Chapter 67

saṃjaya uvāca |
saṃniruddhastu taiḥ pārtho mahābalaparākramaḥ |
drutaṃ samanuyātaśca droṇena rathināṃ varaḥ || 1 ||
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kiranniṣugaṇāṃstīkṣṇānsvaraśmīniva bhāskaraḥ |
tāpayāmāsa tatsainyaṃ dehaṃ vyādhigaṇo yathā || 2 ||
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aśvo viddho dhvajaśchinnaḥ sārohaḥ patito gajaḥ |
chatrāṇi cāpaviddhāni rathāścakrairvinā kṛtāḥ || 3 ||
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vidrutāni ca sainyāni śarārtāni samantataḥ |
ityāsīttumulaṃ yuddhaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃcana || 4 ||
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teṣāmāyacchatāṃ saṃkhye parasparamajihmagaiḥ |
arjuno dhvajinīṃ rājannabhīkṣṇaṃ samakampayat || 5 ||
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satyāṃ cikīrṣamāṇastu pratijñāṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ |
abhyadravadrathaśreṣṭhaṃ śoṇāśvaṃ śvetavāhanaḥ || 6 ||
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taṃ droṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā marmabhidbhirajihmagaiḥ |
antevāsinamācāryo maheṣvāsaṃ samardayat || 7 ||
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taṃ tūrṇamiva bībhatsuḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
abhyadhāvadiṣūnasyanniṣuvegavighātakān || 8 ||
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tasyāśu kṣipato bhallānbhallaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ |
pratyavidhyadameyātmā brahmāstraṃ samudīrayan || 9 ||
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tadadbhutamapaśyāma droṇasyācāryakaṃ yudhi |
yatamāno yuvā nainaṃ pratyavidhyadyadarjunaḥ || 10 ||
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kṣaranniva mahāmegho vāridhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ |
droṇameghaḥ pārthaśailaṃ vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ || 11 ||
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arjunaḥ śaravarṣaṃ tadbrahmāstreṇaiva māriṣa |
pratijagrāha tejasvī bāṇairbāṇānviśātayan || 12 ||
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droṇastu pañcaviṃśatyā śvetavāhanamārdayat |
vāsudevaṃ ca saptatyā bāhvorurasi cāśugaiḥ || 13 ||
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pārthastu prahasandhīmānācāryaṃ sa śaraughiṇam |
visṛjantaṃ śitānbāṇānavārayata taṃ yudhi || 14 ||
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atha tau vadhyamānau tu droṇena rathasattamau |
āvarjayetāṃ durdharṣaṃ yugāntāgnimivotthitam || 15 ||
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varjayanniśitānbāṇāndroṇacāpaviniḥsṛtān |
kirīṭamālī kaunteyo bhojānīkaṃ nyapātayat || 16 ||
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so'ntarā kṛtavarmāṇaṃ kāmbojaṃ ca sudakṣiṇam |
abhyayādvarjayandroṇaṃ mainākamiva parvatam || 17 ||
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tato bhojo naravyāghraṃ duḥsahaḥ kurusattama |
avidhyattūrṇamavyagro daśabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ || 18 ||
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tamarjunaḥ śitenājau rājanvivyādha patriṇā |
punaścānyaistribhirbāṇairmohayanniva sātvatam || 19 ||
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bhojastu prahasanpārthaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca mādhavam |
ekaikaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā sāyakānāṃ samārpayat || 20 ||
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tasyārjuno dhanuśchittvā vivyādhainaṃ trisaptabhiḥ |
śarairagniśikhākāraiḥ kruddhāśīviṣasaṃnibhaiḥ || 21 ||
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athānyaddhanurādāya kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ |
pañcabhiḥ sāyakaistūrṇaṃ vivyādhorasi bhārata || 22 ||
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punaśca niśitairbāṇaiḥ pārthaṃ vivyādha pañcabhiḥ |
taṃ pārtho navabhirbāṇairājaghāna stanāntare || 23 ||
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viṣaktaṃ dṛśya kaunteyaṃ kṛtavarmarathaṃ prati |
