 | Book 7 Chapter 164
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tasmiṃs tathā vartamāne narāśvagajasaṃkṣaye
duḥśāsano mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnam ayodhayat
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| 2 | sa tu rukmarathāsakto duḥśāsanaśarārditaḥ
amarṣāt tava putrasya śarair vāhān avākirat
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| 3 | kṣaṇena sa rathas tasya sadhvajaḥ sahasārathiḥ
nādṛśyata mahārāja pārṣatasya śaraiś citaḥ
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| 4 | duḥśāsanas tu rājendra pāñcālyasya mahātmanaḥ
nāśakat pramukhe sthātuṃ śarajālaprapīḍitaḥ
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| 5 | sa tu duḥśāsanaṃ bāṇair vimukhīkṛtya pārṣataḥ
kirañ śarasahasrāṇi droṇam evābhyayād raṇe
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| 6 | pratyapadyata hārdikyaḥ kṛtavarmā tadantaram
sodaryāṇāṃ trayaś caiva ta enaṃ paryavārayan
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| 7 | taṃ yamau pṛṣṭhato 'nvaitāṃ rakṣantau puruṣarṣabhau
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ dīpyamānam ivānalam
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| 8 | saṃprahāram akurvaṃs te sarve sapta mahārathāḥ
amarṣitāḥ sattvavantaḥ kṛtvā maraṇam agrataḥ
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| 9 | śuddhātmānaḥ śuddhavṛttā rājan svargapuraskṛtāḥ
āryaṃ yuddham akurvanta parasparajigīṣavaḥ
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| 10 | śuklābhijanakarmāṇo matimanto janādhipāḥ
dharmayuddham ayudhyanta prekṣanto gatim uttamām
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| 11 | na tatrāsīd adharmiṣṭham aśastraṃ yuddham eva ca
nātra karṇī na nālīko na lipto na ca vastakaḥ
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| 12 | na sūcī kapiśo nātra na gavāsthir gajāsthikaḥ
iṣur āsīn na saṃśliṣṭo na pūtir na ca jihmagaḥ
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| 13 | ṛjūny eva viśuddhāni sarve śastrāṇy adhārayan
suyuddhena parāṃl lokān īpsantaḥ kīrtim eva ca
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| 14 | tadāsīt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam
caturṇāṃ tava yodhānāṃ tais tribhiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
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| 15 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu tān hitvā tava rājan ratharṣabhān
yamābhyāṃ vāritān dṛṣṭvā śīghrāstro droṇam abhyayāt
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| 16 | nivāritās tu te vīrās tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
samasajjanta catvāro vātāḥ parvatayor iva
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| 17 | dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ yamau sārdhaṃ rathābhyāṃ rathapuṃgavau
samāsaktau tato droṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno 'bhyavartata
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| 18 | dṛṣṭvā droṇāya pāñcālyaṃ vrajantaṃ yuddhadurmadam
yamābhyāṃ tāṃś ca saṃsaktāṃs tadantaram upādravat
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| 19 | duryodhano mahārāja kirañ śoṇitabhojanān
taṃ sātyakiḥ śīghrataraṃ punar evābhyavartata
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| 20 | tau parasparam āsādya samīpe kurumādhavau
hasamānau nṛśārdūlāv abhītau samagacchatām
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| 21 | bālye vṛttāni sarvāṇi prīyamāṇau vicintya tau
anyonyaṃ prekṣamāṇau ca hasamānau punaḥ punaḥ
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| 22 | atha duryodhano rājā sātyakiṃ pratyabhāṣata
priyaṃ sakhāyaṃ satataṃ garhayan vṛttam ātmanaḥ
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| 23 | dhik krodhaṃ dhik sakhe lobhaṃ dhiṅ mohaṃ dhig amarṣitam
dhig astu kṣātram ācāraṃ dhig astu balam aurasam
