 | Book 9 Chapter 56
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tato duryodhano dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ tathāgatam
pratyudyayāv adīnātmā vegena mahatā nadan
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| 2 | samāpetatur ānadya śṛṅgiṇau vṛṣabhāv iva
mahānirghātaghoṣaś ca saṃprahāras tayor abhūt
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| 3 | abhavac ca tayor yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam
jigīṣator yudhānyonyam indraprahrādayor iva
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| 4 | rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau gadāhastau manasvinau
dadṛśāte mahātmānau puṣpitāv iva kiṃśukau
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| 5 | tathā tasmin mahāyuddhe vartamāne sudāruṇe
khadyotasaṃghair iva khaṃ darśanīyaṃ vyarocata
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| 6 | tathā tasmin vartamāne saṃkule tumule bhṛśam
ubhāv api pariśrāntau yudhyamānāv ariṃdamau
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| 7 | tau muhūrtaṃ samāśvasya punar eva paraṃtapau
abhyahārayatāṃ tatra saṃpragṛhya gade śubhe
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| 8 | tau tu dṛṣṭvā mahāvīryau samāśvastau nararṣabhau
balinau vāraṇau yadvad vāśitārthe madotkaṭau
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| 9 | apāravīryau saṃprekṣya pragṛhītagadāv ubhau
vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmur devagandharvadānavāḥ
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| 10 | pragṛhītagadau dṛṣṭvā duryodhanavṛkodarau
saṃśayaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vijaye samapadyata
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| 11 | samāgamya tato bhūyo bhrātarau balināṃ varau
anyonyasyāntaraprepsū pracakrāte 'ntaraṃ prati
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| 12 | yamadaṇḍopamāṃ gurvīm indrāśanim ivodyatām
dadṛśuḥ prekṣakā rājan raudrīṃ viśasanīṃ gadām
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| 13 | āvidhyato gadāṃ tasya bhīmasenasya saṃyuge
śabdaḥ sutumulo ghoro muhūrtaṃ samapadyata
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| 14 | āvidhyantam abhiprekṣya dhārtarāṣṭro 'tha pāṇḍavam
gadām alaghuvegāṃ tāṃ vismitaḥ saṃbabhūva ha
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| 15 | caraṃś ca vividhān mārgān maṇḍalāni ca bhārata
aśobhata tadā vīro bhūya eva vṛkodaraḥ
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| 16 | tau parasparam āsādya yat tāv anyonyarakṣaṇe
mārjārāv iva bhakṣārthe tatakṣāte muhur muhuḥ
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| 17 | acarad bhīmasenas tu mārgān bahuvidhāṃs tathā
maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi sthānāni vividhāni ca
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| 18 | gomūtrikāṇi citrāṇi gatapratyāgatāni ca
parimokṣaṃ prahārāṇāṃ varjanaṃ paridhāvanam
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| 19 | abhidravaṇam ākṣepam avasthānaṃ savigraham
parāvartanasaṃvartam avaplutam athāplutam
upanyastam apanyastaṃ gadāyuddhaviśāradau
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| 20 | evaṃ tau vicarantau tu nyaghnatāṃ vai parasparam
vañcayantau punaś caiva ceratuḥ kurusattamau
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| 21 | vikrīḍantau subalinau maṇḍalāni praceratuḥ
gadāhastau tatas tau tu maṇḍalāvasthitau balī
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| 22 | dakṣiṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ rājan dhārtarāṣṭro 'bhyavartata
savyaṃ tu maṇḍalaṃ tatra bhīmaseno 'bhyavartata
