Chapter 22A

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca balabhadrahatāḥ śiṣṭāḥ puruṣāstatra rakṣiṇaḥ || 1 ||
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nyavedayanta tadvṛttaṃ jarāsaṃdhāya mānada || 2 ||
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rukmiṇe bhīṣmakāyāpi pauṇḍrāya ca mahātmane || 3 ||
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dantavaktrāya śūrāya caidyāya ca sumedhase || 4 ||
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śiśupālāya rājñe tu varaveṣaviḍambine || 5 ||
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anyebhyaścāpi rājabhyaḥ praśaśaṃsuryathātatham || 6 ||
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śrutyaivaṃ tannṛpabalaṃ vivāhārthaṃ samāgatam || 7 ||
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kṣubdhaṃ narāvarānīkaṃ śirasi prahṛtaṃ yathā || 8 ||
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cacāla rājakaḥ sarvastotrārdita iva dvipaḥ || 9 ||
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aho vīryamaho dhairyaṃ kṛṣṇasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ || 10 ||
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hatā vayaṃ nirānandā avajñātāśca savaśaḥ || 11 ||
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ityūcuste nṛpatayo māgadhapramukhāstadā || 12 ||
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atikṣubdho mahārājo jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ || 13 ||
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uvāca rājñastān sarvānmāgadhaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ || 14 ||
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niṣpīḍya caraṇau rājā dantān kaṭakaṭāpayan || 15 ||
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śrūyatāṃ mama vākyāni rājānaḥ sarva eva hi || 16 ||
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eṣa gopakadāyādo yatkaroti mamāgrataḥ || 17 ||
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tasyādya phalabhākso astu yadi jīvāmi bhūmipāḥ || 18 ||
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eṣo ahaṃ sagaṇaṃ hatvā gopālaṃ nṛpasaṃjñitam || 19 ||
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dvārakāṃ yādavapurīṃ bhaṅktvānīya ca rukmiṇīm || 20 ||
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dāsyāmi nṛpatiśreṣṭhāḥ kiṃ tiṣṭhatha vilambatha || 21 ||
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saṃnahyantāṃ rathaśreṣṭhā ratha āyātu me tvarāt || 22 ||
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ityuktvā sa jarāsaṃdhaḥ siṃhanādamathākarot || 23 ||
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cacāla ca balaṃ sarvaṃ jarāsaṃdhapriye sthitam || 24 ||
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pauṇḍo'pyatha mahābāhurvāsudevaḥ pratāpavān || 25 ||
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āhatya tu sabhāstambhaṃ jarāsaṃdhamabhāṣata || 26 ||
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sthātavyaṃ bhavatā rājan sthite mayi narādhipa || 27 ||
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bhṛtyo asmi tava rājendra kimetatsāhasaṃ tava || 28 ||
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sthite bhṛtye kathaṃ svāmī kāryaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ || 29 ||
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ahameva bhaviṣyāmi vāsudevo mahītale || 29 ||
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ahamekaḥ sa evaikaḥ kṛṣṇo gopakakilbiṣaḥ || 30 ||
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hatvā taṃ gopakaṃ yuddhe balabhadrasya paśyataḥ || 31 ||
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aṅgāni ca mahārāja cūrṇayitvā gadābhṛtam || 32 ||
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vṛkebhyo hi prayacchāmi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 33 ||
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ahameva bhaviṣyāmi vāsudevo mahītale || 34 ||
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hate tasmiñjarāsaṃdha gopake mama nāmake || 35 ||
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ityuktvā dhanurādāya jagarja nṛpasaṃsadi || 36 ||
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caidyo apyatha mahārāja sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ || 37 ||
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varaveṣapraticchanno lajjayā ca samanvitaḥ || 38 ||
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ādāya parighaṃ ghoramidamāha nṛpottamān || 39 ||
