 | Book 8 Chapter 18
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | yuyutsuṃ tava putraṃ tu prādravantaṃ mahad balam
ulūko 'bhyapatat tūrṇaṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt
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| 2 | yuyutsus tu tato rājañ śitadhāreṇa patriṇā
ulūkaṃ tāḍayām āsa vajreṇendra ivācalam
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| 3 | ulūkas tu tataḥ kruddhas tava putrasya saṃyuge
kṣurapreṇa dhanuś chittvā tāḍayām āsa karṇinā
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| 4 | tad apāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ yuyutsur vegavattaram
anyad ādatta sumahac cāpaṃ saṃraktalocanaḥ
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| 5 | śākuniṃ ca tataḥ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha bharatarṣabha
sārathiṃ tribhir ānarchat taṃ ca bhūyo vyavidhyata
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| 6 | ulūkas taṃ tu viṃśatyā viddhvā hemavibhūṣitaiḥ
athāsya samare kruddho dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam
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| 7 | sa cchinnayaṣṭiḥ sumahāñ śīryamāṇo mahādhvajaḥ
papāta pramukhe rājan yuyutsoḥ kāñcanojjvalaḥ
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| 8 | dhvajam unmathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuyutsuḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
ulūkaṃ pañcabhir bāṇair ājaghāna stanāntare
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| 9 | ulūkas tasya bhallena tailadhautena māriṣa
śiraś ciccheda sahasā yantur bharatasattama
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| 10 | jaghāna caturo 'śvāṃś ca taṃ ca vivyādha pañcabhiḥ
so 'tividdho balavatā pratyapāyād rathāntaram
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| 11 | taṃ nirjitya raṇe rājann ulūkas tvarito yayau
pāñcālān sṛñjayāṃś caiva vinighnan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 12 | śatānīkaṃ mahārāja śrutakarmā sutas tava
vyaśvasūtarathaṃ cakre nimeṣārdhād asaṃbhramam
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| 13 | hatāśve tu rathe tiṣṭhañ śatānīko mahābalaḥ
gadāṃ cikṣepa saṃkruddhas tava putrasya māriṣa
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| 14 | sā kṛtvā syandanaṃ bhasma hayāṃś caiva sasārathīn
papāta dharaṇīṃ tūrṇaṃ dārayantīva bhārata
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| 15 | tāv ubhau virathau vīrau kurūṇāṃ kīrtivardhanau
apākrametāṃ yuddhārtau prekṣamāṇau parasparam
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| 16 | putras tu tava saṃbhrānto vivitso ratham āviśat
śatānīko 'pi tvaritaḥ prativindhyarathaṃ gataḥ
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| 17 | sutasomas tu śakuniṃ vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
nākampayata saṃrabdho vāryogha iva parvatam
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| 18 | sutasomas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā pitur atyantavairiṇam
śarair anekasāhasraiś chādayām āsa bhārata
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| 19 | tāñ śarāñ śakunis tūrṇaṃ cicchedānyaiḥ patatribhiḥ
laghvastraś citrayodhī ca jitakāśī ca saṃyuge
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| 20 | nivārya samare cāpi śarāṃs tān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
ājaghāna susaṃkruddhaḥ sutasomaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 21 | tasyāśvān ketanaṃ sūtaṃ tilaśo vyadhamac charaiḥ
syālas tava mahāvīryas tatas te cukruśur janāḥ
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| 22 | hatāśvo virathaś caiva chinnadhanvā ca māriṣa
dhanvī dhanurvaraṃ gṛhya rathād bhūmāv atiṣṭhata
vyasṛjat sāyakāṃś caiva svarṇapuṅkhāñ śilāśitān
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| 23 | chādayām āsur atha te tava syālasya taṃ ratham
pataṃgānām iva vrātāḥ śaravrātā mahāratham
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| 24 | rathopasthān samīkṣyāpi vivyathe naiva saubalaḥ
pramṛdnaṃś ca śarāṃs tāṃs tāñ śaravrātair mahāyaśāḥ
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| 25 | tatrātuṣyanta yodhāś ca siddhāś cāpi divi sthitāḥ
sutasomasya tat karma dṛṣṭvāśraddheyam adbhutam
rathasthaṃ nṛpatiṃ taṃ tu padātiḥ sann ayodhayat