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| 24 | yat tvaṃ mām abhisaṃdhatse tvāṃ cāhaṃ śinipuṃgava
tvaṃ hi prāṇaiḥ priyataro mamāhaṃ ca sadā tava
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| 25 | smarāmi tāni sarvāṇi bālye vṛttāni yāni nau
tāni sarvāṇi jīrṇāni sāṃprataṃ nau raṇājire
kim anyat krodhalobhābhyāṃ yudhyāmi tvādya sātvata
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| 26 | taṃ tathāvādinaṃ rājan sātyakiḥ pratyabhāṣata
prahasan viśikhāṃs tīkṣṇān udyamya paramāstravit
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| 27 | neyaṃ sabhā rājaputra na cācāryaniveśanam
yatra krīḍitam asmābhis tadā rājan samāgataiḥ
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| 28 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 28 | kva sā krīḍā gatāsmākaṃ bālye vai śinipuṃgava
kva ca yuddham idaṃ bhūyaḥ kālo hi duratikramaḥ
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| 29 | kiṃ nu no vidyate kṛtyaṃ dhanena dhanalipsayā
yatra yudhyāmahe sarve dhanalobhāt samāgatāḥ
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| 30 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 30 | taṃ tathāvādinaṃ tatra rājānaṃ mādhavo 'bravīt
evaṃvṛttaṃ sadā kṣatraṃ yad dhantīha gurūn api
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| 31 | yadi te 'haṃ priyo rājañ jahi māṃ mā ciraṃ kṛthāḥ
tvatkṛte sukṛtāṃl lokān gaccheyaṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 32 | yā te śaktir balaṃ caiva tat kṣipraṃ mayi darśaya
necchāmy etad ahaṃ draṣṭuṃ mitrāṇāṃ vyasanaṃ mahat
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| 33 | ity evaṃ vyaktam ābhāṣya pratibhāṣya ca sātyakiḥ
abhyayāt tūrṇam avyagro nirapekṣo viśāṃ pate
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| 34 | tam āyāntam abhiprekṣya pratyagṛhṇāt tavātmajaḥ
śaraiś cāvākirad rājañ śaineyaṃ tanayas tava
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| 35 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurumādhavasiṃhayoḥ
anyonyaṃ kruddhayor ghoraṃ yathā dviradasiṃhayoḥ
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| 36 | tataḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭaiḥ sātvataṃ yuddhadurmadam
duryodhanaḥ pratyavidhyad daśabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 37 | taṃ sātyakiḥ pratyaviddhat tathaiva daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
pañcāśatā punaś cājau triṃśatā daśabhiś ca ha
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| 38 | tasya saṃdadhataś ceṣūn saṃhiteṣuṃ ca kārmukam
acchinat sātyakis tūrṇaṃ śaraiś caivābhyavīvṛṣat
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| 39 | sa gāḍhaviddho vyathitaḥ pratyapāyād rathāntaram
duryodhano mahārāja dāśārhaśarapīḍitaḥ
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| 40 | samāśvasya tu putras te sātyakiṃ punar abhyayāt
visṛjann iṣujālāni yuyudhānarathaṃ prati
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| 41 | tathaiva sātyakir bāṇān duryodhanarathaṃ prati
pratataṃ vyasṛjad rājaṃs tat saṃkulam avartata
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| 42 | tatreṣubhiḥ kṣipyamāṇaiḥ patadbhiś ca samantataḥ
agner iva mahākakṣe śabdaḥ samabhavan mahān
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| 43 | tatrābhyadhikam ālakṣya mādhavaṃ rathasattamam
kṣipram abhyapatat karṇaḥ parīpsaṃs tanayaṃ tava
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| 44 | na tu taṃ marṣayām āsa bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
abhyayāt tvaritaḥ karṇaṃ visṛjan sāyakān bahūn
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| 45 | tasya karṇaḥ śitān bāṇān pratihanya hasann iva
dhanuḥ śarāṃś ca ciccheda sūtaṃ cābhyahanac charaiḥ
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| 46 | bhīmasenas tu saṃkruddho gadām ādāya pāṇḍavaḥ
dhvajaṃ dhanuś ca sūtaṃ ca saṃmamardāhave ripoḥ
