Book 8 Chapter 42 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | tataḥ punaḥ samājagmur abhītāḥ kurusṛñjayāḥ
yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ pārthā vaikartanamukhā vayam |
2 | tataḥ pravavṛte bhīmaḥ saṃgrāmo lomaharṣaṇaḥ
karṇasya pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ |
3 | tasmin pravṛtte saṃgrāme tumule śoṇitodake
saṃśaptakeṣu śūreṣu kiṃcicchiṣṭeṣu bhārata |
4 | dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja sahitaḥ sarvarājabhiḥ
karṇam evābhidudrāva pāṇḍavāś ca mahārathāḥ |
5 | āgacchamānāṃs tān saṃkhye prahṛṣṭān vijayaiṣiṇaḥ
dadhāraiko raṇe karṇo jalaughān iva parvataḥ |
6 | tam āsādya tu te karṇaṃ vyaśīryanta mahārathāḥ
yathācalaṃ samāsādya jalaughāḥ sarvatodiśam tayor āsīn mahārāja saṃgrāmo lomaharṣaṇaḥ |
7 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu rādheyaṃ śareṇa nataparvaṇā
tāḍayām āsa saṃkruddhas tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt |
8 | vijayaṃ tu dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ vidhunvāno mahārathaḥ
pārṣatasya dhanuś chittvā śarān āśīviṣopamān tāḍayām āsa saṃkruddhaḥ pārṣataṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
9 | te varma hemavikṛtaṃ bhittvā tasya mahātmanaḥ
śoṇitāktā vyarājanta śakragopā ivānagha |
10 | tad apāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ
anyad dhanur upādāya śarāṃś cāśīviṣopamān karṇaṃ vivyādha saptatyā śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ |
11 | tathaiva rājan karṇo 'pi pārṣataṃ śatrutāpanam
droṇaśatruṃ maheṣvāso vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
12 | tasya karṇo mahārāja śaraṃ kanakabhūṣaṇam
preṣayām āsa saṃkruddho mṛtyudaṇḍam ivāparam |
13 | tam āpatantaṃ sahasā ghorarūpaṃ viśāṃ pate
ciccheda saptadhā rājañ śaineyaḥ kṛtahastavat |
14 | dṛṣṭvā vinihitaṃ bāṇaṃ śaraiḥ karṇo viśāṃ pate
sātyakiṃ śaravarṣeṇa samantāt paryavārayat |
15 | vivyādha cainaṃ samare nārācais tatra saptabhiḥ
taṃ pratyavidhyac chaineyaḥ śarair hemavibhūṣitaiḥ |
16 | tato yuddham atīvāsīc cakṣuḥśrotrabhayāvaham
rājan ghoraṃ ca citraṃ ca prekṣaṇīyaṃ samantataḥ |
17 | sarveṣāṃ tatra bhūtānāṃ lomaharṣo vyajāyata
tad dṛṣṭvā samare karma karṇaśaineyayor nṛpa |
18 | etasminn antare drauṇir abhyayāt sumahābalam
pārṣataṃ śatrudamanaṃ śatruvīryāsunāśanam |
19 | abhyabhāṣata saṃkruddho drauṇir dūre dhanaṃjaye
tiṣṭha tiṣṭhādya brahmaghna na me jīvan vimokṣyase |
20 | ity uktvā subhṛśaṃ vīraḥ śīghrakṛn niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
pārṣataṃ chādayām āsa ghorarūpaiḥ sutejanaiḥ yatamānaṃ paraṃ śaktyā yatamāno mahārathaḥ |
21 | yathā hi samare drauṇiḥ pārṣataṃ vīkṣya māriṣa
tathā drauṇiṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā pārṣataḥ paravīrahā nātihṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā manyate mṛtyum ātmanaḥ |
22 | drauṇis tu dṛṣṭvā rājendra dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ raṇe sthitam
krodhena niḥśvasan vīraḥ pārṣataṃ samupādravat tāv anyonyaṃ tu dṛṣṭvaiva saṃrambhaṃ jagmatuḥ param |
23 | athābravīn mahārāja droṇaputraḥ pratāpavān
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ samīpasthaṃ tvaramāṇo viśāṃ pate pāñcālāpasadādya tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi mṛtyave |
24 | pāpaṃ hi yat tvayā karma ghnatā droṇaṃ purā kṛtam
adya tvā patsyate tad vai yathā hy akuśalaṃ tathā |
25 | arakṣyamāṇaḥ pārthena yadi tiṣṭhasi saṃyuge
nāpakramasi vā mūḍha satyam etad bravīmi te |
26 | evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ pratāpavān
prativākyaṃ sa evāsir māmako dāsyate tava yenaiva te pitur dattaṃ yatamānasya saṃyuge |
27 | yadi tāvan mayā droṇo nihato brāhmaṇabruvaḥ
tvām idānīṃ kathaṃ yuddhe na haniṣyāmi vikramāt |
28 | evam uktvā mahārāja senāpatir amarṣaṇaḥ
