Chapter 172

saṃjaya uvāca |
tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ |
nyavārayadameyātmā droṇaputravadhepsayā || 1 ||
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tataste sainikā rājannaiva tatrāvatasthire |
saṃsthāpyamānā yatnena govindenārjunena ca || 2 ||
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eka eva tu bībhatsuḥ somakāvayavaiḥ saha |
matsyairanyaiśca saṃdhāya kauravaiḥ saṃnyavartata || 3 ||
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tato drutamatikramya siṃhalāṅgūlaketanam |
savyasācī maheṣvāsamaśvatthāmānamabravīt || 4 ||
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yā śaktiryacca te vīryaṃ yajjñānaṃ yacca pauruṣam |
dhārtarāṣṭreṣu yā prītiḥ pradveṣo'smāsu yaśca te |
yacca bhūyo'sti tejastatparamaṃ mama darśaya || 5 ||
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sa eva droṇahantā te darpaṃ bhetsyati pārṣataḥ |
kālānalasamaprakhyo dviṣatāmantako yudhi |
samāsādaya pāñcālyaṃ māṃ cāpi sahakeśavam || 6 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
ācāryaputro mānārho balavāṃścāpi saṃjaya |
prītirdhanaṃjaye cāsya priyaścāpi sa vāsaveḥ || 7 ||
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na bhūtapūrvaṃ bībhatsorvākyaṃ paruṣamīdṛśam |
atha kasmātsa kaunteyaḥ sakhāyaṃ rūkṣamabravīt || 8 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
yuvarāje hate caiva vṛddhakṣatre ca paurave |
iṣvastravidhisaṃpanne mālave ca sudarśane || 9 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumne sātyakau ca bhīme cāpi parājite |
yudhiṣṭhirasya tairvākyairmarmaṇyapi ca ghaṭṭite || 10 ||
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antarbhede ca saṃjāte duḥkhaṃ saṃsmṛtya ca prabho |
abhūtapūrvo bībhatsorduḥkhānmanyurajāyata || 11 ||
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tasmādanarhamaślīlamapriyaṃ drauṇimuktavān |
mānyamācāryatanayaṃ rūkṣaṃ kāpuruṣo yathā || 12 ||
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evamuktaḥ śvasankrodhānmaheṣvāsatamo nṛpa |
pārthena paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ sarvamarmaghnayā girā |
drauṇiścukopa pārthāya kṛṣṇāya ca viśeṣataḥ || 13 ||
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sa tu yatto rathe sthitvā vāryupaspṛśya vīryavān |
devairapi sudurdharṣamastramāgneyamādade || 14 ||
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dṛśyādṛśyānarigaṇānuddiśyācāryanandanaḥ |
so'bhimantrya śaraṃ dīptaṃ vidhūmamiva pāvakam |
sarvataḥ krodhamāviśya cikṣepa paravīrahā || 15 ||
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tatastumulamākāśe śaravarṣamajāyata |
vavuśca śiśirā vātāḥ sūryo naiva tatāpa ca || 16 ||
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cukruśurdānavāścāpi dikṣu sarvāsu bhairavam |
rudhiraṃ cāpi varṣanto vinedustoyadāmbare || 17 ||
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pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo gāvo munayaścāpi suvratāḥ |
paramaṃ prayatātmāno na śāntimupalebhire || 18 ||
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bhrāntasarvamahābhūtamāvarjitadivākaram |
trailokyamabhisaṃtaptaṃ jvarāviṣṭamivāturam || 19 ||
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śaratejo'bhisaṃtaptā nāgā bhūmiśayāstathā |
niḥśvasantaḥ samutpetustejo ghoraṃ mumukṣavaḥ || 20 ||
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jalajāni ca sattvāni dahyamānāni bhārata |
na śāntimupajagmurhi tapyamānairjalāśayaiḥ || 21 ||
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diśaḥ khaṃ pradiśaścaiva bhuvaṃ ca śaravṛṣṭayaḥ |
uccāvacā nipeturvai garuḍānilaraṃhasaḥ || 22 ||
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taiḥ śarairdroṇaputrasya vajravegasamāhitaiḥ |
pradagdhāḥ śatravaḥ peturagnidagdhā iva drumāḥ || 23 ||
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dahyamānā mahānāgāḥ petururvyāṃ samantataḥ |
nadanto bhairavānnādāñjaladopamanisvanān || 24 ||
