 | Book 9 Chapter 17
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | śalye tu nihate rājan madrarājapadānugāḥ
rathāḥ saptaśatā vīrā niryayur mahato balāt
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| 2 | duryodhanas tu dviradam āruhyācalasaṃnibham
chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena vījyamānaś ca cāmaraiḥ
na gantavyaṃ na gantavyam iti madrān avārayat
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| 3 | duryodhanena te vīrā vāryamāṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ jighāṃsantaḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ prāviśan balam
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| 4 | te tu śūrā mahārāja kṛtacittāḥ sma yodhane
dhanuḥśabdaṃ mahat kṛtvā sahāyudhyanta pāṇḍavaiḥ
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| 5 | śrutvā tu nihataṃ śalyaṃ dharmaputraṃ ca pīḍitam
madrarājapriye yuktair madrakāṇāṃ mahārathaiḥ
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| 6 | ājagāma tataḥ pārtho gāṇḍīvaṃ vikṣipan dhanuḥ
pūrayan rathaghoṣeṇa diśaḥ sarvā mahārathaḥ
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| 7 | tato 'rjunaś ca bhīmaś ca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau
sātyakiś ca naravyāghro draupadeyāś ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 8 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca pāñcālāḥ saha somakaiḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ parīpsantaḥ samantāt paryavārayan
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| 9 | te samantāt parivṛtāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
kṣobhayanti sma tāṃ senāṃ makarāḥ sāgaraṃ yathā
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| 10 | purovātena gaṅgeva kṣobhyamānā mahānadī
akṣobhyata tadā rājan pāṇḍūnāṃ dhvajinī punaḥ
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| 11 | praskandya senāṃ mahatīṃ tyaktātmāno mahārathāḥ
vṛkṣān iva mahāvātāḥ kampayanti sma tāvakāḥ
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| 12 | bahavaś cukruśus tatra kva sa rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhrātaro vāsya te śūrā dṛśyante neha ke cana
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| 13 | pāñcālānāṃ mahāvīryāḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumno 'tha śaineyo draupadeyāś ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 14 | evaṃ tān vādinaḥ śūrān draupadeyā mahārathāḥ
abhyaghnan yuyudhānaś ca madrarājapadānugān
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| 15 | cakrair vimathitaiḥ ke cit ke cic chinnair mahādhvajaiḥ
pratyadṛśyanta samare tāvakā nihatāḥ paraiḥ
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| 16 | ālokya pāṇḍavān yuddhe yodhā rājan samantataḥ
vāryamāṇā yayur vegāt tava putreṇa bhārata
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| 17 | duryodhanas tu tān vīrān vārayām āsa sāntvayan
na cāsya śāsanaṃ kaś cit tatra cakre mahārathaḥ
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| 18 | tato gāndhārarājasya putraḥ śakunir abravīt
duryodhanaṃ mahārāja vacanaṃ vacanakṣamaḥ
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| 19 | kiṃ naḥ saṃprekṣamāṇānāṃ madrāṇāṃ hanyate balam
na yuktam etat samare tvayi tiṣṭhati bhārata
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| 20 | sahitair nāma yoddhavyam ity eṣa samayaḥ kṛtaḥ
atha kasmāt parān eva ghnato marṣayase nṛpa
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| 21 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 21 | vāryamāṇā mayā pūrvaṃ naite cakrur vaco mama
ete hi nihatāḥ sarve praskannāḥ pāṇḍuvāhinīm
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| 22 | śakunir uvāca
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| 22 | na bhartuḥ śāsanaṃ vīrā raṇe kurvanty amarṣitāḥ
alaṃ kroddhuṃ tathaiteṣāṃ nāyaṃ kāla upekṣitum
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| 23 | yāmaḥ sarve 'tra saṃbhūya savājirathakuñjarāḥ
paritrātuṃ maheṣvāsān madrarājapadānugān
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| 24 | anyonyaṃ parirakṣāmo yatnena mahatā nṛpa
evaṃ sarve 'nusaṃcintya prayayur yatra sainikāḥ
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| 25 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 25 | evam uktas tato rājā balena mahatā vṛtaḥ
prayayau siṃhanādena kampayan vai vasuṃdharām
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| 26 | hata vidhyata gṛhṇīta praharadhvaṃ nikṛntata
ity āsīt tumulaḥ śabdas tava sainyasya bhārata
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| 27 | pāṇḍavās tu raṇe dṛṣṭvā madrarājapadānugān
sahitān abhyavartanta gulmam āsthāya madhyamam
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| 28 | te muhūrtād raṇe vīrā hastāhastaṃ viśāṃ pate
nihatāḥ pratyadṛśyanta madrarājapadānugāḥ
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| 29 | tato naḥ saṃprayātānāṃ hatāmitrās tarasvinaḥ
hṛṣṭāḥ kilakilāśabdam akurvan sahitāḥ pare
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| 30 | athotthitāni ruṇḍāni samadṛśyanta sarvaśaḥ
papāta mahatī colkā madhyenādityamaṇḍalam
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| 31 | rathair bhagnair yugākṣaiś ca nihataiś ca mahārathaiḥ
aśvair nipatitaiś caiva saṃchannābhūd vasuṃdharā
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| 32 | vātāyamānais turagair yugāsaktais turaṃgamaiḥ
adṛśyanta mahārāja yodhās tatra raṇājire
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| 33 | bhagnacakrān rathān ke cid avahaṃs turagā raṇe
rathārdhaṃ ke cid ādāya diśo daśa vibabhramuḥ
tatra tatra ca dṛśyante yoktraiḥ śliṣṭāḥ sma vājinaḥ
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| 34 | rathinaḥ patamānāś ca vyadṛśyanta narottama
gaganāt pracyutāḥ siddhāḥ puṇyānām iva saṃkṣaye
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| 35 | nihateṣu ca śūreṣu madrarājānugeṣu ca
asmān āpatataś cāpi dṛṣṭvā pārthā mahārathāḥ
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| 36 | abhyavartanta vegena jayagṛdhrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
bāṇaśabdaravān kṛtvā vimiśrāñ śaṅkhanisvanaiḥ
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| 37 | asmāṃs tu punar āsādya labdhalakṣāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
śarāsanāni dhunvānāḥ siṃhanādān pracukruśuḥ
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| 38 | tato hatam abhiprekṣya madrarājabalaṃ mahat
madrarājaṃ ca samare dṛṣṭvā śūraṃ nipātitam
duryodhanabalaṃ sarvaṃ punar āsīt parāṅmukham
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| 39 | vadhyamānaṃ mahārāja pāṇḍavair jitakāśibhiḥ
diśo bheje 'tha saṃbhrāntaṃ trāsitaṃ dṛḍhadhanvibhiḥ
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