Book 10 Chapter 14 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | iṅgitenaiva dāśārhas tam abhiprāyam āditaḥ
drauṇer buddhvā mahābāhur arjunaṃ pratyabhāṣata |
2 | arjunārjuna yad divyam astraṃ te hṛdi vartate
droṇopadiṣṭaṃ tasyāyaṃ kālaḥ saṃprati pāṇḍava |
3 | bhrātṝṇām ātmanaś caiva paritrāṇāya bhārata
visṛjaitat tvam apy ājāv astram astranivāraṇam |
4 | keśavenaivam uktas tu pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā
avātarad rathāt tūrṇaṃ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ |
5 | pūrvam ācāryaputrāya tato 'nantaram ātmane
bhrātṛbhyaś caiva sarvebhyaḥ svastīty uktvā paraṃtapaḥ |
6 | devatābhyo namaskṛtya gurubhyaś caiva sarvaśaḥ
utsasarja śivaṃ dhyāyann astram astreṇa śāmyatām |
7 | tatas tad astraṃ sahasā sṛṣṭaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
prajajvāla mahārciṣmad yugāntānalasaṃnibham |
8 | tathaiva droṇaputrasya tad astraṃ tigmatejasaḥ
prajajvāla mahājvālaṃ tejomaṇḍalasaṃvṛtam |
9 | nirghātā bahavaś cāsan petur ulkāḥ sahasraśaḥ
mahad bhayaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ samajāyata |
10 | saśabdam abhavad vyoma jvālāmālākulaṃ bhṛśam
cacāla ca mahī kṛtsnā saparvatavanadrumā |
11 | te astre tejasā lokāṃs tāpayantī vyavasthite
maharṣī sahitau tatra darśayām āsatus tadā |
12 | nāradaḥ sa ca dharmātmā bharatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ
ubhau śamayituṃ vīrau bhāradvājadhanaṃjayau |
13 | tau munī sarvadharmajñau sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇau
dīptayor astrayor madhye sthitau paramatejasau |
14 | tadantaram anādhṛṣyāv upagamya yaśasvinau
āstām ṛṣivarau tatra jvalitāv iva pāvakau |
15 | prāṇabhṛdbhir anādhṛṣyau devadānavasaṃmatau
astratejaḥ śamayituṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā |
16 | ṛṣī ūcatuḥ |
16 | nānāśastravidaḥ pūrve ye 'py atītā mahārathāḥ
naitad astraṃ manuṣyeṣu taiḥ prayuktaṃ kathaṃ cana |