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anenaiva tu rājāno yādavān sabalānyudhi || 40 ||
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hatvā tu yamarājāya dāsyāmi nṛpapuṃgavāḥ || 41 ||
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tiṣṭhadhvamiha rājāno mamaivāyaṃ parābhavaḥ || 42 ||
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naitad yuktaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhāḥ parādārāvamarśanam || 43 ||
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jātānāṃ kṣatriyakule nṛpāṇāṃ nṛpapuṃgavāḥ || 44 ||
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tattu yuktaṃ yadukule kṣatriyā na hi te vibho || 45 ||
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viśeṣato atha gopāle ballaveṣu vivardhite || 46 ||
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gavāṃ vṛttiṃ tu gopālā vartayanti sadā tathā || 47 ||
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kṛṣṇo api gokule vṛddho gopaiḥ sahacaraḥ kila || 48 ||
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paradārābhiyukto hi keśavaḥ satataṃ vibho || 49 ||
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sarvathā taṃ durātmānaṃ haniṣye sagaṇaṃ raṇe || 50 ||
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tāṃ cānayāmi rājānastiṣṭhadhvamiha bhūmipāḥ || 51 ||
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kva nu te bāndhavāsteṣāṃ yānāśritya tu yādavāḥ || 52 ||
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avajñāṃ kṛtavanto no yuṣmābhiriha cintyatām || 53 ||
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ityuktvātha sa caidyastu yuddhāya samupasthitaḥ || 54 ||
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te ca sarve nṛpatayaḥ kruddhā yuddhāya daṃśitāḥ || 55 ||
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svāropitadhanuṣmantaḥ sāṅgulithāḥ sacāmarāḥ || 56 ||
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jarāsaṃdho atha nṛpatī rathamāruhya daṃśitaḥ || 57 ||
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yuddhāya vai mahārāja mano dadhre mahīpatiḥ || 58 ||
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pauṇḍro apyatha mahārāja vāsudevo mahābalaḥ || 59 ||
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rathamāruhya sahasā yuddhāyaiva mano dadhe || 60 ||
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dantavaktro jarāsaṃdhaḥ śiśupālaśca vīryavān || 61 ||
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saṃnaddhā niryayuḥ kruddhā jighāṃsanto janārdanam || 62 ||
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aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgaiśaiḥ sārdhaṃ pauṇḍreṇa vīryavān || 63 ||
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niryayau cedirājaśca bhrātṛbhiḥ saha bandhubhiḥ || 64 ||
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kva vāsudevaḥ kva ca gopakastathā || 65 ||
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kuto nu rājā yaduvaṃśajanmanām || 66 ||
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kuto nu rāmo madamattagarvitaḥ || 67 ||
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kuto nu vīro yudhi sātyakiḥ kila || 68 ||
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iti bruvanto nṛpasattamāstadā || 69 ||
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raṇāya yuktāḥ sabalāḥ samāgadhāḥ || 70 ||
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śaraiśca khaḍgairyudhi pātayanto || 71 ||
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mahārathā niryayurugravīryāḥ || 72 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca atha sainye mahārāja māgadhasya mahātmanaḥ || 73 ||
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śaṅkhaduṃdubhayaścaiva sasvanuryuddhaśaṃsinaḥ || 74 ||
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mādhavo'pi mahārāja śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pṛthaktadā || 75 ||
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bherīṇāṃ ca mṛdaṅgānāṃ jharjharīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ || 76 ||
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nādāḥ samabhavaṃstatra yadūnāṃ sainyasaṃcaye || 77 ||
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tato yuddhaṃ samabhavatsenayorubhayostadā || 78 ||
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jarāsaṃdhapramukhato vṛṣṇayaḥ prasthitāstadā || 79 ||
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tānpratyagṛhṇātsaṃrabdhānvṛṣṇivīrānmahārathān || 80 ||
