 | Book 14 Chapter 74
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | prāgjyotiṣam athābhyetya vyacarat sa hayottamaḥ
bhagadattātmajas tatra niryayau raṇakarkaśaḥ
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| 2 | sa hayaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya viṣayāntam upāgatam
yuyudhe bharataśreṣṭha vajradatto mahīpatiḥ
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| 3 | so 'bhiniryāya nagarād bhagadattasuto nṛpaḥ
aśvam āyāntam unmathya nagarābhimukho yayau
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| 4 | tam ālakṣya mahābāhuḥ kurūṇām ṛṣabhas tadā
gāṇḍīvaṃ vikṣipaṃs tūrṇaṃ sahasā samupādravat
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| 5 | tato gāṇḍīvanirmuktair iṣubhir mohito nṛpaḥ
hayam utsṛjya taṃ vīras tataḥ pārtham upādravat
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| 6 | punaḥ praviśya nagaraṃ daṃśitaḥ sa nṛpottamaḥ
āruhya nāgapravaraṃ niryayau yuddhakāṅkṣayā
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| 7 | pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani
dodhūyatā cāmareṇa śvetena ca mahārathaḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ pārthaṃ samāsādya pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāratham
āhvayām āsa kauravyaṃ bālyān mohāc ca saṃyuge
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| 9 | sa vāraṇaṃ nagaprakhyaṃ prabhinnakaraṭāmukham
preṣayām āsa saṃkruddhas tataḥ śvetahayaṃ prati
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| 10 | vikṣarantaṃ yathā meghaṃ paravāraṇavāraṇam
śāstravat kalpitaṃ saṃkhye trisāhaṃ yuddhadurmadam
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| 11 | pracodyamānaḥ sa gajas tena rājñā mahābalaḥ
tadāṅkuśena vibabhāv utpatiṣyann ivāmbaram
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| 12 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya kruddho rājan dhanaṃjayaḥ
bhūmiṣṭho vāraṇagataṃ yodhayām āsa bhārata
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| 13 | vajradattas tu saṃkruddho mumocāśu dhanaṃjaye
tomarān agnisaṃkāśāñ śalabhān iva vegitān
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| 14 | arjunas tān asaṃprāptān gāṇḍīvapreṣitaiḥ śaraiḥ
dvidhā tridhā ca ciccheda kha eva khagamais tadā
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| 15 | sa tān dṛṣṭvā tathā chinnāṃs tomarān bhagadattajaḥ
iṣūn asaktāṃs tvaritaḥ prāhiṇot pāṇḍavaṃ prati
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| 16 | tato 'rjunas tūrṇataraṃ rukmapuṅkhān ajihmagān
preṣayām āsa saṃkruddho bhagadattātmajaṃ prati
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| 17 | sa tair viddho mahātejā vajradatto mahāhave
bhṛśāhataḥ papātorvyāṃ na tv enam ajahāt smṛtiḥ
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| 18 | tataḥ sa punar āruhya vāraṇapravaraṃ raṇe
avyagraḥ preṣayām āsa jayārthī vijayaṃ prati
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| 19 | tasmai bāṇāṃs tato jiṣṇur nirmuktāśīviṣopamān
preṣayām āsa saṃkruddho jvalitān iva pāvakān
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| 20 | sa tair viddho mahānāgo visravan rudhiraṃ babhau
himavān iva śailendro bahuprasravaṇas tadā
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