 | Book 8 Chapter 26
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| 1 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 1 | ayaṃ te karṇa sārathyaṃ madrarājaḥ kariṣyati
kṛṣṇād abhyadhiko yantā devendrasyeva mātaliḥ
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| 2 | yathā harihayair yuktaṃ saṃgṛhṇāti sa mātaliḥ
śalyas tava tathādyāyaṃ saṃyantā rathavājinām
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| 3 | yodhe tvayi rathasthe ca madrarāje ca sārathau
rathaśreṣṭho dhruvaṃ saṃkhye pārtho nābhibhaviṣyati
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| 4 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 4 | tato duryodhano bhūyo madrarājaṃ tarasvinam
uvāca rājan saṃgrāme saṃyacchantaṃ hayottamān
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| 5 | tvayābhigupto rādheyo vijeṣyati dhanaṃjayam
ity ukto ratham āsthāya tatheti prāha bhārata
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| 6 | śalye 'bhyupagate karṇaḥ sārathiṃ sumano 'bravīt
svaṃ sūta syandanaṃ mahyaṃ kalpayety asakṛt tvaran
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| 7 | tato jaitraṃ rathavaraṃ gandharvanagaropamam
vidhivat kalpitaṃ bhartre jayety uktvā nyavedayat
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| 8 | taṃ rathaṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ karṇo 'bhyarcya yathāvidhi
saṃpāditaṃ brahmavidā pūrvam eva purodhasā
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| 9 | kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ yatnād upasthāya ca bhāskaram
samīpasthaṃ madrarājaṃ samāropayad agrataḥ
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| 10 | tataḥ karṇasya durdharṣaṃ syandanapravaraṃ mahat
āruroha mahātejāḥ śalyaḥ siṃha ivācalam
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| 11 | tataḥ śalyāsthitaṃ rājan karṇaḥ svaratham uttamam
adhyatiṣṭhad yathāmbhodaṃ vidyutvantaṃ divākaraḥ
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| 12 | tāv ekaratham ārūḍhāv ādityāgnisamatviṣau
vyabhrājetāṃ yathā meghaṃ sūryāgnī sahitau divi
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| 13 | saṃstūyamānau tau vīrau tadāstāṃ dyutimattarau
ṛtvik sadasyair indrāgnī hūyamānāv ivādhvare
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| 14 | sa śalyasaṃgṛhītāśve rathe karṇaḥ sthito 'bhavat
dhanur visphārayan ghoraṃ pariveṣīva bhāskaraḥ
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| 15 | āsthitaḥ sa rathaśreṣṭhaṃ karṇaḥ śaragabhastimān
prababhau puruṣavyāghro mandarastha ivāṃśumān
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| 16 | taṃ rathasthaṃ mahāvīraṃ yāntaṃ cāmitatejasam
duryodhanaḥ sma rādheyam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 17 | akṛtaṃ droṇabhīṣmābhyāṃ duṣkaraṃ karma saṃyuge
kuruṣvādhirathe vīra miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām
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| 18 | manogataṃ mama hy āsīd bhīṣmadroṇau mahārathau
arjunaṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca nihantārāv iti dhruvam
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| 19 | tābhyāṃ yad akṛtaṃ vīra vīrakarma mahāmṛdhe
tat karma kuru rādheya vajrapāṇir ivāparaḥ
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| 20 | gṛhāṇa dharmarājaṃ vā jahi vā tvaṃ dhanaṃjayam
bhīmasenaṃ ca rādheya mādrīputrau yamāv api
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| 21 | jayaś ca te 'stu bhadraṃ ca prayāhi puruṣarṣabha
pāṇḍuputrasya sainyāni kuru sarvāṇi bhasmasāt
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| 22 | tatas tūryasahasrāṇi bherīṇām ayutāni ca
vādyamānāny arocanta meghaśabdā yathā divi
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| 23 | pratigṛhya tu tad vākyaṃ rathastho rathasattamaḥ
abhyabhāṣata rādheyaḥ śalyaṃ yuddhaviśāradam
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| 24 | codayāśvān mahābāho yāvad dhanmi dhanaṃjayam
bhīmasenaṃ yamau cobhau rājānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 25 | adya paśyatu me śalya bāhuvīryaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ
asyataḥ kaṅkapatrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
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| 26 | adya kṣepsyāmy ahaṃ śalya śarān paramatejanān
pāṇḍavānāṃ vināśāya duryodhanajayāya ca
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| 27 | śalya uvāca
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| 27 | sūtaputra kathaṃ nu tvaṃ pāṇḍavān avamanyase