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| 23 | tathā tu caratas tasya bhīmasya raṇamūrdhani
duryodhano mahārāja pārśvadeśe 'bhyatāḍayat
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| 24 | āhatas tu tadā bhīmas tava putreṇa bhārata
āvidhyata gadāṃ gurvīṃ prahāraṃ tam acintayan
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| 25 | indrāśanisamāṃ ghorāṃ yamadaṇḍam ivodyatām
dadṛśus te mahārāja bhīmasenasya tāṃ gadām
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| 26 | āvidhyantaṃ gadāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ tavātmajaḥ
samudyamya gadāṃ ghorāṃ pratyavidhyad ariṃdamaḥ
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| 27 | gadāmārutavegena tava putrasya bhārata
śabda āsīt sutumulas tejaś ca samajāyata
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| 28 | sa caran vividhān mārgān maṇḍalāni ca bhāgaśaḥ
samaśobhata tejasvī bhūyo bhīmāt suyodhanaḥ
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| 29 | āviddhā sarvavegena bhīmena mahatī gadā
sadhūmaṃ sārciṣaṃ cāgniṃ mumocogrā mahāsvanā
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| 30 | ādhūtāṃ bhīmasenena gadāṃ dṛṣṭvā suyodhanaḥ
adrisāramayīṃ gurvīm āvidhyan bahv aśobhata
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| 31 | gadāmārutavegaṃ hi dṛṣṭvā tasya mahātmanaḥ
bhayaṃ viveśa pāṇḍūn vai sarvān eva sasomakān
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| 32 | tau darśayantau samare yuddhakrīḍāṃ samantataḥ
gadābhyāṃ sahasānyonyam ājaghnatur ariṃdamau
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| 33 | tau parasparam āsādya daṃṣṭrābhyāṃ dviradau yathā
aśobhetāṃ mahārāja śoṇitena pariplutau
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| 34 | evaṃ tad abhavad yuddhaṃ ghorarūpam asaṃvṛtam
parivṛtte 'hani krūraṃ vṛtravāsavayor iva
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| 35 | dṛṣṭvā vyavasthitaṃ bhīmaṃ tava putro mahābalaḥ
caraṃś citratarān mārgān kaunteyam abhidudruve
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| 36 | tasya bhīmo mahāvegāṃ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtām
abhikruddhasya kruddhas tu tāḍayām āsa tāṃ gadām
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| 37 | savisphuliṅgo nirhrādas tayos tatrābhighātajaḥ
prādurāsīn mahārāja sṛṣṭayor vajrayor iva
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| 38 | vegavatyā tayā tatra bhīmasenapramuktayā
nipatantyā mahārāja pṛthivī samakampata
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| 39 | tāṃ nāmṛṣyata kauravyo gadāṃ pratihatāṃ raṇe
matto dvipa iva kruddhaḥ pratikuñjaradarśanāt
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| 40 | sa savyaṃ maṇḍalaṃ rājann udbhrāmya kṛtaniścayaḥ
ājaghne mūrdhni kaunteyaṃ gadayā bhīmavegayā
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| 41 | tayā tv abhihato bhīmaḥ putreṇa tava pāṇḍavaḥ
nākampata mahārāja tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 42 | āścaryaṃ cāpi tad rājan sarvasainyāny apūjayan
yad gadābhihato bhīmo nākampata padāt padam
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| 43 | tato gurutarāṃ dīptāṃ gadāṃ hemapariṣkṛtām
duryodhanāya vyasṛjad bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ
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| 44 | taṃ prahāram asaṃbhrānto lāghavena mahābalaḥ
moghaṃ duryodhanaś cakre tatrābhūd vismayo mahān
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| 45 | sā tu moghā gadā rājan patantī bhīmacoditā
cālayām āsa pṛthivīṃ mahānirghātanisvanā
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| 46 | āsthāya kauśikān mārgān utpatan sa punaḥ punaḥ
