Book 9 Chapter 23 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | tasmiñ śabde mṛdau jāte pāṇḍavair nihate bale
aśvaiḥ saptaśataiḥ śiṣṭair upāvartata saubalaḥ |
2 | sa yātvā vāhinīṃ tūrṇam abravīt tvarayan yudhi
yudhyadhvam iti saṃhṛṣṭāḥ punaḥ punar ariṃdamaḥ apṛcchat kṣatriyāṃs tatra kva nu rājā mahārathaḥ |
3 | śakunes tu vacaḥ śrutvā ta ūcur bharatarṣabha
asau tiṣṭhati kauravyo raṇamadhye mahārathaḥ |
4 | yatraitat sumahac chatraṃ pūrṇacandrasamaprabham
yatraite satalatrāṇā rathās tiṣṭhanti daṃśitāḥ |
5 | yatraiṣa śabdas tumulaḥ parjanyaninadopamaḥ
tatra gaccha drutaṃ rājaṃs tato drakṣyasi kauravam |
6 | evam uktas tu taiḥ śūraiḥ śakuniḥ saubalas tadā
prayayau tatra yatrāsau putras tava narādhipa sarvataḥ saṃvṛto vīraiḥ samareṣv anivartibhiḥ |
7 | tato duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathānīke vyavasthitam
sarathāṃs tāvakān sarvān harṣayañ śakunis tataḥ |
8 | duryodhanam idaṃ vākyaṃ hṛṣṭarūpo viśāṃ pate
kṛtakāryam ivātmānaṃ manyamāno 'bravīn nṛpam |
9 | jahi rājan rathānīkam aśvāḥ sarve jitā mayā
nātyaktvā jīvitaṃ saṃkhye śakyo jetuṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
10 | hate tasmin rathānīke pāṇḍavenābhipālite
gajān etān haniṣyāmaḥ padātīṃś cetarāṃs tathā |
11 | śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya tāvakā jayagṛddhinaḥ
javenābhyapatan hṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm |
12 | sarve vivṛtatūṇīrāḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ
śarāsanāni dhunvānāḥ siṃhanādaṃ pracakrire |
13 | tato jyātalanirghoṣaḥ punar āsīd viśāṃ pate
prādurāsīc charāṇāṃ ca sumuktānāṃ sudāruṇaḥ |
14 | tān samīpagatān dṛṣṭvā javenodyatakārmukān
uvāca devakīputraṃ kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ |
15 | codayāśvān asaṃbhrāntaḥ praviśaitad balārṇavam
antam adya gamiṣyāmi śatrūṇāṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
16 | aṣṭādaśa dināny adya yuddhasyāsya janārdana
vartamānasya mahataḥ samāsādya parasparam |
17 | anantakalpā dhvajinī bhūtvā hy eṣāṃ mahātmanām
kṣayam adya gatā yuddhe paśya daivaṃ yathāvidham |
18 | samudrakalpaṃ tu balaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya mādhava
asmān āsādya saṃjātaṃ goṣpadopamam acyuta |
19 | hate bhīṣme ca saṃdadhyāc chivaṃ syād iha mādhava
na ca tat kṛtavān mūḍho dhārtarāṣṭraḥ subāliśaḥ |
20 | uktaṃ bhīṣmeṇa yad vākyaṃ hitaṃ pathyaṃ ca mādhava
tac cāpi nāsau kṛtavān vītabuddhiḥ suyodhanaḥ |
21 | tasmiṃs tu patite bhīṣme pracyute pṛthivītale
na jāne kāraṇaṃ kiṃ nu yena yuddham avartata |
22 | mūḍhāṃs tu sarvathā manye dhārtarāṣṭrān subāliśān
patite śaṃtanoḥ putre ye 'kārṣuḥ saṃyugaṃ punaḥ |
23 | anantaraṃ ca nihate droṇe brahmavidāṃ vare
rādheye ca vikarṇe ca naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
24 | alpāvaśiṣṭe sainye 'smin sūtaputre ca pātite
saputre vai naravyāghre naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
25 | śrutāyuṣi hate śūre jalasaṃdhe ca paurave
śrutāyudhe ca nṛpatau naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
26 | bhūriśravasi śalye ca śālve caiva janārdana
āvantyeṣu ca vīreṣu naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
27 | jayadrathe ca nihate rākṣase cāpy alāyudhe
bāhlike somadatte ca naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
28 | bhagadatte hate śūre kāmboje ca sudakṣiṇe
duḥśāsane ca nihate naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
29 | dṛṣṭvā ca nihatāñ śūrān pṛthaṅ māṇḍalikān nṛpān
balinaś ca raṇe kṛṣṇa naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
30 | akṣauhiṇīpatīn dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenena pātitān
mohād vā yadi vā lobhān naivāśāmyata vaiśasam |
31 | ko nu rājakule jātaḥ kauraveyo viśeṣataḥ
nirarthakaṃ mahad vairaṃ kuryād anyaḥ suyodhanāt |
