 | Book 8 Chapter 8
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | te sene 'nyonyam āsādya prahṛṣṭāśvanaradvipe
bṛhatyau saṃprajahrāte devāsuracamūpame
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| 2 | tato gajā rathāś cāśvāḥ pattayaś ca mahāhave
saṃprahāraṃ paraṃ cakrur dehapāpmapraṇāśanam
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| 3 | pūrṇacandrārkapadmānāṃ kāntitviḍgandhataḥ samaiḥ
uttamāṅgair nṛsiṃhānāṃ nṛsiṃhās tastarur mahīm
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| 4 | ardhacandrais tathā bhallaiḥ kṣuraprair asipaṭṭiśaiḥ
paraśvadhaiś cāpy akṛntann uttamāṅgāni yudhyatām
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| 5 | vyāyatāyatabāhūnāṃ vyāyatāyatabāhubhiḥ
vyāyatā bāhavaḥ petuś chinnamuṣṭyāyudhāṅgadāḥ
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| 6 | taiḥ sphuradbhir mahī bhāti raktāṅgulitalais tadā
garuḍaprahatair ugraiḥ pañcāsyair iva pannagaiḥ
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| 7 | hayasyandananāgebhyaḥ petur vīrā dviṣaddhatāḥ
vimānebhyo yathā kṣīṇe puṇye svargasadas tathā
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| 8 | gadābhir anyair gurvībhiḥ parighair musalair api
pothitāḥ śataśaḥ petur vīrā vīratarai raṇe
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| 9 | rathā rathair vinihatā mattā mattair dvipair dvipāḥ
sādinaḥ sādibhiś caiva tasmin paramasaṃkule
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| 10 | rathā vararathair nāgair aśvārohāś ca pattibhiḥ
aśvārohaiḥ padātāś ca nihatā yudhi śerate
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| 11 | rathāśvapattayo nāgai rathair nāgāś ca pattayaḥ
rathapattidvipāś cāśvair nṛbhiś cāśvarathadvipāḥ
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| 12 | rathāśvebhanarāṇāṃ ca narāśvebharathaiḥ kṛtam
pāṇipādaiś ca śastraiś ca rathaiś ca kadanaṃ mahat
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| 13 | tathā tasmin bale śūrair vadhyamāne hate 'pi ca
asmān abhyāgaman pārthā vṛkodarapurogamāḥ
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| 14 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca draupadeyāḥ prabhadrakāḥ
sātyakiś cekitānaś ca draviḍaiḥ sainikaiḥ saha
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| 15 | bhṛtā vittena mahatā pāṇḍyāś cauḍrāḥ sakeralāḥ
vyūḍhoraskā dīrghabhujāḥ prāṃśavaḥ priyadarśanāḥ
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| 16 | āpīḍino raktadantā mattamātaṅgavikramāḥ
nānāvirāgavasanā gandhacūrṇāvacūrṇitāḥ
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| 17 | baddhāsayaḥ pāśahastā vāraṇaprativāraṇāḥ
samānamṛtyavo rājann anīkasthāḥ parasparam
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| 18 | kalāpinaś cāpahastā dīrghakeśāḥ priyāhavāḥ
pattayaḥ sātyaker andhrā ghorarūpaparākramāḥ
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| 19 | athāpare punaḥ śūrāś cedipāñcālakekayāḥ
karūṣāḥ kosalāḥ kāśyā māgadhāś cāpi dudruvuḥ
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| 20 | teṣāṃ rathāś ca nāgāś ca pravarāś cāpi pattayaḥ
nānāvidharavair hṛṣṭā nṛtyanti ca hasanti ca
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| 21 | tasya sainyasya mahato mahāmātravarair vṛtaḥ
madhyaṃ vṛkodaro 'bhyāgāt tvadīyaṃ nāgadhūrgataḥ
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| 22 | sa nāgapravaro 'tyugro vidhivat kalpito babhau
udayādryagryabhavanaṃ yathābhyuditabhāskaram
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| 23 | tasyāyasaṃ varmavaraṃ vararatnavibhūṣitam
tārodbhāsasya nabhasaḥ śāradasya samatviṣam
