 | Book 14 Chapter 73
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | trigartair abhavad yuddhaṃ kṛtavairaiḥ kirīṭinaḥ
mahārathasamājñātair hatānāṃ putranaptṛbhiḥ
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| 2 | te samājñāya saṃprāptaṃ yajñiyaṃ turagottamam
viṣayānte tato vīrā daṃśitāḥ paryavārayan
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| 3 | rathino baddhatūṇīrāḥ sadaśvaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaiḥ
parivārya hayaṃ rājan grahītuṃ saṃpracakramuḥ
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| 4 | tataḥ kirīṭī saṃcintya teṣāṃ rājñāṃ cikīrṣitam
vārayām āsa tān vīrān sāntvapūrvam ariṃdamaḥ
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| 5 | tam anādṛtya te sarve śarair abhyahanaṃs tadā
tamorajobhyāṃ saṃchannāṃs tān kirīṭī nyavārayat
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| 6 | abravīc ca tato jiṣṇuḥ prahasann iva bhārata
nivartadhvam adharmajñāḥ śreyo jīvitam eva vaḥ
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| 7 | sa hi vīraḥ prayāsyan vai dharmarājena vāritaḥ
hatabāndhavā na te pārtha hantavyāḥ pārthivā iti
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| 8 | sa tadā tad vacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
tān nivartadhvam ity āha na nyavartanta cāpi te
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| 9 | tatas trigartarājānaṃ sūryavarmāṇam āhave
vitatya śarajālena prajahāsa dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 10 | tatas te rathaghoṣeṇa khuranemisvanena ca
pūrayanto diśaḥ sarvā dhanaṃjayam upādravan
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| 11 | sūryavarmā tataḥ pārthe śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
śatāny amuñcad rājendra laghvastram abhidarśayan
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| 12 | tathaivānye maheṣvāsā ye tasyaivānuyāyinaḥ
mumucuḥ śaravarṣāṇi dhanaṃjayavadhaiṣiṇaḥ
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| 13 | sa tāñ jyāpuṅkhanirmuktair bahubhiḥ subahūñ śarān
ciccheda pāṇḍavo rājaṃs te bhūmau nyapataṃs tadā
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| 14 | ketuvarmā tu tejasvī tasyaivāvarajo yuvā
yuyudhe bhrātur arthāya pāṇḍavena mahātmanā
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| 15 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya ketuvarmāṇam āhave
abhyaghnan niśitair bāṇair bībhatsuḥ paravīrahā
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| 16 | ketuvarmaṇy abhihate dhṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ
rathenāśu samāvṛtya śarair jiṣṇum avākirat
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| 17 | tasya tāṃ śīghratām īkṣya tutoṣātīva vīryavān
guḍākeśo mahātejā bālasya dhṛtavarmaṇaḥ
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| 18 | na saṃdadhānaṃ dadṛśe nādadānaṃ ca taṃ tadā
kirantam eva sa śarān dadṛśe pākaśāsaniḥ
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| 19 | sa tu taṃ pūjayām āsa dhṛtavarmāṇam āhave
manasā sa muhūrtaṃ vai raṇe samabhiharṣayan
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| 20 | taṃ pannagam iva kruddhaṃ kuruvīraḥ smayann iva
prītipūrvaṃ mahārāja prāṇair na vyaparopayat
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| 21 | sa tathā rakṣyamāṇo vai pārthenāmitatejasā
dhṛtavarmā śaraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ mumoca vijaye tadā
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| 22 | sa tena vijayas tūrṇam asyan viddhaḥ kare bhṛśam
mumoca gāṇḍīvaṃ duḥkhāt tat papātātha bhūtale
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| 23 | dhanuṣaḥ patatas tasya savyasācikarād vibho
indrasyevāyudhasyāsīd rūpaṃ bharatasattama
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| 24 | tasmin nipatite divye mahādhanuṣi pārthiva
jahāsa sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ dhṛtavarmā mahāhave
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| 25 | tato roṣānvito jiṣṇuḥ pramṛjya rudhiraṃ karāt
dhanur ādatta tad divyaṃ śaravarṣaṃ vavarṣa ca
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| 26 | tato halahalāśabdo divaspṛg abhavat tadā
nānāvidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ tat karmātīva śaṃsatām
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| 27 | tataḥ saṃprekṣya taṃ kruddhaṃ kālāntakayamopamam
jiṣṇuṃ traigartakā yodhās tvaritāḥ paryavārayan
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| 28 | abhisṛtya parīpsārthaṃ tatas te dhṛtavarmaṇaḥ
parivavrur guḍākeśaṃ tatrākrudhyad dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 29 | tato yodhāñ jaghānāśu teṣāṃ sa daśa cāṣṭa ca
mahendravajrapratimair āyasair niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 30 | tāṃs tu prabhagnān saṃprekṣya tvaramāṇo dhanaṃjayaḥ
śarair āśīviṣākārair jaghāna svanavad dhasan
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| 31 | te bhagnamanasaḥ sarve traigartakamahārathāḥ
diśo vidudruvuḥ sarvā dhanaṃjayaśarārditāḥ
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| 32 | ta ūcuḥ puruṣavyāghraṃ saṃśaptakaniṣūdanam
tava sma kiṃkarāḥ sarve sarve ca vaśagās tava
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| 33 | ājñāpayasva naḥ pārtha prahvān preṣyān avasthitān
kariṣyāmaḥ priyaṃ sarvaṃ tava kauravanandana
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| 34 | etad ājñāya vacanaṃ sarvāṃs tān abravīt tadā
jīvitaṃ rakṣata nṛpāḥ śāsanaṃ gṛhyatām iti
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