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apare pradrutāstatra dahyamānā mahāgajāḥ |
tresustathāpare ghore vane dāvāgnisaṃvṛtāḥ || 25 ||
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drumāṇāṃ śikharāṇīva dāvadagdhāni māriṣa |
aśvavṛndānyadṛśyanta rathavṛndāni cābhibho |
apatanta rathaughāśca tatra tatra sahasraśaḥ || 26 ||
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tatsainyaṃ bhagavānagnirdadāha yudhi bhārata |
yugānte sarvabhūtāni saṃvartaka ivānalaḥ || 27 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ dahyamānāṃ mahāhave |
prahṛṣṭāstāvakā rājansiṃhanādānvinedire || 28 ||
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tatastūryasahasrāṇi nānāliṅgāni bhārata |
tūrṇamājaghnire hṛṣṭāstāvakā jitakāśinaḥ || 29 ||
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kṛtsnā hyakṣauhiṇī rājansavyasācī ca pāṇḍavaḥ |
tamasā saṃvṛte loke nādṛśyata mahāhave || 30 ||
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naiva nastādṛśaṃ rājandṛṣṭapūrvaṃ na ca śrutam |
yādṛśaṃ droṇaputreṇa sṛṣṭamastramamarṣiṇā || 31 ||
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arjunastu mahārāja brāhmamastramudairayat |
sarvāstrapratighātāya vihitaṃ padmayoninā || 32 ||
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tato muhūrtādiva tattamo vyupaśaśāma ha |
pravavau cānilaḥ śīto diśaśca vimalābhavan || 33 ||
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tatrādbhutamapaśyāma kṛtsnāmakṣauhiṇīṃ hatām |
anabhijñeyarūpāṃ ca pradagdhāmastramāyayā || 34 ||
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tato vīrau maheṣvāsau vimuktau keśavārjunau |
sahitau saṃpradṛśyetāṃ nabhasīva tamonudau || 35 ||
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sapatākadhvajahayaḥ sānukarṣavarāyudhaḥ |
prababhau sa ratho muktastāvakānāṃ bhayaṃkaraḥ || 36 ||
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tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ śaṅkhabherīravaiḥ saha |
pāṇḍavānāṃ prahṛṣṭānāṃ kṣaṇena samajāyata || 37 ||
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hatāviti tayorāsītsenayorubhayormatiḥ |
tarasābhyāgatau dṛṣṭvā vimuktau keśavārjunau || 38 ||
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tāvakṣatau pramuditau dadhmaturvārijottamau |
dṛṣṭvā pramuditānpārthāṃstvadīyā vyathitābhavan || 39 ||
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vimuktau ca mahātmānau dṛṣṭvā drauṇiḥ suduḥkhitaḥ |
muhūrtaṃ cintayāmāsa kiṃ tvetaditi māriṣa || 40 ||
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cintayitvā tu rājendra dhyānaśokaparāyaṇaḥ |
niḥśvasandīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca vimanāścābhavattadā || 41 ||
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tato drauṇirdhanurnyasya rathātpraskandya vegitaḥ |
dhigdhiksarvamidaṃ mithyetyuktvā saṃprādravadraṇāt || 42 ||
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tataḥ snigdhāmbudābhāsaṃ vedavyāsamakalmaṣam |
āvāsaṃ ca sarasvatyāḥ sa vai vyāsaṃ dadarśa ha || 43 ||
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taṃ drauṇiragrato dṛṣṭvā sthitaṃ kurukulodvaha |
sannakaṇṭho'bravīdvākyamabhivādya sudīnavat || 44 ||
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bho bho māyā yadṛcchā vā na vidmaḥ kimidaṃ bhavet |
astraṃ tvidaṃ kathaṃ mithyā mama kaśca vyatikramaḥ || 45 ||
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adharottarametadvā lokānāṃ vā parābhavaḥ |
yadimau jīvataḥ kṛṣṇau kālo hi duratikramaḥ || 46 ||
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nāsurāmaragandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ |
na sarpayakṣapatagā na manuṣyāḥ kathaṃcana || 47 ||
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utsahante'nyathā kartumetadastraṃ mayeritam |
tadidaṃ kevalaṃ hatvā yuktāmakṣauhiṇīṃ jvalat || 48 ||
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kenemau martyadharmāṇau nāvadhītkeśavārjunau |
etatprabrūhi bhagavanmayā pṛṣṭo yathātatham || 49 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
