Book 9 Chapter 18 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | pātite yudhi durdharṣe madrarāje mahārathe
tāvakās tava putrāś ca prāyaśo vimukhābhavan |
2 | vaṇijo nāvi bhinnāyāṃ yathāgādhe 'plave 'rṇave
apāre pāram icchanto hate śūre mahātmani |
3 | madrarāje mahārāja vitrastāḥ śaravikṣatāḥ
anāthā nātham icchanto mṛgāḥ siṃhārditā iva |
4 | vṛṣā yathā bhagnaśṛṅgāḥ śīrṇadantā gajā iva
madhyāhne pratyapāyāma nirjitā dharmasūnunā |
5 | na saṃdhātum anīkāni na ca rājan parākrame
āsīd buddhir hate śalye tava yodhasya kasya cit |
6 | bhīṣme droṇe ca nihate sūtaputre ca bhārata
yad duḥkhaṃ tava yodhānāṃ bhayaṃ cāsīd viśāṃ pate tad bhayaṃ sa ca naḥ śoko bhūya evābhyavartata |
7 | nirāśāś ca jaye tasmin hate śalye mahārathe
hatapravīrā vidhvastā vikṛttāś ca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ madrarāje hate rājan yodhās te prādravan bhayāt |
8 | aśvān anye gajān anye rathān anye mahārathāḥ
āruhya javasaṃpannāḥ pādātāḥ prādravan bhayāt |
9 | dvisāhasrāś ca mātaṅgā girirūpāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
saṃprādravan hate śalye aṅkuśāṅguṣṭhacoditāḥ |
10 | te raṇād bharataśreṣṭha tāvakāḥ prādravan diśaḥ
dhāvantaś cāpy adṛśyanta śvasamānāḥ śarāturāḥ |
11 | tān prabhagnān drutān dṛṣṭvā hatotsāhān parājitān
abhyadravanta pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavāś ca jayaiṣiṇaḥ |
12 | bāṇaśabdaravaś cāpi siṃhanādaś ca puṣkalaḥ
śaṅkhaśabdaś ca śūrāṇāṃ dāruṇaḥ samapadyata |
13 | dṛṣṭvā tu kauravaṃ sainyaṃ bhayatrastaṃ pravidrutam
anyonyaṃ samabhāṣanta pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha |
14 | adya rājā satyadhṛtir jitāmitro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
adya duryodhano hīno dīptayā nṛpatiśriyā |
15 | adya śrutvā hataṃ putraṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
niḥsaṃjñaḥ patito bhūmau kilbiṣaṃ pratipadyatām |
16 | adya jānātu kaunteyaṃ samarthaṃ sarvadhanvinām
adyātmānaṃ ca durmedhā garhayiṣyati pāpakṛt adya kṣattur vacaḥ satyaṃ smaratāṃ bruvato hitam |
17 | adyaprabhṛti pārthāṃś ca preṣyabhūta upācaran
vijānātu nṛpo duḥkhaṃ yat prāptaṃ pāṇḍunandanaiḥ |
18 | adya kṛṣṇasya māhātmyaṃ jānātu sa mahīpatiḥ
adyārjunadhanurghoṣaṃ ghoraṃ jānātu saṃyuge |
19 | astrāṇāṃ ca balaṃ sarvaṃ bāhvoś ca balam āhave
adya jñāsyati bhīmasya balaṃ ghoraṃ mahātmanaḥ |
20 | hate duryodhane yuddhe śakreṇevāsure maye
yat kṛtaṃ bhīmasenena duḥśāsanavadhe tadā nānyaḥ kartāsti loke tad ṛte bhīmaṃ mahābalam |
21 | jānītām adya jyeṣṭhasya pāṇḍavasya parākramam
madrarājaṃ hataṃ śrutvā devair api suduḥsaham |
22 | adya jñāsyati saṃgrāme mādrīputrau mahābalau
nihate saubale śūre gāndhāreṣu ca sarvaśaḥ |
23 | kathaṃ teṣāṃ jayo na syād yeṣāṃ yoddhā dhanaṃjayaḥ
sātyakir bhīmasenaś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ |
24 | draupadyās tanayāḥ pañca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau
śikhaṇḍī ca maheṣvāso rājā caiva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
25 | yeṣāṃ ca jagatāṃ nātho nāthaḥ kṛṣṇo janārdanaḥ
kathaṃ teṣāṃ jayo na syād yeṣāṃ dharmo vyapāśrayaḥ |
26 | bhīṣmaṃ droṇaṃ ca karṇaṃ ca madrarājānam eva ca
tathānyān nṛpatīn vīrāñ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ |
27 | ko 'nyaḥ śakto raṇe jetum ṛte pārthaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
yasya nātho hṛṣīkeśaḥ sadā dharmayaśonidhiḥ |
28 | ity evaṃ vadamānās te harṣeṇa mahatā yutāḥ
prabhagnāṃs tāvakān rājan sṛñjayāḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ |
29 | dhanaṃjayo rathānīkam abhyavartata vīryavān
mādrīputrau ca śakuniṃ sātyakiś ca mahārathaḥ |
30 | tān prekṣya dravataḥ sarvān bhīmasenabhayārditān
duryodhanas tadā sūtam abravīd utsmayann iva |
31 | na mātikramate pārtho dhanuṣpāṇim avasthitam
jaghane sarvasainyānāṃ mamāśvān pratipādaya |
32 | jaghane yudhyamānaṃ hi kaunteyo māṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ
