Mahabharata [sanskrit]

699,462 words | ISBN-10: 812150094X | ISBN-13: 9788121500944

The Sanskrit edition of the Mahabharata, one of the largest epic poems ever written, consisting of 100,000 metrical verses. Consisting of 18 books, the Mahabharata details the history and legends concerning ancient India (Bharata), including a major battle campaign involving the Kauravas and the Pandavas, also known as the Kurukshetra War. This portion also contains the Bhagavad-Gita. Alternative titles: Mahābhārata (महाभारत).

Chapter 71

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saṃjaya uvāca |
rājansaṃgrāmamāścaryaṃ śṛṇu kīrtayato mama |
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yathā yuddhamavartata || 1 ||
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bhāradvājaṃ samāsādya vyūhasya pramukhe sthitam |
ayodhayanraṇe pārthā droṇānīkaṃ bibhitsavaḥ || 2 ||
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rakṣamāṇāḥ svakaṃ vyūhaṃ droṇasyāpi ca sainikāḥ |
ayodhayanraṇe pārthānprārthayanto mahadyaśaḥ || 3 ||
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vindānuvindāvāvantyau virāṭaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
ājaghnatuḥ susaṃkruddhau tava putrahitaiṣiṇau || 4 ||
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virāṭaśca mahārāja tāvubhau samare sthitau |
parākrāntau parākramya yodhayāmāsa sānugau || 5 ||
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teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavaddāruṇaṃ śoṇitodakam |
siṃhasya dvipamukhyābhyāṃ prabhinnābhyāṃ yathā vane || 6 ||
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bāhlīkaṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe yājñasenirmahābalaḥ |
ājaghne viśikhaistīkṣṇairghorairmarmāsthibhedibhiḥ || 7 ||
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bāhlīko yājñaseniṃ tu hemapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ |
ājaghāna bhṛśaṃ kruddho navabhirnataparvabhiḥ || 8 ||
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tadyuddhamabhavadghoraṃ śaraśaktisamākulam |
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananaṃ śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanam || 9 ||
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tābhyāṃ tatra śarairmuktairantarikṣaṃ diśastathā |
abhavatsaṃvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃcana || 10 ||
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śaibyo govāsano yuddhe kāśyaputraṃ mahāratham |
sasainyo yodhayāmāsa gajaḥ pratigajaṃ yathā || 11 ||
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bāhlīkarājaḥ saṃrabdho draupadeyānmahārathān |
manaḥ pañcendriyāṇīva śuśubhe yodhayanraṇe || 12 ||
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ayodhayaṃste ca bhṛśaṃ taṃ śaraughaiḥ samantataḥ |
indriyārthā yathā dehaṃ śaśvaddehabhṛtāṃ vara || 13 ||
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vārṣṇeyaṃ sātyakiṃ yuddhe putro duḥśāsanastava |
ājaghne sāyakaistīkṣṇairnavabhirnataparvabhiḥ || 14 ||
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so'tividdho balavatā maheṣvāsena dhanvinā |
īṣanmūrchāṃ jagāmāśu sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ || 15 ||
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samāśvastastu vārṣṇeyastava putraṃ mahāratham |
vivyādha daśabhistūrṇaṃ sāyakaiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ || 16 ||
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tāvanyonyaṃ dṛḍhaṃ viddhāvanyonyaśaravikṣatau |
rejatuḥ samare rājanpuṣpitāviva kiṃśukau || 17 ||
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alambusastu saṃkruddhaḥ kuntibhojaśarārditaḥ |
aśobhata paraṃ lakṣmyā puṣpāḍhya iva kiṃśukaḥ || 18 ||
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kuntibhojaṃ tato rakṣo viddhvā bahubhirāyasaiḥ |
anadadbhairavaṃ nādaṃ vāhinyāḥ pramukhe tava || 19 ||
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tatastau samare śūrau yodhayantau parasparam |
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni śakrajambhau yathā purā || 20 ||
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śakuniṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe kṛtavairaṃ ca bhārata |
mādrīputrau ca saṃrabdhau śarairardayatāṃ mṛdhe || 21 ||
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tanmūlaḥ sa mahārāja prāvartata janakṣayaḥ |
tvayā saṃjanito'tyarthaṃ karṇena ca vivardhitaḥ || 22 ||
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uddhukṣitaśca putreṇa tava krodhahutāśanaḥ |
ya imāṃ pṛthivīṃ rājandagdhuṃ sarvāṃ samudyataḥ || 23 ||
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śakuniḥ pāṇḍuputrābhyāṃ kṛtaḥ sa vimukhaḥ śaraiḥ |
nābhyajānata kartavyaṃ yudhi kiṃcitparākramam || 24 ||
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vimukhaṃ cainamālokya mādrīputrau mahārathau |
vavarṣatuḥ punarbāṇairyathā meghau mahāgirim || 25 ||
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sa vadhyamāno bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ |
saṃprāyājjavanairaśvairdroṇānīkāya saubalaḥ || 26 ||
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ghaṭotkacastathā śūraṃ rākṣasaṃ tamalāyudham |
abhyayādrabhasaṃ yuddhe vegamāsthāya madhyamam || 27 ||
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tayoryuddhaṃ mahārāja citrarūpamivābhavat |
yādṛśaṃ hi purā vṛttaṃ rāmarāvaṇayormṛdhe || 28 ||
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tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā madrarājānamāhave |
viddhvā pañcāśatā bāṇaiḥ punarvivyādha saptabhiḥ || 29 ||
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tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tayoratyadbhutaṃ nṛpa |
yathā pūrvaṃ mahadyuddhaṃ śambarāmararājayoḥ || 30 ||
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viviṃśatiścitraseno vikarṇaśca tavātmajaḥ |
ayodhayanbhīmasenaṃ mahatyā senayā vṛtāḥ || 31 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 71

The complete Mahabharata (12 Volumes)
by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013)

4900 pages; [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.] ISBN: ‎ 812150094X or 9788121500944;

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The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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The Complete Mahabharata (9 volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2008)

6415 pages; Sanskrit Text with English Translation; [Edited By: Dr. Ishwar Chandra Sharma & Dr. O.N. Bimali] [Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.]

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