mahāntametamarthaṃ māṃ yaṃ tvaṃ pṛcchasi vismayāt |
tatpravakṣyāmi te sarvaṃ samādhāya manaḥ śṛṇu || 50 ||
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yo'sau nārāyaṇo nāma pūrveṣāmapi pūrvajaḥ |
ajāyata ca kāryārthaṃ putro dharmasya viśvakṛt || 51 ||
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sa tapastīvramātasthe mainākaṃ girimāsthitaḥ |
ūrdhvabāhurmahātejā jvalanādityasaṃnibhaḥ || 52 ||
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ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca |
aśoṣayattadātmānaṃ vāyubhakṣo'mbujekṣaṇaḥ || 53 ||
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athāparaṃ tapastaptvā dvistato'nyatpunarmahat |
dyāvāpṛthivyorvivaraṃ tejasā samapūrayat || 54 ||
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sa tena tapasā tāta brahmabhūto yadābhavat |
tato viśveśvaraṃ yoniṃ viśvasya jagataḥ patim || 55 ||
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dadarśa bhṛśadurdarśaṃ sarvadevairapīśvaram |
aṇīyasāmaṇīyāṃsaṃ bṛhadbhyaśca bṛhattaram || 56 ||
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rudramīśānamṛṣabhaṃ cekitānamajaṃ param |
gacchatastiṣṭhato vāpi sarvabhūtahṛdi sthitam || 57 ||
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durvāraṇaṃ durdṛśaṃ tigmamanyuṃ mahātmānaṃ sarvaharaṃ pracetasam |
divyaṃ cāpamiṣudhī cādadānaṃ hiraṇyavarmāṇamanantavīryam || 58 ||
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pinākinaṃ vajriṇaṃ dīptaśūlaṃ paraśvadhiṃ gadinaṃ svāyatāsim |
subhruṃ jaṭāmaṇḍalacandramauliṃ vyāghrājinaṃ parighaṃ daṇḍapāṇim || 59 ||
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śubhāṅgadaṃ nāgayajñopavītiṃ viśvairgaṇaiḥ śobhitaṃ bhūtasaṃghaiḥ |
ekībhūtaṃ tapasāṃ saṃnidhānaṃ vayotigaiḥ suṣṭutamiṣṭavāgbhiḥ || 60 ||
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jalaṃ divaṃ khaṃ kṣitiṃ candrasūryau tathā vāyvagnī pratimānaṃ jagacca |
nālaṃ draṣṭuṃ yamajaṃ bhinnavṛttā brahmadviṣaghnamamṛtasya yonim || 61 ||
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yaṃ paśyanti brāhmaṇāḥ sādhuvṛttāḥ kṣīṇe pāpe manasā ye viśokāḥ |
sa tanniṣṭhastapasā dharmamīḍyaṃ tadbhaktyā vai viśvarūpaṃ dadarśa |
dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ vāṅmanobuddhidehaiḥ saṃhṛṣṭātmā mumude devadevam || 62 ||
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akṣamālāparikṣiptaṃ jyotiṣāṃ paramaṃ nidhim |
tato nārāyaṇo dṛṣṭvā vavande viśvasaṃbhavam || 63 ||
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varadaṃ pṛthucārvaṅgyā pārvatyā sahitaṃ prabhum |
ajamīśānamavyagraṃ kāraṇātmānamacyutam || 64 ||
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abhivādyātha rudrāya sadyo'ndhakanipātine |
padmākṣastaṃ virūpākṣamabhituṣṭāva bhaktimān || 65 ||
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tvatsaṃbhūtā bhūtakṛto vareṇya goptāro'dya bhuvanaṃ pūrvadevāḥ |
āviśyemāṃ dharaṇīṃ ye'bhyarakṣanpurā purāṇāṃ tava deva sṛṣṭim || 66 ||
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surāsurānnāgarakṣaḥpiśācānnarānsuparṇānatha gandharvayakṣān |
pṛthagvidhānbhūtasaṃghāṃśca viśvāṃstvatsaṃbhūtānvidma sarvāṃstathaiva |
aindraṃ yāmyaṃ vāruṇaṃ vaittapālyaṃ maitraṃ tvāṣṭraṃ karma saumyaṃ ca tubhyam || 67 ||
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rūpaṃ jyotiḥ śabda ākāśavāyuḥ sparśaḥ svādyaṃ salilaṃ gandha urvī |
kāmo brahmā brahma ca brāhmaṇāśca tvatsaṃbhūtaṃ sthāsnu cariṣṇu cedam || 68 ||
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adbhyaḥ stokā yānti yathā pṛthaktvaṃ tābhiścaikyaṃ saṃkṣaye yānti bhūyaḥ |
evaṃ vidvānprabhavaṃ cāpyayaṃ ca hitvā bhūtānāṃ tatra sāyujyameti || 69 ||
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divyāvṛtau mānasau dvau suparṇāvavākśākhaḥ pippalaḥ sapta gopāḥ |
daśāpyanye ye puraṃ dhārayanti tvayā sṛṣṭāste hi tebhyaḥ parastvam |
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavitā cāpyadhṛṣyaṃ tvatsaṃbhūtā bhuvanānīha viśvā || 70 ||
