāratham
vyasṛjat sāyakaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ kekayaṃ prati bhārata
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| 21 | sa gāḍhaviddhas tenāśu mahārāja stanāntare
rathāt puruṣaśārdūlaḥ saṃbhinnahṛdayo 'patat
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| 22 | bṛhatkṣatre hate rājan kekayānāṃ mahārathe
śaiśupāliḥ susaṃkruddho yantāram idam abravīt
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| 23 | sārathe yāhi yatraiṣa droṇas tiṣṭhati daṃśitaḥ
vinighnan kekayān sarvān pāñcālānāṃ ca vāhinīm
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| 24 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sārathī rathināṃ varam
droṇāya prāpayām āsa kāmbojair javanair hayaiḥ
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| 25 | dhṛṣṭaketuś ca cedīnām ṛṣabho 'tibaloditaḥ
sahasā prāpatad droṇaṃ pataṃga iva pāvakam
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| 26 | so 'bhyavidhyat tato droṇaṃ ṣaṣṭyā sāśvarathadhvajam
punaś cānyaiḥ śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ suptaṃ vyāghraṃ tudann iva
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| 27 | tasya droṇo dhanurmadhye kṣurapreṇa śitena ha
ciccheda rājño balino yatamānasya saṃyuge
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| 28 | athānyad dhanur ādāya śaiśupālir mahārathaḥ
vivyādha sāyakair droṇaṃ punaḥ suniśitair dṛḍhaiḥ
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| 29 | tasya droṇo hayān hatvā sārathiṃ ca mahābalaḥ
athainaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā sāyakānāṃ samārpayat
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| 30 | viratho vidhanuṣkaś ca cedirājo 'pi saṃyuge
gadāṃ cikṣepa saṃkruddho bhāradvājarathaṃ prati
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| 31 | tām āpatantīṃ sahasā ghorarūpāṃ bhayāvahām
aśmasāramayīṃ gurvīṃ tapanīyavibhūṣitām
śarair anekasāhasrair bhāradvājo nyapātayat
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| 32 | sā papāta gadā bhūmau bhāradvājena sāditā
raktamālyāmbaradharā tāreva nabhasas talāt
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| 33 | gadāṃ vinihatāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭaketur amarṣaṇaḥ
tomaraṃ vyasṛjat tūrṇaṃ śaktiṃ ca kanakojjvalām
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| 34 | tomaraṃ tu tribhir bāṇair droṇaś chittvā mahāmṛdhe
śaktiṃ ciccheda sahasā kṛtahasto mahābalaḥ
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| 35 | tato 'sya viśikhaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ vadhārthaṃ vadhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
preṣayām āsa samare bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān
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| 36 | sa tasya kavacaṃ bhittvā hṛdayaṃ cāmitaujasaḥ
abhyagād dharaṇīṃ bāṇo haṃsaḥ padmasaro yathā
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| 37 | pataṃgaṃ hi grasec cāṣo yathā rājan bubhukṣitaḥ
tathā droṇo 'grasac chūro dhṛṣṭaketuṃ mahāmṛdhe
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| 38 | nihate cedirāje tu tat khaṇḍaṃ pitryam āviśat
amarṣavaśam āpannaḥ putro 'sya paramāstravit
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| 39 | tam api prahasan droṇaḥ śarair ninye yamakṣayam
mahāvyāghro mahāraṇye mṛgaśāvaṃ yathā balī
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| 40 | teṣu prakṣīyamāṇeṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu bhārata
jarāsaṃdhasuto vīraḥ svayaṃ droṇam upādravat
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| 41 | sa tu droṇaṃ mahārāja chādayan sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ
adṛśyam akarot tūrṇaṃ jalado bhāskaraṃ yathā
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| 42 | tasya tal lāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇaḥ kṣatriyamardanaḥ
vyasṛjat sāyakāṃs tūrṇaṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 43 | chādayitvā raṇe droṇo rathasthaṃ rathināṃ varam
jārāsaṃdhim atho jaghne miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām
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| 44 | yo yaḥ sma līyate droṇaṃ taṃ taṃ droṇo 'ntakopamaḥ
ādatta sarvabhūtāni prāpte kāle yathāntakaḥ
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| 45 | tato droṇo maheṣvāso nāma viśrāvya saṃyuge
śarair anekasāhasraiḥ pāṇḍaveyān vyamohayat
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| 46 | tato droṇāṅkitā bāṇāḥ svarṇapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ
narān nāgān hayāṃś caiva nijaghnuḥ sarvato raṇe
