Chapter 51

saṃjaya uvāca |
tataḥ punarameyātmā keśavo'rjunamabravīt |
kṛtasaṃkalpamāyastaṃ vadhe karṇasya sarvaśaḥ || 1 ||
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adya saptadaśāhāni vartamānasya bhārata |
vināśasyātighorasya naravāraṇavājinām || 2 ||
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bhūtvā hi vipulā senā tāvakānāṃ paraiḥ saha |
anyonyaṃ samare prāpya kiṃciccheṣā viśāṃ pate || 3 ||
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bhūtvā hi kauravāḥ pārtha prabhūtagajavājinaḥ |
tvāṃ vai śatruṃ samāsādya vinaṣṭā raṇamūrdhani || 4 ||
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ete ca sarve pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayāśca sahānvayāḥ |
tvāṃ samāsādya durdharṣaṃ pāṇḍavāśca vyavasthitāḥ || 5 ||
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pāñcālaiḥ pāṇḍavairmatsyaiḥ kārūṣaiścedikekayaiḥ |
tvayā guptairamitraghna kṛtaḥ śatrugaṇakṣayaḥ || 6 ||
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ko hi śakto raṇe jetuṃ kauravāṃstāta saṃgatān |
anyatra pāṇḍavānyuddhe tvayā guptānmahārathān || 7 ||
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tvaṃ hi śakto raṇe jetuṃ sasurāsuramānuṣān |
trīṃllokānsamamudyuktānkiṃ punaḥ kauravaṃ balam || 8 ||
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bhagadattaṃ hi rājānaṃ ko'nyaḥ śaktastvayā vinā |
jetuṃ puruṣaśārdūla yo'pi syādvāsavopamaḥ || 9 ||
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tathemāṃ vipulāṃ senāṃ guptāṃ pārtha tvayānagha |
na śekuḥ pārthivāḥ sarve cakṣurbhirabhivīkṣitum || 10 ||
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tathaiva satataṃ pārtha rakṣitābhyāṃ tvayā raṇe |
dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍibhyāṃ bhīṣmadroṇau nipātitau || 11 ||
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ko hi śakto raṇe pārtha pāñcālānāṃ mahārathau |
bhīṣmadroṇau yudhā jetuṃ śakratulyaparākramau || 12 ||
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ko hi śāṃtanavaṃ saṃkhye droṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ kṛpam |
drauṇiṃ ca saumadattiṃ ca kṛtavarmāṇameva ca |
saindhavaṃ madrarājaṃ ca rājānaṃ ca suyodhanam || 13 ||
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vīrānkṛtāstrānsamare sarvānevānuvartinaḥ |
akṣauhiṇīpatīnugrānsaṃrabdhānyuddhadurmadān || 14 ||
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śreṇyaśca bahulāḥ kṣīṇāḥ pradīrṇāśvarathadvipāḥ |
nānājanapadāścogrāḥ kṣatriyāṇāmamarṣiṇām || 15 ||
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govāsadāsamīyānāṃ vasātīnāṃ ca bhārata |
vrātyānāṃ vāṭadhānānāṃ bhojānāṃ cāpi māninām || 16 ||
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udīrṇāśca mahāsenā brahmakṣatrasya bhārata |
tvāṃ samāsādya nidhanaṃ gatāḥ sāśvarathadvipāḥ || 17 ||
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ugrāśca krūrakarmāṇastukhārā yavanāḥ khaśāḥ |
dārvābhisārā daradāḥ śakā ramaṭhataṅgaṇāḥ || 18 ||
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andhrakāśca pulindāśca kirātāścogravikramāḥ |
mlecchāśca pārvatīyāśca sāgarānūpavāsinaḥ |
saṃrambhiṇo yuddhaśauṇḍā balino dṛbdhapāṇayaḥ || 19 ||
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ete suyodhanasyārthe saṃrabdhāḥ kurubhiḥ saha |
na śakyā yudhi nirjetuṃ tvadanyena paraṃtapa || 20 ||
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dhārtarāṣṭramudagraṃ hi vyūḍhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābalam |
yasya tvaṃ na bhavestrātā pratīyātko nu mānavaḥ || 21 ||
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tatsāgaramivoddhūtaṃ rajasā saṃvṛtaṃ balam |
vidārya pāṇḍavaiḥ kruddhaistvayā guptairhataṃ vibho || 22 ||
