Chapter 57

saṃjaya uvāca |
arjunastu mahārāja kṛtvā sainyaṃ pṛthagvidham |
sūtaputraṃ susaṃrabdhaṃ dṛṣṭvā caiva mahāraṇe || 1 ||
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śoṇitodāṃ mahīṃ kṛtvā māṃsamajjāsthivāhinīm |
vāsudevamidaṃ vākyamabravītpuruṣarṣabha || 2 ||
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eṣa ketū raṇe kṛṣṇa sūtaputrasya dṛśyate |
bhīmasenādayaścaite yodhayanti mahārathān |
ete dravanti pāñcālāḥ karṇāttrastā janārdana || 3 ||
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eṣa duryodhano rājā śvetacchatreṇa bhāsvatā |
karṇena bhagnānpāñcālāndrāvayanbahu śobhate || 4 ||
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kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca drauṇiścaiva mahābalaḥ |
ete rakṣanti rājānaṃ sūtaputreṇa rakṣitāḥ |
avadhyamānāste'smābhirghātayiṣyanti somakān || 5 ||
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eṣa śalyo rathopasthe raśmisaṃcārakovidaḥ |
sūtaputrarathaṃ kṛṣṇa vāhayanbahu śobhate || 6 ||
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tatra me buddhirutpannā vāhayātra mahāratham |
nāhatvā samare karṇaṃ nivartiṣye kathaṃcana || 7 ||
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rādheyo'pyanyathā pārthānsṛñjayāṃśca mahārathān |
niḥśeṣānsamare kuryātpaśyatornau janārdana || 8 ||
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tataḥ prāyādrathenāśu keśavastava vāhinīm |
karṇaṃ prati maheṣvāsaṃ dvairathe savyasācinā || 9 ||
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prayātaśca mahābāhuḥ pāṇḍavānujñayā hariḥ |
āśvāsayanrathenaiva pāṇḍusainyāni sarvaśaḥ || 10 ||
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rathaghoṣaḥ sa saṃgrāme pāṇḍaveyasya saṃbabhau |
vāsavāśanitulyasya mahaughasyeva māriṣa || 11 ||
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mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ satyavikramaḥ |
abhyayādaprameyātmā vijayastava vāhinīm || 12 ||
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tamāyāntaṃ samīkṣyaiva śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim |
madrarājo'bravītkarṇaṃ ketuṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmanaḥ || 13 ||
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ayaṃ sa ratha āyāti śvetāśvaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ |
nighnannamitrānsamare yaṃ karṇa paripṛcchasi || 14 ||
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eṣa tiṣṭhati kaunteyaḥ saṃspṛśangāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ |
taṃ haniṣyasi cedadya tannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati || 15 ||
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eṣā vidīryate senā dhārtarāṣṭrī samantataḥ |
arjunasya bhayāttūrṇaṃ nighnataḥ śātravānbahūn || 16 ||
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varjayansarvasainyāni tvarate hi dhanaṃjayaḥ |
tvadarthamiti manye'haṃ yathāsyodīryate vapuḥ || 17 ||
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na hyavasthāpyate pārtho yuyutsuḥ kenacitsaha |
tvāmṛte krodhadīpto hi pīḍyamāne vṛkodare || 18 ||
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virathaṃ dharmarājaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā sudṛḍhavikṣatam |
śikhaṇḍinaṃ sātyakiṃ ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam || 19 ||
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draupadeyānyudhāmanyumuttamaujasameva ca |
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca bhrātarau dvau samīkṣya ca || 20 ||
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sahasaikarathaḥ pārthastvāmabhyeti paraṃtapa |
krodharaktekṣaṇaḥ kruddho jighāṃsuḥ sarvadhanvinām || 21 ||
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tvarito'bhipatatyasmāṃstyaktvā sainyānyasaṃśayam |
tvaṃ karṇa pratiyāhyenaṃ nāstyanyo hi dhanurdharaḥ || 22 ||
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na taṃ paśyāmi loke'smiṃstvatto'pyanyaṃ dhanurdharam |
arjunaṃ samare kruddhaṃ yo velāmiva dhārayet || 23 ||
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na cāsya rakṣāṃ paśyāmi pṛṣṭhato na ca pārśvataḥ |
eka evābhiyāti tvāṃ paśya sāphalyamātmanaḥ || 24 ||
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tvaṃ hi kṛṣṇau raṇe śaktaḥ saṃsādhayitumāhave |
tavaiṣa bhāro rādheya pratyudyāhi dhanaṃjayam || 25 ||
