Chapter 4

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
etacchrutvā mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ |
abravītsaṃjayaṃ sūtaṃ śokavyākulacetanaḥ || 1 ||
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duṣpraṇītena me tāta manasābhiplutātmanaḥ |
hataṃ vaikartanaṃ śrutvā śoko marmāṇi kṛntati || 2 ||
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kṛtāstraparamāḥ śalye duḥkhapāraṃ titīrṣavaḥ |
kurūṇāṃ sṛñjayānāṃ ca ke nu jīvanti ke mṛtāḥ || 3 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
hataḥ śāṃtanavo rājandurādharṣaḥ pratāpavān |
hatvā pāṇḍavayodhānāmarbudaṃ daśabhirdinaiḥ || 4 ||
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tato droṇo maheṣvāsaḥ pāñcālānāṃ rathavrajān |
nihatya yudhi durdharṣaḥ paścādrukmaratho hataḥ || 5 ||
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hataśiṣṭasya bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca mahātmanā |
ardhaṃ nihatya sainyasya karṇo vaikartano hataḥ || 6 ||
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viviṃśatirmahārāja rājaputro mahābalaḥ |
ānartayodhāñśataśo nihatya nihato raṇe || 7 ||
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atha putro vikarṇaste kṣatravratamanusmaran |
kṣīṇavāhāyudhaḥ śūraḥ sthito'bhimukhataḥ parān || 8 ||
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ghorarūpānparikleśānduryodhanakṛtānbahūn |
pratijñāṃ smaratā caiva bhīmasenena pātitaḥ || 9 ||
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vindānuvindāvāvantyau rājaputrau mahābalau |
kṛtvā nasukaraṃ karma gatau vaivasvatakṣayam || 10 ||
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sindhurāṣṭramukhānīha daśa rāṣṭrāṇi yasya vai |
vaśe tiṣṭhanti vīrasya yaḥ sthitastava śāsane || 11 ||
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akṣauhiṇīrdaśaikāṃ ca nirjitya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
arjunena hato rājanmahāvīryo jayadrathaḥ || 12 ||
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tathā duryodhanasutastarasvī yuddhadurmadaḥ |
vartamānaḥ pituḥ śāstre saubhadreṇa nipātitaḥ || 13 ||
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tathā dauḥśāsanirvīro bāhuśālī raṇotkaṭaḥ |
draupadeyena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 14 ||
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kirātānāmadhipatiḥ sāgarānūpavāsinām |
devarājasya dharmātmā priyo bahumataḥ sakhā || 15 ||
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bhagadatto mahīpālaḥ kṣatradharmarataḥ sadā |
dhanaṃjayena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 16 ||
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tathā kauravadāyādaḥ saumadattirmahāyaśāḥ |
hato bhūriśravā rājañśūraḥ sātyakinā yudhi || 17 ||
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śrutāyurapi cāmbaṣṭhaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ dhanurdharaḥ |
carannabhītavatsaṃkhye nihataḥ savyasācinā || 18 ||
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tava putraḥ sadā saṃkhye kṛtāstro yuddhadurmadaḥ |
duḥśāsano mahārāja bhīmasenena pātitaḥ || 19 ||
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yasya rājangajānīkaṃ bahusāhasramadbhutam |
sudakṣiṇaḥ sa saṃgrāme nihataḥ savyasācinā || 20 ||
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kosalānāmadhipatirhatvā bahuśatānparān |
saubhadreṇa hi vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 21 ||
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bahuśo yodhayitvā ca bhīmasenaṃ mahārathaḥ |
citrasenastava suto bhīmasenena pātitaḥ || 22 ||
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madrarājātmajaḥ śūraḥ pareṣāṃ bhayavardhanaḥ |
asicarmadharaḥ śrīmānsaubhadreṇa nipātitaḥ || 23 ||
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samaḥ karṇasya samare yaḥ sa karṇasya paśyataḥ |
vṛṣaseno mahātejāḥ śīghrāstraḥ kṛtaniścayaḥ || 24 ||
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abhimanyorvadhaṃ smṛtvā pratijñāmapi cātmanaḥ |
dhanaṃjayena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 25 ||
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nityaprasaktavairo yaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ |
viśrāvya vairaṃ pārthena śrutāyuḥ sa nipātitaḥ || 26 ||
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śalyaputrastu vikrāntaḥ sahadevena māriṣa |
hato rukmaratho rājanbhrātā mātulajo yudhi || 27 ||
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rājā bhagīratho vṛddho bṛhatkṣatraśca kekayaḥ |
parākramantau vikrāntau nihatau vīryavattarau || 28 ||