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| 47 | amṛṣyamāṇaḥ karṇas tu bhīmasenam ayudhyata
vividhair iṣujālaiś ca nānāśastraiś ca saṃyuge
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| 48 | saṃkule vartamāne tu rājā dharmasuto 'bravīt
pāñcālānāṃ naravyāghrān matsyānāṃ ca nararṣabhān
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| 49 | ye naḥ prāṇāḥ śiro ye no ye no yodhā mahābalāḥ
ta ete dhārtarāṣṭreṣu viṣaktāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
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| 50 | kiṃ tiṣṭhata yathā mūḍhāḥ sarve vigatacetasaḥ
tatra gacchata yatraite yudhyante māmakā rathāḥ
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| 51 | kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya sarva eva gatajvarāḥ
jayanto vadhyamānā vā gatim iṣṭāṃ gamiṣyatha
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| 52 | jitvā ca bahubhir yajñair yakṣyadhvaṃ bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ
hatā vā devasād bhūtvā lokān prāpsyatha puṣkalān
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| 53 | te rājñā coditā vīrā yotsyamānā mahārathāḥ
caturdhā vahinīṃ kṛtvā tvaritā droṇam abhyayuḥ
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| 54 | pāñcālās tv ekato droṇam abhyaghnan bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ
bhīmasenapurogāś ca ekataḥ paryavārayan
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| 55 | āsaṃs tu pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ trayo 'jihmā mahārathāḥ
yamau ca bhīmasenaś ca prākrośanta dhanaṃjayam
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| 56 | abhidravārjuna kṣipraṃ kurūn droṇād apānuda
tata enaṃ haniṣyanti pāñcālā hatarakṣiṇam
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| 57 | kauraveyāṃs tataḥ pārthaḥ sahasā samupādravat
pāñcālān eva tu droṇo dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamān
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| 58 | pāñcālānāṃ tato droṇo 'py akarot kadanaṃ mahat
yathā kruddho raṇe śakro dānavānāṃ kṣayaṃ purā
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| 59 | droṇāstreṇa mahārāja vadhyamānāḥ pare yudhi
nātrasanta raṇe droṇāt sattvavanto mahārathāḥ
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| 60 | vadhyamānā mahārāja pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayās tathā
droṇam evābhyayur yuddhe mohayanto mahāratham
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| 61 | teṣāṃ tūtsādyamānānāṃ pāñcālānāṃ samantataḥ
abhavad bhairavo nādo vadhyatāṃ śaraśaktibhiḥ
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| 62 | vadhyamāneṣu saṃgrāme pāñcāleṣu mahātmanā
udīryamāṇe droṇāstre pāṇḍavān bhayam āviśat
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| 63 | dṛṣṭvāśvanarasaṃghānāṃ vipulaṃ ca kṣayaṃ yudhi
pāṇḍaveyā mahārāja nāśaṃsur vijayaṃ tadā
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| 64 | kaccid droṇo na naḥ sarvān kṣapayet paramāstravit
samiddhaḥ śiśirāpāye dahan kakṣam ivānalaḥ
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| 65 | na cainaṃ saṃyuge kaś cit samarthaḥ prativīkṣitum
na cainam arjuno jātu pratiyudhyeta dharmavit
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| 66 | trastān kuntīsutān dṛṣṭvā droṇasāyakapīḍitān
matimāñ śreyase yuktaḥ keśavo 'rjunam abravīt
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| 67 | naiṣa yuddhena saṃgrāme jetuṃ śakyaḥ kathaṃ cana
api vṛtrahaṇā yuddhe rathayūthapayūthapaḥ
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| 68 | āsthīyatāṃ jaye yogo dharmam utsṛjya pāṇḍava
yathā vaḥ saṃyuge sarvān na hanyād rukmavāhanaḥ
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| 69 | aśvatthāmni hate naiṣa yudhyed iti matir mama
taṃ hataṃ saṃyuge kaś cid asmai śaṃsatu mānavaḥ
