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 39

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saṃjaya uvāca |
drauṇiryudhiṣṭhiraṃ dṛṣṭvā śaineyenābhirakṣitam |
draupadeyaistathā śūrairabhyavartata hṛṣṭavat || 1 ||
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kiranniṣugaṇānghorānsvarṇapuṅkhāñśilāśitān |
darśayanvividhānmārgāñśikṣārthaṃ laghuhastavat || 2 ||
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tataḥ khaṃ pūrayāmāsa śarairdivyāstramantritaiḥ |
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca samare paryavārayadastravit || 3 ||
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drauṇāyaniśaracchannaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃcana |
bāṇabhūtamabhūtsarvamāyodhanaśiro hi tat || 4 ||
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bāṇajālaṃ diviṣṭhaṃ tatsvarṇajālavibhūṣitam |
śuśubhe bharataśreṣṭha vitānamiva viṣṭhitam || 5 ||
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tena channe raṇe rājanbāṇajālena bhāsvatā |
abhracchāyeva saṃjajñe bāṇaruddhe nabhastale || 6 ||
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tatrāścaryamapaśyāma bāṇabhūte tathāvidhe |
na sma saṃpatate bhūmau dṛṣṭvā drauṇeḥ parākramam || 7 ||
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lāghavaṃ droṇaputrasya dṛṣṭvā tatra mahārathāḥ |
vyasmayanta mahārāja na cainaṃ prativīkṣitum |
śekuste sarvarājānastapantamiva bhāskaram || 8 ||
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sātyakiryatamānastu dharmarājaśca pāṇḍavaḥ |
tathetarāṇi sainyāni na sma cakruḥ parākramam || 9 ||
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vadhyamāne tataḥ sainye draupadeyā mahārathāḥ |
sātyakirdharmarājaśca pāñcālāścāpi saṃgatāḥ |
tyaktvā mṛtyubhayaṃ ghoraṃ drauṇāyanimupādravan || 10 ||
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sātyakiḥ pañcaviṃśatyā drauṇiṃ viddhvā śilāmukhaiḥ |
punarvivyādha nārācaiḥ saptabhiḥ svarṇabhūṣitaiḥ || 11 ||
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yudhiṣṭhirastrisaptatyā prativindhyaśca saptabhiḥ |
śrutakarmā tribhirbāṇaiḥ śrutakīrtistu saptabhiḥ || 12 ||
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sutasomaśca navabhiḥ śatānīkaśca saptabhiḥ |
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā vivyadhustaṃ samantataḥ || 13 ||
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so'tikruddhastato rājannāśīviṣa iva śvasan |
sātyakiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā prāvidhyata śilāśitaiḥ || 14 ||
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śrutakīrtiṃ ca navabhiḥ sutasomaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ |
aṣṭabhiḥ śrutakarmāṇaṃ prativindhyaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ |
śatānīkaṃ ca navabhirdharmaputraṃ ca saptabhiḥ || 15 ||
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athetarāṃstataḥ śūrāndvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmatāḍayat |
śrutakīrtestathā cāpaṃ ciccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 16 ||
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athānyaddhanurādāya śrutakīrtirmahārathaḥ |
drauṇāyaniṃ tribhirviddhvā vivyādhānyaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 17 ||
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tato drauṇirmahārāja śaravarṣeṇa bhārata |
chādayāmāsa tatsainyaṃ samantācca śarairnṛpān || 18 ||
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tataḥ punarameyātmā dharmarājasya kārmukam |
drauṇiściccheda vihasanvivyādha ca śaraistribhiḥ || 19 ||
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tato dharmasuto rājanpragṛhyānyanmahaddhanuḥ |
drauṇiṃ vivyādha saptatyā bāhvorurasi cārdayat || 20 ||
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sātyakistu tataḥ kruddho drauṇeḥ praharato raṇe |
ardhacandreṇa tīkṣṇena dhanuśchittvānadadbhṛśam || 21 ||
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chinnadhanvā tato drauṇiḥ śaktyā śaktimatāṃ varaḥ |
sārathiṃ pātayāmāsa śaineyasya rathāddrutam || 22 ||
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athānyaddhanurādāya droṇaputraḥ pratāpavān |
śaineyaṃ śaravarṣeṇa chādayāmāsa bhārata || 23 ||
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tasyāśvāḥ pradrutāḥ saṃkhye patite rathasārathau |
tatra tatraiva dhāvantaḥ samadṛśyanta bhārata || 24 ||
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yudhiṣṭhirapurogāste drauṇiṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam |
abhyavarṣanta vegena visṛjantaḥ śitāñśarān || 25 ||
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āgacchamānāṃstāndṛṣṭvā raudrarūpānparaṃtapaḥ |
prahasanpratijagrāha droṇaputro mahāraṇe || 26 ||
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tataḥ śaraśatajvālaḥ senākakṣaṃ mahārathaḥ |
drauṇirdadāha samare kakṣamagniryathā vane || 27 ||
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tadbalaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya droṇaputrapratāpitam |
cukṣubhe bharataśreṣṭha timineva nadīmukham || 28 ||
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dṛṣṭvā te ca mahārāja droṇaputraparākramam |
nihatānmenire sarvānpāṇḍūndroṇasutena vai || 29 ||
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yudhiṣṭhirastu tvarito drauṇiṃ śliṣya mahāratham |
abravīddroṇaputraṃ tu roṣāmarṣasamanvitaḥ || 30 ||
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naiva nāma tava prītirnaiva nāma kṛtajñatā |
yatastvaṃ puruṣavyāghra māmevādya jighāṃsasi || 31 ||
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brāhmaṇena tapaḥ kāryaṃ dānamadhyayanaṃ tathā |
kṣatriyeṇa dhanurnāmyaṃ sa bhavānbrāhmaṇabruvaḥ || 32 ||
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miṣataste mahābāho jeṣyāmi yudhi kauravān |
kuruṣva samare karma brahmabandhurasi dhruvam || 33 ||
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evamukto mahārāja droṇaputraḥ smayanniva |
yuktatvaṃ tacca saṃcintya nottaraṃ kiṃcidabravīt || 34 ||
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anuktvā ca tataḥ kiṃciccharavarṣeṇa pāṇḍavam |
chādayāmāsa samare kruddho'ntaka iva prajāḥ || 35 ||
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saṃchādyamānastu tadā droṇaputreṇa māriṣa |
pārtho'payātaḥ śīghraṃ vai vihāya mahatīṃ camūm || 36 ||
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apayāte tatastasmindharmaputre yudhiṣṭhire |
droṇaputraḥ sthito rājanpratyādeśānmahātmanaḥ || 37 ||
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tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā tyaktvā drauṇiṃ mahāhave |
prayayau tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ yuktaḥ krūrāya karmaṇe || 38 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 39

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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