Book 8 Chapter 57 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | arjunas tu mahārāja kṛtvā sainyaṃ pṛthagvidham
sūtaputraṃ susaṃrabdhaṃ dṛṣṭvā caiva mahāraṇe |
2 | śoṇitodāṃ mahīṃ kṛtvā māṃsamajjāsthivāhinīm
vāsudevam idaṃ vākyam abravīt puruṣarṣabha |
3 | eṣa ketū raṇe kṛṣṇa sūtaputrasya dṛśyate
bhīmasenādayaś caite yodhayanti mahārathān ete dravanti pāñcālāḥ karṇāt trastā janārdana |
4 | eṣa duryodhano rājā śvetacchatreṇa bhāsvatā
karṇena bhagnān pāñcālān drāvayan bahu śobhate |
5 | kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca drauṇiś caiva mahābalaḥ
ete rakṣanti rājānaṃ sūtaputreṇa rakṣitāḥ avadhyamānās te 'smābhir ghātayiṣyanti somakān |
6 | eṣa śalyo rathopasthe raśmisaṃcārakovidaḥ
sūtaputrarathaṃ kṛṣṇa vāhayan bahu śobhate |
7 | tatra me buddhir utpannā vāhayātra mahāratham
nāhatvā samare karṇaṃ nivartiṣye kathaṃ cana |
8 | rādheyo 'py anyathā pārthān sṛñjayāṃś ca mahārathān
niḥśeṣān samare kuryāt paśyator nau janārdana |
9 | tataḥ prāyād rathenāśu keśavas tava vāhinīm
karṇaṃ prati maheṣvāsaṃ dvairathe savyasācinā |
10 | prayātaś ca mahābāhuḥ pāṇḍavānujñayā hariḥ
āśvāsayan rathenaiva pāṇḍusainyāni sarvaśaḥ |
11 | rathaghoṣaḥ sa saṃgrāme pāṇḍaveyasya saṃbabhau
vāsavāśanitulyasya mahaughasyeva māriṣa |
12 | mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ satyavikramaḥ
abhyayād aprameyātmā vijayas tava vāhinīm |
13 | tam āyāntaṃ samīkṣyaiva śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim
madrarājo 'bravīt karṇaṃ ketuṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmanaḥ |
14 | ayaṃ sa ratha āyāti śvetāśvaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ
nighnann amitrān samare yaṃ karṇa paripṛcchasi |
15 | eṣa tiṣṭhati kaunteyaḥ saṃspṛśan gāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ
taṃ haniṣyasi ced adya tan naḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati |
16 | eṣā vidīryate senā dhārtarāṣṭrī samantataḥ
arjunasya bhayāt tūrṇaṃ nighnataḥ śātravān bahūn |
17 | varjayan sarvasainyāni tvarate hi dhanaṃjayaḥ
tvadartham iti manye 'haṃ yathāsyodīryate vapuḥ |
18 | na hy avasthāpyate pārtho yuyutsuḥ kena cit saha
tvām ṛte krodhadīpto hi pīḍyamāne vṛkodare |
19 | virathaṃ dharmarājaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā sudṛḍhavikṣatam
śikhaṇḍinaṃ sātyakiṃ ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam |
20 | draupadeyān yudhāmanyum uttamaujasam eva ca
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca bhrātarau dvau samīkṣya ca |
21 | sahasaikarathaḥ pārthas tvām abhyeti paraṃtapa
krodharaktekṣaṇaḥ kruddho jighāṃsuḥ sarvadhanvinām |
22 | tvarito 'bhipataty asmāṃs tyaktvā sainyāny asaṃśayam
tvaṃ karṇa pratiyāhy enaṃ nāsty anyo hi dhanurdharaḥ |
23 | na taṃ paśyāmi loke 'smiṃs tvatto 'py anyaṃ dhanurdharam
arjunaṃ samare kruddhaṃ yo velām iva dhārayet |
24 | na cāsya rakṣāṃ paśyāmi pṛṣṭhato na ca pārśvataḥ
eka evābhiyāti tvāṃ paśya sāphalyam ātmanaḥ |
25 | tvaṃ hi kṛṣṇau raṇe śaktaḥ saṃsādhayitum āhave
tavaiṣa bhāro rādheya pratyudyāhi dhanaṃjayam |
26 | tvaṃ kṛto hy eva bhīṣmeṇa droṇadrauṇikṛpair api