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| 70 | etan nārocayad rājan kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
anye tv arocayan sarve kṛcchreṇa tu yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 71 | tato bhīmo mahābāhur anīke sve mahāgajam
jaghāna gadayā rājann aśvatthāmānam ity uta
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| 72 | bhīmasenas tu savrīḍam upetya droṇam āhave
aśvatthāmā hata iti śabdam uccaiś cakāra ha
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| 73 | aśvatthāmeti hi gajaḥ khyāto nāmnā hato 'bhavat
kṛtvā manasi taṃ bhīmo mithyā vyāhṛtavāṃs tadā
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| 74 | bhīmasenavacaḥ śrutvā droṇas tat param apriyam
manasā sannagātro 'bhūd yathā saikatam ambhasi
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| 75 | śaṅkamānaḥ sa tan mithyā vīryajñaḥ svasutasya vai
hataḥ sa iti ca śrutvā naiva dhairyād akampata
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| 76 | sa labdhvā cetanāṃ droṇaḥ kṣaṇenaiva samāśvasat
anucintyātmanaḥ putram aviṣahyam arātibhiḥ
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| 77 | sa pārṣatam abhidrutya jighāṃsur mṛtyum ātmanaḥ
avākirat sahasreṇa tīkṣṇānāṃ kaṅkapatriṇām
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| 78 | taṃ vai viṃśatisāhasrāḥ pāñcālānāṃ nararṣabhāḥ
tathā carantaṃ saṃgrāme sarvato vyakirañ śaraiḥ
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| 79 | tataḥ prāduṣkarod droṇo brāhmam astraṃ paraṃtapaḥ
vadhāya teṣāṃ śūrāṇāṃ pāñcālānām amarṣitaḥ
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| 80 | tato vyarocata droṇo vinighnan sarvasomakān
śirāṃsy apātayac cāpi pāñcālānāṃ mahāmṛdhe
tathaiva parighākārān bāhūn kanakabhūṣaṇān
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| 81 | te vadhyamānāḥ samare bhāradvājena pārthivāḥ
medinyām anvakīryanta vātanunnā iva drumāḥ
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| 82 | kuñjarāṇāṃ ca patatāṃ hayaughānāṃ ca bhārata
agamyarūpā pṛthivī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā
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| 83 | hatvā viṃśatisāhasrān pāñcālānāṃ rathavrajān
atiṣṭhad āhave droṇo vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan
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| 84 | tathaiva ca punaḥ kruddho bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān
vasudānasya bhallena śiraḥ kāyād apāharat
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| 85 | punaḥ pañcaśatān matsyān ṣaṭsahasrāṃś ca sṛñjayān
hastinām ayutaṃ hatvā jaghānāśvāyutaṃ punaḥ
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| 86 | kṣatriyāṇām abhāvāya dṛṣṭvā droṇam avasthitam
ṛṣayo 'bhyāgamaṃs tūrṇaṃ havyavāhapurogamāḥ
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| 87 | viśvāmitro jamadagnir bhāradvājo 'tha gautamaḥ
vasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapo 'triś ca brahmalokaṃ ninīṣavaḥ
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| 88 | sikatāḥ pṛśnayo gargā bālakhilyā marīcipāḥ
bhṛgavo 'ṅgirasaś caiva sūkṣmāś cānye maharṣayaḥ
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| 89 | ta enam abruvan sarve droṇam āhavaśobhinam
adharmataḥ kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ samayo nidhanasya te
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| 90 | nyasyāyudhaṃ raṇe droṇa sametyāsmān avasthitān
nātaḥ krūrataraṃ karma punaḥ kartuṃ tvam arhasi
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| 91 | vedavedāṅgaviduṣaḥ satyadharmaparasya ca
brāhmaṇasya viśeṣeṇa tavaitan nopapadyate
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| 92 | nyasyāyudham amogheṣo tiṣṭha vartmani śāśvate
paripūrṇaś ca kālas te vastuṃ loke 'dya mānuṣe
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| 93 | iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā bhīmasenavacaś ca tat