gadānipātaṃ prajñāya bhīmasenam avañcayat
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| 47 | vañcayitvā tathā bhīmaṃ gadayā kurusattamaḥ
tāḍayām āsa saṃkruddho vakṣodeśe mahābalaḥ
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| 48 | gadayābhihato bhīmo muhyamāno mahāraṇe
nābhyamanyata kartavyaṃ putreṇābhyāhatas tava
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| 49 | tasmiṃs tathā vartamāne rājan somakapāṇḍavāḥ
bhṛśopahatasaṃkalpā nahṛṣṭamanaso 'bhavan
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| 50 | sa tu tena prahāreṇa mātaṅga iva roṣitaḥ
hastivad dhastisaṃkāśam abhidudrāva te sutam
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| 51 | tatas tu rabhaso bhīmo gadayā tanayaṃ tava
abhidudrāva vegena siṃho vanagajaṃ yathā
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| 52 | upasṛtya tu rājānaṃ gadāmokṣaviśāradaḥ
āvidhyata gadāṃ rājan samuddiśya sutaṃ tava
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| 53 | atāḍayad bhīmasenaḥ pārśve duryodhanaṃ tadā
sa vihvalaḥ prahāreṇa jānubhyām agaman mahīm
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| 54 | tasmiṃs tu bharataśreṣṭhe jānubhyām avanīṃ gate
udatiṣṭhat tato nādaḥ sṛñjayānāṃ jagatpate
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| 55 | teṣāṃ tu ninadaṃ śrutvā sṛñjayānāṃ nararṣabhaḥ
amarṣād bharataśreṣṭha putras te samakupyata
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| 56 | utthāya tu mahābāhuḥ kruddho nāga iva śvasan
didhakṣann iva netrābhyāṃ bhīmasenam avaikṣata
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| 57 | tataḥ sa bharataśreṣṭho gadāpāṇir abhidravat
pramathiṣyann iva śiro bhīmasenasya saṃyuge
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| 58 | sa mahātmā mahātmānaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramaḥ
atāḍayac chaṅkhadeśe sa cacālācalopamaḥ
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| 59 | sa bhūyaḥ śuśubhe pārthas tāḍito gadayā raṇe
udbhinnarudhiro rājan prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ
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| 60 | tato gadāṃ vīrahaṇīm ayasmayīṃ; pragṛhya vajrāśanitulyanisvanām
atāḍayac chatrum amitrakarśano; balena vikramya dhanaṃjayāgrajaḥ
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| 61 | sa bhīmasenābhihatas tavātmajaḥ; papāta saṃkampitadehabandhanaḥ
supuṣpito mārutavegatāḍito; mahāvane sāla ivāvaghūrṇitaḥ
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tataḥ praṇedur jahṛṣuś ca pāṇḍavāḥ; samīkṣya putraṃ patitaṃ kṣitau tava
tataḥ sutas te pratilabhya cetanāṃ; samutpapāta dvirado yathā hradāt
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| 63 | sa pārthivo nityam amarṣitas tadā; mahārathaḥ śikṣitavat paribhraman
atāḍayat pāṇḍavam agrataḥ sthitaṃ; sa vihvalāṅgo jagatīm upāspṛśat
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| 64 | sa siṃhanādān vinanāda kauravo; nipātya bhūmau yudhi bhīmam ojasā
bibheda caivāśanitulyatejasā; gadānipātena śarīrarakṣaṇam
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| 65 | tato 'ntarikṣe ninado mahān abhūd; divaukasām apsarasāṃ ca neduṣām
papāta coccair amarapraveritaṃ; vicitrapuṣpotkaravarṣam uttamam
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| 66 | tataḥ parān āviśad uttamaṃ bhayaṃ; samīkṣya bhūmau patitaṃ narottamam
ahīyamānaṃ ca balena kauravaṃ; niśamya bhedaṃ ca dṛḍhasya varmaṇaḥ
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| 67 | tato muhūrtād upalabhya cetanāṃ; pramṛjya vaktraṃ rudhirārdram ātmanaḥ
dhṛtiṃ samālambya vivṛttalocano; balena saṃstabhya vṛkodaraḥ sthitaḥ
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