 | Book 8 Chapter 38
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | kṛtavarmā kṛpo drauṇiḥ sūtaputraś ca māriṣa
ulūkaḥ saubalaś caiva rājā ca saha sodaraiḥ
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| 2 | sīdamānāṃ camūṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍuputrabhayārditām
samujjihīrṣur vegena bhinnāṃ nāvam ivārṇave
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| 3 | tato yuddham atīvāsīn muhūrtam iva bhārata
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananaṃ śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanam
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| 4 | kṛpeṇa śaravarṣāṇi vipramuktāni saṃyuge
sṛñjayāḥ śātayām āsuḥ śalabhānāṃ vrajā iva
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| 5 | śikhaṇḍī tu tataḥ kruddho gautamaṃ tvarito yayau
vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi samantād eva brāhmaṇe
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| 6 | kṛpas tu śaravarṣaṃ tad vinihatya mahāstravit
śikhaṇḍinaṃ raṇe kruddho vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 7 | tataḥ śikhaṇḍī kupītaḥ śaraiḥ saptabhir āhave
kṛpaṃ vivyādha subhṛśaṃ kaṅkapatrair ajihmagaiḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ kṛpaḥ śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ so 'tividdho mahārathaḥ
vyaśvasūtarathaṃ cakre pārṣataṃ tu dvijottamaḥ
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| 9 | hatāśvāt tu tato yānād avaplutya mahārathaḥ
carmakhaḍge ca saṃgṛhya satvaraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ yayau
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| 10 | tam āpatantaṃ sahasā śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
chādayām āsa samare tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 11 | tatrādbhutam apaśyāma śilānāṃ plavanaṃ yathā
niśceṣṭo yad raṇe rājañ śikhaṇḍī samatiṣṭhata
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| 12 | kṛpeṇa chāditaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpottama śikhaṇḍinam
pratyudyayau kṛpaṃ tūrṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ
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| 13 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato yāntaṃ śāradvatarathaṃ prati
pratijagrāha vegena kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ
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| 14 | yudhiṣṭhiram athāyāntaṃ śāradvatarathaṃ prati
saputraṃ sahasenaṃ ca droṇaputro nyavārayat
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| 15 | nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca tvaramāṇau mahārathau
pratijagrāha te putraḥ śaravarṣeṇa vārayan
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| 16 | bhīmasenaṃ karūṣāṃś ca kekayān sahasṛñjayān
karṇo vaikartano yuddhe vārayām āsa bhārata
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| 17 | śikhaṇḍinas tato bāṇān kṛpaḥ śāradvato yudhi
prāhiṇot tvarayā yukto didhakṣur iva māriṣa
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| 18 | tāñ śarān preṣitāṃs tena samantād dhemabhūṣaṇān
ciccheda khaḍgam āvidhya bhrāmayaṃś ca punaḥ punaḥ
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| 19 | śatacandraṃ tataś carma gautamaḥ pārṣatasya ha
vyadhamat sāyakais tūrṇaṃ tata uccukruśur janāḥ
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| 20 | sa vicarmā mahārāja khaḍgapāṇir upādravat
kṛpasya vaśam āpanno mṛtyor āsyam ivāturaḥ
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| 21 | śāradvataśarair grastaṃ kliśyamānaṃ mahābalam
citraketusuto rājan suketus tvarito yayau
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| 22 | vikiran brāhmaṇaṃ yuddhe bahubhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
abhyāpatad ameyātmā gautamasya rathaṃ prati
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| 23 | dṛṣṭvāviṣahyaṃ taṃ yuddhe brāhmaṇaṃ caritavratam
apayātas tatas tūrṇaṃ śikhaṇḍī rājasattama
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| 24 | suketus tu tato rājan gautamaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
viddhvā vivyādha saptatyā punaś cainaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 25 | athāsya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ punaś ciccheda māriṣa
sārathiṃ ca śareṇāsya bhṛśaṃ marmaṇy atāḍayat
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| 26 | gautamas tu tataḥ kruddho dhanur gṛhya navaṃ dṛḍham
suketuṃ triṃśatā bāṇaiḥ sarvamarmasv atāḍayat
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| 27 | sa vihvalitasarvāṅgaḥ pracacāla rathottame
bhūmicāle yathā vṛkṣaś calaty ākampito bhṛśam
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| 28 | calatas tasya kāyāt tu śiro jvalitakuṇḍalam
soṣṇīṣaṃ saśirastrāṇaṃ kṣurapreṇānvapātayat
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| 29 | tac chiraḥ prāpatad bhūmau śyenāhṛtam ivāmiṣam
tato 'sya kāyo vasudhāṃ paścāt prāpa tadā cyutaḥ
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| 30 | tasmin hate mahārāja trastās tasya padānugāḥ
gautamaṃ samare tyaktvā dudruvus te diśo daśa
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| 31 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tu samare saṃnivārya mahābalaḥ
kṛtavarmābravīd dhṛṣṭas tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti pārṣatam
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| 32 | tad abhūt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ vṛṣṇipārṣatayo raṇe
āmiṣārthe yathā yuddhaṃ śyenayor gṛddhayor nṛpa
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| 33 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu samare hārdikyaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
ājaghānorasi kruddhaḥ pīḍayan hṛdikātmajam
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| 34 | kṛtavarmā tu samare pārṣatena dṛḍhāhataḥ
pārṣataṃ sarathaṃ sāśvaṃ chādayām āsa sāyakaiḥ
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| 35 | sarathaś chādito rājan dhṛṣṭadyumno na dṛśyate
meghair iva paricchanno bhāskaro jaladāgame
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| 36 | vidhūya taṃ bāṇagaṇaṃ śaraiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ
vyarocata raṇe rājan dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kṛtavraṇaḥ
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| 37 | tatas tu pārṣataḥ kruddhaḥ śastravṛṣṭiṃ sudāruṇām
kṛtavarmāṇam āsādya vyasṛjat pṛtanāpatiḥ
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| 38 | tām āpatantīṃ sahasā śastravṛṣṭiṃ nirantarām
śarair anekasāhasrair hārdikyo vyadhamad yudhi
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| 39 | dṛṣṭvā tu dāritāṃ yuddhe śastravṛṣṭiṃ duruttarām
kṛtavarmāṇam abhyetya vārayām āsa pārṣataḥ
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| 40 | sārathiṃ cāsya tarasā prāhiṇod yamasādanam
bhallena śitadhāreṇa sa hataḥ prāpatad rathāt
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| 41 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu balavāñ jitvā śatruṃ mahāratham
kauravān samare tūrṇaṃ vārayām āsa sāyakaiḥ
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| 42 | tatas te tāvakā yodhā dhṛṣṭadyumnam upādravan
siṃhanādaravaṃ kṛtvā tato yuddham avartata
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