32 | guṇato 'bhyadhikaṃ jñātvā balataḥ śauryato 'pi vā
amūḍhaḥ ko nu yudhyeta jānan prājño hitāhitam |
33 | yan na tasya mano hy āsīt tvayoktasya hitaṃ vacaḥ
praśame pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ so 'nyasya śṛṇuyāt katham |
34 | yena śāṃtanavo bhīṣmo droṇo vidura eva ca
pratyākhyātāḥ śamasyārthe kiṃ nu tasyādya bheṣajam |
35 | maurkhyād yena pitā vṛddhaḥ pratyākhyāto janārdana
tathā mātā hitaṃ vākyaṃ bhāṣamāṇā hitaiṣiṇī pratyākhyātā hy asatkṛtya sa kasmai rocayed vacaḥ |
36 | kulāntakaraṇo vyaktaṃ jāta eṣa janārdana
tathāsya dṛśyate ceṣṭā nītiś caiva viśāṃ pate naiṣa dāsyati no rājyam iti me matir acyuta |
37 | ukto 'haṃ bahuśas tāta vidureṇa mahātmanā
na jīvan dāsyate bhāgaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraḥ kathaṃ cana |
38 | yāvat prāṇā dhamiṣyanti dhārtarāṣṭrasya mānada
tāvad yuṣmāsv apāpeṣu pracariṣyati pātakam |
39 | na sa yukto 'nyathā jetum ṛte yuddhena mādhava
ity abravīt sadā māṃ hi viduraḥ satyadarśanaḥ |
40 | tat sarvam adya jānāmi vyavasāyaṃ durātmanaḥ
yad uktaṃ vacanaṃ tena vidureṇa mahātmanā |
41 | yo hi śrutvā vacaḥ pathyaṃ jāmadagnyād yathātatham
avāmanyata durbuddhir dhruvaṃ nāśamukhe sthitaḥ |
42 | uktaṃ hi bahubhiḥ siddhair jātamātre suyodhane
enaṃ prāpya durātmānaṃ kṣayaṃ kṣatraṃ gamiṣyati |
43 | tad idaṃ vacanaṃ teṣāṃ niruktaṃ vai janārdana
kṣayaṃ yātā hi rājāno duryodhanakṛte bhṛśam |
44 | so 'dya sarvān raṇe yodhān nihaniṣyāmi mādhava
kṣatriyeṣu hateṣv āśu śūnye ca śibire kṛte |
45 | vadhāya cātmano 'smābhiḥ saṃyugaṃ rocayiṣyati
tad antaṃ hi bhaved vairam anumānena mādhava |
46 | evaṃ paśyāmi vārṣṇeya cintayan prajñayā svayā
vidurasya ca vākyena ceṣṭayā ca durātmanaḥ |
47 | saṃyāhi bhāratīṃ vīra yāvad dhanmi śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
duryodhanaṃ durātmānaṃ vāhinīṃ cāsya saṃyuge |
48 | kṣemam adya kariṣyāmi dharmarājasya mādhava
hatvaitad durbalaṃ sainyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya paśyataḥ |
49 | saṃjaya uvāca |
49 | abhīśuhasto dāśārhas tathoktaḥ savyasācinā
tad balaugham amitrāṇām abhītaḥ prāviśad raṇe |
50 | śarāsanavaraṃ ghoraṃ śaktikaṇṭakasaṃvṛtam
gadāparighapanthānaṃ rathanāgamahādrumam |
51 | hayapattilatākīrṇaṃ gāhamāno mahāyaśāḥ
vyacarat tatra govindo rathenātipatākinā |
52 | te hayāḥ pāṇḍurā rājan vahanto 'rjunam āhave
dikṣu sarvāsv adṛśyanta dāśārheṇa pracoditāḥ |
53 | tataḥ prāyād rathenājau savyasācī paraṃtapaḥ
kirañ śaraśatāṃs tīkṣṇān vāridhārā ivāmbudaḥ |
54 | prādurāsīn mahāñ śabdaḥ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
iṣubhiś chādyamānānāṃ samare savyasācinā |
55 | asajjantas tanutreṣu śaraughāḥ prāpatan bhuvi
indrāśanisamasparśā gāṇḍīvapreṣitāḥ śarāḥ |
56 | narān nāgān samāhatya hayāṃś cāpi viśāṃ pate
apatanta raṇe bāṇāḥ pataṃgā iva ghoṣiṇaḥ |
57 | āsīt sarvam avacchannaṃ gāṇḍīvapreṣitaiḥ śaraiḥ
na prājñāyanta samare diśo vā pradiśo 'pi vā |
58 | sarvam āsīj jagat pūrṇaṃ pārthanāmāṅkitaiḥ śaraiḥ
rukmapuṅkhais tailadhautaiḥ karmāraparimārjitaiḥ |
59 | te dahyamānāḥ pārthena pāvakeneva kuñjarāḥ
samāsīdanta kauravyā vadhyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
60 | śaracāpadharaḥ pārthaḥ prajvalann iva bhārata
dadāha samare yodhān kakṣam agnir iva jvalan |
61 | yathā vanānte vanapair visṛṣṭaḥ; kakṣaṃ dahet kṛṣṇagatiḥ saghoṣaḥ
bhūridrumaṃ śuṣkalatāvitānaṃ; bhṛśaṃ samṛddho jvalanaḥ pratāpī |
62 | evaṃ sa nārācagaṇapratāpī; śarārcir uccāvacatigmatejāḥ
dadāha sarvāṃ tava putrasenām; amṛṣyamāṇas tarasā tarasvī |
63 | tasyeṣavaḥ prāṇaharāḥ sumuktā; nāsajjan vai varmasu rukmapuṅkhāḥ
na ca dvitīyaṃ pramumoca bāṇaṃ; nare haye vā paramadvipe vā |
64 | anekarūpākṛtibhir hi bāṇair; mahārathānīkam anupraviśya
sa eva ekas tava putrasenāṃ; jaghāna daityān iva vajrapāṇiḥ |