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bhaktaṃ ca māṃ bhajamānaṃ bhajasva mā rīriṣo māmahitāhitena |
ātmānaṃ tvāmātmano'nanyabhāvo vidvānevaṃ gacchati brahma śukram || 71 ||
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astauṣaṃ tvāṃ tava saṃmānamicchanvicinvanvai savṛṣaṃ devavarya |
sudurlabhāndehi varānmameṣṭānabhiṣṭutaḥ pratikārṣīśca mā mām || 72 ||
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tasmai varānacintyātmā nīlakaṇṭhaḥ pinākadhṛk |
arhate devamukhyāya prāyacchadṛṣisaṃstutaḥ || 73 ||
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nīlakaṇṭha uvāca |
matprasādānmanuṣyeṣu devagandharvayoniṣu |
aprameyabalātmā tvaṃ nārāyaṇa bhaviṣyasi || 74 ||
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na ca tvā prasahiṣyanti devāsuramahoragāḥ |
na piśācā na gandharvā na narā na ca rākṣasāḥ || 75 ||
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na suparṇāstathā nāgā na ca viśve viyonijāḥ |
na kaścittvāṃ ca devo'pi samareṣu vijeṣyati || 76 ||
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na śastreṇa na vajreṇa nāgninā na ca vāyunā |
nārdreṇa na ca śuṣkeṇa trasena sthāvareṇa vā || 77 ||
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kaścittava rujaṃ kartā matprasādātkathaṃcana |
api cetsamaraṃ gatvā bhaviṣyasi mamādhikaḥ || 78 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
evamete varā labdhāḥ purastādviddhi śauriṇā |
sa eṣa devaścarati māyayā mohayañjagat || 79 ||
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tasyaiva tapasā jātaṃ naraṃ nāma mahāmunim |
tulyametena devena taṃ jānīhyarjunaṃ sadā || 80 ||
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tāvetau pūrvadevānāṃ paramopacitāvṛṣī |
lokayātrāvidhānārthaṃ saṃjāyete yuge yuge || 81 ||
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tathaiva karmaṇaḥ kṛtsnaṃ mahatastapaso'pi ca |
tejomanyuśca vidvaṃstvaṃ jāto raudro mahāmate || 82 ||
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sa bhavāndevavatprājño jñātvā bhavamayaṃ jagat |
avākarṣastvamātmānaṃ niyamaistatpriyepsayā || 83 ||
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śubhamaurvaṃ navaṃ kṛtvā mahāpuruṣavigraham |
ījivāṃstvaṃ japairhomairupahāraiśca mānada || 84 ||
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sa tathā pūjyamānaste pūrvadevo'pyatūtuṣat |
puṣkalāṃśca varānprādāttava vidvanhṛdi sthitān || 85 ||
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janmakarmatapoyogāstayostava ca puṣkalāḥ |
tābhyāṃ liṅge'rcito devastvayārcāyāṃ yuge yuge || 86 ||
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sarvarūpaṃ bhavaṃ jñātvā liṅge yo'rcayati prabhum |
ātmayogāśca tasminvai śāstrayogāśca śāśvatāḥ || 87 ||
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evaṃ devā yajanto hi siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ |
prārthayanti paraṃ loke sthānameva ca śāśvatam || 88 ||
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sa eṣa rudrabhaktaśca keśavo rudrasaṃbhavaḥ |
kṛṣṇa eva hi yaṣṭavyo yajñaiścaiṣa sanātanaḥ || 89 ||
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sarvabhūtabhavaṃ jñātvā liṅge'rcayati yaḥ prabhum |
tasminnabhyadhikāṃ prītiṃ karoti vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 90 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā droṇaputro mahārathaḥ |
namaścakāra rudrāya bahu mene ca keśavam || 91 ||
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hṛṣṭalomā ca vaśyātmā namaskṛtya maharṣaye |
varūthinīmabhipretya avahāramakārayat || 92 ||
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tataḥ pratyavahāro'bhūtpāṇḍavānāṃ viśāṃ pate |
kauravāṇāṃ ca dīnānāṃ droṇe yudhi nipātite || 93 ||
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yuddhaṃ kṛtvā dinānpañca droṇo hatvā varūthinīm |
brahmalokaṃ gato rājanbrāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ || 94 ||
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