sarvāstrajñān maheṣvāsān sarvān eva mahārathān
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| 28 | anivartino mahābhāgān ajeyān satyavikramān
api saṃjanayeyur ye bhayaṃ sākṣāc chatakratoḥ
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| 29 | yadā śroṣyasi nirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitam ivāśaneḥ
rādheya gāṇḍivasyājau tadā naivaṃ vadiṣyasi
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| 30 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 30 | anādṛtya tu tad vākyaṃ madrarājena bhāṣitam
drakṣyasy adyety avocad vai śalyaṃ karṇo nareśvara
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| 31 | dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ yuyutsuṃ samavasthitam
cukruśuḥ kuravaḥ sarve hṛṣṭarūpāḥ paraṃtapa
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| 32 | tato dundubhighoṣeṇa bherīṇāṃ ninadena ca
bāṇaśabdaiś ca vividhair garjitaiś ca tarasvinām
niryayus tāvakā yuddhe mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam
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| 33 | prayāte tu tataḥ karṇe yodheṣu muditeṣu ca
cacāla pṛthivī rājan rarāsa ca suvisvaram
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| 34 | niścaranto vyadṛśyanta sūryāt sapta mahāgrahāḥ
ulkāpātaś ca saṃjajñe diśāṃ dāhas tathaiva ca
tathāśanyaś ca saṃpetur vavur vātāś ca dāruṇāḥ
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| 35 | mṛgapakṣigaṇāś caiva bahuśaḥ pṛtanāṃ tava
apasavyaṃ tadā cakrur vedayanto mahad bhayam
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| 36 | prasthitasya ca karṇasya nipetus turagā bhuvi
asthivarṣaṃ ca patitam antarikṣād bhayānakam
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| 37 | jajvaluś caiva śastrāṇi dhvajāś caiva cakampire
aśrūṇi ca vyamuñcanta vāhanāni viśāṃ pate
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| 38 | ete cānye ca bahava utpātās tatra māriṣa
samutpetur vināśāya kauravāṇāṃ sudāruṇāḥ
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| 39 | na ca tān gaṇayām āsuḥ sarve te daivamohitāḥ
prasthitaṃ sūtaputraṃ ca jayety ūcur narā bhuvi
nirjitān pāṇḍavāṃś caiva menire tava kauravāḥ
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| 40 | tato rathasthaḥ paravīrahantā; bhīṣmadroṇāv āttavīryau nirīkṣya
samajvalad bhārata pāvakābho; vaikartano 'sau rathakuñjaro vṛṣaḥ
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| 41 | sa śalyam ābhāṣya jagāda vākyaṃ; pārthasya karmāpratimaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā
mānena darpeṇa ca dahyamānaḥ; krodhena dīpyann iva niḥśvasitvā
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| 42 | nāhaṃ mahendrād api vajrapāṇeḥ; kruddhād bibhemy āttadhanū rathasthaḥ
dṛṣṭvā tu bhīṣmapramukhāñ śayānān; na tv eva māṃ sthiratā saṃjahāti
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| 43 | mahendraviṣṇupratimāv aninditau; rathāśvanāgapravarapramāthinau
avadhyakalpau nihatau yadā parais; tato mamādyāpi raṇe 'sti sādhvasam
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| 44 | samīkṣya saṃkhye 'tibalān narādhipair; narāśvamātaṅgarathāñ śarair hatān
kathaṃ na sarvān ahitān raṇe 'vadhīn; mahāstravid brāhmaṇapuṃgavo guruḥ
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| 45 | sa saṃsmaran droṇahavaṃ mahāhave; bravīmi satyaṃ kuravo nibodhata
na vo mad anyaḥ prasahed raṇe 'rjunaṃ; kramāgataṃ mṛtyum ivograrūpiṇam
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śikṣā prasādaś ca balaṃ dhṛtiś ca; droṇe mahāstrāṇi ca saṃnatiś ca
sa ced agān mṛtyuvaśaṃ mahātmā; sarvān anyān āturān adya manye
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| 47 | neha dhruvaṃ kiṃ cid api pracintyaṃ; vidur loke karmaṇo 'nityayogāt
sūryodaye ko hi vimuktasaṃśayo; garvaṃ kurvītādya gurau nipātite
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| 48 | na nūnam astrāṇi balaṃ parākramaḥ; kriyā sunītaṃ paramāyudhāni vā
alaṃ manuṣyasya sukhāya vartituṃ; tathā hi yuddhe nihataḥ parair guruḥ
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| 49 | hutāśanādityasamānatejasaṃ; parākrame viṣṇupuraṃdaropamam
naye bṛhaspatyuśanaḥsamaṃ sadā; na cainam astraṃ tad apāt suduḥsaham
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| 50 | saṃprakruṣṭe ruditastrīkumāre; parābhūte pauruṣe dhārtarāṣṭre
mayā kṛtyam iti jānāmi śalya; prayāhi tasmād dviṣatām anīkam
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| 51 | yatra rājā pāṇḍavaḥ satyasaṃdho; vyavasthito bhīmasenārjunau ca