savyasācipratirathas taṃ nivartaya pāṇḍavam |
27 | lelihānaṃ yathā sarpaṃ garjantam ṛṣabhaṃ yathā
layasthitaṃ yathā vyāghraṃ jahi karṇa dhanaṃjayam |
28 | ete dravanti samare dhārtarāṣṭrā mahārathāḥ
arjunasya bhayāt tūrṇaṃ nirapekṣā janādhipāḥ |
29 | dravatām atha teṣāṃ tu yudhi nānyo 'sti mānavaḥ
bhayahā yo bhaved vīra tvām ṛte sūtanandana |
30 | ete tvāṃ kuravaḥ sarve dvīpam āsādya saṃyuge
viṣṭhitāḥ puruṣavyāghra tvattaḥ śaraṇakāṅkṣiṇaḥ |
31 | vaidehāmbaṣṭhakāmbojās tathā nagnajitas tvayā
gāndhārāś ca yayā dhṛtyā jitāḥ saṃkhye sudurjayāḥ |
32 | tāṃ dhṛtiṃ kuru rādheya tataḥ pratyehi pāṇḍavam
vāsudevaṃ ca vārṣṇeyaṃ prīyamāṇaṃ kirīṭinā |
33 | karṇa uvāca |
33 | prakṛtistho hi me śalya idānīṃ saṃmatas tathā
pratibhāsi mahābāho vibhīś caiva dhanaṃjayāt |
34 | paśya bāhvor balaṃ me 'dya śikṣitasya ca paśya me
eko 'dya nihaniṣyāmi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahācamūm |
35 | kṛṣṇau ca puruṣavyāghrau tac ca satyaṃ bravīmi te
nāhatvā yudhi tau vīrāv apayāsye kathaṃ cana |
36 | svapsye vā nihatas tābhyām asatyo hi raṇe jayaḥ
kṛtārtho vā bhaviṣyāmi hatvā tāv atha vā hataḥ |
37 | naitādṛśo jātu babhūva loke; rathottamo yāvad anuśrutaṃ naḥ
tam īdṛśaṃ pratiyotsyāmi pārthaṃ; mahāhave paśya ca pauruṣaṃ me |
38 | rathe caraty eṣa rathapravīraḥ; śīghrair hayaiḥ kauravarājaputraḥ
sa vādya māṃ neṣyati kṛcchram etat; karṇasyāntād etad antāḥ stha sarve |
39 | asvedinau rājaputrasya hastāv; avepinau jātakiṇau bṛhantau
dṛḍhāyudhaḥ kṛtimān kṣiprahasto; na pāṇḍaveyena samo 'sti yodhaḥ |
40 | gṛhṇāty anekān api kaṅkapatrān; ekaṃ yathā tān kṣitipān pramathya
te krośamātraṃ nipatanty amoghāḥ; kas tena yodho 'sti samaḥ pṛthivyām |
41 | atoṣayat pāṇḍaveyo hutāśaṃ; kṛṣṇadvitīyo 'tirathas tarasvī
lebhe cakraṃ yatra kṛṣṇo mahātmā; dhanur gāṇḍīvaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ savyasācī |
42 | śvetāśvayuktaṃ ca sughoṣam agryaṃ; rathaṃ mahābāhur adīnasattvaḥ
maheṣudhī cākṣayau divyarūpau; śastrāṇi divyāni ca havyavāhāt |
43 | tathendraloke nijaghāna daityān; asaṃkhyeyān kālakeyāṃś ca sarvān
lebhe śaṅkhaṃ devadattaṃ sma tatra; ko nāma tenābhyadhikaḥ pṛthivyām |
44 | mahādevaṃ toṣayām āsa caiva; sākṣāt suyuddhena mahānubhāvaḥ
lebhe tataḥ pāśupataṃ sughoraṃ; trailokyasaṃhārakaraṃ mahāstram |
45 | pṛthak pṛthag lokapālāḥ sametā; dadur hy astrāṇy aprameyāṇi yasya
yais tāñ jaghānāśu raṇe nṛsiṃhān; sa kālakhañjān asurān sametān |
46 | tathā virāṭasya pure sametān; sarvān asmān ekarathena jitvā
jahāra tad godhanam ājimadhye; vastrāṇi cādatta mahārathebhyaḥ |
47 | tam īdṛśaṃ vīryaguṇopapannaṃ; kṛṣṇadvitīyaṃ varaye raṇāya
anantavīryeṇa ca keśavena; nārāyaṇenāpratimena guptam |
48 | varṣāyutair yasya guṇā na śakyā; vaktuṃ sametair api sarvalokaiḥ
mahātmanaḥ śaṅkhacakrāsipāṇer; viṣṇor jiṣṇor vasudevātmajasya bhayaṃ me vai jāyate sādhvasaṃ ca; dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāv ekarathe sametau |
49 | ubhau hi śūrau kṛtinau dṛḍhāstrau; mahārathau saṃhananopapannau
etādṛśau phalgunavāsudevau; ko 'nyaḥ pratīyān mad ṛte nu śalya |
50 | etāv ahaṃ yudhi vā pātayiṣye; māṃ vā kṛṣṇau nihaniṣyato 'dya