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| 26 | tasya tīkṣṇair mahāvegair bhallaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
vyahanat kārmukaṃ rājā tūṇīraṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
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| 27 | sa cchinnadhanvā samare khaḍgam udyamya nānadan
vaiḍūryotpalavarṇābhaṃ hastidantamayatsarum
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| 28 | bhrāmyamāṇaṃ tatas taṃ tu vimalāmbbaravarcasam
kālopamaṃ tato mene sutasomasya dhīmataḥ
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| 29 | so 'carat sahasā khaḍgī maṇḍalāni sahasraśaḥ
caturviṃśan mahārāja śikṣābalasamanvitaḥ
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| 30 | saubalas tu tatas tasya śarāṃś cikṣepa vīryavān
tān āpatata evāśu ciccheda paramāsinā
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| 31 | tataḥ kruddho mahārāja saubalaḥ paravīrahā
prāhiṇot sutasomasya śarān āśīviṣopamān
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| 32 | ciccheda tāṃś ca khaḍgena śikṣayā ca balena ca
darśayaṃl lāghavaṃ yuddhe tārkṣyavīryasamadyutiḥ
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| 33 | tasya saṃcarato rājan maṇḍalāvartane tadā
kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena khaḍgaṃ ciccheda suprabham
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| 34 | sa cchinnaḥ sahasā bhūmau nipapāta mahān asiḥ
avaśasya sthitaṃ haste taṃ khaḍgaṃ satsaruṃ tadā
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| 35 | chinnam ājñāya nistriṃśam avaplutya padāni ṣaṭ
prāvidhyata tataḥ śeṣaṃ sutasomo mahārathaḥ
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| 36 | sa cchittvā saguṇaṃ cāpaṃ raṇe tasya mahātmanaḥ
papāta dharaṇīṃ tūrṇaṃ svarṇavajravibhūṣitaḥ
sutasomas tato 'gacchac chrutakīrter mahāratham
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| 37 | saubalo 'pi dhanur gṛhya ghoram anyat suduḥsaham
abhyayāt pāṇḍavānīkaṃ nighnañ śatrugaṇān bahūn
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| 38 | tatra nādo mahān āsīt pāṇḍavānāṃ viśāṃ pate
saubalaṃ samare dṛṣṭvā vicarantam abhītavat
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| 39 | tāny anīkāni dṛptāni śastravanti mahānti ca
drāvyamāṇāny adṛśyanta saubalena mahātmanā
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| 40 | yathā daityacamūṃ rājan devarājo mamarda ha
tathaiva pāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ saubaleyo vyanāśayat
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| 41 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ kṛpo rājan vārayām āsa saṃyuge
yathā dṛptaṃ vane nāgaṃ śarabho vārayed yudhi
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| 42 | niruddhaḥ pārṣatas tena gautamena balīyasā
padāt padaṃ vicalituṃ nāśaknot tatra bhārata
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| 43 | gautamasya vapur dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭadyumnarathaṃ prati
vitresuḥ sarvabhūtāni kṣayaṃ prāptaṃ ca menire
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| 44 | tatrāvocan vimanaso rathinaḥ sādinas tathā
droṇasya nidhane nūnaṃ saṃkruddho dvipadāṃ varaḥ
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| 45 | śāradvato mahātejā divyāstravid udāradhīḥ
api svasti bhaved adya dhṛṣṭadyumnasya gautamāt
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| 46 | apīyaṃ vāhinī kṛtsnā mucyeta mahato bhayāt
apy ayaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ sarvān na no hanyāt samāgatān
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| 47 | yādṛśaṃ dṛśyate rūpam antakapratimaṃ bhṛśam
gamiṣyaty adya padavīṃ bhāradvājasya saṃyuge
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| 48 | ācāryaḥ kṣiprahastaś ca vijayī ca sadā yudhi
astravān vīryasaṃpannaḥ krodhena ca samanvitaḥ
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| 49 | pārṣataś ca bhṛśaṃ yuddhe vimukho 'dyāpi lakṣyate
ity evaṃ vividhā vācas tāvakānāṃ paraiḥ saha
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| 50 | viniḥśvasya tataḥ kruddhaḥ kṛpaḥ śāradvato nṛpa
pārṣataṃ chādayām āsa niśceṣṭaṃ sarvamarmasu
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| 51 | sa vadhyamānaḥ samare gautamena mahātmanā
kartavyaṃ na prajānāti mohitaḥ paramāhave