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| 47 | te vadhyamānā droṇena śakreṇeva mahāsurāḥ
samakampanta pāñcālā gāvaḥ śītārditā iva
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| 48 | tato niṣṭānako ghoraḥ pāṇḍavānām ajāyata
droṇena vadhyamāneṣu sainyeṣu bharatarṣabha
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| 49 | mohitāḥ śaravarṣeṇa bhāradvājasya saṃyuge
ūrugrāhagṛhītā hi pāñcālānāṃ mahārathāḥ
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| 50 | cedayaś ca mahārāja sṛñjayāḥ somakās tathā
abhyadravanta saṃhṛṣṭā bhāradvājaṃ yuyutsayā
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| 51 | hata droṇaṃ hata droṇam iti te droṇam abhyayuḥ
yatantaḥ puruṣavyāghrāḥ sarvaśaktyā mahādyutim
ninīṣanto raṇe droṇaṃ yamasya sadanaṃ prati
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| 52 | yatamānāṃs tu tān vīrān bhāradvājaḥ śilīmukhaiḥ
yamāya preṣayām āsa cedimukhyān viśeṣataḥ
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| 53 | teṣu prakṣīyamāṇeṣu cedimukhyeṣu bhārata
pāñcālāḥ samakampanta droṇasāyakapīḍitāḥ
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| 54 | prākrośan bhīmasenaṃ te dhṛṣṭadyumnarathaṃ prati
dṛṣṭvā droṇasya karmāṇi tathārūpāṇi māriṣa
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| 55 | brāhmaṇena tapo nūnaṃ caritaṃ duścaraṃ mahat
tathā hi yudhi vikrānto dahati kṣatriyarṣabhān
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| 56 | dharmo yuddhaṃ kṣatriyasya brāhmaṇasya paraṃ tapaḥ
tapasvī kṛtavidyaś ca prekṣitenāpi nirdahet
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| 57 | droṇāstram agnisaṃsparśaṃ praviṣṭāḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ
bahavo dustaraṃ ghoraṃ yatrādahyanta bhārata
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| 58 | yathābalaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathāsattvaṃ mahādyutiḥ
mohayan sarvabhūtāni droṇo hanti balāni naḥ
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| 59 | teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kṣatradharmā vyavasthitaḥ
ardhacandreṇa ciccheda droṇasya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ
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| 60 | sa saṃrabdhataro bhūtvā droṇaḥ kṣatriyamardanaḥ
anyat kārmukam ādāya bhāsvaraṃ vegavattaram
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| 61 | tatrādhāya śaraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ bhāraghnaṃ vimalaṃ dṛḍham
ākarṇapūrṇam ācāryo balavān abhyavāsṛjat
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| 62 | sa hatvā kṣatradharmāṇaṃ jagāma dharaṇītalam
sa bhinnahṛdayo vāhād apatan medinītale
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| 63 | tataḥ sainyāny akampanta dhṛṣṭadyumnasute hate
atha droṇaṃ samārohac cekitāno mahārathaḥ
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| 64 | sa droṇaṃ daśabhir bāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyat stanāntare
caturbhiḥ sārathiṃ cāsya caturbhiś caturo hayān
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| 65 | tasyācāryaḥ ṣoḍaśabhir avidhyad dakṣiṇaṃ bhujam
dhvajaṃ ṣoḍaśabhir bāṇair yantāraṃ cāsya saptabhiḥ
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| 66 | tasya sūte hate te 'śvā ratham ādāya vidrutāḥ
samare śarasaṃvītā bhāradvājena māriṣa
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| 67 | cekitānarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidrutaṃ hatasārathim
pāñcālān pāṇḍavāṃś caiva mahad bhayam athāviśat
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| 68 | tān sametān raṇe śūrāṃś cedipāñcālasṛñjayān
samantād drāvayan droṇo bahv aśobhata māriṣa
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| 69 | ākarṇapalitaḥ śyāmo vayasāśītikāt paraḥ
raṇe paryacarad droṇo vṛddhaḥ ṣoḍaśavarṣavat
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| 70 | atha droṇaṃ mahārāja vicarantam abhītavat
vajrahastam amanyanta śatravaḥ śatrusūdanam
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| 71 | tato 'bravīn mahārāja drupado buddhimān nṛpa
lubdho 'yaṃ kṣatriyān hanti vyāghraḥ kṣudramṛgān iva
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| 72 | kṛcchrān duryodhano lokān pāpaḥ prāpsyati durmatiḥ
yasya lobhād vinihatāḥ samare kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ
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| 73 | śataśaḥ śerate bhūmau nikṛttā govṛṣā iva
rudhireṇa parītāṅgāḥ śvasṛgālādanīkṛtāḥ
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| 74 | evam uktvā mahārāja drupado 'kṣauhiṇīpatiḥ
puraskṛtya raṇe pārthān droṇam abhyadravad drutam
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