Book 9 Chapter 1 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | evaṃ nipātite karṇe samare savyasācinā
alpāvaśiṣṭāḥ kuravaḥ kim akurvata vai dvija |
2 | udīryamāṇaṃ ca balaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā suyodhanaḥ
pāṇḍavaiḥ prāptakālaṃ ca kiṃ prāpadyata kauravaḥ |
3 | etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ tad ācakṣva dvijottama
na hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṃ śṛṇvānaś caritaṃ mahat |
4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
4 | tataḥ karṇe hate rājan dhārtarāṣṭraḥ suyodhanaḥ
bhṛśaṃ śokārṇave magno nirāśaḥ sarvato 'bhavat |
5 | hā karṇa hā karṇa iti śocamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
kṛcchrāt svaśibiraṃ prāyād dhataśeṣair nṛpaiḥ saha |
6 | sa samāśvāsyamāno 'pi hetubhiḥ śāstraniścitaiḥ
rājabhir nālabhac charma sūtaputravadhaṃ smaran |
7 | sa daivaṃ balavan matvā bhavitavyaṃ ca pārthivaḥ
saṃgrāme niścayaṃ kṛtvā punar yuddhāya niryayau |
8 | śalyaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā vidhivad rājapuṃgavaḥ
raṇāya niryayau rājā hataśeṣair nṛpaiḥ saha |
9 | tataḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ
babhūva bharataśreṣṭha devāsuraraṇopamam |
10 | tataḥ śalyo mahārāja kṛtvā kadanam āhave
pāṇḍusainyasya madhyāhne dharmarājena pātitaḥ |
11 | tato duryodhano rājā hatabandhū raṇājirāt
apasṛtya hradaṃ ghoraṃ viveśa ripujād bhayāt |
12 | athāparāhṇe tasyāhnaḥ parivārya mahārathaiḥ
hradād āhūya yogena bhīmasenena pātitaḥ |
13 | tasmin hate maheṣvāse hataśiṣṭās trayo rathāḥ
saṃrabhān niśi rājendra jaghnuḥ pāñcālasainikān |
14 | tataḥ pūrvāhṇasamaye śibirād etya saṃjayaḥ
praviveśa purīṃ dīno duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ |
15 | praviśya ca puraṃ tūrṇaṃ bhujāv ucchritya duḥkhitaḥ
vepamānas tato rājñaḥ praviveśa niveśanam |
16 | ruroda ca naravyāghra hā rājann iti duḥkhitaḥ
aho bata vivignāḥ sma nidhanena mahātmanaḥ |
17 | aho subalavān kālo gatiś ca paramā tathā
śakratulyabalāḥ sarve yatrāvadhyanta pārthivāḥ |
18 | dṛṣṭvaiva ca puro rājañ janaḥ sarvaḥ sa saṃjayam
praruroda bhṛśodvigno hā rājann iti sasvaram |
19 | ākumāraṃ naravyāghra tat puraṃ vai samantataḥ
ārtanādaṃ mahac cakre śrutvā vinihataṃ nṛpam |
20 | dhāvataś cāpy apaśyac ca tatra trīn puruṣarṣabhān
naṣṭacittān ivonmattāñ śokena bhṛśapīḍitān |
21 | tathā sa vihvalaḥ sūtaḥ praviśya nṛpatikṣayam
dadarśa nṛpatiśreṣṭhaṃ prajñācakṣuṣam īśvaram |
22 | dṛṣṭvā cāsīnam anaghaṃ samantāt parivāritam
snuṣābhir bharataśreṣṭha gāndhāryā vidureṇa ca |
23 | tathānyaiś ca suhṛdbhiś ca jñātibhiś ca hitaiṣibhiḥ
tam eva cārthaṃ dhyāyantaṃ karṇasya nidhanaṃ prati |
24 | rudann evābravīd vākyaṃ rājānaṃ janamejaya
nātihṛṣṭamanāḥ sūto bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā |
25 | saṃjayo 'haṃ naravyāghra namas te bharatarṣabha
madrādhipo hataḥ śalyaḥ śakuniḥ saubalas tathā ulūkaḥ puruṣavyāghra kaitavyo dṛḍhavikramaḥ |
26 | saṃśaptakā hatāḥ sarve kāmbojāś ca śakaiḥ saha
mlecchāś ca pārvatīyāś ca yavanāś ca nipātitāḥ |
27 | prācyā hatā mahārāja dākṣiṇātyāś ca sarvaśaḥ