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| 52 | tam abravīt tato yantā kaccit kṣemaṃ nu pārṣata
īdṛśaṃ vyasanaṃ yuddhe na te dṛṣṭaṃ kadā cana
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| 53 | daivayogāt tu te bāṇā nātaran marmabhedinaḥ
preṣitā dvijamukhyena marmāṇy uddiśya sarvaśaḥ
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| 54 | vyāvartaye tatra rathaṃ nadīvegam ivārṇavāt
avadhyaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ manye yena te vikramo hataḥ
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| 55 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tato rājañ śanakair abravīd vacaḥ
muhyate me manas tāta gātre svedaś ca jāyate
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| 56 | vepathuṃ ca śarīre me romaharṣaṃ ca paśya vai
varjayan brāhmaṇaṃ yuddhe śanair yāhi yato 'cyutaḥ
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| 57 | arjunaṃ bhīmasenaṃ vā samare prāpya sārathe
kṣemam adya bhaved yantar iti me naiṣṭhikī matiḥ
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| 58 | tataḥ prāyān mahārāja sārathis tvarayan hayān
yato bhīmo maheṣvāso yuyudhe tava sainikaiḥ
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| 59 | pradrutaṃ tu rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya māriṣa
kirañ śaraśatāny eva gautamo 'nuyayau tadā
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| 60 | śaṅkhaṃ ca pūrayām āsa muhur muhur ariṃdamaḥ
pārṣataṃ prādravad yantaṃ mahendra iva śambaram
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| 61 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ tu samare bhīṣmamṛtyuṃ durāsadam
hārdikyo vārayām āsa smayann iva muhur muhuḥ
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| 62 | śikhaṇḍī ca samāsādya hṛdikānāṃ mahāratham
pañcabhir niśitair bhallair jatrudeśe samārdayat
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| 63 | kṛtavarmā tu saṃkruddho bhittvā ṣaṣṭibhir āśugaiḥ
dhanur ekena ciccheda hasan rājan mahārathaḥ
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| 64 | athānyad dhanur ādāya drupadasyātmajo balī
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti saṃkruddho hārdikyaṃ pratyabhāṣata
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| 65 | tato 'sya navatiṃ bāṇān rukmapuṅkhān sutejanān
preṣayām āsa rājendra te 'syābhraśyanta varmaṇaḥ
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| 66 | vitathāṃs tān samālakṣya patitāṃś ca mahītale
kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena kārmukaṃ cicchide balī
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| 67 | athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ bhagnaśṛṅgam ivarṣabham
aśītyā mārgaṇaiḥ kruddho bāhvor urasi cārdayat
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| 68 | kṛtavarmā tu saṃkruddho mārgaṇaiḥ kṛtavikṣataḥ
dhanur anyat samādāya samārgaṇagaṇaṃ prabho
śikhaṇḍinaṃ bāṇavaraiḥ skandhadeśe 'bhyatāḍayat
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| 69 | skandhadeśe sthitair bāṇaiḥ śikhaṇḍī ca rarāja ha
śākhāpratānair vimalaiḥ sumahān sa yathā drumaḥ
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| 70 | tāv anyonyaṃ bhṛśaṃ viddhvā rudhireṇa samukṣitau
anyonyaśṛṅgābhihatau rejatur vṛṣabhāv iva
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| 71 | anyonyasya vadhe yatnaṃ kurvāṇau tau mahārathau
rathābhyāṃ ceratus tatra maṇḍalāni sahasraśaḥ
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| 72 | kṛtavarmā mahārāja pārṣataṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
raṇe vivyādha saptatyā svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ
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| 73 | tato 'sya samare bāṇaṃ bhojaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
jīvitāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ vyasṛjat tvarayānvitaḥ
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| 74 | sa tenābhihato rājan mūrchām āśu samāviśat
dhvajayaṣṭiṃ ca sahasā śiśriye kaśmalāvṛtaḥ
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| 75 | apovāha raṇāt taṃ tu sārathī rathināṃ varam
hārdikyaśarasaṃtaptaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 76 | parājite tataḥ śūre drupadasya sute prabho
prādravat pāṇḍavī senā vadhyamānā samantataḥ
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