Book 14 Chapter 75 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | evaṃ trirātram abhavat tad yuddhaṃ bharatarṣabha
arjunasya narendreṇa vṛtreṇeva śatakratoḥ |
2 | tataś caturthe divase vajradatto mahābalaḥ
jahāsa sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ vākyaṃ cedam athābravīt |
3 | arjunārjuna tiṣṭhasva na me jīvan vimokṣyase
tvāṃ nihatya kariṣyāmi pitus toyaṃ yathāvidhi |
4 | tvayā vṛddho mama pitā bhagadattaḥ pituḥ sakhā
hato vṛddho 'pacāyitvāc chiśuṃ mām adya yodhaya |
5 | ity evam uktvā saṃkruddho vajradatto narādhipaḥ
preṣayām āsa kauravya vāraṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ prati |
6 | saṃpreṣyamāṇo nāgendro vajradattena dhīmatā
utpatiṣyann ivākāśam abhidudrāva pāṇḍavam |
7 | agrahastapramuktena śīkareṇa sa phalgunam
samukṣata mahārāja śailaṃ nīla ivāmbudaḥ |
8 | sa tena preṣito rājñā meghavan ninadan muhuḥ
mukhāḍambaraghoṣeṇa samādravata phalgunam |
9 | sa nṛtyann iva nāgendro vajradattapracoditaḥ
āsasāda drutaṃ rājan kauravāṇāṃ mahāratham |
10 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya vajradattasya vāraṇam
gāṇḍīvam āśritya balī na vyakampata śatruhā |
11 | cukrodha balavac cāpi pāṇḍavas tasya bhūpateḥ
kāryavighnam anusmṛtya pūrvavairaṃ ca bhārata |
12 | tatas taṃ vāraṇaṃ kruddhaḥ śarajālena pāṇḍavaḥ
nivārayām āsa tadā veleva makarālayam |
13 | sa nāgapravaro vīryād arjunena nivāritaḥ
tasthau śarair vitunnāṅgaḥ śvāvic chalalito yathā |
14 | nivāritaṃ gajaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagadattātmajo nṛpaḥ
utsasarja śitān bāṇān arjune krodhamūrchitaḥ |
15 | arjunas tu mahārāja śaraiḥ śaravighātibhiḥ
vārayām āsa tān astāṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
16 | tataḥ punar atikruddho rājā prāgjyotiṣādhipaḥ
preṣayām āsa nāgendraṃ balavac chvasanopamam |
17 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya balavān pākaśāsaniḥ
nārācam agnisaṃkāśaṃ prāhiṇod vāraṇaṃ prati |
18 | sa tena vāraṇo rājan marmaṇy abhihato bhṛśam
papāta sahasā bhūmau vajrarugṇa ivācalaḥ |
19 | sa patañ śuśubhe nāgo dhanaṃjayaśarāhataḥ
viśann iva mahāśailo mahīṃ vajraprapīḍitaḥ |
20 | tasmin nipatite nāge vajradattasya pāṇḍavaḥ
taṃ na bhetavyam ity āha tato bhūmigataṃ nṛpam |
21 | abravīd dhi mahātejāḥ prasthitaṃ māṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
rājānas te na hantavyā dhanaṃjaya kathaṃ cana |
22 | sarvam etan naravyāghra bhavatv etāvatā kṛtam
yodhāś cāpi na hantavyā dhanaṃjaya raṇe tvayā |
23 | vaktavyāś cāpi rājānaḥ sarvaiḥ saha suhṛjjanaiḥ
yudhiṣṭhirasyāśvamedho bhavadbhir anubhūyatām |
24 | iti bhrātṛvacaḥ śrutvā na hanmi tvāṃ janādhipa
uttiṣṭha na bhayaṃ te 'sti svastimān gaccha pārthiva |
25 | āgacchethā mahārāja parāṃ caitrīm upasthitām
tadāśvamedho bhavitā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ |
26 | evam uktaḥ sa rājā tu bhagadattātmajas tadā
tathety evābravīd vākyaṃ pāṇḍavenābhinirjitaḥ |