niśitenātha bāṇena drauṇiṃ vivyādha pārṣataḥ |
29 | tato drauṇiḥ susaṃkruddhaḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
prācchādayad diśo rājan dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge |
30 | naivāntarikṣaṃ na diśo naiva yodhāḥ samantataḥ
dṛśyante vai mahārāja śaraiś channāḥ sahasraśaḥ |
31 | tathaiva pārṣato rājan drauṇim āhavaśobhinam
śaraiḥ saṃchādayām āsa sūtaputrasya paśyataḥ |
32 | rādheyo 'pi mahārāja pāñcālān saha pāṇḍavaiḥ
draupadeyān yudhāmanyuṃ sātyakiṃ ca mahāratham ekaḥ sa vārayām āsa prekṣaṇīyaḥ samantataḥ |
33 | dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi samare drauṇeś ciccheda kārmukam
tad apāsya dhanuś chinnam anyad ādatta kārmukam vegavat samare ghoraṃ śarāṃś cāśīviṣopamān |
34 | sa pārṣatasya rājendra dhanuḥ śaktiṃ gadāṃ dhvajam
hayān sūtaṃ rathaṃ caiva nimeṣād vyadhamac charaiḥ |
35 | sa chinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
khaḍgam ādatta vipulaṃ śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat |
36 | drauṇis tad api rājendra bhallaiḥ kṣipraṃ mahārathaḥ
ciccheda samare vīraḥ kṣiprahasto dṛḍhāyudhaḥ rathād anavarūḍhasya tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
37 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tu virathaṃ hatāśvaṃ chinnakārmukam
śaraiś ca bahudhā viddham astraiś ca śakalīkṛtam nātarad bharataśreṣṭha yatamāno mahārathaḥ |
38 | tasyāntam iṣubhī rājan yadā drauṇir na jagmivān
atha tyaktvā dhanur vīraḥ pārṣataṃ tvarito 'nvagāt |
39 | āsīd ādravato rājan vegas tasya mahātmanaḥ
garuḍasyeva patato jighṛkṣoḥ pannagottamam |
40 | etasminn eva kāle tu mādhavo 'rjunam abravīt
paśya pārtha yathā drauṇiḥ pārṣatasya vadhaṃ prati yatnaṃ karoti vipulaṃ hanyāc cainam asaṃśayam |
41 | taṃ mocaya mahābāho pārṣataṃ śatrutāpanam
drauṇer āsyam anuprāptaṃ mṛtyor āsyagataṃ yathā |
42 | evam uktvā mahārāja vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān
praiṣayat tatra turagān yatra drauṇir vyavasthitaḥ |
43 | te hayāś candrasaṃkāśāḥ keśavena pracoditāḥ
pibanta iva tad vyoma jagmur drauṇirathaṃ prati |
44 | dṛṣṭvāyāntau mahāvīryāv ubhau kṛṣṇadhanaṃjayau
dhṛṣṭadyumnavadhe rājaṃś cakre yatnaṃ mahābalaḥ |
45 | vikṛṣyamāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ janeśvara
śarāṃś cikṣepa vai pārtho drauṇiṃ prati mahābalaḥ |
46 | te śarā hemavikṛtā gāṇḍīvapreṣitā bhṛśam
drauṇim āsādya viviśur valmīkam iva pannagāḥ |
47 | sa vidhvastaiḥ śarair ghorair droṇaputraḥ pratāpavān
ratham āruruhe vīro dhanaṃjayaśarārditaḥ pragṛhya ca dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ pārthaṃ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ |
48 | etasminn antare vīraḥ sahadevo janādhipa
apovāha rathenājau pārṣataṃ śatrutāpanam |
49 | arjuno 'pi mahārāja drauṇiṃ vivyādha patribhiḥ
taṃ droṇaputraḥ saṃkruddho bāhvor urasi cārdayat |
50 | krodhitas tu raṇe pārtho nārācaṃ kālasaṃmitam
droṇaputrāya cikṣepa kāladaṇḍam ivāparam sa brāhmaṇasyāṃsadeśe nipapāta mahādyutiḥ |
51 | sa vihvalo mahārāja śaravegena saṃyuge
niṣasāda rathopasthe vaiklavyaṃ ca paraṃ yayau |
52 | tataḥ karṇo mahārāja vyākṣipad vijayaṃ dhanuḥ
arjunaṃ samare kruddhaḥ prekṣamāṇo muhur muhuḥ dvairathaṃ cāpi pārthena kāmayāno mahāraṇe |
53 | taṃ tu hitvā hataṃ vīraṃ sārathiḥ śatrukarśanam
apovāha rathenājau tvaramāṇo raṇājirāt |
54 | athotkruṣṭaṃ mahārāja pāñcālair jitakāśibhiḥ
mokṣitaṃ pārṣataṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇaputraṃ ca pīḍitam |
55 | vāditrāṇi ca divyāni prāvādyanta sahasraśaḥ
siṃhanādaś ca saṃjajñe dṛṣṭvā ghoraṃ mahādbhutam |
56 | evaṃ kṛtvābravīt pārtho vāsudevaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ
yāhi saṃśaptakān kṛṣṇa kāryam etat paraṃ mama |
57 | tataḥ prayāto dāśārhaḥ śrutvā pāṇḍavabhāṣitam
rathenātipatākena manomārutaraṃhasā |