cintayāmāsa vārṣṇeyo na naḥ kālātyayo bhavet || 24 ||
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tataḥ kṛṣṇo'bravītpārthaṃ kṛtavarmaṇi mā dayām |
kurusāṃbandhikaṃ kṛtvā pramathyainaṃ viśātaya || 25 ||
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tataḥ sa kṛtavarmāṇaṃ mohayitvārjunaḥ śaraiḥ |
abhyagājjavanairaśvaiḥ kāmbojānāmanīkinīm || 26 ||
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amarṣitastu hārdikhyaḥ praviṣṭe śvetavāhane |
vidhunvansaśaraṃ cāpaṃ pāñcālyābhyāṃ samāgataḥ || 27 ||
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cakrarakṣau tu pāñcālyāvarjunasya padānugau |
paryavārayadāyāntau kṛtavarmā ratheṣubhiḥ || 28 ||
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tāvavidhyattato bhojaḥ sarvapāraśavaiḥ śaraiḥ |
tribhireva yudhāmanyuṃ caturbhiścottamaujasam || 29 ||
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tāvapyenaṃ vivyadhaturdaśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
saṃcicchidaturapyasya dhvajaṃ kārmukameva ca || 30 ||
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athānyaddhanurādāya hārdikyaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ |
kṛtvā vidhanuṣau vīrau śaravarṣairavākirat || 31 ||
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tāvanye dhanuṣī sajye kṛtvā bhojaṃ vijaghnatuḥ |
tenāntareṇa bībhatsurviveśāmitravāhinīm || 32 ||
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na lebhāte tu tau dvāraṃ vāritau kṛtavarmaṇā |
dhārtarāṣṭreṣvanīkeṣu yatamānau nararṣabhau || 33 ||
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anīkānyardayanyuddhe tvaritaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ |
nāvadhītkṛtavarmāṇaṃ prāptamapyarisūdanaḥ || 34 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu tathāyāntaṃ śūro rājā śrutāyudhaḥ |
abhyadravatsusaṃkruddho vidhunvāno mahaddhanuḥ || 35 ||
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sa pārthaṃ tribhirānarchatsaptatyā ca janārdanam |
kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena pārthaketumatāḍayat || 36 ||
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tamarjuno navatyā tu śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām |
ājaghāna bhṛśaṃ kruddhastottrairiva mahādvipam || 37 ||
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sa tanna mamṛṣe rājanpāṇḍaveyasya vikramam |
athainaṃ saptasaptatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat || 38 ||
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tasyārjuno dhanuśchittvā śarāvāpaṃ nikṛtya ca |
ājaghānorasi kruddhaḥ saptabhirnataparvabhiḥ || 39 ||
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athānyaddhanurādāya sa rājā krodhamūrchitaḥ |
vāsaviṃ navabhirbāṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat || 40 ||
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tato'rjunaḥ smayanneva śrutāyudhamariṃdamaḥ |
śarairanekasāhasraiḥ pīḍayāmāsa bhārata || 41 ||
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aśvāṃścāsyāvadhīttūrṇaṃ sārathiṃ ca mahārathaḥ |
vivyādha cainaṃ saptatyā nārācānāṃ mahābalaḥ || 42 ||
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hatāśvaṃ rathamutsṛjya sa tu rājā śrutāyudhaḥ |
abhyadravadraṇe pārthaṃ gadāmudyamya vīryavān || 43 ||
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varuṇasyātmajo vīraḥ sa tu rājā śrutāyudhaḥ |
parṇāśā jananī yasya śītatoyā mahānadī || 44 ||
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tasya mātābravīdvākyaṃ varuṇaṃ putrakāraṇāt |
avadhyo'yaṃ bhavelloke śatrūṇāṃ tanayo mama || 45 ||
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varuṇastvabravītprīto dadāmyasmai varaṃ hitam |
divyamastraṃ sutaste'yaṃ yenāvadhyo bhaviṣyati || 46 ||
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nāsti cāpyamaratvaṃ vai manuṣyasya kathaṃcana |
sarveṇāvaśyamartavyaṃ jātena saritāṃ vare || 47 ||
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durdharṣastveṣa śatrūṇāṃ raṇeṣu bhavitā sadā |
astrasyāsya prabhāvādvai vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ || 48 ||
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ityuktvā varuṇaḥ prādādgadāṃ mantrapuraskṛtām |
