 | Book 8 Chapter 1
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato droṇe hate rājan duryodhanamukhā nṛpāḥ
bhṛśam udvignamanaso droṇaputram upāgaman
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| 2 | te droṇam upaśocantaḥ kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ
paryupāsanta śokārtās tataḥ śāradvatīsutam
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| 3 | muhūrtaṃ te samāśvāsya hetubhiḥ śāstrasaṃmitaiḥ
rātryāgame mahīpālāḥ svāni veśmāni bhejire
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| 4 | viśeṣataḥ sūtaputro rājā caiva suyodhanaḥ
duḥśāsano 'tha śakunir na nidrām upalebhire
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| 5 | te veśmasv api kauravya pṛthvīśā nāpnuvan sukham
cintayantaḥ kṣayaṃ tīvraṃ nidrāṃ naivopalebhire
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| 6 | sahitās te niśāyāṃ tu duryodhananiveśane
atipracaṇḍād vidveṣāt pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
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| 7 | yat tad dyūtaparikliṣṭāṃ kṛṣṇām āninyire sabhām
tat smaranto 'nvatapyanta bhṛśam udvignacetasaḥ
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| 8 | cintayantaś ca pārthānāṃ tān kleśān dyūtakāritān
kṛcchreṇa kṣaṇadāṃ rājan ninyur abdaśatopamām
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| 9 | tataḥ prabhāte vimale sthitā diṣṭasya śāsane
cakrur āvaśyakaṃ sarve vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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| 10 | te kṛtvāvaśyakāryāṇi samāśvasya ca bhārata
yogam ājñāpayām āsur yuddhāya ca viniryayuḥ
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| 11 | karṇaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā kṛtakautukamaṅgalāḥ
vācayitvā dvijaśreṣṭhān dadhipātraghṛtākṣataiḥ
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| 12 | niṣkair gobhir hiraṇyena vāsobhiś ca mahādhanaiḥ
vardhyamānā jayāśīrbhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ
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| 13 | tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājan kṛtasarvāhṇikakriyāḥ
śibirān niryayū rājan yuddhāya kṛtaniścayāḥ
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| 14 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca parasparavadhaiṣiṇām
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| 15 | tayor dve divase yuddhaṃ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ
karṇe senāpatau rājann abhūd adbhutadarśanam
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| 16 | tataḥ śatrukṣayaṃ kṛtvā sumahāntaṃ raṇe vṛṣaḥ
paśyatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ phalgunena nipātitaḥ
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| 17 | tatas tat saṃjayaḥ sarvaṃ gatvā nāgāhvayaṃ puram
ācakhyau dhṛtarāṣṭrāya yad vṛttaṃ kurujāṅgale
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| 18 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 18 | āpageyaṃ hataṃ śrutvā droṇaṃ ca samare paraiḥ
yo jagāma parām ārtiṃ vṛddho rājāmbikāsutaḥ
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| 19 | sa śrutvā nihataṃ karṇaṃ duryodhanahitaiṣiṇam
kathaṃ dvijavara prāṇān adhārayata duḥkhitaḥ
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| 20 | yasmiñ jayāśāṃ putrāṇām amanyata sa pārthivaḥ
tasmin hate sa kauravyaḥ kathaṃ prāṇān adhārayat
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| 21 | durmaraṃ bata manye 'haṃ nṛṇāṃ kṛcchre 'pi vartatām
yatra karṇaṃ hataṃ śrutvā nātyajaj jīvitaṃ nṛpaḥ
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| 22 | tathā śāṃtanavaṃ vṛddhaṃ brahman bāhlikam eva ca
droṇaṃ ca somadattaṃ ca bhūriśravasam eva ca
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| 23 | tathaiva cānyān suhṛdaḥ putrapautrāṃś ca pātitān
śrutvā yan nājahāt prāṇāṃs tan manye duṣkaraṃ dvija
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| 24 | etan me sarvam ācakṣva vistareṇa tapodhana
na hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṃ śṛṇvānaś caritaṃ mahat