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tvaṃ kṛto hyeva bhīṣmeṇa droṇadrauṇikṛpairapi |
savyasācipratirathastaṃ nivartaya pāṇḍavam || 26 ||
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lelihānaṃ yathā sarpaṃ garjantamṛṣabhaṃ yathā |
layasthitaṃ yathā vyāghraṃ jahi karṇa dhanaṃjayam || 27 ||
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ete dravanti samare dhārtarāṣṭrā mahārathāḥ |
arjunasya bhayāttūrṇaṃ nirapekṣā janādhipāḥ || 28 ||
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dravatāmatha teṣāṃ tu yudhi nānyo'sti mānavaḥ |
bhayahā yo bhavedvīra tvāmṛte sūtanandana || 29 ||
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ete tvāṃ kuravaḥ sarve dvīpamāsādya saṃyuge |
viṣṭhitāḥ puruṣavyāghra tvattaḥ śaraṇakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 30 ||
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vaidehāmbaṣṭhakāmbojāstathā nagnajitastvayā |
gāndhārāśca yayā dhṛtyā jitāḥ saṃkhye sudurjayāḥ || 31 ||
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tāṃ dhṛtiṃ kuru rādheya tataḥ pratyehi pāṇḍavam |
vāsudevaṃ ca vārṣṇeyaṃ prīyamāṇaṃ kirīṭinā || 32 ||
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karṇa uvāca |
prakṛtistho hi me śalya idānīṃ saṃmatastathā |
pratibhāsi mahābāho vibhīścaiva dhanaṃjayāt || 33 ||
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paśya bāhvorbalaṃ me'dya śikṣitasya ca paśya me |
eko'dya nihaniṣyāmi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahācamūm || 34 ||
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kṛṣṇau ca puruṣavyāghrau tacca satyaṃ bravīmi te |
nāhatvā yudhi tau vīrāvapayāsye kathaṃcana || 35 ||
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svapsye vā nihatastābhyāmasatyo hi raṇe jayaḥ |
kṛtārtho vā bhaviṣyāmi hatvā tāvatha vā hataḥ || 36 ||
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naitādṛśo jātu babhūva loke rathottamo yāvadanuśrutaṃ naḥ |
tamīdṛśaṃ pratiyotsyāmi pārthaṃ mahāhave paśya ca pauruṣaṃ me || 37 ||
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rathe caratyeṣa rathapravīraḥ śīghrairhayaiḥ kauravarājaputraḥ |
sa vādya māṃ neṣyati kṛcchrametatkarṇasyāntādetadantāḥ stha sarve || 38 ||
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asvedinau rājaputrasya hastāvavepinau jātakiṇau bṛhantau |
dṛḍhāyudhaḥ kṛtimānkṣiprahasto na pāṇḍaveyena samo'sti yodhaḥ || 39 ||
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gṛhṇātyanekānapi kaṅkapatrānekaṃ yathā tānkṣitipānpramathya |
te krośamātraṃ nipatantyamoghāḥ kastena yodho'sti samaḥ pṛthivyām || 40 ||
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atoṣayatpāṇḍaveyo hutāśaṃ kṛṣṇadvitīyo'tirathastarasvī |
lebhe cakraṃ yatra kṛṣṇo mahātmā dhanurgāṇḍīvaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ savyasācī || 41 ||
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śvetāśvayuktaṃ ca sughoṣamagryaṃ rathaṃ mahābāhuradīnasattvaḥ |
maheṣudhī cākṣayau divyarūpau śastrāṇi divyāni ca havyavāhāt || 42 ||
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tathendraloke nijaghāna daityānasaṃkhyeyānkālakeyāṃśca sarvān |
lebhe śaṅkhaṃ devadattaṃ sma tatra ko nāma tenābhyadhikaḥ pṛthivyām || 43 ||
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mahādevaṃ toṣayāmāsa caiva sākṣātsuyuddhena mahānubhāvaḥ |
lebhe tataḥ pāśupataṃ sughoraṃ trailokyasaṃhārakaraṃ mahāstram || 44 ||
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pṛthakpṛthaglokapālāḥ sametā dadurhyastrāṇyaprameyāṇi yasya |
yaistāñjaghānāśu raṇe nṛsiṃhānsa kālakhañjānasurānsametān || 45 ||
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tathā virāṭasya pure sametānsarvānasmānekarathena jitvā |
jahāra tadgodhanamājimadhye vastrāṇi cādatta mahārathebhyaḥ || 46 ||
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tamīdṛśaṃ vīryaguṇopapannaṃ kṛṣṇadvitīyaṃ varaye raṇāya |
anantavīryeṇa ca keśavena nārāyaṇenāpratimena guptam || 47 ||
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varṣāyutairyasya guṇā na śakyā vaktuṃ sametairapi sarvalokaiḥ |
mahātmanaḥ śaṅkhacakrāsipāṇerviṣṇorjiṣṇorvasudevātmajasya |
bhayaṃ me vai jāyate sādhvasaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāvekarathe sametau || 48 ||
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ubhau hi śūrau kṛtinau dṛḍhāstrau mahārathau saṃhananopapannau |