yāmāsādya durādharṣaḥ sarvaloke śrutāyudhaḥ || 49 ||
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uvāca cainaṃ bhagavānpunareva jaleśvaraḥ |
ayudhyati na moktavyā sā tvayyeva patediti || 50 ||
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sa tayā vīraghātinyā janārdanamatāḍayat |
pratijagrāha tāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pīnenāṃsena vīryavān || 51 ||
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nākampayata śauriṃ sā vindhyaṃ girimivānilaḥ |
pratyabhyayāttaṃ viproḍhā kṛtyeva duradhiṣṭhitā || 52 ||
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jaghāna cāsthitaṃ vīraṃ śrutāyudhamamarṣaṇam |
hatvā śrutāyudhaṃ vīraṃ jagatīmanvapadyata || 53 ||
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hāhākāro mahāṃstatra sainyānāṃ samajāyata |
svenāstreṇa hataṃ dṛṣṭvā śrutāyudhamariṃdamam || 54 ||
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ayudhyamānāya hi sā keśavāya narādhipa |
kṣiptā śrutāyudhenātha tasmāttamavadhīdgadā || 55 ||
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yathoktaṃ varuṇenājau tathā sa nidhanaṃ gataḥ |
vyasuścāpyapatadbhūmau prekṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām || 56 ||
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patamānastu sa babhau parṇāśāyāḥ priyaḥ sutaḥ |
saṃbhagna iva vātena bahuśākho vanaspatiḥ || 57 ||
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tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni senāmukhyāśca sarvaśaḥ |
prādravanta hataṃ dṛṣṭvā śrutāyudhamariṃdamam || 58 ||
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tatha kāmbojarājasya putraḥ śūraḥ sudakṣiṇaḥ |
abhyayājjavanairaśvaiḥ phalgunaṃ śatrusūdanam || 59 ||
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tasya pārthaḥ śarānsapta preṣayāmāsa bhārata |
te taṃ śūraṃ vinirbhidya prāviśandharaṇītalam || 60 ||
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so'tividdhaḥ śaraistīkṣṇairgāṇḍīvapreṣitairmṛdhe |
arjunaṃ prativivyādha daśabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ || 61 ||
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vāsudevaṃ tribhirviddhvā punaḥ pārthaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ |
tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā ketuṃ ciccheda māriṣa || 62 ||
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bhallābhyāṃ bhṛśatīkṣṇābhyāṃ taṃ ca vivyādha pāṇḍavaḥ |
sa tu pārthaṃ tribhirviddhvā siṃhanādamathānadat || 63 ||
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sarvapāraśavīṃ caiva śaktiṃ śūraḥ sudakṣiṇaḥ |
saghaṇṭāṃ prāhiṇodghorāṃ kruddho gāṇḍīvadhanvane || 64 ||
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sā jvalantī maholkeva tamāsādya mahāratham |
savisphuliṅgā nirbhidya nipapāta mahītale || 65 ||
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taṃ caturdaśabhiḥ pārtho nārācaiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ |
sāśvadhvajadhanuḥsūtaṃ vivyādhācintyavikramaḥ |
rathaṃ cānyaiḥ subahubhiścakre viśakalaṃ śaraiḥ || 66 ||
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sudakṣiṇaṃ tu kāmbojaṃ moghasaṃkalpavikramam |
bibheda hṛdi bāṇena pṛthudhāreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ || 67 ||
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sa bhinnamarmā srastāṅgaḥ prabhraṣṭamukuṭāṅgadaḥ |
papātābhimukhaḥ śūro yantramukta iva dhvajaḥ || 68 ||
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gireḥ śikharajaḥ śrīmānsuśākhaḥ supratiṣṭhitaḥ |
nirbhagna iva vātena karṇikāro himātyaye || 69 ||
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śete sma nihato bhūmau kāmbojāstaraṇocitaḥ |
sudarśanīyastāmrākṣaḥ karṇinā sa sudakṣiṇaḥ |
putraḥ kāmbojarājasya pārthena vinipātitaḥ || 70 ||
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tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni vyadravanta sutasya te |
hataṃ śrutāyudhaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmbojaṃ ca sudakṣiṇam || 71 ||
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