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| 25 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 25 | hate karṇe mahārāja niśi gāvalgaṇis tadā
dīno yayau nāgapuram aśvair vātasamair jave
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| 26 | sa hāstinapuraṃ gatvā bhṛśam udvignamānasaḥ
jagāma dhṛtarāṣṭrasya kṣayaṃ prakṣīṇabāndhavam
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| 27 | sa samudvīkṣya rājānaṃ kaśmalābhihataujasam
vavande prāñjalir bhūtvā mūrdhnā pādau nṛpasya ha
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| 28 | saṃpūjya ca yathānyāyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ mahīpatim
hā kaṣṭam iti coktvā sa tato vacanam ādade
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| 29 | saṃjayo 'haṃ kṣitipate kaccid āste sukhaṃ bhavān
svadoṣeṇāpadaṃ prāpya kaccin nādya vimuhyasi
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| 30 | hitāny uktāni viduradroṇagāṅgeyakeśavaiḥ
agṛhītāny anusmṛtya kaccin na kuruṣe vyathām
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| 31 | rāmanāradakaṇvaiś ca hitam uktaṃ sabhātale
nagṛhītam anusmṛtya kaccin na kuruṣe vyathām
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| 32 | suhṛdas tvaddhite yuktān bhīṣmadroṇamukhān paraiḥ
nihatān yudhi saṃsmṛtya kaccin na kuruṣe vyathām
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| 33 | tam evaṃvādinaṃ rājā sūtaputraṃ kṛtāñjalim
sudīrgham abhiniḥśvasya duḥkhārta idam abravīt
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| 34 | gāṅgeye nihate śūre divyāstravati saṃjaya
droṇe ca parameṣvāse bhṛśaṃ me vyathitaṃ manaḥ
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| 35 | yo rathānāṃ sahasrāṇi daṃśitānāṃ daśaiva hi
ahany ahani tejasvī nijaghne vasusaṃbhavaḥ
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| 36 | sa hato yajñasenasya putreṇeha śikhaṇḍinā
pāṇḍaveyābhiguptena bhṛśaṃ me vyathitaṃ manaḥ
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| 37 | bhārgavaḥ pradadau yasmai paramāstraṃ mahātmane
sākṣād rāmeṇa yo bālye dhanurveda upākṛtaḥ
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| 38 | yasya prasādāt kaunteyā rājaputrā mahābalāḥ
mahārathatvaṃ saṃprāptās tathānye vasudhādhipāḥ
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| 39 | taṃ droṇaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā dhṛṣṭadyumnena saṃyuge
satyasaṃdhaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ bhṛśaṃ me vyathitaṃ manaḥ
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| 40 | trailokye yasya śāstreṣu na pumān vidyate samaḥ
taṃ droṇaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā kim akurvata māmakāḥ
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| 41 | saṃśaptakānāṃ ca bale pāṇḍavena mahātmanā
dhanaṃjayena vikramya gamite yamasādanam
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| 42 | nārāyaṇāstre nihate droṇaputrasya dhīmataḥ
hataśeṣeṣv anīkeṣu kim akurvata māmakāḥ
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| 43 | vipradrutān ahaṃ manye nimagnaḥ śokasāgare
plavamānān hate droṇe sannanaukān ivārṇave
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| 44 | duryodhanasya karṇasya bhojasya kṛtavarmaṇaḥ
madrarājasya śalyasya drauṇeś caiva kṛpasya ca
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| 45 | matputraśeṣasya tathā tathānyeṣāṃ ca saṃjaya
viprakīrṇeṣv anīkeṣu mukhavarṇo 'bhavat katham
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| 46 | etat sarvaṃ yathā vṛttaṃ tattvaṃ gāvalgaṇe raṇe
ācakṣva pāṇḍaveyānāṃ māmakānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 47 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 47 | pāṇḍaveyair hi yad vṛttaṃ kauraveyeṣu māriṣa
tac chrutvā mā vyathāṃ kārṣīd iṣṭe na vyathate manaḥ
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| 48 | yasmād abhāvī bhāvī vā bhaved artho naraṃ prati
aprāptau tasya vā prāptau na kaś cid vyathate budhaḥ
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| 49 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 49 | na vyathā śṛṇvataḥ kā cid vidyate mama saṃjaya
diṣṭam etat purā manye kathayasva yathecchakam
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