 | Book 9 Chapter 8
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ bhayavardhanam
sṛñjayaiḥ saha rājendra ghoraṃ devāsuropamam
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| 2 | narā rathā gajaughāś ca sādinaś ca sahasraśaḥ
vājinaś ca parākrāntāḥ samājagmuḥ parasparam
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| 3 | nāgānāṃ bhīmarūpāṇāṃ dravatāṃ nisvano mahān
aśrūyata yathā kāle jaladānāṃ nabhastale
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| 4 | nāgair abhyāhatāḥ ke cit sarathā rathino 'patan
vyadravanta raṇe vīrā drāvyamāṇā madotkaṭaiḥ
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| 5 | hayaughān pādarakṣāṃś ca rathinas tatra śikṣitāḥ
śaraiḥ saṃpreṣayām āsuḥ paralokāya bhārata
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| 6 | sādinaḥ śikṣitā rājan parivārya mahārathān
vicaranto raṇe 'bhyaghnan prāsaśaktyṛṣṭibhis tathā
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| 7 | dhanvinaḥ puruṣāḥ ke cit saṃnivārya mahārathān
ekaṃ bahava āsādya preṣayeyur yamakṣayam
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| 8 | nāgaṃ rathavarāṃś cānye parivārya mahārathāḥ
sottarāyudhinaṃ jaghnur dravamāṇā mahāravam
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| 9 | tathā ca rathinaṃ kruddhaṃ vikirantaṃ śarān bahūn
nāgā jaghnur mahārāja parivārya samantataḥ
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| 10 | nāgo nāgam abhidrutya rathī ca rathinaṃ raṇe
śaktitomaranārācair nijaghnus tatra tatra ha
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| 11 | pādātān avamṛdnanto rathavāraṇavājinaḥ
raṇamadhye vyadṛśyanta kurvanto mahad ākulam
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| 12 | hayāś ca paryadhāvanta cāmarair upaśobhitāḥ
haṃsā himavataḥ prasthe pibanta iva medinīm
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| 13 | teṣāṃ tu vājināṃ bhūmiḥ khuraiś citrā viśāṃ pate
aśobhata yathā nārī karajakṣatavikṣatā
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| 14 | vājināṃ khuraśabdena rathanemisvanena ca
pattīnāṃ cāpi śabdena nāgānāṃ bṛṃhitena ca
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| 15 | vāditrāṇāṃ ca ghoṣeṇa śaṅkhānāṃ nisvanena ca
abhavan nāditā bhūmir nirghātair iva bhārata
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| 16 | dhanuṣāṃ kūjamānānāṃ nistriṃśānāṃ ca dīpyatām
kavacānāṃ prabhābhiś ca na prājñāyata kiṃ cana
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| 17 | bahavo bāhavaś chinnā nāgarājakaropamāḥ
udveṣṭante viveṣṭante vegaṃ kurvanti dāruṇam
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| 18 | śirasāṃ ca mahārāja patatāṃ vasudhātale
cyutānām iva tālebhyaḥ phalānāṃ śrūyate svanaḥ
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| 19 | śirobhiḥ patitair bhāti rudhirārdrair vasuṃdharā
tapanīyanibhaiḥ kāle nalinair iva bhārata
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| 20 | udvṛttanayanais tais tu gatasattvaiḥ suvikṣataiḥ
vyabhrājata mahārāja puṇḍarīkair ivāvṛtā
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| 21 | bāhubhiś candanādigdhaiḥ sakeyūrair mahādhanaiḥ
patitair bhāti rājendra mahī śakradhvajair iva
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| 22 | ūrubhiś ca narendrāṇāṃ vinikṛttair mahāhave
hastihastopamair anyaiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ tad raṇāṅgaṇam
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| 23 | kabandhaśatasaṃkīrṇaṃ chatracāmaraśobhitam
senāvanaṃ tac chuśubhe vanaṃ puṣpācitaṃ yathā
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| 24 | tatra yodhā mahārāja vicaranto hy abhītavat
dṛśyante rudhirāktāṅgāḥ puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ