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māgadhānāmadhipatirjayatseno mahābalaḥ |
adya saptaiva cāhāni hataḥ saṃkhye'bhimanyunā || 23 ||
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tato daśa sahasrāṇi gajānāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām |
jaghāna gadayā bhīmastasya rājñaḥ paricchadam |
tato'nye'pi hatā nāgā rathāśca śataśo balāt || 24 ||
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tadevaṃ samare tāta vartamāne mahābhaye |
bhīmasenaṃ samāsādya tvāṃ ca pāṇḍava kauravāḥ |
savājirathanāgāśca mṛtyulokamito gatāḥ || 25 ||
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tathā senāmukhe tatra nihate pārtha pāṇḍavaiḥ |
bhīṣmaḥ prāsṛjadugrāṇi śaravarṣāṇi māriṣa || 26 ||
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sa cedikāśipāñcālānkarūṣānmatsyakekayān |
śaraiḥ pracchādya nidhanamanayatparuṣāstravit || 27 ||
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tasya cāpacyutairbāṇaiḥ paradehavidāraṇaiḥ |
pūrṇamākāśamabhavadrukmapuṅkhairajihmagaiḥ || 28 ||
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gatyā daśamyā te gatvā jaghnurvājirathadvipān |
hitvā nava gatīrduṣṭāḥ sa bāṇānvyāyato'mucat || 29 ||
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dināni daśa bhīṣmeṇa nighnatā tāvakaṃ balam |
śūnyāḥ kṛtā rathopasthā hatāśca gajavājinaḥ || 30 ||
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darśayitvātmano rūpaṃ rudropendrasamaṃ yudhi |
pāṇḍavānāmanīkāni pravigāhya vyaśātayat || 31 ||
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vinighnanpṛthivīpālāṃścedipāñcālakekayān |
vyadahatpāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ narāśvagajasaṃkulām || 32 ||
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majjantamaplave mandamujjihīrṣuḥ suyodhanam |
tathā carantaṃ samare tapantamiva bhāskaram |
na śekuḥ sṛñjayā draṣṭuṃ tathaivānye mahīkṣitaḥ || 33 ||
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vicarantaṃ tathā taṃ tu saṃgrāme jitakāśinam |
sarvodyogena sahasā pāṇḍavāḥ samupādravan || 34 ||
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sa tu vidrāvya samare pāṇḍavānsṛñjayānapi |
eka eva raṇe bhīṣma ekavīratvamāgataḥ || 35 ||
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taṃ śikhaṇḍī samāsādya tvayā gupto mahāratham |
jaghāna puruṣavyāghraṃ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ || 36 ||
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sa eṣa patitaḥ śete śaratalpe pitāmahaḥ |
tvāṃ prāpya puruṣavyāghra gṛdhraḥ prāpyeva vāyasam || 37 ||
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droṇaḥ pañca dinānyugro vidhamya ripuvāhinīḥ |
kṛtvā vyūhaṃ mahāyuddhe pātayitvā mahārathān || 38 ||
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jayadrathasya samare kṛtvā rakṣāṃ mahārathaḥ |
antakapratimaścogrāṃ rātriṃ yuddhvādahatprajāḥ || 39 ||
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adyeti dve dine vīro bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān |
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ samāsādya sa gataḥ paramāṃ gatim || 40 ||
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yadi caiva parānyuddhe sūtaputramukhānrathān |
nāvārayiṣyaḥ saṃgrāme na sma droṇo vyanaṅkṣyata || 41 ||
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bhavatā tu balaṃ sarvaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya vāritam |
tato droṇo hato yuddhe pārṣatena dhanaṃjaya || 42 ||
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ka ivānyo raṇe kuryāttvadanyaḥ kṣatriyo yudhi |
yādṛśaṃ te kṛtaṃ pārtha jayadrathavadhaṃ prati || 43 ||
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nivārya senāṃ mahatīṃ hatvā śūrāṃśca pārthivān |
