Chapter 236

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puṣkara uvāca |
yātrāvidhānapūrvantu vakṣye sāṅgrāmikaṃ vidhiṃ |
saptāhena yadā yātrā bhaviṣyati mahīpateḥ || 1 ||
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pūjanīyo hariḥ śambhurmodakādyairvināyakaḥ |
dvitīye'hani diṃkpālān sampūjya śayanañcaret || 2 ||
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śayyāyāṃ vā tadagre'tha kadevān prārcya manuṃ smaret |
namaḥ śambho trinetrāya rudrāya varadāya ca || 3 ||
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vāmanāya virūpāya svapnādhipataye namaḥ |
bhagavandevadeveśa śūlabhṛdvṛṣavāhana || 4 ||
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iṣṭāniṣṭe mamācakṣva svapne suptasya śāśvata |
yajjāgrato dūramiti purodhā mantramuccaret || 5 ||
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tṛtīye'hani dikpālān rudrāṃstān dikpatīnyajet |
grahan yajeccaturthe'hni pañcame cāśivanau yajet || 6 ||
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mārge yā devatāstāsānnadyādīnāñca pūjanaṃ |
divyāntarīkṣabhaumasthadevānāñca tathā baliḥ || 7 ||
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rātrau bhūtagaṇānāñca vāsudevādipūjanaṃ |
bhadrākālyāḥ śriyaḥ kuryyāt prārthayet sarvdevatāḥ || 8 ||
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vāsudevaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥ pradyamnaścāniruddhakaḥ |
nārāyaṇo'bjajo viṣṇurnnārasiṃho varāhakaḥ || 9 ||
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śiva īśastatpuruṣo hyaghoro rāma satyajaḥ || 2 ||
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sūryyaḥ somaḥ kukajacaścāndrijīvaśukraśanaiścarāḥ || 10 ||
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rāhuḥ keturgaṇapatiḥ senānī caṇḍikā hyumā |
lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī durgā brahmāṇīpramukhā gaṇāḥ || 11 ||
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rudrā indrādayo vahnirnnāgāstārkṣyo'pare surāḥ |
divyāntarīkṣabhūmiṣṭhā vijayāya bhavantu me || 12 ||
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mardayantu raṇe śatrūn sampragṛhyopahārakaṃ |
saputramātṛbhṛtyo'haṃ devā vaḥ śaraṇaṅgataḥ || 13 ||
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camūnāṃ pṛṣṭhato gatvā ripunāśā namo'stu vaḥ || 5 ||
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vinivṛttaḥ prdāsyāmi dattādabhyadhikaṃ baliṃ || 14 ||
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ṣaṣṭhe'hni vijayasnānaṃ karttavyaṃ cābhiṣekavat |
yātrādine saptame ca pūjayecca trivakramaṃ || 15 ||
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nīrājanoktamantraiśca āyudhaṃ vāhanaṃ yajet |
puṇyāhajayaśabdena mantrametanniśāmayet || 16 ||
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divyāntarīkṣabhūmiṣṭhāḥ santvāyurdāḥ surāśca te |
devasiddhiṃ prapnuhi tvaṃ devayātrāstu sā tava || 17 ||
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rakṣantu devatāḥ sarvā iti śrutvā nṛpo vrajet |
gṛhītvā saśarañcāpaṃ dhanurnāgeti mantrataḥ || 18 ||
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nadviṇṇoriti japtvātha dadyādripumukha padaṃ |
dakṣiṇaṃ padaṃ dvātriṃśaddikṣuṃ prācyādiṣu kramāt || 19 ||
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nāgaṃ rathaṃ hayañcaiva dhuryāṃścaivāruhet kramāt |
āruhya vādyairgaccheta pṛṣṭhato nāvalokayet || 20 ||
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krośamātraṃ gatastiṣṭhet pūjayeddevatā dvijān |
paradeśaṃ vrajet paścādātmasainyaṃ hi pālayan || 21 ||
