Book 9 Chapter 24 | |
1 | saṃjaya uvāca |
1 | asyatāṃ yatamānānāṃ śūrāṇām anivartinām
saṃkalpam akaron moghaṃ gāṇḍīvena dhanaṃjayaḥ |
2 | indrāśanisamasparśān aviṣahyān mahaujasaḥ
visṛjan dṛśyate bāṇān dhārā muñcann ivāmbudaḥ |
3 | tat sainyaṃ bharataśreṣṭha vadhyamānaṃ kirīṭinā
saṃpradudrāva saṃgrāmāt tava putrasya paśyataḥ |
4 | hatadhuryā rathāḥ ke cid dhatasūtās tathāpare
bhagnākṣayugacakreṣāḥ ke cid āsan viśāṃ pate |
5 | anyeṣāṃ sāyakāḥ kṣīṇās tathānye śarapīḍitāḥ
akṣatā yugapat ke cit prādravan bhayapīḍitāḥ |
6 | ke cit putrān upādāya hatabhūyiṣṭhavāhanāḥ
vicukruśuḥ pitṝn anye sahāyān apare punaḥ |
7 | bāndhavāṃś ca naravyāghra bhrātṝn saṃbandhinas tathā
dudruvuḥ ke cid utsṛjya tatra tatra viśāṃ pate |
8 | bahavo 'tra bhṛśaṃ viddhā muhyamānā mahārathāḥ
niṣṭanantaḥ sma dṛśyante pārthabāṇahatā narāḥ |
9 | tān anye ratham āropya samāśvāsya muhūrtakam
viśrāntāś ca vitṛṣṇāś ca punar yuddhāya jagmire |
10 | tān apāsya gatāḥ ke cit punar eva yuyutsavaḥ
kurvantas tava putrasya śāsanaṃ yuddhadurmadāḥ |
11 | pānīyam apare pītvā paryāśvāsya ca vāhanam
varmāṇi ca samāropya ke cid bharatasattama |
12 | samāśvāsyāpare bhrātṝn nikṣipya śibire 'pi ca
putrān anye pitṝn anye punar yuddham arocayan |
13 | sajjayitvā rathān ke cid yathāmukhyaṃ viśāṃ pate
āplutya pāṇḍavānīkaṃ punar yuddham arocayan |
14 | te śūrāḥ kiṅkiṇījālaiḥ samācchannā babhāsire
trailokyavijaye yuktā yathā daiteyadānavāḥ |
15 | āgamya sahasā ke cid rathaiḥ svarṇavibhūṣitaiḥ
pāṇḍavānām anīkeṣu dhṛṣṭadyumnam ayodhayan |
16 | dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi pāñcālyaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ
nākuliś ca śatānīko rathānīkam ayodhayan |
17 | pāñcālyas tu tataḥ kruddhaḥ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ
abhyadravat susaṃrabdhas tāvakān hantum udyataḥ |
18 | tatas tv āpatatas tasya tava putro janādhipa
bāṇasaṃghān anekān vai preṣayām āsa bhārata |
19 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tato rājaṃs tava putreṇa dhanvinā
nārācair bahubhiḥ kṣipraṃ bāhvor urasi cārpitaḥ |
20 | so 'tividdho maheṣvāsas tottrārdita iva dvipaḥ
tasyāśvāṃś caturo bāṇaiḥ preṣayām āsa mṛtyave sāratheś cāsya bhallena śiraḥ kāyād apāharat |
21 | tato duryodhano rājā pṛṣṭham āruhya vājinaḥ
apākrāmad dhataratho nātidūram ariṃdamaḥ |
22 | dṛṣṭvā tu hatavikrāntaṃ svam anīkaṃ mahābalaḥ
tava putro mahārāja prayayau yatra saubalaḥ |
23 | tato ratheṣu bhagneṣu trisāhasrā mahādvipāḥ
pāṇḍavān rathinaḥ pañca samantāt paryavārayan |
24 | te vṛtāḥ samare pañca gajānīkena bhārata
aśobhanta naravyāghrā grahā vyāptā ghanair iva |
25 | tato 'rjuno mahārāja labdhalakṣo mahābhujaḥ
viniryayau rathenaiva śvetāśvaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ |
26 | taiḥ samantāt parivṛtaḥ kuñjaraiḥ parvatopamaiḥ
nārācair vimalais tīkṣṇair gajānīkam apothayat |
27 | tatraikabāṇanihatān apaśyāma mahāgajān
patitān pātyamānāṃś ca vibhinnān savyasācinā |
28 | bhīmasenas tu tān dṛṣṭvā nāgān mattagajopamaḥ
kareṇa gṛhya mahatīṃ gadām abhyapatad balī avaplutya rathāt tūrṇaṃ daṇḍapāṇir ivāntakaḥ |
29 | tam udyatagadaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāratham
vitresus tāvakāḥ sainyāḥ śakṛnmūtraṃ prasusruvuḥ āvignaṃ ca balaṃ sarvaṃ gadāhaste vṛkodare |
30 | gadayā bhīmasenena bhinnakumbhān rajasvalān