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bhagadattasuto rājankṛtaprajño mahābalaḥ |
śyenavaccaratā saṃkhye nakulena nipātitaḥ || 29 ||
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pitāmahastava tathā bāhlikaḥ saha bāhlikaiḥ |
bhīmasenena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 30 ||
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jayatsenastathā rājañjārāsaṃdhirmahābalaḥ |
māgadho nihataḥ saṃkhye saubhadreṇa mahātmanā || 31 ||
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putraste durmukho rājanduḥsahaśca mahārathaḥ |
gadayā bhīmasenena nihatau śūramāninau || 32 ||
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durmarṣaṇo durviṣaho durjayaśca mahārathaḥ |
kṛtvā nasukaraṃ karma gatā vaivasvatakṣayam || 33 ||
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sacivo vṛṣavarmā te sūtaḥ paramavīryavān |
bhīmasenena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 34 ||
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nāgāyutabalo rājā nāgāyutabalo mahān |
sagaṇaḥ pāṇḍuputreṇa nihataḥ savyasācinā || 35 ||
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vasātayo mahārāja dvisāhasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |
śūrasenāśca vikrāntāḥ sarve yudhi nipātitāḥ || 36 ||
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abhīṣāhāḥ kavacinaḥ praharanto madotkaṭāḥ |
śibayaśca rathodārāḥ kaliṅgasahitā hatāḥ || 37 ||
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gokule nityasaṃvṛddhā yuddhe paramakovidāḥ |
śreṇayo bahusāhasrāḥ saṃśaptakagaṇāśca ye |
te sarve pārthamāsādya gatā vaivasvatakṣayam || 38 ||
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syālau tava mahārāja rājānau vṛṣakācalau |
tvadarthe saṃparākrāntau nihatau savyasācinā || 39 ||
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ugrakarmā maheṣvāso nāmataḥ karmatastathā |
śālvarājo mahārāja bhīmasenena pātitaḥ || 40 ||
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oghavāṃśca mahārāja bṛhantaḥ sahito raṇe |
parākramantau mitrārthe gatau vaivasvatakṣayam || 41 ||
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tathaiva rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kṣemadhūrtirviśāṃ pate |
nihato gadayā rājanbhīmasenena saṃyuge || 42 ||
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tathā rājā maheṣvāso jalasaṃdho mahābalaḥ |
sumahatkadanaṃ kṛtvā hataḥ sātyakinā raṇe || 43 ||
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alāyudho rākṣasendraḥ kharabandhurayānagaḥ |
ghaṭotkacena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 44 ||
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rādheyāḥ sūtaputrāśca bhrātaraśca mahārathāḥ |
kekayāḥ sarvaśaścāpi nihatāḥ savyasācinā || 45 ||
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mālavā madrakāścaiva draviḍāścogravikramāḥ |
yaudheyāśca lalitthāśca kṣudrakāścāpyuśīnarāḥ || 46 ||
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māvellakāstuṇḍikerāḥ sāvitrīputrakāñcalāḥ |
prācyodīcyāḥ pratīcyāśca dākṣiṇātyāśca māriṣa || 47 ||
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pattīnāṃ nihatāḥ saṃghā hayānāmayutāni ca |
rathavrajāśca nihatā hatāśca varavāraṇāḥ || 48 ||
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sadhvajāḥ sāyudhāḥ śūrāḥ savarmāmbarabhūṣaṇāḥ |
kālena mahatā yattāḥ kule ye ca vivardhitāḥ || 49 ||
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te hatāḥ samare rājanpārthenākliṣṭakarmaṇā |
anye tathāmitabalāḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ || 50 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavo rājānaḥ sagaṇā raṇe |
hatāḥ sahasraśo rājanyanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi |
evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ karṇārjunasamāgame || 51 ||
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mahendreṇa yathā vṛtro yathā rāmeṇa rāvaṇaḥ |
yathā kṛṣṇena nihato muro raṇanipātitaḥ |
kārtavīryaśca rāmeṇa bhārgaveṇa hato yathā || 52 ||
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sajñātibāndhavaḥ śūraḥ samare yuddhadurmadaḥ |
raṇe kṛtvā mahāyuddhaṃ ghoraṃ trailokyaviśrutam || 53 ||
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tathārjunena nihato dvairathe yuddhadurmadaḥ |
sāmātyabāndhavo rājankarṇaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ || 54 ||
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jayāśā dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ vairasya ca mukhaṃ yataḥ |
tīrṇaṃ tatpāṇḍavai rājanyatpurā nāvabudhyase || 55 ||