nihataḥ saindhavo rājā tvayāstrabalatejasā || 44 ||
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āścaryaṃ sindhurājasya vadhaṃ jānanti pārthivāḥ |
anāścaryaṃ hi tattvattastvaṃ hi pārtha mahārathaḥ || 45 ||
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tvāṃ hi prāpya raṇe kṣatramekāhāditi bhārata |
tapyamānamasaṃyuktaṃ na bhavediti me matiḥ || 46 ||
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seyaṃ pārtha camūrghorā dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃyuge |
hatā sasarvavīrā hi bhīṣmadroṇau yadā hatau || 47 ||
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śīrṇapravarayodhādya hatavājinaradvipā |
hīnā sūryendunakṣatrairdyaurivābhāti bhāratī || 48 ||
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vidhvastā hi raṇe pārtha seneyaṃ bhīmavikramāt |
āsurīva purā senā śakrasyeva parākramaiḥ || 49 ||
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teṣāṃ hatāvaśiṣṭāstu pañca santi mahārathāḥ |
aśvatthāmā kṛtavarmā karṇo madrādhipaḥ kṛpaḥ || 50 ||
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tāṃstvamadya naravyāghra hatvā pañca mahārathān |
hatāmitraḥ prayacchorvīṃ rājñaḥ sadvīpapattanām || 51 ||
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sākāśajalapātālāṃ saparvatamahāvanām |
prāpnotvamitavīryaśrīradya pārtho vasuṃdharām || 52 ||
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etāṃ purā viṣṇuriva hatvā daiteyadānavān |
prayaccha medinīṃ rājñe śakrāyeva yathā hariḥ || 53 ||
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adya modantu pāñcālā nihateṣvariṣu tvayā |
viṣṇunā nihateṣveva dānaveyeṣu devatāḥ || 54 ||
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yadi vā dvipadāṃ śreṣṭha droṇaṃ mānayato gurum |
aśvatthāmni kṛpā te'sti kṛpe cācāryagauravāt || 55 ||
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atyantopacitānvā tvaṃ mānayanbhrātṛbāndhavān |
kṛtavarmāṇamāsādya na neṣyasi yamakṣayam || 56 ||
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bhrātaraṃ māturāsādya śalyaṃ madrajanādhipam |
yadi tvamaravindākṣa dayāvānna jighāṃsasi || 57 ||
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imaṃ pāpamatiṃ kṣudramatyantaṃ pāṇḍavānprati |
karṇamadya naraśreṣṭha jahyāśu niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 58 ||
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etatte sukṛtaṃ karma nātra kiṃcinna yujyate |
vayamapyatra jānīmo nātra doṣo'sti kaścana || 59 ||
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dahane yatsaputrāyā niśi mātustavānagha |
dyūtārthe yacca yuṣmāsu prāvartata suyodhanaḥ |
tatra sarvatra duṣṭātmā karṇo mūlamihārjuna || 60 ||
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karṇāddhi manyate trāṇaṃ nityameva suyodhanaḥ |
tato māmapi saṃrabdho nigrahītuṃ pracakrame || 61 ||
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sthirā buddhirnarendrasya dhārtarāṣṭrasya mānada |
karṇaḥ pārthānraṇe sarvānvijeṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 62 ||
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karṇamāśritya kaunteya dhārtarāṣṭreṇa vigrahaḥ |
rocito bhavatā sārdhaṃ jānatāpi balaṃ tava || 63 ||
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karṇo hi bhāṣate nityamahaṃ pārthānsamāgatān |
vāsudevaṃ sarājānaṃ vijeṣyāmi mahāraṇe || 64 ||
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protsāhayandurātmānaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ sudurmatiḥ |
samitau garjate karṇastamadya jahi bhārata || 65 ||
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yacca yuṣmāsu pāpaṃ vai dhārtarāṣṭraḥ prayuktavān |
tatra sarvatra duṣṭātmā karṇaḥ pāpamatirmukham || 66 ||