dhāvamānān apaśyāma kuñjarān parvatopamān |
31 | pradhāvya kuñjarās te tu bhīmasenagadāhatāḥ
petur ārtasvaraṃ kṛtvā chinnapakṣā ivādrayaḥ |
32 | tān bhinnakumbhān subahūn dravamāṇān itas tataḥ
patamānāṃś ca saṃprekṣya vitresus tava sainikāḥ |
33 | yudhiṣṭhiro 'pi saṃkruddho mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau
gṛdhrapakṣaiḥ śitair bāṇair jaghnur vai gajayodhinaḥ |
34 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu samare parājitya narādhipam
apakrānte tava sute hayapṛṣṭhaṃ samāśrite |
35 | dṛṣṭvā ca pāṇḍavān sarvān kuñjaraiḥ parivāritān
dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja saha sarvaiḥ prabhadrakaiḥ putraḥ pāñcālarājasya jighāṃsuḥ kuñjarān yayau |
36 | adṛṣṭvā tu rathānīke duryodhanam ariṃdamam
aśvatthāmā kṛpaś caiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ apṛcchan kṣatriyāṃs tatra kva nu duryodhano gataḥ |
37 | apaśyamānā rājānaṃ vartamāne janakṣaye
manvānā nihataṃ tatra tava putraṃ mahārathāḥ viṣaṇṇavadanā bhūtvā paryapṛcchanta te sutam |
38 | āhuḥ ke cid dhate sūte prayāto yatra saubalaḥ
apare tv abruvaṃs tatra kṣatriyā bhṛśavikṣatāḥ |
39 | duryodhanena kiṃ kāryaṃ drakṣyadhvaṃ yadi jīvati
yudhyadhvaṃ sahitāḥ sarve kiṃ vo rājā kariṣyati |
40 | te kṣatriyāḥ kṣatair gātrair hatabhūyiṣṭhavāhanāḥ
śaraiḥ saṃpīḍyamānāś ca nātivyaktam ivābruvan |
41 | idaṃ sarvaṃ balaṃ hanmo yena sma parivāritāḥ
ete sarve gajān hatvā upayānti sma pāṇḍavāḥ |
42 | śrutvā tu vacanaṃ teṣām aśvatthāmā mahābalaḥ
hitvā pāñcālarājasya tad anīkaṃ durutsaham |
43 | kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca prayayur yatra saubalaḥ
rathānīkaṃ parityajya śūrāḥ sudṛḍhadhanvinaḥ |
44 | tatas teṣu prayāteṣu dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ
āyayuḥ pāṇḍavā rājan vinighnantaḥ sma tāvakān |
45 | dṛṣṭvā tu tān āpatataḥ saṃprahṛṣṭān mahārathān
parākrāntāṃs tato vīrān nirāśāñ jīvite tadā vivarṇamukhabhūyiṣṭham abhavat tāvakaṃ balam |
46 | parikṣīṇāyudhān dṛṣṭvā tān ahaṃ parivāritān
rājan balena dvyaṅgena tyaktvā jīvitam ātmanaḥ |
47 | ātmanāpañcamo 'yudhyaṃ pāñcālasya balena ha
tasmin deśe vyavasthāpya yatra śāradvataḥ sthitaḥ |
48 | saṃprayuddhā vayaṃ pañca kirīṭiśarapīḍitāḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahānīkaṃ tatra no 'bhūd raṇo mahān jitās tena vayaṃ sarve vyapayāma raṇāt tataḥ |
49 | athāpaśyaṃ sātyakiṃ tam upāyāntaṃ mahāratham
rathaiś catuḥśatair vīro māṃ cābhyadravad āhave |
50 | dhṛṣṭadyumnād ahaṃ muktaḥ kathaṃ cic chrāntavāhanaḥ
patito mādhavānīkaṃ duṣkṛtī narakaṃ yathā tatra yuddham abhūd ghoraṃ muhūrtam atidāruṇam |
51 | sātyakis tu mahābāhur mama hatvā paricchadam
jīvagrāham agṛhṇān māṃ mūrchitaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi |
52 | tato muhūrtād iva tad gajānīkam avadhyata
gadayā bhīmasenena nārācair arjunena ca |
53 | pratipiṣṭair mahānāgaiḥ samantāt parvatopamaiḥ
nātiprasiddheva gatiḥ pāṇḍavānām ajāyata |
54 | rathamārgāṃs tataś cakre bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārāja vyapakarṣan mahāgajān |
55 | aśvatthāmā kṛpaś caiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ
apaśyanto rathānīke duryodhanam ariṃdamam rājānaṃ mṛgayām āsus tava putraṃ mahāratham |
56 | parityajya ca pāñcālaṃ prayātā yatra saubalaḥ
rājño 'darśanasaṃvignā vartamāne janakṣaye |