 | Book 14 Chapter 78
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | śrutvā tu nṛpatir vīraṃ pitaraṃ babhruvāhanaḥ
niryayau vinayenāryo brāhmaṇārghyapuraḥsaraḥ
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| 2 | maṇipūreśvaraṃ tv evam upayātaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ
nābhyanandata medhāvī kṣatradharmam anusmaran
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| 3 | uvāca cainaṃ dharmātmā samanyuḥ phalgunas tadā
prakriyeyaṃ na te yuktā bahis tvaṃ kṣatradharmataḥ
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| 4 | saṃrakṣyamāṇaṃ turagaṃ yaudhiṣṭhiram upāgatam
yajñiyaṃ viṣayānte māṃ nāyotsīḥ kiṃ nu putraka
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| 5 | dhik tvām astu sudurbuddhiṃ kṣatradharmāviśāradam
yo māṃ yuddhāya saṃprāptaṃ sāmnaivātho tvam agrahīḥ
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| 6 | na tvayā puruṣārthaś ca kaś cid astīha jīvatā
yas tvaṃ strīvad yudhā prāptaṃ sāmnā māṃ pratyagṛhṇathāḥ
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| 7 | yady ahaṃ nyastaśastras tvām āgaccheyaṃ sudurmate
prakriyeyaṃ tato yuktā bhavet tava narādhama
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| 8 | tam evam uktaṃ bhartrā tu viditvā pannagātmajā
amṛṣyamāṇā bhittvorvīm ulūpī tam upāgamat
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| 9 | sā dadarśa tataḥ putraṃ vimṛśantam adhomukham
saṃtarjyamānam asakṛd bhartrā yuddhārthinā vibho
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| 10 | tataḥ sā cārusarvāṅgī tam upetyoragātmajā
ulūpī prāha vacanaṃ kṣatradharmaviśāradā
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| 11 | ulūpīṃ māṃ nibodha tvaṃ mātaraṃ pannagātmajām
kuruṣva vacanaṃ putra dharmas te bhavitā paraḥ
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| 12 | yudhyasvainaṃ kuruśreṣṭhaṃ dhanaṃjayam ariṃdama
evam eṣa hi te prīto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
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| 13 | evam uddharṣito mātrā sa rājā babhruvāhanaḥ
manaś cakre mahātejā yuddhāya bharatarṣabha
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| 14 | saṃnahya kāñcanaṃ varma śirastrāṇaṃ ca bhānumat
tūṇīraśatasaṃbādham āruroha mahāratham
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| 15 | sarvopakaraṇair yuktaṃ yuktam aśvair manojavaiḥ
sucakropaskaraṃ dhīmān hemabhāṇḍapariṣkṛtam
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| 16 | paramārcitam ucchritya dhvajaṃ siṃhaṃ hiraṇmayam
prayayau pārtham uddiśya sa rājā babhruvāhanaḥ
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| 17 | tato 'bhyetya hayaṃ vīro yajñiyaṃ pārtharakṣitam
grāhayām āsa puruṣair hayaśikṣāviśāradaiḥ
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| 18 | gṛhītaṃ vājinaṃ dṛṣṭvā prītātmā sa dhanaṃjayaḥ
putraṃ rathasthaṃ bhūmiṣṭhaḥ saṃnyavārayad āhave
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| 19 | tataḥ sa rājā taṃ vīraṃ śaravrātaiḥ sahasraśaḥ
ardayām āsa niśitair āśīviṣaviṣopamaiḥ
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| 20 | tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ pituḥ putrasya cātulam
devāsuraraṇaprakhyam ubhayoḥ prīyamāṇayoḥ
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| 21 | kirīṭinaṃ tu vivyādha śareṇa nataparvaṇā
jatrudeśe naravyāghraḥ prahasan babhruvāhanaḥ
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| 22 | so 'bhyagāt saha puṅkhena valmīkam iva pannagaḥ
vinirbhidya ca kaunteyaṃ mahītalam athāviśat
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| 23 | sa gāḍhavedano dhīmān ālambya dhanur uttamam
divyaṃ tejaḥ samāviśya pramīta iva saṃbabhau
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| 24 | sa saṃjñām upalabhyātha praśasya puruṣarṣabhaḥ
putraṃ śakrātmajo vākyam idam āha mahīpate
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| 25 | sādhu sādhu mahābāho vatsa citrāṅgadātmaja
sadṛśaṃ karma te dṛṣṭvā prītimān asmi putraka
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| 26 | vimuñcāmy eṣa bāṇāṃs te putra yuddhe sthiro bhava
ity evam uktvā nārācair abhyavarṣad amitrahā
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| 27 | tān sa gāṇḍīvanirmuktān vajrāśanisamaprabhān
nārācair acchinad rājā sarvān eva tridhā tridhā
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| 28 | tasya pārthaḥ śarair divyair dhvajaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam
suvarṇatālapratimaṃ kṣureṇāpāharad rathāt
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| 29 | hayāṃś cāsya mahākāyān mahāvegaparākramān
cakāra rājño nirjīvān prahasan pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ
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| 30 | sa rathād avatīryāśu rājā paramakopanaḥ
padātiḥ pitaraṃ kopād yodhayām āsa pāṇḍavam
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| 31 | saṃprīyamāṇaḥ pāṇḍūnām ṛṣabhaḥ putravikramāt
nātyarthaṃ pīḍayām āsa putraṃ vajradharātmajaḥ
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| 32 | sa hanyamāno vimukhaṃ pitaraṃ babhruvāhanaḥ
śarair āśīviṣākāraiḥ punar evārdayad balī
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| 33 | tataḥ sa bālyāt pitaraṃ vivyādha hṛdi patriṇā
niśitena supuṅkhena balavad babhruvāhanaḥ
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| 34 | sa bāṇas tejasā dīpto jvalann iva hutāśanaḥ
viveśa pāṇḍavaṃ rājan marma bhittvātiduḥkhakṛt
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| 35 | sa tenātibhṛśaṃ viddhaḥ putreṇa kurunandanaḥ
mahīṃ jagāma mohārtas tato rājan dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 36 | tasmin nipatite vīre kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdhare
so 'pi mohaṃ jagāmāśu tataś citrāṅgadāsutaḥ
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| 37 | vyāyamya saṃyuge rājā dṛṣṭvā ca pitaraṃ hatam
pūrvam eva ca bāṇaughair gāḍhaviddho 'rjunena saḥ
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| 38 | bhartāraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā putraṃ ca patitaṃ bhuvi
citrāṅgadā paritrastā praviveśa raṇājiram
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| 39 | śokasaṃtaptahṛdayā rudatī sā tataḥ śubhā
maṇipūrapater mātā dadarśa nihataṃ patim
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