 | Book 12 Chapter 272
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | aho dharmiṣṭhatā tāta vṛtrasyāmitatejasaḥ
yasya vijñānam atulaṃ viṣṇor bhaktiś ca tādṛśī
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| 2 | durvijñeyam idaṃ tāta viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ
kathaṃ vā rājaśārdūla padaṃ taj jñātavān asau
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| 3 | bhavatā kathitaṃ hy etac chraddadhe cāham acyuta
bhūyas tu me samutpannā buddhir avyaktadarśanāt
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| 4 | kathaṃ vinihato vṛtraḥ śakreṇa bharatarṣabha
dharmiṣṭho viṣṇubhaktaś ca tattvajñaś ca padānvaye
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| 5 | etan me saṃśayaṃ brūhi pṛcchato bharatarṣabha
vṛtras tu rājaśārdūla yathā śakreṇa nirjitaḥ
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| 6 | yathā caivābhavad yuddhaṃ tac cācakṣva pitāmaha
vistareṇa mahābāho paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
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| 7 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 7 | rathenendraḥ prayāto vai sārdhaṃ suragaṇaiḥ purā
dadarśāthāgrato vṛtraṃ viṣṭhitaṃ parvatopamam
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| 8 | yojanānāṃ śatāny ūrdhvaṃ pañcocchritam ariṃdama
śatāni vistareṇātha trīṇy evābhyadhikāni tu
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| 9 | tat prekṣya tādṛśaṃ rūpaṃ trailokyenāpi durjayam
vṛtrasya devāḥ saṃtrastā na śāntim upalebhire
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| 10 | śakrasya tu tadā rājann ūrustambho vyajāyata
bhayād vṛtrasya sahasā dṛṣṭvā tad rūpam uttamam
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| 11 | tato nādaḥ samabhavad vāditrāṇāṃ ca nisvanaḥ
devāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ tasmin yuddha upasthite
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| 12 | atha vṛtrasya kauravya dṛṣṭvā śakram upasthitam
na saṃbhramo na bhīḥ kā cid āsthā vā samajāyata
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| 13 | tataḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ trailokyasya bhayaṃkaram
śakrasya ca surendrasya vṛtrasya ca mahātmanaḥ
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| 14 | asibhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ śaktitomaramudgaraiḥ
śilābhir vividhābhiś ca kārmukaiś ca mahāsvanaiḥ
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| 15 | astraiś ca vividhair divyaiḥ pāvakolkābhir eva ca
devāsurais tataḥ sainyaiḥ sarvam āsīt samākulam
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| 16 | pitāmahapurogāś ca sarve devagaṇās tathā
ṛṣayaś ca mahābhāgās tad yuddhaṃ draṣṭum āgaman
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| 17 | vimānāgryair mahārāja siddhāś ca bharatarṣabha
gandharvāś ca vimānāgryair apsarobhiḥ samāgaman
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| 18 | tato 'ntarikṣam āvṛtya vṛtro dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
aśmavarṣeṇa devendraṃ parvatāt samavākirat
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| 19 | tato devagaṇāḥ kruddhāḥ sarvataḥ śastravṛṣṭibhiḥ
aśmavarṣam apohanta vṛtrapreritam āhave
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| 20 | vṛtraś ca kuruśārdūla mahāmāyo mahābalaḥ
mohayām āsa devendraṃ māyāyuddhena sarvataḥ
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| 21 | tasya vṛtrārditasyātha moha āsīc chatakratoḥ
rathaṃtareṇa taṃ tatra vasiṣṭhaḥ samabodhayat
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| 22 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 22 | devaśreṣṭho 'si devendra surārivinibarhaṇa
trailokyabalasaṃyuktaḥ kasmāc chakra viṣīdasi
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| 23 | eṣa brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca śivaś caiva jagatprabhuḥ
somaś ca bhagavān devaḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ
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| 24 | mā kārṣīḥ kaśmalaṃ śakra kaś cid evetaro yathā
āryāṃ yuddhe matiṃ kṛtvā jahi śatruṃ sureśvara
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| 25 | eṣa lokagurus tryakṣaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ
nirīkṣate tvāṃ bhagavāṃs tyaja mohaṃ sureśvara
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| 26 | ete brahmarṣayaś caiva bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ
stavena śakra divyena stuvanti tvāṃ jayāya vai
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| 27 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 27 | evaṃ saṃbodhyamānasya vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā
atīva vāsavasyāsīd balam uttamatejasaḥ
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| 28 | tato buddhim upāgamya bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ
yogena mahatā yuktas tāṃ māyāṃ vyapakarṣata
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| 29 | tato 'ṅgiraḥsutaḥ śrīmāṃs te caiva paramarṣayaḥ
dṛṣṭvā vṛtrasya vikrāntam upagamya maheśvaram
ūcur vṛtravināśārthaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
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| 30 | tato bhagavatas tejo jvaro bhūtvā jagatpateḥ
samāviśan mahāraudraṃ vṛtraṃ daityavaraṃ tadā
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| 31 | viṣṇuś ca bhagavān devaḥ sarvalokābhipūjitaḥ
aindraṃ samāviśad vajraṃ lokasaṃrakṣaṇe rataḥ
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| 32 | tato bṛhaspatir dhīmān upāgamya śatakratum
vasiṣṭhaś ca mahātejāḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ
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| 33 | te samāsādya varadaṃ vāsavaṃ lokapūjitam
ūcur ekāgramanaso jahi vṛtram iti prabho
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| 34 | maheśvara uvāca
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| 34 | eṣa vṛtro mahāñ śakra balena mahatā vṛtaḥ
viśvātmā sarvagaś caiva bahumāyaś ca viśrutaḥ
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| 35 | tad enam asuraśreṣṭhaṃ trailokyenāpi durjayam
jahi tvaṃ yogam āsthāya māvamaṃsthāḥ sureśvara
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| 36 | anena hi tapas taptaṃ balārtham amarādhipa
ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi brahmā cāsmai varaṃ dadau
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| 37 | mahattvaṃ yogināṃ caiva mahāmāyatvam eva ca
mahābalatvaṃ ca tathā tejaś cāgryaṃ sureśvara
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| 38 | etad vai māmakaṃ tejaḥ samāviśati vāsava
vṛtram enaṃ tvam apy evaṃ jahi vajreṇa dānavam
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| 39 | śakra uvāca
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| 39 | bhagavaṃs tvatprasādena ditijaṃ sudurāsadam
vajreṇa nihaniṣyāmi paśyatas te surarṣabha
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| 40 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 40 | āviśyamāne daitye tu jvareṇātha mahāsure
devatānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca harṣān nādo mahān abhūt
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| 41 | tato dundubhayaś caiva śaṅkhāś ca sumahāsvanāḥ
murajā ḍiṇḍimāś caiva prāvādyanta sahasraśaḥ
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| 42 | asurāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ smṛtilopo 'bhavan mahān
prajñānāśaś ca balavān kṣaṇena samapadyata
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| 43 | tam āviṣṭam atho jñātvā ṛṣayo devatās tathā
stuvantaḥ śakram īśānaṃ tathā prācodayann api
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| 44 | rathasthasya hi śakrasya yuddhakāle mahātmanaḥ
ṛṣibhiḥ stūyamānasya rūpam āsīt sudurdṛśam
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