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jarāsaṃdho mahārājaḥ sasainyaḥ sabalānugaḥ || 81 ||
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taṃ pratyagṛhṇan saṃrabdhā vṛṣṇivīrā mahābalāḥ || 82 ||
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saṃkarṣaṇaṃ puraskṛtya vāsavaṃ tvamarā iva || 83 ||
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āpatantaṃ hi vegena jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahābalam || 84 ||
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ṣaḍbhirvivyādha nārācairyuyudhāno mahāmṛdhe || 85 ||
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akrūro dantavaktraṃ tu vivyādha navabhiḥ śaraiḥ || 86 ||
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taṃ pratyavidhyatkārūṣo bāṇairdaśabhirāśugaiḥ || 87 ||
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vipṛthuḥ śiśupālaṃ tu śarairvivyādha saptabhiḥ || 88 ||
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aṣṭabhiḥ pratyavidhyattaṃ śiśupālaḥ pratāpavān || 89 ||
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gaveṣaṇo'pi caidyaṃ tu ṣaḍbhirvivyādha mārgaṇaiḥ || 90 ||
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anirdāntastathāṣṭābhirbṛhaddurgastu pañcabhiḥ || 91 ||
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prativivyādha tāṃścaidyaḥ pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ || 92 ||
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jaghāna cāśvāṃścaturaścaturbhirvipṛthoḥ śaraiḥ || 93 ||
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bṛhaddurgasya bhallena śiraściccheda cārihā || 94 ||
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vipṛthoḥ sārathiṃ caiva prāhiṇod yamasādanam || 95 ||
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hatāśvaṃ tu rathaṃ tyaktvā vipṛthuḥ sumahābalaḥ || 96 ||
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āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ bṛhaddurgasya vīryavān || 97 ||
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āruhya javanānaśvānniyantumupacakrame || 98 ||
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te kruddhāḥ śaravarṣeṇa sunīthaṃ samavākiran || 99 ||
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nṛtyantaṃ rathamārgeṣu cāpahastamabhītavat || 100 ||
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śakradevo dantavaktraṃ bibhedorasi karṇinā || 101 ||
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paṭuśaḥ pañcabhiścāpi vivyādha yudhi mārgaṇaiḥ || 102 ||
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tābhyāṃ sa viddho daśabhirbāṇairmarmātigaiḥ śitaiḥ || 103 ||
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tato balī śakradevaṃ bibheda daśabhiḥ krudhā || 104 ||
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pañcabhiścāpi vivyādha so'vidūrādvidūratham || 105 ||
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vidūratho'pi taṃ ṣaḍbhirvivyādhājau śitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 106 ||
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triṃśatā pratyavidhyattaṃ balī bāṇairmahāratham || 107 ||
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kṛtavarmā bibhedāśu rājaputraṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ || 108 ||
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nyahanatsārathiṃ cāsya dhvajaṃ ciccheda sūcchritam || 109 ||
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prativivyādha taṃ kruddhaḥ pauṇḍraḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ || 110 ||
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dhanuścāsya praciccheda bhallena nataparvaṇā || 111 ||
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nikṛttaśatruḥ kāliṅgaṃ bibhedāṅgaṃ ca mārgaṇaiḥ || 112 ||
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tomareṇāṃ sadeśe taṃ bibheda ca kaliṅgajaḥ || 113 ||
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gajenāsādya kahvastu gajamaṅgasya vīryavān || 114 ||
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tomareṇa jaghānāśu bibhedāṅgaṃ ca vīryavān || 115 ||
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citrakaśca śvaphalkaśca sātyakiśca mahābalaḥ || 116 ||
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kaliṅgasya rathānīkaṃ nārācairbibhiduḥ śitaiḥ || 117 ||
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visṛṣṭena halenājau vaṅgarājasya vāraṇam || 118 ||
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jaghāna rāmaḥ saṃkruddho vaṅgarājaṃ ca saṃyuge || 119 ||