vāsudevaḥ sṛñjayāḥ sātyakiś ca; yamau ca kas tau viṣahen mad anyaḥ
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tasmāt kṣipraṃ madrapate prayāhi; raṇe pāñcālān pāṇḍavān sṛñjayāṃś ca
tān vā haniṣyāmi sametya saṃkhye; yāsyāmi vā droṇamukhāya manye
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na tv evāhaṃ na gamiṣyāmi madhyaṃ; teṣāṃ śūrāṇām iti mā śalya viddhi
mitradroho marṣaṇīyo na me 'yaṃ; tyaktvā prāṇān anuyāsyāmi droṇam
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| 54 | prājñasya mūḍhasya ca jīvitānte; prāṇapramokṣo 'ntakavaktragasya
ato vidvann abhiyāsyāmi pārthaṃ; diṣṭaṃ na śakyaṃ vyativartituṃ vai
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| 55 | kalyāṇavṛttaḥ satataṃ hi rājan; vaicitravīryasya suto mamāsīt
tasyārthasiddhyartham ahaṃ tyajāmi; priyān bhogān dustyajaṃ jīvitaṃ ca
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| 56 | vaiyāghracarmāṇam akūjanākṣaṃ; haimatrikośaṃ rajatatriveṇum
rathaprabarhaṃ turagaprabarhair; yuktaṃ prādān mahyam idaṃ hi rāmaḥ
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| 57 |
dhanūṃṣi citrāṇi nirīkṣya śalya; dhvajaṃ gadāṃ sāyakāṃś cograrūpān
asiṃ ca dīptaṃ paramāyudhaṃ ca; śaṅkhaṃ ca śubhraṃ svanavantam ugram
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| 58 | patākinaṃ vajranipātanisvanaṃ; sitāśvayuktaṃ śubhatūṇaśobhitam
imaṃ samāsthāya rathaṃ ratharṣabhaṃ; raṇe haniṣyāmy aham arjunaṃ balāt
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| 59 | taṃ cen mṛtyuḥ sarvaharo 'bhirakṣate; sadāpramattaḥ samare pāṇḍuputram
taṃ vā haniṣyāmi sametya yuddhe; yāsyāmi vā bhīṣmamukho yamāya
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| 60 | yamavaruṇakuberavāsavā vā; yadi yugapat sagaṇā mahāhave
jugupiṣava ihaitya pāṇḍavaṃ; kim u bahunā saha tair jayāmi tam
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| 61 | iti raṇarabhasasya katthatas; tad upaniśamya vacaḥ sa madrarāṭ
avahasad avamanya vīryavān; pratiṣiṣidhe ca jagāda cottaram
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| 62 | virama virama karṇa katthanād; atirabhaso 'syati cāpy ayuktavāk
kva ca hi naravaro dhanaṃjayaḥ; kva punar iha tvam upāramābudha
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| 63 | yadusadanam upendrapālitaṃ; tridivam ivāmararājarakṣitam
prasabham iha vilokya ko haret; puruṣavarāvarajām ṛte 'rjunāt
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| 64 | tribhuvanasṛjam īśvareśvaraṃ; ka iha pumān bhavam āhvayed yudhi
mṛgavadhakalahe ṛte 'rjunāt; surapativīryasamaprabhāvataḥ
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| 65 | asurasuramahoragān narān; garuḍapiśācasayakṣarākṣasān
iṣubhir ajayad agnigauravāt; svabhilaṣitaṃ ca havir dadau jayaḥ
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| 66 | smarasi nanu yadā parair hṛtaḥ; sa ca dhṛtarāṣṭrasuto vimokṣitaḥ
dinakaraja narottamair yadā; maruṣu bahūn vinihatya tān arīn
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| 67 | prathamam api palāyite tvayi; priyakalahā dhṛtarāṣṭrasūnavaḥ
smarasi nanu yadā pramocitāḥ; khacaragaṇān avajitya pāṇḍavaiḥ
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| 68 | samuditabalavāhanāḥ punaḥ; puruṣavareṇa jitāḥ stha gograhe
sagurugurusutāḥ sabhīṣmakāḥ; kim u na jitaḥ sa tadā tvayārjunaḥ
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| 69 | idam aparam upasthitaṃ punas; tava nidhanāya suyuddham adya vai
yadi na ripubhayāt palāyase; samaragato 'dya hato 'si sūtaja
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| 70 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 70 | iti bahuparuṣaṃ prabhāṣati; pramanasi madrapatau ripustavam
bhṛśam atiruṣitaḥ paraṃ vṛṣaḥ; kurupṛtanāpatir āha madrapam
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| 71 | bhavatu bhavatu kiṃ vikatthase; nanu mama tasya ca yuddham udyatam
yadi sa jayati māṃ mahāhave; tata idam astu sukatthitaṃ tava
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| 72 | evam astv iti madreśa uktvā nottaram uktavān
yāhi madreśa cāpy enaṃ karṇaḥ prāha yuyutsayā
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| 73 | sa rathaḥ prayayau śatrūñ śvetāśvaḥ śalyasārathiḥ
nighnann amitrān samare tamo ghnan savitā yathā
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| 74 | tataḥ prāyāt prītimān vai rathena; vaiyāghreṇa śvetayujātha karṇaḥ
sa cālokya dhvajinīṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ; dhanaṃjayaṃ tvarayā paryapṛcchat
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