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| 24 | sa tomaraprāsakaraś cārumauliḥ svalaṃkṛtaḥ
caran madhyaṃdinārkābhas tejasā vyadahad ripūn
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| 25 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā dviradaṃ dūrāt kṣemadhūrtir dvipasthitaḥ
āhvayāno 'bhidudrāva pramanāḥ pramanastaram
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| 26 | tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ dvipayor ugrarūpayoḥ
yadṛcchayā drumavator mahāparvatayor iva
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| 27 | saṃsaktanāgau tau vīrau tomarair itaretaram
balavat sūryaraśmyābhair bhittvā bhittvā vinedatuḥ
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| 28 | vyapasṛtya tu nāgābhyāṃ maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ
pragṛhya caiva dhanuṣī jaghnatur vai parasparam
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| 29 | kṣveḍitāsphoṭitaravair bāṇaśabdaiś ca sarvaśaḥ
tau janān harṣayitvā ca siṃhanādān pracakratuḥ
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| 30 | samudyatakarābhyāṃ tau dvipābhyāṃ kṛtināv ubhau
vātoddhūtapatākābhyāṃ yuyudhāte mahābalau
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| 31 | tāv anyonyasya dhanuṣī chittvānyonyaṃ vinedatuḥ
śaktitomaravarṣeṇa prāvṛṇmeghāv ivāmbubhiḥ
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| 32 | kṣemadhūrtis tadā bhīmaṃ tomareṇa stanāntare
nirbibheda tu vegena ṣaḍbhiś cāpy aparair nadan
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| 33 | sa bhīmasenaḥ śuśubhe tomarair aṅgamāśritaiḥ
krodhadīptavapur meghaiḥ saptasaptir ivāṃśumān
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| 34 | tato bhāskaravarṇābham añjogatimayasmayam
sasarja tomaraṃ bhīmaḥ pratyamitrāya yatnavān
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| 35 | tataḥ kulūtādhipatiś cāpam āyamya sāyakaiḥ
daśabhis tomaraṃ chittvā śaktyā vivyādha pāṇḍavam
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| 36 | atha kārmukam ādāya mahājaladanisvanam
ripor abhyardayan nāgam unmadaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ śaraiḥ
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| 37 | sa śaraughārdito nāgo bhīmasenena saṃyuge
nigṛhyamāṇo nātiṣṭhad vātadhvasta ivāmbudaḥ
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| 38 | tām abhyadhāvad dviradaṃ bhīmasenasya nāgarāṭ
mahāvāteritaṃ meghaṃ vātoddhūta ivāmbudaḥ
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| 39 | saṃnivartyātmano nāgaṃ kṣemadhūrtiḥ prayatnataḥ
vivyādhābhidrutaṃ bāṇair bhīmasenaṃ sakuñjaram
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| 40 | tataḥ sādhuvisṛṣṭena kṣureṇa puruṣarṣabhaḥ
chittvā śarāsanaṃ śatror nāgam āmitram ārdayat
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| 41 | tataḥ khajākayā bhīmaṃ kṣemadhūrtiḥ parābhinat
jaghāna cāsya dviradaṃ nārācaiḥ sarvamarmasu
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| 42 | purā nāgasya patanād avaplutya sthito mahīm
bhīmaseno ripor nāgaṃ gadayā samapothayat
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| 43 | tasmāt pramathitān nāgāt kṣemadhūrtim avadrutam
udyatāsim upāyāntaṃ gadayāhan vṛkodaraḥ
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| 44 | sa papāta hataḥ sāsir vyasuḥ svam abhito dvipam
vajraprarugṇam acalaṃ siṃho vajrahato yathā
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| 45 | nihataṃ nṛpatiṃ dṛṣṭvā kulūtānāṃ yaśaskaram
prādravad vyathitā senā tvadīyā bharatarṣabha
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