udīcyā nihatāḥ sarve pratīcyāś ca narādhipa rājāno rājaputrāś ca sarvato nihatā nṛpa |
28 | duryodhano hato rājan yathoktaṃ pāṇḍavena ca
bhagnasaktho mahārāja śete pāṃsuṣu rūṣitaḥ |
29 | dhṛṣṭadyumno hato rājañ śikhaṇḍī cāparājitaḥ
uttamaujā yudhāmanyus tathā rājan prabhadrakāḥ |
30 | pāñcālāś ca naravyāghrāś cedayaś ca niṣūditāḥ
tava putrā hatāḥ sarve draupadeyāś ca bhārata karṇaputro hataḥ śūro vṛṣaseno mahābalaḥ |
31 | narā vinihatāḥ sarve gajāś ca vinipātitāḥ
rathinaś ca naravyāghra hayāś ca nihatā yudhi |
32 | kiṃciccheṣaṃ ca śibiraṃ tāvakānāṃ kṛtaṃ vibho
pāṇḍavānāṃ ca śūrāṇāṃ samāsādya parasparam |
33 | prāyaḥ strīśeṣam abhavaj jagat kālena mohitam
sapta pāṇḍavataḥ śeṣā dhārtarāṣṭrās tathā trayaḥ |
34 | te caiva bhrātaraḥ pañca vāsudevo 'tha sātyakiḥ
kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca drauṇiś ca jayatāṃ varaḥ |
35 | tavāpy ete mahārāja rathino nṛpasattama
akṣauhiṇīnāṃ sarvāsāṃ sametānāṃ janeśvara ete śeṣā mahārāja sarve 'nye nidhanaṃ gatāḥ |
36 | kālena nihataṃ sarvaṃ jagad vai bharatarṣabha
duryodhanaṃ vai purataḥ kṛtvā vairasya bhārata |
37 | etac chrutvā vacaḥ krūraṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
nipapāta mahārāja gatasattvo mahītale |
38 | tasmin nipatite bhūmau viduro 'pi mahāyaśāḥ
nipapāta mahārāja rājavyasanakarśitaḥ |
39 | gāndhārī ca nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvāś ca kuruyoṣitaḥ
patitāḥ sahasā bhūmau śrutvā krūraṃ vacaś ca tāḥ |
40 | niḥsaṃjñaṃ patitaṃ bhūmau tadāsīd rājamaṇḍalam
pralāpayuktā mahatī kathā nyastā paṭe yathā |
41 | kṛcchreṇa tu tato rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ
śanair alabhata prāṇān putravyasanakarśitaḥ |
42 | labdhvā tu sa nṛpaḥ saṃjñāṃ vepamānaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ
udīkṣya ca diśaḥ sarvāḥ kṣattāraṃ vākyam abravīt |
43 | vidvan kṣattar mahāprājña tvaṃ gatir bharatarṣabha
mamānāthasya subhṛśaṃ putrair hīnasya sarvaśaḥ evam uktvā tato bhūyo visaṃjño nipapāta ha |
44 | taṃ tathā patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāndhavā ye 'sya ke cana
śītais tu siṣicus toyair vivyajur vyajanair api |
45 | sa tu dīrgheṇa kālena pratyāśvasto mahīpatiḥ
tūṣṇīṃ dadhyau mahīpālaḥ putravyasanakarśitaḥ niḥśvasañ jihmaga iva kumbhakṣipto viśāṃ pate |
46 | saṃjayo 'py arudat tatra dṛṣṭvā rājānam āturam
tathā sarvāḥ striyaś caiva gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī |
47 | tato dīrgheṇa kālena viduraṃ vākyam abravīt
dhṛtarāṣṭro naravyāghro muhyamāno muhur muhuḥ |
48 | gacchantu yoṣitaḥ sarvā gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī
tatheme suhṛdaḥ sarve bhraśyate me mano bhṛśam |
49 | evam uktas tataḥ kṣattā tāḥ striyo bharatarṣabha
visarjayām āsa śanair vepamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
50 | niścakramus tataḥ sarvās tāḥ striyo bharatarṣabha
suhṛdaś ca tataḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā rājānam āturam |
51 | tato narapatiṃ tatra labdhasaṃjñaṃ paraṃtapa
avekṣya saṃjayo dīno rodamānaṃ bhṛśāturam |
52 | prāñjalir niḥśvasantaṃ ca taṃ narendraṃ muhur muhuḥ
samāśvāsayata kṣattā vacasā madhureṇa ha |