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca saṃprekṣya raṇe sa vimanābhavat
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| 94 | sa dahyamāno vyathitaḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
ahataṃ vā hataṃ veti papraccha sutam ātmanaḥ
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| 95 | sthirā buddhir hi droṇasya na pārtho vakṣyate 'nṛtam
trayāṇām api lokānām aiśvaryārthe kathaṃ cana
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| 96 | tasmāt taṃ paripapraccha nānyaṃ kaṃ cid viśeṣataḥ
tasmiṃs tasya hi satyāśā bālyāt prabhṛti pāṇḍave
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| 97 | tato niṣpāṇḍavām urvīṃ kariṣyantaṃ yudhāṃ patim
droṇaṃ jñātvā dharmarājaṃ govindo vyathito 'bravīt
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| 98 | yady ardhadivasaṃ droṇo yudhyate manyum āsthitaḥ
satyaṃ bravīmi te senā vināśaṃ samupaiṣyati
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| 99 | sa bhavāṃs trātu no droṇāt satyāj jyāyo 'nṛtaṃ bhavet
anṛtaṃ jīvitasyārthe vadan na spṛśyate 'nṛtaiḥ
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| 100 | tayoḥ saṃvadator evaṃ bhīmaseno 'bravīd idam
śrutvaiva taṃ mahārāja vadhopāyaṃ mahātmanaḥ
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| 101 | gāhamānasya te senāṃ mālavasyendravarmaṇaḥ
aśvatthāmeti vikhyāto gajaḥ śakragajopamaḥ
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| 102 | nihato yudhi vikramya tato 'haṃ droṇam abruvam
aśvatthāmā hato brahman nivartasvāhavād iti
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| 103 | nūnaṃ nāśraddadhad vākyam eṣa me puruṣarṣabhaḥ
sa tvaṃ govindavākyāni mānayasva jayaiṣiṇaḥ
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| 104 | droṇāya nihataṃ śaṃsa rājañ śāradvatīsutam
tvayokto naiṣa yudhyeta jātu rājan dvijarṣabhaḥ
satyavān hi nṛloke 'smin bhavān khyāto janādhipa
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| 105 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛṣṇavākyapracoditaḥ
bhāvitvāc ca mahārāja vaktuṃ samupacakrame
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| 106 | tam atathyabhaye magno jaye sakto yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
avyaktam abravīd rājan hataḥ kuñjara ity uta
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| 107 | tasya pūrvaṃ rathaḥ pṛthvyāś caturaṅgula uttaraḥ
babhūvaivaṃ tu tenokte tasya vāhāspṛśan mahīm
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| 108 | yudhiṣṭhirāt tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvā droṇo mahārathaḥ
putravyasanasaṃtapto nirāśo jīvite 'bhavat
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| 109 | āgaskṛtam ivātmānaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
ṛṣivākyaṃ ca manvānaḥ śrutvā ca nihataṃ sutam
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| 110 | vicetāḥ paramodvigno dhṛṣṭadyumnam avekṣya ca
yoddhuṃ nāśaknuvad rājan yathāpūrvam ariṃdama
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| 111 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramodvignaṃ śokopahatacetasam
pāñcālarājasya suto dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ samādravat
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| 112 | ya iṣṭvā manujendreṇa drupadena mahāmakhe
labdho droṇavināśāya samiddhād dhavyavāhanāt
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| 113 | sa dhanur jaitram ādāya ghoraṃ jaladanisvanam
dṛḍhajyam ajaraṃ divyaṃ śarāṃś cāśīviṣopamān
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| 114 | saṃdadhe kārmuke tasmiñ śaram āśīviṣopamam
droṇaṃ jighāṃsuḥ pāñcālyo mahājvālam ivānalam
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| 115 | tasya rūpaṃ śarasyāsīd dhanurjyāmaṇḍalāntare
dyotato bhāskarasyeva ghanānte pariveśinaḥ