iti bruvañ śalyam amitrahantā; karṇo raṇe megha ivonnanāda |
51 | abhyetya putreṇa tavābhinanditaḥ; sametya covāca kurupravīrān
kṛpaṃ ca bhojaṃ ca mahābhujāv ubhau; tathaiva gāndhāranṛpaṃ sahānujam guroḥ sutaṃ cāvarajaṃ tathātmanaḥ; padātino 'tha dvipasādino 'nyān |
52 | nirundhatābhidravatācyutārjunau; śrameṇa saṃyojayatāśu sarvataḥ
yathā bhavadbhir bhṛśavikṣatāv ubhau; sukhena hanyām aham adya bhūmipāḥ |
53 | tatheti coktvā tvaritāḥ sma te 'rjunaṃ; jighāṃsavo vīratamāḥ samabhyayuḥ
nadīnadān bhūrijalo mahārṇavo; yathā tathā tān samare 'rjuno 'grasat |
54 | na saṃdadhāno na tathā śarottamān; pramuñcamāno ripubhiḥ pradṛśyate
dhanaṃjayas tasya śaraiś ca dāritā; hatāś ca petur naravājikuñjarāḥ |
55 | śarārciṣaṃ gāṇḍivacārumaṇḍalaṃ; yugāntasūryapratimānatejasam
na kauravāḥ śekur udīkṣituṃ jayaṃ; yathā raviṃ vyādhitacakṣuṣo janāḥ |
56 | tam abhyadhāvad visṛjañ śarān kṛpas; tathaiva bhojas tava cātmajaḥ svayam
jighāṃsubhis tān kuśalaiḥ śarottamān; mahāhave saṃjavitān prayatnataḥ śaraiḥ praciccheda ca pāṇḍavas tvaran; parābhinad vakṣasi ca tribhis tribhiḥ |
57 | sa gāṇḍivābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalas; tapan ripūn arjunabhāskaro babhau
śarograraśmiḥ śuciśukramadhyago; yathaiva sūryaḥ pariveṣagas tathā |
58 | athāgryabāṇair daśabhir dhanaṃjayaṃ; parābhinad droṇasuto 'cyutaṃ tribhiḥ
caturbhir aśvāṃś caturaḥ kapiṃ tathā; śaraiḥ sa nārācavarair avākirat |
59 | tathā tu tat tat sphurad āttakārmukaṃ; tribhiḥ śarair yantṛśiraḥ kṣureṇa
hayāṃś caturbhiś caturas tribhir dhvajaṃ; dhanaṃjayo drauṇirathān nyapātayat |
60 | sa roṣapūrṇo 'śanivajrahāṭakair; alaṃkṛtaṃ takṣakabhogavarcasam
subandhanaṃ kārmukam anyad ādade; yathā mahāhipravaraṃ gires tathā |
61 | svam āyudhaṃ copavikīrya bhūtale; dhanuś ca kṛtvā saguṇaṃ guṇādhikaḥ
samānayānāv ajitau narottamau; śarottamair drauṇir avidhyad antikāt |
62 | kṛpaś ca bhojaś ca tathātmajaś ca te; tamonudaṃ vāridharā ivāpatan
kṛpasya pārthaḥ saśaraṃ śarāsanaṃ; hayān dhvajaṃ sārathim eva patribhiḥ |
63 | śaraiḥ praciccheda tavātmajasya; dhvajaṃ dhanuś ca pracakarta nardataḥ
jaghāna cāśvān kṛtavarmaṇaḥ śubhān; dhvajaṃ ca ciccheda tataḥ pratāpavān |
64 | savājisūteṣv asanān saketanāñ; jaghāna nāgāśvarathāṃs tvaraṃś ca saḥ
tataḥ prakīrṇaṃ sumahad balaṃ tava; pradāritaṃ setur ivāmbhasā yathā tato 'rjunasyāśu rathena keśavaś; cakāra śatrūn apasavyam āturān |
65 | tataḥ prayāntaṃ tvaritaṃ dhanaṃjayaṃ; śatakratuṃ vṛtranijaghnuṣaṃ yathā
samanvadhāvan punar ucchritair dhvajai; rathaiḥ suyuktair apare yuyutsavaḥ |
66 | athābhisṛtya prativārya tān arīn; dhanaṃjayasyābhi rathaṃ mahārathāḥ
śikhaṇḍiśaineyayamāḥ śitaiḥ śarair; vidārayanto vyanadan subhairavam |
67 | tato 'bhijaghnuḥ kupitāḥ parasparaṃ; śarais tadāñjogatibhiḥ sutejanaiḥ
kurupravīrāḥ saha sṛñjayair yathā;surāḥ purā devavarair ayodhayan |
68 | jayepsavaḥ svargamanāya cotsukāḥ; patanti nāgāśvarathāḥ paraṃtapa
jagarjur uccair balavac ca vivyadhuḥ; śaraiḥ sumuktair itaretaraṃ pṛthak |
69 | śarāndhakāre tu mahātmabhiḥ kṛte; mahāmṛdhe yodhavaraiḥ parasparam
babhur daśāśā na divaṃ ca pārthiva; prabhā ca sūryasya tamovṛtābhavat |