Book 9 Chapter 3 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | śṛṇu rājann avahito yathā vṛtto mahān kṣayaḥ
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca samāsādya parasparam |
2 | nihate sūtaputre tu pāṇḍavena mahātmanā
vidruteṣu ca sainyeṣu samānīteṣu cāsakṛt |
3 | vimukhe tava putre tu śokopahatacetasi
bhṛśodvigneṣu sainyeṣu dṛṣṭvā pārthasya vikramam |
4 | dhyāyamāneṣu sainyeṣu duḥkhaṃ prāpteṣu bhārata
balānāṃ mathyamānānāṃ śrutvā ninadam uttamam |
5 | abhijñānaṃ narendrāṇāṃ vikṛtaṃ prekṣya saṃyuge
patitān rathanīḍāṃś ca rathāṃś cāpi mahātmanām |
6 | raṇe vinihatān nāgān dṛṣṭvā pattīṃś ca māriṣa
āyodhanaṃ cātighoraṃ rudrasyākrīḍasaṃnibham |
7 | aprakhyātiṃ gatānāṃ tu rājñāṃ śatasahasraśaḥ
kṛpāviṣṭaḥ kṛpo rājan vayaḥśīlasamanvitaḥ |
8 | abravīt tatra tejasvī so 'bhisṛtya janādhipam
duryodhanaṃ manyuvaśād vacanaṃ vacanakṣamaḥ |
9 | duryodhana nibodhedaṃ yat tvā vakṣyāmi kaurava
śrutvā kuru mahārāja yadi te rocate 'nagha |
10 | na yuddhadharmāc chreyān vai panthā rājendra vidyate
yaṃ samāśritya yudhyante kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha |
11 | putro bhrātā pitā caiva svasreyo mātulas tathā
saṃbandhibāndhavāś caiva yodhyā vai kṣatrajīvinā |
12 | vadhe caiva paro dharmas tathādharmaḥ palāyane
te sma ghorāṃ samāpannā jīvikāṃ jīvitārthinaḥ |
13 | tatra tvāṃ prativakṣyāmi kiṃ cid eva hitaṃ vacaḥ
hate bhīṣme ca droṇe ca karṇe caiva mahārathe |
14 | jayadrathe ca nihate tava bhrātṛṣu cānagha
lakṣmaṇe tava putre ca kiṃ śeṣaṃ paryupāsmahe |
15 | yeṣu bhāraṃ samāsajya rājye matim akurmahi
te saṃtyajya tanūr yātāḥ śūrā brahmavidāṃ gatim |
16 | vayaṃ tv iha vinābhūtā guṇavadbhir mahārathaiḥ
kṛpaṇaṃ vartayiṣyāma pātayitvā nṛpān bahūn |
17 | sarvair api ca jīvadbhir bībhatsur aparājitaḥ
kṛṣṇanetro mahābāhur devair api durāsadaḥ |
18 | indrakārmukavajrābham indraketum ivocchritam
vānaraṃ ketum āsādya saṃcacāla mahācamūḥ |
19 | siṃhanādena bhīmasya pāñcajanyasvanena ca
gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣāt saṃhṛṣyanti manāṃsi naḥ |
20 | carantīva mahāvidyun muṣṇanti nayanaprabhām
alātam iva cāviddhaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ samadṛśyata |
21 | jāmbūnadavicitraṃ ca dhūyamānaṃ mahad dhanuḥ
dṛśyate dikṣu sarvāsu vidyud abhraghaneṣv iva |
22 | uhyamānaś ca kṛṣṇena vāyuneva balāhakaḥ
tāvakaṃ tad balaṃ rājann arjuno 'stravidāṃ varaḥ gahanaṃ śiśire kakṣaṃ dadāhāgnir ivotthitaḥ |
23 | gāhamānam anīkāni mahendrasadṛśaprabham
dhanaṃjayam apaśyāma caturdantam iva dvipam |
24 | vikṣobhayantaṃ senāṃ te trāsayantaṃ ca pārthivān
dhanaṃjayam apaśyāma nalinīm iva kuñjaram |
25 | trāsayantaṃ tathā yodhān dhanur ghoṣeṇa pāṇḍavam
bhūya enam apaśyāma siṃhaṃ mṛgagaṇā iva |
26 | sarvalokamaheṣvāsau vṛṣabhau sarvadhanvinām
āmuktakavacau kṛṣṇau lokamadhye virejatuḥ |