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| 116 | pārṣatena parāmṛṣṭaṃ jvalantam iva tad dhanuḥ
antakālam iva prāptaṃ menire vīkṣya sainikāḥ
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| 117 | tam iṣuṃ saṃhitaṃ tena bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān
dṛṣṭvāmanyata dehasya kālaparyāyam āgatam
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| 118 | tataḥ sa yatnam ātiṣṭhad ācāryas tasya vāraṇe
na cāsyāstrāṇi rājendra prādurāsan mahātmanaḥ
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| 119 | tasya tv ahāni catvāri kṣapā caikāsyato gatā
tasya cāhnas tribhāgena kṣayaṃ jagmuḥ patatriṇaḥ
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| 120 | sa śarakṣayam āsādya putraśokena cārditaḥ
vividhānāṃ ca divyānām astrāṇām aprasannatām
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| 121 | utsraṣṭukāmaḥ śastrāṇi vipravākyābhicoditaḥ
tejasā preryamāṇaś ca yuyudhe so 'timānuṣam
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| 122 | athānyat sa samādāya divyam āṅgirasaṃ dhanuḥ
śarāṃś ca brahmadaṇḍābhān dhṛṣṭadyumnam ayodhayat
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| 123 | tatas taṃ śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samavākirat
vyaśātayac ca saṃkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnam amarṣaṇaḥ
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| 124 | taṃ śaraṃ śatadhā cāsya droṇaś ciccheda sāyakaiḥ
dhvajaṃ dhanuś ca niśitaiḥ sārathiṃ cāpy apātayat
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| 125 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ prahasyānyat punar ādāya kārmukam
śitena cainaṃ bāṇena pratyavidhyat stanāntare
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| 126 | so 'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ saṃbhrānta iva saṃyuge
bhallena śitadhāreṇa cicchedāsya mahad dhanuḥ
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| 127 | yac cāsya bāṇaṃ vikṛtaṃ dhanūṃṣi ca viśāṃ pate
sarvaṃ saṃchidya durdharṣo gadāṃ khaḍgam athāpi ca
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| 128 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato 'vidhyan navabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
jīvitāntakaraiḥ kruddhaḥ kruddharūpaṃ paraṃtapaḥ
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| 129 | dhṛṣṭadyumnarathasyāśvān svarathāśvair mahārathaḥ
amiśrayad ameyātmā brāhmam astram udīrayan
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| 130 | te miśrā bahv aśobhanta javanā vātaraṃhasaḥ
pārāvatasavarṇāś ca śoṇāś ca bharatarṣabha
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| 131 | yathā savidyuto meghā nadanto jaladāgame
tathā rejur mahārāja miśritā raṇamūrdhani
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| 132 | īṣābandhaṃ cakrabandhaṃ rathabandhaṃ tathaiva ca
praṇāśayad ameyātmā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sa dvijaḥ
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| 133 | sa chinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
uttamām āpadaṃ prāpya gadāṃ vīraḥ parāmṛśat
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| 134 | tām asya viśikhais tīkṣṇaiḥ kṣipyamāṇāṃ mahārathaḥ
nijaghāna śarair droṇaḥ kruddhaḥ satyaparākramaḥ
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| 135 | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tu naravyāghro droṇena nihatāṃ śaraiḥ
vimalaṃ khaḍgam ādatta śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat
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| 136 | asaṃśayaṃ tathābhūte pāñcālyaḥ sādhv amanyata
vadham ācāryamukhyasya prāptakālaṃ mahātmanaḥ
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| 137 | tataḥ svarathanīḍasthaḥ svarathasya ratheṣayā
agacchad asim udyamya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat
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| 138 | cikīrṣur duṣkaraṃ karma dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ
iyeṣa vakṣo bhettuṃ ca bhāradvājasya saṃyuge
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| 139 | so 'tiṣṭhad yugamadhye vai yugasaṃnahaneṣu ca
śoṇānāṃ jaghanārdheṣu tat sainyāḥ samapūjayan
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| 140 | tiṣṭhato yugapālīṣu śoṇān apy adhitiṣṭhataḥ
nāpaśyad antaraṃ droṇas tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 141 | kṣipraṃ śyenasya carato yathaivāmiṣagṛddhinaḥ
tadvad āsīd abhīsāro droṇaṃ prārthayato raṇe
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| 142 | tasyāśvān rathaśaktyāsau tadā kruddhaḥ parākramī
sarvān ekaikaśo droṇaḥ kapotābhān ajīghanat
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| 143 | te hatā nyapatan bhūmau dhṛṣṭadyumnasya vājinaḥ
śoṇāś ca paryamucyanta rathabandhād viśāṃ pate
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| 144 | tān hayān nihatān dṛṣṭvā dvijāgryeṇa sa pārṣataḥ
nāmṛṣyata yudhāṃ śreṣṭho yājñasenir mahārathaḥ
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| 145 | virathaḥ sa gṛhītvā tu khaḍgaṃ khaḍgabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
droṇam abhyapatad rājan vainateya ivoragam
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| 146 | tasya rūpaṃ babhau rājan bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsataḥ
yathā rūpaṃ paraṃ viṣṇor hiraṇyakaśipor vadhe
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| 147 | so 'carad vividhān mārgān prakārān ekaviṃśatim
bhrāntam udbhrāntam āviddham āplutaṃ prasṛtaṃ sṛtam
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| 148 | parivṛttaṃ nivṛttaṃ ca khaḍgaṃ carma ca dhārayan
saṃpātaṃ samudīrṇaṃ ca darśayām āsa pārṣataḥ
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| 149 | tataḥ śarasahasreṇa śatacandram apātayat
khaḍgaṃ carma ca saṃbādhe dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sa dvijaḥ
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| 150 | te tu vaitastikā nāma śarā hy āsannaghātinaḥ
nikṛṣṭayuddhe droṇasya nānyeṣāṃ santi te śarāḥ
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| 151 | śāradvatasya pārthasya drauṇer vaikartanasya ca
pradyumnayuyudhānābhyām abhimanyoś ca te śarāḥ
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| 152 | athāsyeṣuṃ samādhatta dṛḍhaṃ paramasaṃśitam
antevāsinam ācāryo jighāṃsuḥ putrasaṃmitam
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| 153 | taṃ śarair daśabhis tīkṣṇaiś ciccheda śinipuṃgavaḥ
paśyatas tava putrasya karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ
grastam ācāryamukhyena dhṛṣṭadyumnam amocayat
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| 154 | carantaṃ rathamārgeṣu sātyakiṃ satyavikramam
droṇakarṇāntaragataṃ kṛpasyāpi ca bhārata
apaśyetāṃ mahātmānau viṣvaksenadhanaṃjayau
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| 155 | apūjayetāṃ vārṣṇeyaṃ bruvāṇau sādhu sādhv iti
divyāny astrāṇi sarveṣāṃ yudhi nighnantam acyutam
abhipatya tataḥ senāṃ viṣvaksenadhanaṃjayau
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| 156 | dhanaṃjayas tataḥ kṛṣṇam abravīt paśya keśava
ācāryavaramukhyānāṃ madhye krīḍan madhūdvahaḥ
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| 157 | ānandayati māṃ bhūyaḥ sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ
mādrīputrau ca bhīmaṃ ca rājānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 158 | yac chikṣayānuddhataḥ san raṇe carati sātyakiḥ
mahārathān upakrīḍan vṛṣṇīnāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ
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| 159 | tam ete pratinandanti siddhāḥ sainyāś ca vismitāḥ
ajayyaṃ samare dṛṣṭvā sādhu sādhv iti sātvatam
yodhāś cobhayataḥ sarve karmabhiḥ samapūjayan
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