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| 25 | mātaṅgāś cāpy adṛśyanta śaratomarapīḍitāḥ
patantas tatra tatraiva chinnābhrasadṛśā raṇe
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| 26 | gajānīkaṃ mahārāja vadhyamānaṃ mahātmabhiḥ
vyadīryata diśaḥ sarvā vātanunnā ghanā iva
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| 27 | te gajā ghanasaṃkāśāḥ petur urvyāṃ samantataḥ
vajrarugṇā iva babhuḥ parvatā yugasaṃkṣaye
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| 28 | hayānāṃ sādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ patitānāṃ mahītale
rāśayaḥ saṃpradṛśyante girimātrās tatas tataḥ
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| 29 | saṃjajñe raṇabhūmau tu paralokavahā nadī
śoṇitodā rathāvartā dhvajavṛkṣāsthiśarkarā
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| 30 | bhujanakrā dhanuḥsrotā hastiśailā hayopalā
medomajjākardaminī chatrahaṃsā gadoḍupā
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| 31 | kavacoṣṇīṣasaṃchannā patākāruciradrumā
cakracakrāvalījuṣṭā triveṇūdaṇḍakāvṛtā
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| 32 | śūrāṇāṃ harṣajananī bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinī
prāvartata nadī raudrā kurusṛñjayasaṃkulā
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| 33 | tāṃ nadīṃ pitṛlokāya vahantīm atibhairavām
terur vāhananaubhis te śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ
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| 34 | vartamāne tathā yuddhe nirmaryāde viśāṃ pate
caturaṅgakṣaye ghore pūrvaṃ devāsuropame
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| 35 | akrośan bāndhavān anye tatra tatra paraṃtapa
krośadbhir bāndhavaiś cānye bhayārtā na nivartire
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| 36 | nirmaryāde tathā yuddhe vartamāne bhayānake
arjuno bhīmasenaś ca mohayāṃ cakratuḥ parān
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| 37 | sā vadhyamānā mahatī senā tava janādhipa
amuhyat tatra tatraiva yoṣin madavaśād iva
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| 38 | mohayitvā ca tāṃ senāṃ bhīmasenadhanaṃjayau
dadhmatur vārijau tatra siṃhanādaṃ ca nedatuḥ
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| 39 | śrutvaiva tu mahāśabdaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau
dharmarājaṃ puraskṛtya madrarājam abhidrutau
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| 40 | tatrāścaryam apaśyāma ghorarūpaṃ viśāṃ pate
śalyena saṃgatāḥ śūrā yad ayudhyanta bhāgaśaḥ
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| 41 | mādrīputrau sarabhasau kṛtāstrau yuddhadurmadau
abhyayātāṃ tvarāyuktau jigīṣantau balaṃ tava
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| 42 | tato nyavartata balaṃ tāvakaṃ bharatarṣabha
śaraiḥ praṇunnaṃ bahudhā pāṇḍavair jitakāśibhiḥ
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| 43 | vadhyamānā camūḥ sā tu putrāṇāṃ prekṣatāṃ tava
bheje diśo mahārāja praṇunnā dṛḍhadhanvibhiḥ
hāhākāro mahāñ jajñe yodhānāṃ tava bhārata
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| 44 | tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti vāg āsīd drāvitānāṃ mahātmanām
kṣatriyāṇāṃ tadānyonyaṃ saṃyuge jayam icchatām
ādravann eva bhagnās te pāṇḍavais tava sainikāḥ
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| 45 | tyaktvā yuddhe priyān putrān bhrātṝn atha pitāmahān
mātulān bhāgineyāṃś ca tathā saṃbandhibāndhavān
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| 46 | hayān dvipāṃs tvarayanto yodhā jagmuḥ samantataḥ
ātmatrāṇakṛtotsāhās tāvakā bharatarṣabha
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