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ucyamāno mahārāja bandhubhirhitakāṅkṣibhiḥ |
tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vyasanaṃ tvāṃ mahātyayam || 56 ||
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putrāṇāṃ rājyakāmānāṃ tvayā rājanhitaiṣiṇā |
ahitānīva cīrṇāni teṣāṃ te phalamāgatam || 57 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
ākhyātā māmakāstāta nihatā yudhi pāṇḍavaiḥ |
nihatānpāṇḍaveyānāṃ māmakairbrūhi saṃjaya || 58 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
kuntayo yudhi vikrāntā mahāsattvā mahābalāḥ |
sānubandhāḥ sahāmātyā bhīṣmeṇa yudhi pātitāḥ || 59 ||
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samaḥ kirīṭinā saṃkhye vīryeṇa ca balena ca |
satyajitsatyasaṃdhena droṇena nihato raṇe || 60 ||
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tathā virāṭadrupadau vṛddhau sahasutau nṛpau |
parākramantau mitrārthe droṇena nihatau raṇe || 61 ||
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yo bāla eva samare saṃmitaḥ savyasācinā |
keśavena ca durdharṣo baladevena cābhibhūḥ || 62 ||
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sa eṣa kadanaṃ kṛtvā mahadraṇaviśāradaḥ |
parivārya mahāmātraiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ paramakai rathaiḥ |
aśaknuvadbhirbībhatsumabhimanyurnipātitaḥ || 63 ||
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taṃ kṛtaṃ virathaṃ vīraṃ kṣatradharme vyavasthitam |
dauḥśāsanirmahārāja saubhadraṃ hatavānraṇe || 64 ||
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bṛhantastu maheṣvāsaḥ kṛtāstro yuddhadurmadaḥ |
duḥśāsanena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 65 ||
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maṇimāndaṇḍadhāraśca rājānau yuddhadurmadau |
parākramantau mitrārthe droṇena vinipātitau || 66 ||
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aṃśumānbhojarājastu sahasainyo mahārathaḥ |
bhāradvājena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 67 ||
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citrāyudhaścitrayodhī kṛtvā tau kadanaṃ mahat |
citramārgeṇa vikramya karṇena nihatau yudhi || 68 ||
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vṛkodarasamo yuddhe dṛḍhaḥ kekayajo yudhi |
kekayenaiva vikramya bhrātrā bhrātā nipātitaḥ || 69 ||
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janamejayo gadāyodhī pārvatīyaḥ pratāpavān |
durmukhena mahārāja tava putreṇa pātitaḥ || 70 ||
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rocamānau naravyāghrau rocamānau grahāviva |
droṇena yugapadrājandivaṃ saṃpreṣitau śaraiḥ || 71 ||
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nṛpāśca pratiyudhyantaḥ parākrāntā viśāṃ pate |
kṛtvā nasukaraṃ karma gatā vaivasvatakṣayam || 72 ||
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purujitkuntibhojaśca mātulaḥ savyasācinaḥ |
saṃgrāmanirjitāṃllokāngamito droṇasāyakaiḥ || 73 ||
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abhibhūḥ kāśirājaśca kāśikairbahubhirvṛtaḥ |
vasudānasya putreṇa nyāsito dehamāhave || 74 ||
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amitaujā yudhāmanyuruttamaujāśca vīryavān |
nihatya śataśaḥ śūrānparairvinihatau raṇe || 75 ||
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kṣatradharmā ca pāñcālyaḥ kṣatravarmā ca māriṣa |
droṇena parameṣvāsau gamitau yamasādanam || 76 ||
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śikhaṇḍitanayo yuddhe kṣatradevo yudhāṃ patiḥ |
lakṣmaṇena hato rājaṃstava pautreṇa bhārata || 77 ||
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sucitraścitradharmā ca pitāputrau mahārathau |
pracarantau mahāvīryau droṇena nihatau raṇe || 78 ||
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vārdhakṣemirmahārāja kṛtvā kadanamāhave |
bāhlikena mahārāja kauraveṇa nipātitaḥ || 79 ||
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dhṛṣṭaketurmahārāja cedīnāṃ pravaro rathaḥ |
kṛtvā nasukaraṃ karma gato vaivasvatakṣayam || 80 ||
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tathā satyadhṛtistāta kṛtvā kadanamāhave |
pāṇḍavārthe parākrānto gamito yamasādanam || 81 ||
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putrastu śiśupālasya suketuḥ pṛthivīpate |
nihatya śātravānsaṃkhye droṇena nihato yudhi || 82 ||
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tathā satyadhṛtirvīro madirāśvaśca vīryavān |
sūryadattaśca vikrānto nihato droṇasāyakaiḥ || 83 ||
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śreṇimāṃśca mahārāja yudhyamānaḥ parākramī |
kṛtvā nasukaraṃ karma gato vaivasvatakṣayam || 84 ||