etādṛśau phalgunavāsudevau ko'nyaḥ pratīyānmadṛte nu śalya || 49 ||
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etāvahaṃ yudhi vā pātayiṣye māṃ vā kṛṣṇau nihaniṣyato'dya |
iti bruvañśalyamamitrahantā karṇo raṇe megha ivonnanāda || 50 ||
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abhyetya putreṇa tavābhinanditaḥ sametya covāca kurupravīrān |
kṛpaṃ ca bhojaṃ ca mahābhujāvubhau tathaiva gāndhāranṛpaṃ sahānujam |
guroḥ sutaṃ cāvarajaṃ tathātmanaḥ padātino'tha dvipasādino'nyān || 51 ||
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nirundhatābhidravatācyutārjunau śrameṇa saṃyojayatāśu sarvataḥ |
yathā bhavadbhirbhṛśavikṣatāvubhau sukhena hanyāmahamadya bhūmipāḥ || 52 ||
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tatheti coktvā tvaritāḥ sma te'rjunaṃ jighāṃsavo vīratamāḥ samabhyayuḥ |
nadīnadānbhūrijalo mahārṇavo yathā tathā tānsamare'rjuno'grasat || 53 ||
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na saṃdadhāno na tathā śarottamānpramuñcamāno ripubhiḥ pradṛśyate |
dhanaṃjayastasya śaraiśca dāritā hatāśca peturnaravājikuñjarāḥ || 54 ||
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śarārciṣaṃ gāṇḍivacārumaṇḍalaṃ yugāntasūryapratimānatejasam |
na kauravāḥ śekurudīkṣituṃ jayaṃ yathā raviṃ vyādhitacakṣuṣo janāḥ || 55 ||
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tamabhyadhāvadvisṛjañśarānkṛpastathaiva bhojastava cātmajaḥ svayam |
jighāṃsubhistānkuśalaiḥ śarottamānmahāhave saṃjavitānprayatnataḥ |
śaraiḥ praciccheda ca pāṇḍavastvaranparābhinadvakṣasi ca tribhistribhiḥ || 56 ||
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sa gāṇḍivābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalastapanripūnarjunabhāskaro babhau |
śarograraśmiḥ śuciśukramadhyago yathaiva sūryaḥ pariveṣagastathā || 57 ||
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athāgryabāṇairdaśabhirdhanaṃjayaṃ parābhinaddroṇasuto'cyutaṃ tribhiḥ |
caturbhiraśvāṃścaturaḥ kapiṃ tathā śaraiḥ sa nārācavarairavākirat || 58 ||
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tathā tu tattatsphuradāttakārmukaṃ tribhiḥ śarairyantṛśiraḥ kṣureṇa |
hayāṃścaturbhiścaturastribhirdhvajaṃ dhanaṃjayo drauṇirathānnyapātayat || 59 ||
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sa roṣapūrṇo'śanivajrahāṭakairalaṃkṛtaṃ takṣakabhogavarcasam |
subandhanaṃ kārmukamanyadādade yathā mahāhipravaraṃ girestathā || 60 ||
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svamāyudhaṃ copavikīrya bhūtale dhanuśca kṛtvā saguṇaṃ guṇādhikaḥ |
samānayānāvajitau narottamau śarottamairdrauṇiravidhyadantikāt || 61 ||
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kṛpaśca bhojaśca tathātmajaśca te tamonudaṃ vāridharā ivāpatan |
kṛpasya pārthaḥ saśaraṃ śarāsanaṃ hayāndhvajaṃ sārathimeva patribhiḥ || 62 ||
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śaraiḥ praciccheda tavātmajasya dhvajaṃ dhanuśca pracakarta nardataḥ |
jaghāna cāśvānkṛtavarmaṇaḥ śubhāndhvajaṃ ca ciccheda tataḥ pratāpavān || 63 ||
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savājisūteṣvasanānsaketanāñjaghāna nāgāśvarathāṃstvaraṃśca saḥ |
tataḥ prakīrṇaṃ sumahadbalaṃ tava pradāritaṃ seturivāmbhasā yathā |
tato'rjunasyāśu rathena keśavaścakāra śatrūnapasavyamāturān || 64 ||
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tataḥ prayāntaṃ tvaritaṃ dhanaṃjayaṃ śatakratuṃ vṛtranijaghnuṣaṃ yathā |
samanvadhāvanpunarucchritairdhvajai rathaiḥ suyuktairapare yuyutsavaḥ || 65 ||
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athābhisṛtya prativārya tānarīndhanaṃjayasyābhi rathaṃ mahārathāḥ |
śikhaṇḍiśaineyayamāḥ śitaiḥ śarairvidārayanto vyanadansubhairavam || 66 ||
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tato'bhijaghnuḥ kupitāḥ parasparaṃ śaraistadāñjogatibhiḥ sutejanaiḥ |
kurupravīrāḥ saha sṛñjayairyathāsurāḥ purā devavarairayodhayan || 67 ||
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jayepsavaḥ svargamanāya cotsukāḥ patanti nāgāśvarathāḥ paraṃtapa |
jagarjuruccairbalavacca vivyadhuḥ śaraiḥ sumuktairitaretaraṃ pṛthak || 68 ||
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śarāndhakāre tu mahātmabhiḥ kṛte mahāmṛdhe yodhavaraiḥ parasparam |
babhurdaśāśā na divaṃ ca pārthiva prabhā ca sūryasya tamovṛtābhavat || 69 ||
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