notsahetābhyatikrāntuṃ velām iva mahodadhiḥ |
33 | paśya sainyaṃ mahat sūta pāṇḍavaiḥ samabhidrutam
sainyareṇuṃ samuddhūtaṃ paśyasvainaṃ samantataḥ |
34 | siṃhanādāṃś ca bahuśaḥ śṛṇu ghorān bhayānakān
tasmād yāhi śanaiḥ sūta jaghanaṃ paripālaya |
35 | mayi sthite ca samare niruddheṣu ca pāṇḍuṣu
punarāvartate tūrṇaṃ māmakaṃ balam ojasā |
36 | tac chrutvā tava putrasya śūrāgryasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ
sārathir hemasaṃchannāñ śanair aśvān acodayat |
37 | gajāśvarathibhir hīnās tyaktātmānaḥ padātayaḥ
ekaviṃśatisāhasrāḥ saṃyugāyāvatasthire |
38 | nānādeśasamudbhūtā nānārañjitavāsasaḥ
avasthitās tadā yodhāḥ prārthayanto mahad yaśaḥ |
39 | teṣām āpatatāṃ tatra saṃhṛṣṭānāṃ parasparam
saṃmardaḥ sumahāñ jajñe ghorarūpo bhayānakaḥ |
40 | bhīmasenaṃ tadā rājan dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam
balena caturaṅgeṇa nānādeśyā nyavārayan |
41 | bhīmam evābhyavartanta raṇe 'nye tu padātayaḥ
prakṣveḍyāsphoṭya saṃhṛṣṭā vīralokaṃ yiyāsavaḥ |
42 | āsādya bhīmasenaṃ tu saṃrabdhā yuddhadurmadāḥ
dhārtarāṣṭrā vinedur hi nānyāṃ cākathayan kathām parivārya raṇe bhīmaṃ nijaghnus te samantataḥ |
43 | sa vadhyamānaḥ samare padātigaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ
na cacāla rathopasthe maināka iva parvataḥ |
44 | te tu kruddhā mahārāja pāṇḍavasya mahāratham
nigrahītuṃ pracakrur hi yodhāṃś cānyān avārayan |
45 | akrudhyata raṇe bhīmas tais tadā paryavasthitaiḥ
so 'vatīrya rathāt tūrṇaṃ padātiḥ samavasthitaḥ |
46 | jātarūpaparicchannāṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām
avadhīt tāvakān yodhān daṇḍapāṇir ivāntakaḥ |
47 | rathāśvadvipahīnāṃs tu tān bhīmo gadayā balī
ekaviṃśatisāhasrān padātīn avapothayat |
48 | hatvā tat puruṣānīkaṃ bhīmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ puraskṛtya nacirāt pratyadṛśyata |
49 | pādātā nihatā bhūmau śiśyire rudhirokṣitāḥ
saṃbhagnā iva vātena karṇikārāḥ supuṣpitāḥ |
50 | nānāpuṣpasrajopetā nānākuṇḍaladhāriṇaḥ
nānājātyā hatās tatra nānādeśasamāgatāḥ |
51 | patākādhvajasaṃchannaṃ padātīnāṃ mahad balam
nikṛttaṃ vibabhau tatra ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam |
52 | yudhiṣṭhirapurogās tu sarvasainyamahārathāḥ
abhyadhāvan mahātmānaṃ putraṃ duryodhanaṃ tava |
53 | te sarve tāvakān dṛṣṭvā maheṣvāsān parāṅmukhān
nābhyavartanta te putraṃ veleva makarālayam |
54 | tad adbhutam apaśyāma tava putrasya pauruṣam
yad ekaṃ sahitāḥ pārthā na śekur ativartitum |
55 | nātidūrāpayātaṃ tu kṛtabuddhiṃ palāyane
duryodhanaḥ svakaṃ sainyam abravīd bhṛśavikṣatam |
56 | na taṃ deśaṃ prapaśyāmi pṛthivyāṃ parvateṣu vā
yatra yātān na vo hanyuḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kiṃ sṛtena vaḥ |
57 | alpaṃ ca balam eteṣāṃ kṛṣṇau ca bhṛśavikṣatau
yadi sarve 'tra tiṣṭhāmo dhruvo no vijayo bhavet |
58 | viprayātāṃs tu vo bhinnān pāṇḍavāḥ kṛtakilbiṣān
anusṛtya haniṣyanti śreyo naḥ samare sthitam |
59 | śṛṇudhvaṃ kṣatriyāḥ sarve yāvantaḥ stha samāgatāḥ
yadā śūraṃ ca bhīruṃ ca mārayaty antakaḥ sadā ko nu mūḍho na yudhyeta puruṣaḥ kṣatriyabruvaḥ |
60 | śreyo no bhīmasenasya kruddhasya pramukhe sthitam
sukhaḥ sāṃgrāmiko mṛtyuḥ kṣatradharmeṇa yudhyatām jitveha sukham āpnoti hataḥ pretya mahat phalam |
61 | na yuddhadharmāc chreyān vai panthāḥ svargasya kauravāḥ
acireṇa jitāṃl lokān hato yuddhe samaśnute |
62 | śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya pūjayitvā ca pārthivāḥ
punar evānvavartanta pāṇḍavān ātatāyinaḥ |
63 | tān āpatata evāśu vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
pratyudyayus tadā pārthā jayagṛdhrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |
64 | dhanaṃjayo rathenājāv abhyavartata vīryavān
viśrutaṃ triṣu lokeṣu gāṇḍīvaṃ vikṣipan dhanuḥ |
65 | mādrīputrau ca śakuniṃ sātyakiś ca mahābalaḥ
javenābhyapatan hṛṣṭā yato vai tāvakaṃ balam |