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yacca taddhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ krūraiḥ ṣaḍbhirmahārathaiḥ |
apaśyaṃ nihataṃ vīraṃ saubhadramṛṣabhekṣaṇam || 67 ||
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droṇadrauṇikṛpānvīrānkampayanto mahārathān |
nirmanuṣyāṃśca mātaṅgānvirathāṃśca mahārathān || 68 ||
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vyaśvārohāṃśca turagānpattīnvyāyudhajīvitān |
kurvantamṛṣabhaskandhaṃ kuruvṛṣṇiyaśaskaram || 69 ||
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vidhamantamanīkāni vyathayantaṃ mahārathān |
manuṣyavājimātaṅgānprahiṇvantaṃ yamakṣayam || 70 ||
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śaraiḥ saubhadramāyastaṃ dahantamiva vāhinīm |
tanme dahati gātrāṇi sakhe satyena te śape || 71 ||
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yattatrāpi ca duṣṭātmā karṇo'bhyadruhyata prabho |
aśaknuvaṃścābhimanyoḥ karṇaḥ sthātuṃ raṇe'grataḥ || 72 ||
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saubhadraśaranirbhinno visaṃjñaḥ śoṇitokṣitaḥ |
niḥśvasankrodhasaṃdīpto vimukhaḥ sāyakārditaḥ || 73 ||
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apayānakṛtotsāho nirāśaścāpi jīvite |
tasthau suvihvalaḥ saṃkhye prahārajanitaśramaḥ || 74 ||
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atha droṇasya samare tatkālasadṛśaṃ tadā |
śrutvā karṇo vacaḥ krūraṃ tataściccheda kārmukam || 75 ||
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tataśchinnāyudhaṃ tena raṇe pañca mahārathāḥ |
sa caiva nikṛtiprajñaḥ prāvadhīccharavṛṣṭibhiḥ || 76 ||
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yacca karṇo'bravītkṛṣṇāṃ sabhāyāṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ |
pramukhe pāṇḍaveyānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca nṛśaṃsavat || 77 ||
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vinaṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇe śāśvataṃ narakaṃ gatāḥ |
patimanyaṃ pṛthuśroṇi vṛṇīṣva mitabhāṣiṇi || 78 ||
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lekhābhru dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dāsī bhūtvā niveśanam |
praviśārālapakṣmākṣi na santi patayastava || 79 ||
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ityuktavānadharmajñastadā paramadurmatiḥ |
pāpaḥ pāpaṃ vacaḥ karṇaḥ śṛṇvatastava bhārata || 80 ||
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tasya pāpasya tadvākyaṃ suvarṇavikṛtāḥ śarāḥ |
śamayantu śilādhautāstvayāstā jīvitacchidaḥ || 81 ||
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yāni cānyāni duṣṭātmā pāpāni kṛtavāṃstvayi |
tānyadya jīvitaṃ cāsya śamayantu śarāstava || 82 ||
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gāṇḍīvaprahitānghorānadya gātraiḥ spṛśañśarān |
karṇaḥ smaratu duṣṭātmā vacanaṃ droṇabhīṣmayoḥ || 83 ||
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suvarṇapuṅkhā nārācāḥ śatrughnā vaidyutaprabhāḥ |
tvayāstāstasya marmāṇi bhittvā pāsyanti śoṇitam || 84 ||
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ugrāstvadbhujanirmuktā marma bhittvā śitāḥ śarāḥ |
adya karṇaṃ mahāvegāḥ preṣayantu yamakṣayam || 85 ||
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adya hāhākṛtā dīnā viṣaṇṇāstvaccharārditāḥ |
prapatantaṃ rathātkarṇaṃ paśyantu vasudhādhipāḥ || 86 ||
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adya svaśoṇite magnaṃ śayānaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi |
apaviddhāyudhaṃ karṇaṃ paśyantu suhṛdo nijāḥ || 87 ||
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hastikakṣyo mahānasya bhallenonmathitastvayā |
prakampamānaḥ patatu bhūmāvādhiratherdhvajaḥ || 88 ||
