 | Book 9 Chapter 7
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | vyatītāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu rājā duryodhanas tadā
abravīt tāvakān sarvān saṃnahyantāṃ mahārathāḥ
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| 2 | rājñas tu matam ājñāya samanahyata sā camūḥ
ayojayan rathāṃs tūrṇaṃ paryadhāvaṃs tathāpare
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| 3 | akalpyanta ca mātaṅgāḥ samanahyanta pattayaḥ
hayān āstaraṇopetāṃś cakrur anye sahasraśaḥ
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| 4 | vāditrāṇāṃ ca ninadaḥ prādurāsīd viśāṃ pate
bodhanārthaṃ hi yodhānāṃ sainyānāṃ cāpy udīryatām
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| 5 | tato balāni sarvāṇi senāśiṣṭāni bhārata
saṃnaddhāny eva dadṛśur mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam
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| 6 | śalyaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā madrarājaṃ mahārathāḥ
pravibhajya balaṃ sarvam anīkeṣu vyavasthitāḥ
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| 7 | tataḥ sarve samāgamya putreṇa tava sainikāḥ
kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca drauṇiḥ śalyo 'tha saubalaḥ
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| 8 | anye ca pārthivāḥ śeṣāḥ samayaṃ cakrire tadā
na na ekena yoddhavyaṃ kathaṃ cid api pāṇḍavaiḥ
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| 9 | yo hy ekaḥ pāṇḍavair yudhyed yo vā yudhyantam utsṛjet
sa pañcabhir bhaved yuktaḥ pātakaiḥ sopapātakaiḥ
anyonyaṃ parirakṣadbhir yoddhavyaṃ sahitaiś ca naḥ
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| 10 | evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā sarve tatra mahārathāḥ
madrarājaṃ puraskṛtya tūrṇam abhyadravan parān
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| 11 | tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājan vyūhya sainyaṃ mahāraṇe
abhyayuḥ kauravān sarvān yotsyamānāḥ samantataḥ
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| 12 | tad balaṃ bharataśreṣṭha kṣubdhārṇavasamasvanam
samuddhūtārṇavākāram uddhūtarathakuñjaram
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| 13 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 13 | droṇasya bhīṣmasya ca vai rādheyasya ca me śrutam
pātanaṃ śaṃsa me bhūyaḥ śalyasyātha sutasya me
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| 14 | kathaṃ raṇe hataḥ śalyo dharmarājena saṃjaya
bhīmena ca mahābāhuḥ putro duryodhano mama
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| 15 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 15 | kṣayaṃ manuṣyadehānāṃ rathanāgāśvasaṃkṣayam
śṛṇu rājan sthiro bhūtvā saṃgrāmaṃ śaṃsato mama
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| 16 | āśā balavatī rājan putrāṇāṃ te 'bhavat tadā
hate bhīṣme ca droṇe ca sūtaputre ca pātite
śalyaḥ pārthān raṇe sarvān nihaniṣyati māriṣa
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| 17 | tām āśāṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā samāśvāsya ca bhārata
madrarājaṃ ca samare samāśritya mahāratham
nāthavantam athātmānam amanyata sutas tava
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| 18 | yadā karṇe hate pārthāḥ siṃhanādaṃ pracakrire
tadā rājan dhārtarāṣṭrān āviveśa mahad bhayam
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| 19 | tān samāśvāsya tu tadā madrarājaḥ pratāpavān
vyūhya vyūhaṃ mahārāja sarvatobhadram ṛddhimat
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| 20 | pratyudyāto raṇe pārthān madrarājaḥ pratāpavān
vidhunvan kārmukaṃ citraṃ bhāraghnaṃ vegavattaram
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| 21 | rathapravaram āsthāya saindhavāśvaṃ mahārathaḥ
tasya sītā mahārāja rathasthāśobhayad ratham
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| 22 | sa tena saṃvṛto vīro rathenāmitrakarśanaḥ
tasthau śūro mahārāja putrāṇāṃ te bhayapraṇut
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| 23 | prayāṇe madrarājo 'bhūn mukhaṃ vyūhasya daṃśitaḥ
madrakaiḥ sahito vīraiḥ karṇaputraiś ca durjayaiḥ
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| 24 | savye 'bhūt kṛtavarmā ca trigartaiḥ parivāritaḥ
gautamo dakṣiṇe pārśve śakaiś ca yavanaiḥ saha
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| 25 | aśvatthāmā pṛṣṭhato 'bhūt kāmbojaiḥ parivāritaḥ
duryodhano 'bhavan madhye rakṣitaḥ kurupuṃgavaiḥ
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| 26 | hayānīkena mahatā saubalaś cāpi saṃvṛtaḥ
prayayau sarvasainyena kaitavyaś ca mahārathaḥ
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| 27 | pāṇḍavāś ca maheṣvāsā vyūhya sainyam ariṃdamāḥ
tridhā bhūtvā mahārāja tava sainyam upādravan
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| 28 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca sātyakiś ca mahārathaḥ
śalyasya vāhinīṃ tūrṇam abhidudruvur āhave
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| 29 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā svenānīkena saṃvṛtaḥ
śalyam evābhidudrāva jighāṃsur bharatarṣabha
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| 30 | hārdikyaṃ tu maheṣvāsam arjunaḥ śatrupūgahā
saṃśaptakagaṇāṃś caiva vegato 'bhividudruve
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| 31 | gautamaṃ bhīmaseno vai somakāś ca mahārathāḥ
abhyadravanta rājendra jighāṃsantaḥ parān yudhi
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| 32 | mādrīputrau tu śakunim ulūkaṃ ca mahārathau
sasainyau sahasenau tāv upatasthatur āhave
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| 33 | tathaivāyutaśo yodhās tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavān raṇe
abhyadravanta saṃkruddhā vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ
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| 34 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 34 | hate bhīṣme maheṣvāse droṇe karṇe mahārathe
kuruṣv alpāvaśiṣṭeṣu pāṇḍaveṣu ca saṃyuge
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| 35 | susaṃrabdheṣu pārtheṣu parākrānteṣu saṃjaya
māmakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca kiṃ śiṣṭam abhavad balam
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| 36 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 36 | yathā vayaṃ pare rājan yuddhāya samavasthitāḥ
yāvac cāsīd balaṃ śiṣṭaṃ saṃgrāme tan nibodha me
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| 37 | ekādaśa sahasrāṇi rathānāṃ bharatarṣabha
daśa dantisahasrāṇi sapta caiva śatāni ca
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| 38 | pūrṇe śatasahasre dve hayānāṃ bharatarṣabha
narakoṭyas tathā tisro balam etat tavābhavat
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| 39 | rathānāṃ ṣaṭsahasrāṇi ṣaṭsahasrāś ca kuñjarāḥ
daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi pattikoṭī ca bhārata
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| 40 | etad balaṃ pāṇḍavānām abhavac cheṣam āhave
eta eva samājagmur yuddhāya bharatarṣabha
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| 41 | evaṃ vibhajya rājendra madrarājamate sthitāḥ
pāṇḍavān pratyudīyāma jayagṛddhāḥ pramanyavaḥ
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| 42 | tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ śūrāḥ samare jitakāśinaḥ
upayātā naravyāghrāḥ pāñcālāś ca yaśasvinaḥ
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| 43 | evam ete balaughena parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ
upayātā naravyāghrāḥ pūrvāṃ saṃdhyāṃ prati prabho
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| 44 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca nighnatām itaretaram
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