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rājā prāpya videśantu deśapālantu pālayet || 9 ||
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devānāṃ pūjanaṃ kuryyānna chindyādāyamatra tu || 22 ||
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nāvamānayettaddeśyānāgatya svapuraṃ punaḥ |
jayaṃ prāpyārccayeddevān dadyāddānāni pārthipaḥ || 23 ||
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dvitīye'hani saṅgrāmo bhaviṣyati yadā tadā |
snāpayedgajamaśvādi yajeddevaṃ nṛsiṃhakaṃ || 24 ||
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chatrādirājaliṅgāni śastrāṇi niśi vai gaṇān |
prātarnṛsiṃhakaṃ pūjya vāhanādyamaśeṣataḥ || 25 ||
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purodhasā hutaṃ paśyedvahniṃ hutvā dvijānyadet |
gṛhītvā saśarañcāpaṃ gajādyārudya vai brajet || 26 ||
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deśe tvadṛśyaḥ śatrūṇāṃ kuryyāt prakṛtikalpanāṃ |
saṃhatān yodhayedalpān kāmaṃ vistārayedbahūn || 27 ||
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sūcīmukhamanīkaṃ syādalpānāṃ bahubhiḥ saha |
vyūhāḥ prāṇyaṅgarūpāśca dravyarūpāśca kīrttitāḥ || 28 ||
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garuḍo makaravyūhaścakraḥ śyenastathaiva ca |
arddhacandraśca vajraśca śakaṭavyūha eva ca || 29 ||
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maṇḍalaḥ sarvatobhadraḥ sūcīvyūhaśca te narāḥ |
vyūhānāmatha sarveṣāṃ pañcadhā sainyakalpanā || 30 ||
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dvau pakṣāvanupakṣau dvāvavaśyaṃ pañcamaṃ bhavet |
ekena yadi vā dvābhyāṃ bhāgābhyāṃ yuddhamācaret || 31 ||
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bhāgatrayaṃ sthāpayettu teṣāṃ rakṣārthameva ca |
na vyūhakalpanā kāryyā rājño bhavati karhiṃcit || 32 ||
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mūlacchede vināśaḥ syānna yudhyecca svayannṛpaḥ |
sainyasya paścāttiṣṭhettu krośamātre mahīpatiḥ || 33 ||
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bhagnasandhāraṇaṃ tatra yodhānāṃ parikīrttitaṃ |
pradhānabhaṅge sainyasya nāvasthānaṃ vidhīyate || 34 ||
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na saṃhatānna viralānyodhān vyūhe prakalpayet |
āyudhānāntu sammarddo yathā na syāt parasparaṃ || 35 ||
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bhettukāmaḥ paranīkaṃ saṃhataireva bhedayet |
bhedarakṣyāḥ pareṇāpi karttavyāḥ saṃhatāstathā || 36 ||
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vyūhaṃ bhedāvahaṃ kuryyāt paravyūheṣu cecchayā |
gajasya pādarakṣārthāścatvārastu tathā dvija || 37 ||
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rathasya cāśvāścatvāraḥ samāstasya ca carmmiṇaḥ |
dhanvinaścarmibhistulyāḥ purastāccarmmiṇo raṇe || 38 ||
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vṛṣṭhato dhanvinaḥ paścāddhanvinānturagā rathāḥ |
rathānāṃ kuñjarāḥ paścāddhātavyāḥ pṛthivīkṣitā || 39 ||
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padātikuñjarāśvanāṃ dharmmakāryyaṃ prayatnataḥ |
śūrāḥ pramukhato deyāḥ skandhamātrapradarśanaṃ || 40 ||
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karttavyaṃ bhīrusaṅghena śatruvidrāvakārakaṃ |
dārayanti purastāttu na deyā bhīravaḥ puraḥ || 41 ||
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protsāhayantyeva raṇe bhīrūn śūgaḥ purasthitāḥ |
prāṃśavaḥ śukanāśāśca ye cājihmekṣaṇā2 narāḥ || 42 ||
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saṃhatabhrayugāścaiva krodhanāḥ kalahapriyāḥ |
nityahṛṣṭāḥ prahṛṣṭāśca śūrā jñeyāśya kāminaḥ || 43 ||