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tvayā śaraśataiśchinnaṃ rathaṃ hemavibhūṣitam |
hatayodhaṃ samutsṛjya bhītaḥ śalyaḥ palāyatām || 89 ||
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tataḥ suyodhano dṛṣṭvā hatamādhirathiṃ tvayā |
nirāśo jīvite tvadya rājye caiva dhanaṃjaya || 90 ||
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ete dravanti pāñcālā vadhyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
karṇena bharataśreṣṭha pāṇḍavānujjihīrṣavaḥ || 91 ||
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pāñcālāndraupadeyāṃśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau |
dhṛṣṭadyumnatanūjāṃśca śatānīkaṃ ca nākulim || 92 ||
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nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca durmukhaṃ janamejayam |
suvarmāṇaṃ sātyakiṃ ca viddhi karṇavaśaṃ gatān || 93 ||
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abhyāhatānāṃ karṇena pāñcālānāṃ mahāraṇe |
śrūyate ninado ghorastvadbandhūnāṃ paraṃtapa || 94 ||
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na tveva bhītāḥ pāñcālāḥ kathaṃcitsyuḥ parāṅmukhāḥ |
na hi mṛtyuṃ maheṣvāsā gaṇayanti mahārathāḥ || 95 ||
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ya ekaḥ pāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ śaraughaiḥ samaveṣṭayat |
taṃ samāsādya pāñcālā bhīṣmaṃ nāsanparāṅmukhāḥ || 96 ||
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tathā jvalantamastrāgniṃ guruṃ sarvadhanuṣmatām |
nirdahantaṃ samārohandurdharṣaṃ droṇamojasā || 97 ||
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te nityamuditā jetuṃ yuddhe śatrūnariṃdamāḥ |
na jātvādhiratherbhītāḥ pāñcālāḥ syuḥ parāṅmukhāḥ || 98 ||
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teṣāmāpatatāṃ śūraḥ pāñcālānāṃ tarasvinām |
ādatte'sūñśaraiḥ karṇaḥ pataṃgānāmivānalaḥ || 99 ||
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tāṃstathābhimukhānvīrānmitrārthe tyaktajīvitān |
kṣayaṃ nayati rādheyaḥ pāñcālāñśataśo raṇe || 100 ||
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astraṃ hi rāmātkarṇena bhārgavādṛṣisattamāt |
yadupāttaṃ purā ghoraṃ tasya rūpamudīryate || 101 ||
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tāpanaṃ sarvasainyānāṃ ghorarūpaṃ sudāruṇam |
samāvṛtya mahāsenāṃ jvalati svena tejasā || 102 ||
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ete caranti saṃgrāme karṇacāpacyutāḥ śarāḥ |
bhramarāṇāmiva vrātāstāpayantaḥ sma tāvakān || 103 ||
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ete caranti pāñcālā dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata |
karṇāstraṃ samare prāpya durnivāramanātmabhiḥ || 104 ||
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eṣa bhīmo dṛḍhakrodho vṛtaḥ pārtha samantataḥ |
sṛñjayairyodhayankarṇaṃ pīḍyate sma śitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 105 ||
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pāṇḍavānsṛñjayāṃścaiva pāñcālāṃścaiva bhārata |
hanyādupekṣitaḥ karṇo rogo dehamivātataḥ || 106 ||
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nānyaṃ tvatto'bhipaśyāmi yodhaṃ yaudhiṣṭhire bale |
yaḥ samāsādya rādheyaṃ svastimānāvrajedgṛham || 107 ||
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tamadya niśitairbāṇairnihatya bharatarṣabha |
yathāpratijñaṃ pārtha tvaṃ kṛtvā kīrtimavāpnuhi || 108 ||
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tvaṃ hi śakto raṇe jetuṃ sakarṇānapi kauravān |
nānyo yudhi yudhāṃ śreṣṭha satyametadbravīmi te || 109 ||
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etatkṛtvā mahatkarma hatvā karṇaṃ mahāratham |
kṛtārthaḥ saphalaḥ pārtha sukhī bhava narottama || 110 ||
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