 | Book 8 Chapter 15
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | proktas tvayā pūrvam eva pravīro lokaviśrutaḥ
na tv asya karma saṃgrāme tvayā saṃjaya kīrtitam
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| 2 | tasya vistarato brūhi pravīrasyādya vikramam
śikṣāṃ prabhāvaṃ vīryaṃ ca pramāṇaṃ darpam eva ca
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| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 3 | droṇabhīṣmakṛpadrauṇikarṇārjunajanārdanān
samāptavidyān dhanuṣi śreṣṭhān yān manyase yudhi
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| 4 | tulyatā karṇabhīṣmābhyām ātmano yena dṛśyate
vāsudevārjunābhyāṃ ca nyūnatāṃ nātmanīcchati
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| 5 | sa pāṇḍyo nṛpatiśreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
karṇasyānīkam avadhīt paribhūta ivāntakaḥ
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| 6 | tad udīrṇarathāśvaṃ ca pattipravarakuñjaram
kulālacakravad bhrāntaṃ pāṇḍyenādhiṣṭhitaṃ balam
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| 7 | vyaśvasūtadhvajarathān vipraviddhāyudhān ripūn
samyag astaiḥ śaraiḥ pāṇḍyo vāyur meghān ivākṣipat
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| 8 | dviradān prahataprothān vipatākadhvajāyudhān
sapādarakṣān avadhīd vajreṇārīn ivārihā
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| 9 | saśaktiprāsatūṇīrān aśvārohān hayān api
pulindakhaśabāhlīkān niṣādān dhrakataṅgaṇān
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| 10 | dākṣiṇātyāṃś ca bhojāṃś ca krūrān saṃgrāmakarkaśān
viśastrakavacān bāṇaiḥ kṛtvā pāṇḍyo 'karod vyasūn
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| 11 | caturaṅgaṃ balaṃ bāṇair nighnantaṃ pāṇḍyam āhave
dṛṣṭvā drauṇir asaṃbhrāntam asaṃbhrāntataro 'bhyayāt
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| 12 | ābhāṣya cainaṃ madhuram abhi nṛtyann abhītavat
prāha praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ smitapūrvaṃ samāhvayan
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| 13 | rājan kamalapatrākṣa pradhānāyudhavāhana
vajrasaṃhananaprakhya pradhānabalapauruṣa
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| 14 | muṣṭiśliṣṭāyudhābhyāṃ ca vyāyatābhyāṃ mahad dhanuḥ
dorbhyāṃ visphārayan bhāsi mahājaladavad bhṛśam
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| 15 | śaravarṣair mahāvegair amitrān abhivarṣataḥ
mad anyaṃ nānupaśyāmi prativīraṃ tavāhave
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| 16 | rathadviradapattyaśvān ekaḥ pramathase bahūn
mṛgasaṃghān ivāraṇye vibhīr bhīmabalo hariḥ
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| 17 | mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa divaṃ bhūmiṃ ca nādayan
varṣānte sasyahā pītho bhābhir āpūrayann iva
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| 18 | saṃspṛśānaḥ śarāṃs tīkṣṇāṃs tūṇād āśīviṣopamān
mayaivaikena yudhyasva tryambakeṇāndhako yathā
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| 19 | evam uktas tathety uktvā prahareti ca tāḍitaḥ
karṇinā droṇatanayaṃ vivyādha malayadhvajaḥ
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| 20 | marmabhedibhir atyugrair bāṇair agniśikhopamaiḥ
smayann abhyahanad drauṇiḥ pāṇḍyam ācāryasattamaḥ
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| 21 | tato navāparāṃs tīkṣṇān nārācān kaṅkavāsasaḥ
gatyā daśamyā saṃyuktān aśvatthāmā vyavāsṛjat
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| 22 | teṣāṃ pañcācchinat pāṇḍyaḥ pañcabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
catvāro 'bhyāhanan vāhān āśu te vyasavo 'bhavan
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| 23 | atha droṇasutasyeṣūṃs tāṃś chittvā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