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taṃ hatvā gajamāruhya dhanurādāya vīryavān || 120 ||
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saṃkarṣaṇo jaghānograirnārācaiḥ kāśikānbahūn || 121 ||
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ṣaḍbhirnihatya kārūṣānmaheṣvāsāṃśca vīryavān || 122 ||
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śataṃ jaghāna saṃrabdho māgadhānāṃ mahārathaḥ || 123 ||
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nihatya tānmahārāja jarāsaṃdhaṃ tato'bhyayāt || 124 ||
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tamāpanantaṃ vivyādha nārācairmāgadhastribhiḥ || 125 ||
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taṃ bibhedāṣṭabhiḥ kruddho nārācairmusalāyudhaḥ || 126 ||
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ciccheda cāsya bhallena dhvajaṃ rukmavibhūṣitam || 127 ||
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cāpaṃ ca mahādāyattaṃ śaraireva halāyudhaḥ || 128 ||
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rathaṃ cāsya mahārāja tilaśaśca samāhanat || 129 ||
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sa cchinnadhanvā viratho gadāmādāya māgadhaḥ || 130 ||
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vivyādha balabhadraṃ tu ciccheda ca punaḥ punaḥ || 131 ||
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rathaṃ ca cūrṇayāmāsa gadayāsya sa māgadhaḥ || 132 ||
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pātyamāno rathāttasmādavaplutya halāyudhaḥ || 133 ||
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sātyakestu rathaṃ prāyātsarvakṣatrasya paṣyataḥ || 134 ||
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sātyakistu mahārāja śarairvivyādha māgadham || 135 ||
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baladevo mahārāja gadāṃ saṃgṛhya satvaram || 136 ||
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jaghāna māgadhaṃ saṃkhye vajreṇeva giriṃ hariḥ || 137 ||
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tad yuddhamabhavatteṣāṃ ghoraṃ devāsuropamam || 138 ||
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sṛjatāṃ śaravarṣāṇi nighnatāmitaretaram || 139 ||
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gajairgajāśca saṃkruddhāḥ saṃnipetuḥ sahasraśaḥ || 140 ||
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rathā rathaistu saṃrabdhāḥ sādibhiścāpi sādinaḥ || 141 ||
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padātayastathā pattīñchakticarmāsipāṇayaḥ || 142 ||
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chindantaścottamāṅgāni vineduryudhi te pṛthak || 143 ||
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asīnāṃ pātyamānānāṃ kavaceṣu mahāsvanaḥ || 144 ||
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śarāṇāṃ patatāmājau pakṣiṇāmiva śuśruve || 145 ||
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bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgānāṃ veṇunāṃ ca mṛdhe dhvaniḥ || 146 ||
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babhūva ghoṣaḥ śastrāṇāṃ jyāghoṣaśca mahātmanām || 147 ||
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etasminnantare vīro balabhadro mahāyaśāḥ || 148 ||
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jaghāna gadayā vīraṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahāmṛdhe || 149 ||
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mūrchāṃ jagāma rājā tu nipapāta ca bhūtale || 150 ||
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sātyakirvaṅgarājaṃ tu jaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 151 ||
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tatsainyaṃ vimukhaṃ cāsījjarāsaṃdhe nipātite || 152 ||
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sātyakirbalabhadraśca jitvā yodhān sahasraśaḥ || 153 ||
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śaṅkhaṃ dadhmatū rājānau sarveṣāmagrataḥ sthitau || 154 ||
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tataśca vidrute sainye jarāsaṃdhe parājite || 155 ||
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tayoḥ śaṅkhasvanaṃ śrutvā gacchanneva janārdanaḥ || 156 ||
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jitaṃ magadharājasya sainyaṃ bahunṛpāśritam || 157 ||
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ityevaṃ cintayitvā tu vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān || 158 ||
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pāñcajanyaṃ mahāśaṅkhaṃ dadhmau yadukulodbhavaḥ || 159 ||
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