27 | adya saptadaśāhāni vartamānasya bhārata
saṃgrāmasyātighorasya vadhyatāṃ cābhito yudhi |
28 | vāyuneva vidhūtāni tavānīkāni sarvaśaḥ
śaradambhodajālāni vyaśīryanta samantataḥ |
29 | tāṃ nāvam iva paryastāṃ bhrāntavātāṃ mahārṇave
tava senāṃ mahārāja savyasācī vyakampayat |
30 | kva nu te sūtaputro 'bhūt kva nu droṇaḥ sahānugaḥ
ahaṃ kva ca kva cātmā te hārdikyaś ca tathā kva nu duḥśāsanaś ca bhrātā te bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ kva nu |
31 | bāṇagocarasaṃprāptaṃ prekṣya caiva jayadratham
saṃbandhinas te bhrātṝṃś ca sahāyān mātulāṃs tathā |
32 | sarvān vikramya miṣato lokāṃś cākramya mūrdhani
jayadratho hato rājan kiṃ nu śeṣam upāsmahe |
33 | ko veha sa pumān asti yo vijeṣyati pāṇḍavam
tasya cāstrāṇi divyāni vividhāni mahātmanaḥ gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣo vīryāṇi harate hi naḥ |
34 | naṣṭacandrā yathā rātriḥ seneyaṃ hatanāyakā
nāgabhagnadrumā śuṣkā nadīvākulatāṃ gatā |
35 | dhvajinyāṃ hatanetrāyāṃ yatheṣṭaṃ śvetavāhanaḥ
cariṣyati mahābāhuḥ kakṣe 'gnir iva saṃjvalan |
36 | sātyakeś caiva yo vego bhīmasenasya cobhayoḥ
dārayeta girīn sarvāñ śoṣayeta ca sāgarān |
37 | uvāca vākyaṃ yad bhīmaḥ sabhāmadhye viśāṃ pate
kṛtaṃ tat sakalaṃ tena bhūyaś caiva kariṣyati |
38 | pramukhasthe tadā karṇe balaṃ pāṇḍavarakṣitam
durāsadaṃ tathā guptaṃ gūḍhaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanā |
39 | yuṣmābhis tāni cīrṇāni yāny asādhūni sādhuṣu
akāraṇakṛtāny eva teṣāṃ vaḥ phalam āgatam |
40 | ātmano 'rthe tvayā loko yatnataḥ sarva āhṛtaḥ
sa te saṃśayitas tāta ātmā ca bharatarṣabha |
41 | rakṣa duryodhanātmānam ātmā sarvasya bhājanam
bhinne hi bhājane tāta diśo gacchati tadgatam |
42 | hīyamānena vai saṃdhiḥ paryeṣṭavyaḥ samena ca
vigraho vardhamānena nītir eṣā bṛhaspateḥ |
43 | te vayaṃ pāṇḍuputrebhyo hīnāḥ svabalaśaktitaḥ
atra te pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃdhiṃ manye kṣamaṃ prabho |
44 | na jānīte hi yaḥ śreyaḥ śreyasaś cāvamanyate
sa kṣipraṃ bhraśyate rājyān na ca śreyo 'nuvindati |
45 | praṇipatya hi rājānaṃ rājyaṃ yadi labhemahi
śreyaḥ syān na tu mauḍhyena rājan gantuṃ parābhavam |
46 | vaicitravīryavacanāt kṛpāśīlo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
viniyuñjīta rājye tvāṃ govindavacanena ca |
47 | yad brūyād dhi hṛṣīkeśo rājānam aparājitam
arjunaṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca sarvaṃ kuryur asaṃśayam |
48 | nātikramiṣyate kṛṣṇo vacanaṃ kauravasya ha
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya manye 'haṃ nāpi kṛṣṇasya pāṇḍavaḥ |
49 | etat kṣamam ahaṃ manye tava pārthair avigraham
na tvā bravīmi kārpaṇyān na prāṇaparirakṣaṇāt pathyaṃ rājan bravīmi tvāṃ tat parāsuḥ smariṣyasi |
50 | iti vṛddho vilapyaitat kṛpaḥ śāradvato vacaḥ
dīrgham uṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya śuśoca ca mumoha ca |