dhanurjyāṃ vitatāṃ pāṇḍyaś cicchedādityavarcasaḥ
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| 24 | vijyaṃ dhanur athādhijyaṃ kṛtvā drauṇir amitrahā
tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi preṣayām āsa pāṇḍyataḥ
iṣusaṃbādham ākāśam akarod diśa eva ca
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| 25 | tatas tān asyataḥ sarvān drauṇer bāṇān mahātmanaḥ
jānāno 'py akṣayān pāṇḍyo 'śātayat puruṣarṣabhaḥ
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| 26 | prahitāṃs tān prayatnena chittvā drauṇer iṣūn ariḥ
cakrarakṣau tatas tasya prāṇudan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 27 | athārer lāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ
prāsyad droṇasuto bāṇān vṛṣṭiṃ pūṣānujo yathā
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| 28 | aṣṭāv aṣṭagavāny ūhuḥ śakaṭāni yad āyudham
ahnas tad aṣṭabhāgena drauṇiś cikṣepa māriṣa
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| 29 | tam antakam iva kruddham antakālāntakopamam
ye ye dadṛśire tatra visaṃjñāḥ prāyaśo 'bhavan
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| 30 | parjanya iva gharmānte vṛṣṭyā sādridrumāṃ mahīm
ācāryaputras tāṃ senāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭyābhyavīvṛṣat
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| 31 | drauṇiparjanyamuktāṃ tāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ suduḥsahām
vāyavyāstreṇa sa kṣipraṃ ruddhvā pāṇḍyānilo 'nadat
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| 32 | tasya nānadataḥ ketuṃ candanāgurubhūṣitam
malayapratimaṃ drauṇiś chittvāśvāṃś caturo 'hanat
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| 33 | sūtam ekeṣuṇā hatvā mahājaladanisvanam
dhanuś chittvārdhacandreṇa vyadhamat tilaśo ratham
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| 34 | astrair astrāṇi saṃvārya chittvā sarvāyudhāni ca
prāptam apy ahitaṃ drauṇir na jaghāna raṇepsayā
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| 35 | hateśvaro dantivaraḥ sukalpitas; tvarābhisṛṣṭaḥ pratiśarmago balī
tam adhyatiṣṭhan malayeśvaro mahān; yathādriśṛṅgaṃ harir unnadaṃs tathā
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| 36 | sa tomaraṃ bhāskararaśmisaṃnibhaṃ; balāstrasargottamayatnamanyubhiḥ
sasarja śīghraṃ pratipīḍayan gajaṃ; guroḥ sutāyādripatīśvaro nadan
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| 37 | maṇipratānottamavajrahāṭakair; alaṃkṛtaṃ cāṃśukamālyamauktikaiḥ
hato 'sy asāv ity asakṛn mudā nadan; parābhinad drauṇivarāṅgabhūṣaṇam
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| 38 | tad arkacandragrahapāvakatviṣaṃ; bhṛśābhighātāt patitaṃ vicūrṇitam
mahendravajrābhihataṃ mahāvanaṃ; yathādriśṛṅgaṃ dharaṇītale tathā
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| 39 | tataḥ prajajvāla pareṇa manyunā; padāhato nāgapatir yathā tathā
samādadhe cāntakadaṇḍasaṃnibhān; iṣūn amitrāntakarāṃś caturdaśa
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| 40 | dvipasya pādāgrakarān sa pañcabhir; nṛpasya bāhū ca śiro 'tha ca tribhiḥ
jaghāna ṣaḍbhiḥ ṣaḍ ṛtūttamatviṣaḥ; sa pāṇḍyarājānucarān mahārathān
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| 41 | sudīrghavṛttau varacandanokṣitau; suvarṇamuktāmaṇivajrabhūṣitau
bhujau dharāyāṃ patitau nṛpasya tau; viveṣṭatus tārkṣyahatāv ivoragau
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| 42 | śiraś ca tat pūrṇaśaśiprabhānanaṃ; saroṣatāmrāyatanetram unnasam
kṣitau vibabhrāja patat sakuṇḍalaṃ; viśākhayor madhyagataḥ śaśī yathā
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| 43 | samāptavidyaṃ tu guroḥ sutaṃ nṛpaḥ; samāptakarmāṇam upetya te sutaḥ
suhṛdvṛto 'tyartham apūjayan mudā; jite balau viṣṇum ivāmareśvaraḥ
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