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saṃhatānāṃ hatānaṃ ca raṇāpanayanakriyā || 3 ||
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praptiyuddhaṃ gajānāñca toyadānādikaśca yat || 44 ||
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āyudhānayanaṃ caiva pattikarmmaṃ vidhīyate |
ripūṇāṃ bhettukāmānāṃ svasainyasya tu rakṣaṇaṃ || 45 ||
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bhedanaṃ saṃhatānāñca carmiṇāṃ karmma kīrttiṃtaṃ |
vimukhīkaraṇaṃ yuddhe dhanvināṃ ca tathocyate || 46 ||
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dūrāpasaraṇaṃ yānaṃ suhatasya tathocyate |
trāsanaṃ ripusainyānāṃ rathakarmma tathocyate || 47 ||
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bhedanaṃ saṃhatānāñaca bhedānāmapi saṃhatiḥ |
prākāratoraṇāṭṭāladrumabhaṅgaśca sadgaje || 48 ||
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pattibhūrviṣamā jñeyā rathāśvasya tathā sabhā |
sakarddamā ca nāgānāṃ yuddhabhūmirudāhṛtā || 49 ||
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evaṃ viracitavyūhaḥ kṛtapṛṣṭhadivākaraḥ |
tathānulopaśukrārkidikpālamṛdumārutāḥ || 50 ||
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yodhānuttejayetsarvvānnāmagotrāvadānataḥ |
bhogaprāptyā ca vijaye svargaprāptyā mṛtasya ca || 51 ||
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jitvārīn bhogasamprāptiḥ mṛtasya ca parā gatiḥ |
niṣkṛtiḥ svāmipiṇḍasya nāsti yuddhasamā gatiḥ || 52 ||
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śūrāṇāṃ raktamāyāti tena pāpantyajanti te |
ghātādiduḥkhasahanaṃ raṇe tat paramantapaḥ || 53 ||
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varāpsaraḥ sahasrāṇi yānti śūraṃ raṇe mṛtaṃ |
svāmī sukṛtamādatte bhagnānāṃ vinivarttināṃ || 54 ||
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brahmahatyāphalaṃ teṣāṃ tathā proktaṃ pade pade |
tyaktvā sahāyān yo gaccheddevāstasya vinaṣṭaye || 55 ||
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aśvamedhaphalaṃ proktaṃ śūrāṇāmanivarttināṃ |
dharmmaniṣṭhe jayo rājñi yoddhavyāśca samāḥ samaiḥ || 56 ||
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gajādyaiśca gajādyāśca na hantavyāḥ palāyinaḥ |
na prekṣakāḥ praviṣṭāśca aśastrāḥ patitādayaḥ || 57 ||
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śānte nidrābhibhūte ca arddhottīrṇe nadīvane |
durddine kūṭayuddhāni śatrunāśārthamācaret || 58 ||
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bāhū pragṛhya vikrośedbhagnā bhagnāḥ pare iti |
prāptaṃ mitraṃ balaṃ bhūri nāyako'tra nipātitaḥ || 59 ||
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senānīrnihataścāyaṃ bhūpatiścāpi viplutaḥ |
vidrutānāntu yodhānāṃ sukhaṃ dhāto vidhīyate || 60 ||
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dhūpaśca deyā dharmmajña tathā ca paramohanāḥ |
patākāścaiva sambhāro vāditrāṇāṃ bhayāvahaḥ || 61 ||
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samprāpya vijayaṃ yuddhe devānviprāṃśca saṃyajet |
ratnāni rājagāmīni amātyena kṛte raṇe || 62 ||
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tasya striyo na kasyāpi rakṣyāstāśca parasya ca |
śatruṃ prāpya raṇe muktaṃ putravat paripālayet || 63 ||
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punastena na yoddhavyaṃ deśācārādi pālayet |
tataśca svapuraṃ prāpya dhruve bhe praviśed gṛhaṃ || 64 ||
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devādipūjanaṃ kuryyādrakṣedyodhakuṭumbakaṃ |
saṃvibhāgaṃ parāvāptaiḥ kuryyād bhṛtyajanasya ca || 64 ||
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