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 160

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saṃjaya uvāca |
tato duryodhano droṇamabhigamyedamabravīt |
amarṣavaśamāpanno janayanharṣatejasī || 1 ||
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na marṣaṇīyāḥ saṃgrāme viśramantaḥ śramānvitāḥ |
sapatnā glānamanaso labdhalakṣyā viśeṣataḥ || 2 ||
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tattu marṣitamasmābhirbhavataḥ priyakāmyayā |
ta ete pariviśrāntāḥ pāṇḍavā balavattarāḥ || 3 ||
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sarvathā parihīnāḥ sma tejasā ca balena ca |
bhavatā pālyamānāste vivardhante punaḥ punaḥ || 4 ||
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divyānyastrāṇi sarvāṇi brahmāstrādīni yānyapi |
tāni sarvāṇi tiṣṭhanti bhavatyeva viśeṣataḥ || 5 ||
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na pāṇḍaveyā na vayaṃ nānye loke dhanurdharāḥ |
yudhyamānasya te tulyāḥ satyametadbravīmi te || 6 ||
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sasurāsuragandharvānimāṃllokāndvijottama |
sarvāstravidbhavānhanyāddivyairastrairna saṃśayaḥ || 7 ||
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sa bhavānmarṣayatyenāṃstvatto bhītānviśeṣataḥ |
śiṣyatvaṃ vā puraskṛtya mama vā mandabhāgyatām || 8 ||
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evamuddharṣito droṇaḥ kopitaścātmajena te |
samanyurabravīdrājanduryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ || 9 ||
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sthaviraḥ sanparaṃ śaktyā ghaṭe duryodhanāhave |
ataḥ paraṃ mayā kāryaṃ kṣudraṃ vijayagṛddhinā |
anastravidayaṃ sarvo hantavyo'stravidā janaḥ || 10 ||
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yadbhavānmanyate cāpi śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham |
tadvai kartāsmi kauravya vacanāttava nānyathā || 11 ||
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nihatya sarvapāñcālānyuddhe kṛtvā parākramam |
vimokṣye kavacaṃ rājansatyenāyudhamālabhe || 12 ||
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manyase yacca kaunteyamarjunaṃ śrāntamāhave |
tasya vīryaṃ mahābāho śṛṇu satyena kaurava || 13 ||
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taṃ na devā na gandharvā na yakṣā na ca rākṣasāḥ |
utsahante raṇe soḍhuṃ kupitaṃ savyasācinam || 14 ||
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khāṇḍave yena bhagavānpratyudyātaḥ sureśvaraḥ |
sāyakairvāritaścāpi varṣamāṇo mahātmanā || 15 ||
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yakṣā nāgāstathā daityā ye cānye balagarvitāḥ |
nihatāḥ puruṣendreṇa taccāpi viditaṃ tava || 16 ||
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gandharvā ghoṣayātrāyāṃ citrasenādayo jitāḥ |
yūyaṃ tairhriyamāṇāśca mokṣitā dṛḍhadhanvanā || 17 ||
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nivātakavacāścāpi devānāṃ śatravastathā |
surairavadhyāḥ saṃgrāme tena vīreṇa nirjitāḥ || 18 ||
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dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi hiraṇyapuravāsinām |
vijigye puruṣavyāghraḥ sa śakyo mānuṣaiḥ katham || 19 ||
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pratyakṣaṃ caiva te sarvaṃ yathā balamidaṃ tava |
kṣapitaṃ pāṇḍuputreṇa ceṣṭatāṃ no viśāṃ pate || 20 ||
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taṃ tathābhipraśaṃsantamarjunaṃ kupitastadā |
droṇaṃ tava suto rājanpunarevedamabravīt || 21 ||
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ahaṃ duḥśāsanaḥ karṇaḥ śakunirmātulaśca me |
haniṣyāmo'rjunaṃ saṃkhye dvaidhīkṛtyādya bhāratīm || 22 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājo hasanniva |
anvavartata rājānaṃ svasti te'stviti cābravīt || 23 ||
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ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā |
akṣayaṃ kṣapayetkaścitkṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyarṣabham || 24 ||
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taṃ na vittapatirnendro na yamo na jaleśvaraḥ |
nāsuroragarakṣāṃsi kṣapayeyuḥ sahāyudham || 25 ||
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mūḍhāstvetāni bhāṣante yānīmānyāttha bhārata |
yuddhe hyarjunamāsādya svastimānko vrajedgṛhān || 26 ||
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tvaṃ tu sarvātiśaṅkitvānniṣṭhuraḥ pāpaniścayaḥ |
śreyasastvaddhite yuktāṃstattadvaktumihecchasi || 27 ||
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gaccha tvamapi kaunteyamātmārthebhyo hi māciram |
tvamapyāśaṃsase yoddhuṃ kulajaḥ kṣatriyo hyasi || 28 ||
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imānkiṃ pārthivānsarvānghātayiṣyasyanāgasaḥ |
tvamasya mūlaṃ vairasya tasmādāsādayārjunam || 29 ||
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eṣa te mātulaḥ prājñaḥ kṣatradharmamanuvrataḥ |
dūrdyūtadevī gāndhāriḥ prayātvarjunamāhave || 30 ||
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eṣo'kṣakuśalo jihmo dyūtakṛtkitavaḥ śaṭhaḥ |
devitā nikṛtiprajño yudhi jeṣyati pāṇḍavān || 31 ||
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tvayā kathitamatyantaṃ karṇena saha hṛṣṭavat |
asakṛcchūnyavanmohāddhṛtarāṣṭrasya śṛṇvataḥ || 32 ||
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ahaṃ ca tāta karṇaśca bhrātā duḥśāsanaśca me |
pāṇḍuputrānhaniṣyāmaḥ sahitāḥ samare trayaḥ || 33 ||
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iti te katthamānasya śrutaṃ saṃsadi saṃsadi |
anutiṣṭha pratijñāṃ tāṃ satyavāgbhava taiḥ saha || 34 ||
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eṣa te pāṇḍavaḥ śatruraviṣahyo'grataḥ sthitaḥ |
kṣatradharmamavekṣasva ślāghyastava vadho jayāt || 35 ||
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dattaṃ bhuktamadhītaṃ ca prāptamaiśvaryamīpsitam |
kṛtakṛtyo'nṛṇaścāsi mā bhairyudhyasva pāṇḍavam || 36 ||
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ityuktvā samare droṇo nyavartata yataḥ pare |
dvaidhīkṛtya tataḥ senāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavattadā || 37 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 160

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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