 | Book 9 Chapter 54
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | evaṃ tad abhavad yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ janamejaya
yatra duḥkhānvito rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bravīd idam
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| 2 | rāmaṃ saṃnihitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāyuddha upasthite
mama putraḥ kathaṃ bhīmaṃ pratyayudhyata saṃjaya
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| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 3 | rāmasāṃnidhyam āsādya putro duryodhanas tava
yuddhakāmo mahābāhuḥ samahṛṣyata vīryavān
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| 4 | dṛṣṭvā lāṅgalinaṃ rājā pratyutthāya ca bhārata
prītyā paramayā yukto yudhiṣṭhiram athābravīt
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| 5 | samantapañcakaṃ kṣipram ito yāma viśāṃ pate
prathitottaravedī sā devaloke prajāpateḥ
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| 6 | tasmin mahāpuṇyatame trailokyasya sanātane
saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ prāpya dhruvaṃ svargo bhaviṣyati
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| 7 | tathety uktvā mahārāja kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
samantapañcakaṃ vīraḥ prāyād abhimukhaḥ prabhuḥ
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| 8 | tato duryodhano rājā pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām
padbhyām amarṣād dyutimān agacchat pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
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| 9 | tathā yāntaṃ gadāhastaṃ varmaṇā cāpi daṃśitam
antarikṣagatā devāḥ sādhu sādhv ity apūjayan
vātikāś ca narā ye 'tra dṛṣṭvā te harṣam āgatāḥ
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| 10 | sa pāṇḍavaiḥ parivṛtaḥ kururājas tavātmajaḥ
mattasyeva gajendrasya gatim āsthāya so 'vrajat
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| 11 | tataḥ śaṅkhaninādena bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ
siṃhanādaiś ca śūrāṇāṃ diśaḥ sarvāḥ prapūritāḥ
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| 12 | pratīcyabhimukhaṃ deśaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ sutena te
gatvā ca taiḥ parikṣiptaṃ samantāt sarvatodiśam
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| 13 | dakṣiṇena sarasvatyāḥ svayanaṃ tīrtham uttamam
tasmin deśe tv aniriṇe tatra yuddham arocayan
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| 14 | tato bhīmo mahākoṭiṃ gadāṃ gṛhyātha varmabhṛt
bibhrad rūpaṃ mahārāja sadṛśaṃ hi garutmataḥ
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| 15 | avabaddhaśirastrāṇaḥ saṃkhye kāñcanavarmabhṛt
rarāja rājan putras te kāñcanaḥ śailarāḍ iva
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| 16 | varmabhyāṃ saṃvṛtau vīrau bhīmaduryodhanāv ubhau
saṃyuge ca prakāśete saṃrabdhāv iva kuñjarau
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| 17 | raṇamaṇḍalamadhyasthau bhrātarau tau nararṣabhau
aśobhetāṃ mahārāja candrasūryāv ivoditau
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| 18 | tāv anyonyaṃ nirīkṣetāṃ kruddhāv iva mahādvipau
dahantau locanai rājan parasparavadhaiṣiṇau
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| 19 | saṃprahṛṣṭamanā rājan gadām ādāya kauravaḥ
sṛkkiṇī saṃlihan rājan krodharaktekṣaṇaḥ śvasan
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| 20 | tato duryodhano rājā gadām ādāya vīryavān
bhīmasenam abhiprekṣya gajo gajam ivāhvayat
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| 21 | adrisāramayīṃ bhīmas tathaivādāya vīryavān
āhvayām āsa nṛpatiṃ siṃhaḥ siṃhaṃ yathā vane
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| 22 | tāv udyatagadāpāṇī duryodhanavṛkodarau
saṃyuge sma prakāśete girī saśikharāv iva
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| 23 | tāv ubhāv abhisaṃkruddhāv ubhau bhīmaparākramau
ubhau śiṣyau gadāyuddhe rauhiṇeyasya dhīmataḥ
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| 24 | ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇau yamavāsavayor iva
tathā sadṛśakarmāṇau varuṇasya mahābalau
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| 25 | vāsudevasya rāmasya tathā vaiśravaṇasya ca
sadṛśau tau mahārāja madhukaiṭabhayor yudhi
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| 26 | ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇau raṇe sundopasundayoḥ
tathaiva kālasya samau mṛtyoś caiva paraṃtapau
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| 27 | anyonyam abhidhāvantau mattāv iva mahādvipau
vāśitāsaṃgame dṛptau śaradīva madotkaṭau
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| 28 | mattāv iva jigīṣantau mātaṅgau bharatarṣabhau
ubhau krodhaviṣaṃ dīptaṃ vamantāv uragāv iva
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| 29 | anyonyam abhisaṃrabdhau prekṣamāṇāv ariṃdamau
ubhau bharataśārdūlau vikrameṇa samanvitau
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| 30 | siṃhāv iva durādharṣau gadāyuddhe paraṃtapau
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhau vīrau vyāghrāv iva durutsahau
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| 31 | prajāsaṃharaṇe kṣubdhau samudrāv iva dustarau
lohitāṅgāv iva kruddhau pratapantau mahārathau
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| 32 | raśmimantau mahātmānau dīptimantau mahābalau
dadṛśāte kuruśreṣṭhau kālasūryāv ivoditau
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| 33 | vyāghrāv iva susaṃrabdhau garjantāv iva toyadau
jahṛṣāte mahābāhū siṃhau kesariṇāv iva
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| 34 | gajāv iva susaṃrabdhau jvalitāv iva pāvakau
dadṛśus tau mahātmānau saśṛṅgāv iva parvatau
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| 35 | roṣāt prasphuramāṇoṣṭhau nirīkṣantau parasparam
tau sametau mahātmānau gadāhastau narottamau
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| 36 | ubhau paramasaṃhṛṣṭāv ubhau paramasaṃmatau
sadaśvāv iva heṣantau bṛṃhantāv iva kuñjarau
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| 37 | vṛṣabhāv iva garjantau duryodhanavṛkodarau
daityāv iva balonmattau rejatus tau narottamau
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| 38 | tato duryodhano rājann idam āha yudhiṣṭhiram
sṛñjayaiḥ saha tiṣṭhantaṃ tapantam iva bhāskaram
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| 39 | idaṃ vyavasitaṃ yuddhaṃ mama bhīmasya cobhayoḥ
upopaviṣṭāḥ paśyadhvaṃ vimardaṃ nṛpasattamāḥ
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| 40 | tataḥ samupaviṣṭaṃ tat sumahad rājamaṇḍalam
virājamānaṃ dadṛśe divīvādityamaṇḍalam
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| 41 | teṣāṃ madhye mahābāhuḥ śrīmān keśavapūrvajaḥ
upaviṣṭo mahārāja pūjyamānaḥ samantataḥ
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| 42 | śuśubhe rājamadhyastho nīlavāsāḥ sitaprabhaḥ
nakṣatrair iva saṃpūrṇo vṛto niśi niśākaraḥ
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| 43 | tau tathā tu mahārāja gadāhastau durāsadau
anyonyaṃ vāgbhir ugrābhis takṣamāṇau vyavasthitau
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| 44 | apriyāṇi tato 'nyonyam uktvā tau kurupuṃgavau
udīkṣantau sthitau vīrau vṛtraśakrāv ivāhave
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