 | Book 14 Chapter 59
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| 1 | vasudeva uvāca
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| 1 | śrutavān asmi vārṣṇeya saṃgrāmaṃ paramādbhutam
narāṇāṃ vadatāṃ putra kathodghāteṣu nityaśaḥ
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| 2 | tvaṃ tu pratyakṣadarśī ca kāryajñaś ca mahābhuja
tasmāt prabrūhi saṃgrāmaṃ yāthātathyena me 'nagha
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| 3 | yathā tad abhavad yuddhaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
bhīṣmakarṇakṛpadroṇaśalyādibhir anuttamam
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| 4 | anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca kṛtāstrāṇām anekaśaḥ
nānāveṣākṛtimatāṃ nānādeśanivāsinām
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| 5 | ity uktaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ pitrā mātus tadantike
śaśaṃsa kuruvīrāṇāṃ saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ yathā
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| 6 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 6 | atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahātmanām
bahulatvān na saṃkhyātuṃ śakyāny abdaśatair api
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| 7 | prādhānyatas tu gadataḥ samāsenaiva me śṛṇu
karmāṇi pṛthivīśānāṃ yathāvad amaradyute
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| 8 | bhīṣmaḥ senāpatir abhūd ekādaśacamūpatiḥ
kauravyaḥ kauraveyāṇāṃ devānām iva vāsavaḥ
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| 9 | śikhaṇḍī pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ netā saptacamūpatiḥ
babhūva rakṣito dhīmān dhīmatā savyasācinā
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| 10 | teṣāṃ tad abhavad yuddhaṃ daśāhāni mahātmanām
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sumahad romaharṣaṇam
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| 11 | tataḥ śikhaṇḍī gāṅgeyam ayudhyantaṃ mahāhave
jaghāna bahubhir bāṇaiḥ saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
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| 12 | akarot sa tataḥ kālaṃ śaratalpagato muniḥ
ayanaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ hitvā saṃprāpte cottarāyaṇe
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| 13 | tataḥ senāpatir abhūd droṇo 'straviduṣāṃ varaḥ
pravīraḥ kauravendrasya kāvyo daityapater iva
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| 14 | akṣauhiṇībhiḥ śiṣṭābhir navabhir dvijasattamaḥ
saṃvṛtaḥ samaraślāghī guptaḥ kṛpavṛṣādibhiḥ
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| 15 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tv abhūn netā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāstravit
gupto bhīmena tejasvī mitreṇa varuṇo yathā
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| 16 | pañcasenāparivṛto droṇaprepsur mahāmanāḥ
pitur nikārān saṃsmṛtya raṇe karmākaron mahat
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| 17 | tasmiṃs te pṛthivīpālā droṇapārṣatasaṃgare
nānādigāgatā vīrāḥ prāyaśo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
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| 18 | dināni pañca tad yuddham abhūt paramadāruṇam
tato droṇaḥ pariśrānto dhṛṣṭadyumnavaśaṃ gataḥ
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| 19 | tataḥ senāpatir abhūt karṇo dauryodhane bale
akṣauhiṇībhiḥ śiṣṭābhir vṛtaḥ pañcabhir āhave
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| 20 | tisras tu pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ camvo bībhatsupālitāḥ
hatapravīrabhūyiṣṭhā babhūvuḥ samavasthitāḥ
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| 21 | tataḥ pārthaṃ samāsādya pataṃga iva pāvakam
pañcatvam agamat sautir dvitīye 'hani dāruṇe
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| 22 | hate karṇe tu kauravyā nirutsāhā hataujasaḥ
akṣauhiṇībhis tisṛbhir madreśaṃ paryavārayan
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| 23 | hatavāhanabhūyiṣṭhāḥ pāṇḍavās tu yudhiṣṭhiram
akṣauhiṇyā nirutsāhāḥ śiṣṭayā paryavārayan
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| 24 | avadhīn madrarājānaṃ kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
tasmiṃs tathārdhadivase karma kṛtvā suduṣkaram
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| 25 | hate śalye tu śakuniṃ sahadevo mahāmanāḥ
āhartāraṃ kales tasya jaghānāmitavikramaḥ
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| 26 | nihate śakunau rājā dhārtarāṣṭraḥ sudurmanāḥ
apākrāmad gadāpāṇir hatabhūyiṣṭhasainikaḥ
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| 27 | tam anvadhāvat saṃkruddho bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān
hrade dvaipāyane cāpi salilasthaṃ dadarśa tam
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| 28 | tataḥ śiṣṭena sainyena samantāt parivārya tam
upopaviviśur hṛṣṭā hradasthaṃ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 29 | vigāhya salilaṃ tv āśu vāgbāṇair bhṛśavikṣataḥ
utthāya sa gadāpāṇir yuddhāya samupasthitaḥ
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| 30 | tataḥ sa nihato rājā dhārtarāṣṭro mahāmṛdhe
bhīmasenena vikramya paśyatāṃ pṛthivīkṣitām
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| 31 | tatas tat pāṇḍavaṃ sainyaṃ saṃsuptaṃ śibire niśi
nihataṃ droṇaputreṇa pitur vadham amṛṣyatā
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| 32 | hataputrā hatabalā hatamitrā mayā saha
yuyudhānadvitīyena pañca śiṣṭāḥ sma pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 33 | sahaiva kṛpabhojābhyāṃ drauṇir yuddhād amucyata
yuyutsuś cāpi kauravyo muktaḥ pāṇḍavasaṃśrayāt
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| 34 | nihate kauravendre ca sānubandhe suyodhane
viduraḥ saṃjayaś caiva dharmarājam upasthitau
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| 35 | evaṃ tad abhavad yuddham ahāny aṣṭādaśa prabho
yatra te pṛthivīpālā nihatāḥ svargam āvasan
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| 36 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 36 | śṛṇvatāṃ tu mahārāja kathāṃ tāṃ romaharṣaṇīm
duḥkhaharṣaparikleśā vṛṣṇīnām abhavaṃs tadā
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