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tathaiva yudhi vikrānto māgadhaḥ paravīrahā |
bhīṣmeṇa nihato rājanyudhyamānaḥ parākramī || 85 ||
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vasudānaśca kadanaṃ kurvāṇo'tīva saṃyuge |
bhāradvājena vikramya gamito yamasādanam || 86 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ |
hatā droṇena vikramya yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || 87 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
hatapravīre sainye'sminmāmake vadatāṃ vara |
ahatāñśaṃsa me sūta ye'tra jīvanti kecana || 88 ||
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eteṣu nihateṣvadya ye tvayā parikīrtitāḥ |
ahatānmanyase yāṃstvaṃ te'pi svargajito matāḥ || 89 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
yasminmahāstrāṇi samarpitāni citrāṇi śubhrāṇi caturvidhāni |
divyāni rājannihitāni caiva droṇena vīradvijasattamena || 90 ||
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mahārathaḥ kṛtimānkṣiprahasto dṛḍhāyudho dṛḍhamuṣṭirdṛḍheṣuḥ |
sa vīryavāndroṇaputrastarasvī vyavasthito yoddhukāmastvadarthe || 91 ||
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ānartavāsī hṛdikātmajo'sau mahārathaḥ sātvatānāṃ variṣṭhaḥ |
svayaṃ bhojaḥ kṛtavarmā kṛtāstro vyavasthito yoddhukāmastvadarthe || 92 ||
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śāradvato gautamaścāpi rājanmahābalo bahucitrāstrayodhī |
dhanuścitraṃ sumahadbhārasāhaṃ vyavasthito yotsyamānaḥ pragṛhya || 93 ||
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ārtāyaniḥ samare duṣprakampyaḥ senāgraṇīḥ prathamastāvakānām |
svasreyāṃstānpāṇḍaveyānvisṛjya satyāṃ vācaṃ tāṃ cikīrṣustarasvī || 94 ||
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tejovadhaṃ sūtaputrasya saṃkhye pratiśrutvājātaśatroḥ purastāt |
durādharṣaḥ śakrasamānavīryaḥ śalyaḥ sthito yoddhukāmastvadarthe || 95 ||
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ājāneyaiḥ saindhavaiḥ pārvatīyairnadījakāmbojavanāyubāhlikaiḥ |
gāndhārarājaḥ svabalena yukto vyavasthito yoddhukāmastvadarthe || 96 ||
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tathā sutaste jvalanārkavarṇaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya kurupravīra |
vyavasthitaḥ kurumitro narendra vyabhre sūryo bhrājamāno yathā vai || 97 ||
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duryodhano nāgakulasya madhye mahāvīryaḥ saha sainyapravīraiḥ |
rathena jāmbūnadabhūṣaṇena vyavasthitaḥ samare yoddhukāmaḥ || 98 ||
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sa rājamadhye puruṣapravīro rarāja jāmbūnadacitravarmā |
padmaprabho vahnirivālpadhūmo meghāntare sūrya iva prakāśaḥ || 99 ||
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tathā suṣeṇo'pyasicarmapāṇistavātmajaḥ satyasenaśca vīraḥ |
vyavasthitau citrasenena sārdhaṃ hṛṣṭātmānau samare yoddhukāmau || 100 ||
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hrīniṣedhā bharatā rājaputrāścitrāyudhaḥ śrutakarmā jayaśca |
śalaśca satyavrataduḥśalau ca vyavasthitā balino yoddhukāmāḥ || 101 ||
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kaitavyānāmadhipaḥ śūramānī raṇe raṇe śatruhā rājaputraḥ |
patrī hayī nāgarathaprayāyī vyavasthito yoddhukāmastvadarthe || 102 ||
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vīraḥ śrutāyuśca śrutāyudhaśca citrāṅgadaścitravarmā sa vīraḥ |
vyavasthitā ye tu sainye narāgryāḥ prahāriṇo māninaḥ satyasaṃdhāḥ || 103 ||
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karṇātmajaḥ satyaseno mahātmā vyavasthitaḥ samare yoddhukāmaḥ |
athāparau karṇasutau varārhau vyavasthitau laghuhastau narendra |
balaṃ mahaddurbhidamalpadhairyaiḥ samāśritau yotsyamānau tvadarthe || 104 ||
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etaiśca mukhyairaparaiśca rājanyodhapravīrairamitaprabhāvaiḥ |
vyavasthito nāgakulasya madhye yathā mahendraḥ kururājo jayāya || 105 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
ākhyātā jīvamānā ye parebhyo'nye yathātatham |
itīdamabhigacchāmi vyaktamarthābhipattitaḥ || 106 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
evaṃ bruvanneva tadā dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ |
hatapravīraṃ vidhvastaṃ kiṃciccheṣaṃ svakaṃ balam |
śrutvā vyāmohamagamacchokavyākulitendriyaḥ || 107 ||
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muhyamāno'bravīccāpi muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha saṃjaya |
vyākulaṃ me manastāta śrutvā sumahadapriyam |
naṣṭacittastataḥ so'tha babhūva jagatīpatiḥ || 108 ||
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