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 75

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saṃjaya uvāca |
salile janite tasminkaunteyena mahātmanā |
nivārite dviṣatsainye kṛte ca śaraveśmani || 1 ||
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vāsudevo rathāttūrṇamavatīrya mahādyutiḥ |
mocayāmāsa turagānvitunnānkaṅkapatribhiḥ || 2 ||
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adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ taddṛṣṭvā siṃhanādo mahānabhūt |
siddhacāraṇasaṃghānāṃ sainikānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ || 3 ||
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padātinaṃ tu kaunteyaṃ yudhyamānaṃ nararṣabhāḥ |
nāśaknuvanvārayituṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat || 4 ||
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āpatatsu rathaugheṣu prabhūtagajavājiṣu |
nāsaṃbhramattadā pārthastadasya puruṣānati || 5 ||
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vyasṛjanta śaraughāṃste pāṇḍavaṃ prati pārthivāḥ |
na cāvyathata dharmātmā vāsaviḥ paravīrahā || 6 ||
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sa tāni śarajālāni gadāḥ prāsāṃśca vīryavān |
āgatānagrasatpārthaḥ saritaḥ sāgaro yathā || 7 ||
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astravegena mahatā pārtho bāhubalena ca |
sarveṣāṃ pārthivendrāṇāmagrasattāñśarottamān || 8 ||
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tattu pārthasya vikrāntaṃ vāsudevasya cobhayoḥ |
apūjayanmahārāja kauravāḥ paramādbhutam || 9 ||
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kimadbhutataraṃ loke bhavitāpyatha vāpyabhūt |
yadaśvānpārthagovindau mocayāmāsatū raṇe || 10 ||
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bhayaṃ vipulamasmāsu tāvadhattāṃ narottamau |
tejo vidadhatuścograṃ visrabdhau raṇamūrdhani || 11 ||
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athotsmayanhṛṣīkeśaḥ strīmadhya iva bhārata |
arjunena kṛte saṃkhye śaragarbhagṛhe tadā || 12 ||
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upāvartayadavyagrastānaśvānpuṣkarekṣaṇaḥ |
miṣatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ tvadīyānāṃ viśāṃ pate || 13 ||
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teṣāṃ śramaṃ ca glāniṃ ca vepathuṃ vamathuṃ vraṇān |
sarvaṃ vyapānudatkṛṣṇaḥ kuśalo hyaśvakarmaṇi || 14 ||
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śalyānuddhṛtya pāṇibhyāṃ parimṛjya ca tānhayān |
upāvṛtya yathānyāyaṃ pāyayāmāsa vāri saḥ || 15 ||
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sa tāṃllabdhodakānsnātāñjagdhānnānvigataklamān |
yojayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭaḥ punareva rathottame || 16 ||
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sa taṃ rathavaraṃ śauriḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
samāsthāya mahātejāḥ sārjunaḥ prayayau drutam || 17 ||
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rathaṃ rathavarasyājau yuktaṃ labdhodakairhayaiḥ |
dṛṣṭvā kurubalaśreṣṭhāḥ punarvimanaso'bhavan || 18 ||
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viniḥśvasantaste rājanbhagnadaṃṣṭrā ivoragāḥ |
dhigaho dhiggataḥ pārthaḥ kṛṣṇaścetyabruvanpṛthak || 19 ||
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sarvakṣatrasya miṣato rathenaikena daṃśitau |
bālakrīḍanakeneva kadarthīkṛtya no balam || 20 ||
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krośatāṃ yatamānānāmasaṃsaktau paraṃtapau |
darśayitvātmano vīryaṃ prayātau sarvarājasu || 21 ||
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tau prayātau punardṛṣṭvā tadānye sainikābruvan |
tvaradhvaṃ kuravaḥ sarve vadhe kṛṣṇakirīṭinoḥ || 22 ||
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rathaṃ yuktvā hi dāśārho miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām |
jayadrathāya yātyeṣa kadarthīkṛtya no raṇe || 23 ||
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tatra kecinmitho rājansamabhāṣanta bhūmipāḥ |
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ saṃgrāme taddṛṣṭvā mahadadbhutam || 24 ||
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sarvasainyāni rājā ca dhṛtarāṣṭro'tyayaṃ gataḥ |
duryodhanāparādhena kṣatraṃ kṛtsnā ca medinī || 25 ||
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vilayaṃ samanuprāptā tacca rājā na budhyate |
ityevaṃ kṣatriyāstatra bruvantyanye ca bhārata || 26 ||
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sindhurājasya yatkṛtyaṃ gatasya yamasādanam |
tatkarotu vṛthādṛṣṭirdhārtarāṣṭro'nupāyavit || 27 ||
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tataḥ śīghrataraṃ prāyātpāṇḍavaḥ saindhavaṃ prati |
nivartamāne tigmāṃśau hṛṣṭaiḥ pītodakairhayaiḥ || 28 ||
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taṃ prayāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam |
nāśaknuvanvārayituṃ yodhāḥ kruddhamivāntakam || 29 ||
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vidrāvya tu tataḥ sainyaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ |
yathā mṛgagaṇānsiṃhaḥ saindhavārthe vyaloḍayat || 30 ||
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gāhamānastvanīkāni tūrṇamaśvānacodayat |
balākavarṇāndāśārhaḥ pāñcajanyaṃ vyanādayat || 31 ||
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kaunteyenāgrataḥ sṛṣṭā nyapatanpṛṣṭhataḥ śarāḥ |
tūrṇāttūrṇataraṃ hyaśvāste'vahanvātaraṃhasaḥ || 32 ||
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vātoddhūtapatākāntaṃ rathaṃ jaladanisvanam |
ghoraṃ kapidhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣaṇṇā rathino'bhavan || 33 ||
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divākare'tha rajasā sarvataḥ saṃvṛte bhṛśam |
śarārtāśca raṇe yodhā na kṛṣṇau śekurīkṣitum || 34 ||
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tato nṛpatayaḥ kruddhāḥ parivavrurdhanaṃjayam |
kṣatriyā bahavaścānye jayadrathavadhaiṣiṇam || 35 ||
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apanīyatsu śalyeṣu dhiṣṭhitaṃ puruṣarṣabham |
duryodhanastvagātpārthaṃ tvaramāṇo mahāhave || 36 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 75

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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