Book 8 Chapter 61 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | tatrākarod duṣkaraṃ rājaputro; duḥśāsanas tumule yudhyamānaḥ
ciccheda bhīmasya dhanuḥ kṣureṇa; ṣaḍbhiḥ śaraiḥ sārathim apy avidhyat |
2 | tato 'bhinad bahubhiḥ kṣipram eva; vareṣubhir bhīmasenaṃ mahātmā
sa vikṣaran nāga iva prabhinno; gadām asmai tumule prāhiṇod vai |
3 | tayāharad daśa dhanvantarāṇi; duḥśāsanaṃ bhīmasenaḥ prasahya
tayā hataḥ patito vepamāno; duḥśāsano gadayā vegavatyā |
4 | hayāḥ sasūtāś ca hatā narendra; cūrṇīkṛtaś cāsya rathaḥ patantyā
vidhvastavarmābharaṇāmbarasrag; viceṣṭamāno bhṛśavedanārtaḥ |
5 | tataḥ smṛtvā bhīmasenas tarasvī; sāpatnakaṃ yat prayuktaṃ sutais te
rathād avaplutya gataḥ sa bhūmau; yatnena tasmin praṇidhāya cakṣuḥ |
6 | asiṃ samuddhṛtya śitaṃ sudhāraṃ; kaṇṭhe samākramya ca vepamānam
utkṛtya vakṣaḥ patitasya bhūmāv; athāpibac choṇitam asya koṣṇam āsvādya cāsvādya ca vīkṣamāṇaḥ; kruddho 'tivelaṃ prajagāda vākyam |
7 | stanyasya mātur madhusarpiṣo vā; mādhvīkapānasya ca satkṛtasya
divyasya vā toyarasasya pānāt; payodadhibhyāṃ mathitāc ca mukhyāt sarvebhya evābhyadhiko raso 'yaṃ; mato mamādyāhitalohitasya |
8 | evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ punar ādravantam; āsvādya valgantam atiprahṛṣṭam
ye bhīmasenaṃ dadṛśus tadānīṃ; bhayena te 'pi vyathitā nipetuḥ |
9 | ye cāpi tatrāpatitā manuṣyās; teṣāṃ karebhyaḥ patitaṃ ca śastram
bhayāc ca saṃcukruśur uccakais te; nimīlitākṣā dadṛśuś ca tan na |
10 | ye tatra bhīmaṃ dadṛśuḥ samantād; dauḥśāsanaṃ tadrudhiraṃ pibantam
sarve palāyanta bhayābhipannā; nāyaṃ manuṣya iti bhāṣamāṇāḥ |
11 | śṛṇvatāṃ lokavīrāṇām idaṃ vacanam abravīt
eṣa te rudhiraṃ kaṇṭhāt pibāmi puruṣādhama brūhīdānīṃ susaṃrabdhaḥ punar gaur iti gaur iti |
12 | pramāṇakoṭyāṃ śayanaṃ kālakūṭasya bhojanam
daśanaṃ cāhibhiḥ kaṣṭaṃ dāhaṃ ca jatuveśmani |
13 | dyūtena rājyaharaṇam araṇye vasatiś ca yā
iṣvastrāṇi ca saṃgrāmeṣv asukhāni ca veśmani |
14 | duḥkhāny etāni jānīmo na sukhāni kadā cana
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya daurātmyāt saputrasya sadā vayam |
15 | ity uktvā vacanaṃ rājañ jayaṃ prāpya vṛkodaraḥ
punar āha mahārāja smayaṃs tau keśavārjunau |
16 | duḥśāsane yad raṇe saṃśrutaṃ me; tad vai sarvaṃ kṛtam adyeha vīrau
adyaiva dāsyāmy aparaṃ dvitīyaṃ; duryodhanaṃ yajñapaśuṃ viśasya śiro mṛditvā ca padā durātmanaḥ; śāntiṃ lapsye kauravāṇāṃ samakṣam |
17 | etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ prahṛṣṭo; nanāda coccai rudhirārdragātraḥ
nanarta caivātibalo mahātmā; vṛtraṃ nihatyeva sahasranetraḥ |