Chapter 64

saṃjaya uvāca |
vātikānāṃ sakāśāttu śrutvā duryodhanaṃ hatam |
hataśiṣṭāstato rājankauravāṇāṃ mahārathāḥ || 1 ||
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vinirbhinnāḥ śitairbāṇairgadātomaraśaktibhiḥ |
aśvatthāmā kṛpaścaiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ |
tvaritā javanairaśvairāyodhanamupāgaman || 2 ||
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tatrāpaśyanmahātmānaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ nipātitam |
prabhagnaṃ vāyuvegena mahāśālaṃ yathā vane || 3 ||
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bhūmau viveṣṭamānaṃ taṃ rudhireṇa samukṣitam |
mahāgajamivāraṇye vyādhena vinipātitam || 4 ||
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vivartamānaṃ bahuśo rudhiraughapariplutam |
yadṛcchayā nipatitaṃ cakramādityagocaram || 5 ||
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mahāvātasamutthena saṃśuṣkamiva sāgaram |
pūrṇacandramiva vyomni tuṣārāvṛtamaṇḍalam || 6 ||
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reṇudhvastaṃ dīrghabhujaṃ mātaṅgasamavikramam |
vṛtaṃ bhūtagaṇairghoraiḥ kravyādaiśca samantataḥ |
yathā dhanaṃ lipsamānairbhṛtyairnṛpatisattamam || 7 ||
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bhrukuṭīkṛtavaktrāntaṃ krodhādudvṛttacakṣuṣam |
sāmarṣaṃ taṃ naravyāghraṃ vyāghraṃ nipatitaṃ yathā || 8 ||
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te tu dṛṣṭvā maheṣvāsā bhūtale patitaṃ nṛpam |
mohamabhyāgamansarve kṛpaprabhṛtayo rathāḥ || 9 ||
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avatīrya rathebhyastu prādravanrājasaṃnidhau |
duryodhanaṃ ca saṃprekṣya sarve bhūmāvupāviśan || 10 ||
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tato drauṇirmahārāja bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇaḥ śvasan |
uvāca bharataśreṣṭhaṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaram || 11 ||
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na nūnaṃ vidyate'sahyaṃ mānuṣye kiṃcideva hi |
yatra tvaṃ puruṣavyāghra śeṣe pāṃsuṣu rūṣitaḥ || 12 ||
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bhūtvā hi nṛpatiḥ pūrvaṃ samājñāpya ca medinīm |
kathameko'dya rājendra tiṣṭhase nirjane vane || 13 ||
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duḥśāsanaṃ na paśyāmi nāpi karṇaṃ mahāratham |
nāpi tānsuhṛdaḥ sarvānkimidaṃ bharatarṣabha || 14 ||
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duḥkhaṃ nūnaṃ kṛtāntasya gatiṃ jñātuṃ kathaṃcana |
lokānāṃ ca bhavānyatra śete pāṃsuṣu rūṣitaḥ || 15 ||
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eṣa mūrdhāvasiktānāmagre gatvā paraṃtapaḥ |
satṛṇaṃ grasate pāṃsuṃ paśya kālasya paryayam || 16 ||
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kva te tadamalaṃ chatraṃ vyajanaṃ kva ca pārthiva |
sā ca te mahatī senā kva gatā pārthivottama || 17 ||
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durvijñeyā gatirnūnaṃ kāryāṇāṃ kāraṇāntare |
yadvai lokagururbhūtvā bhavānetāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ || 18 ||
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adhruvā sarvamartyeṣu dhruvaṃ śrīrupalakṣyate |
bhavato vyasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā śakravispardhino bhṛśam || 19 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā duḥkhitasya viśeṣataḥ |
uvāca rājanputraste prāptakālamidaṃ vacaḥ || 20 ||
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vimṛjya netre pāṇibhyāṃ śokajaṃ bāṣpamutsṛjan |
kṛpādīnsa tadā vīrānsarvāneva narādhipaḥ || 21 ||
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īdṛśo martyadharmo'yaṃ dhātrā nirdiṣṭa ucyate |
vināśaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kālaparyāyakāritaḥ || 22 ||
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so'yaṃ māṃ samanuprāptaḥ pratyakṣaṃ bhavatāṃ hi yaḥ |
pṛthivīṃ pālayitvāhametāṃ niṣṭhāmupāgataḥ || 23 ||
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diṣṭyā nāhaṃ parāvṛtto yuddhe kasyāṃcidāpadi |
diṣṭyāhaṃ nihataḥ pāpaiśchalenaiva viśeṣataḥ || 24 ||
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utsāhaśca kṛto nityaṃ mayā diṣṭyā yuyutsatā |
diṣṭyā cāsmi hato yuddhe nihatajñātibāndhavaḥ || 25 ||
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diṣṭyā ca vo'haṃ paśyāmi muktānasmājjanakṣayāt |
svastiyuktāṃśca kalyāṃśca tanme priyamanuttamam || 26 ||
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mā bhavanto'nutapyantāṃ sauhṛdānnidhanena me |
yadi vedāḥ pramāṇaṃ vo jitā lokā mayākṣayāḥ || 27 ||
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manyamānaḥ prabhāvaṃ ca kṛṣṇasyāmitatejasaḥ |
tena na cyāvitaścāhaṃ kṣatradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt || 28 ||
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sa mayā samanuprāpto nāsmi śocyaḥ kathaṃcana |
kṛtaṃ bhavadbhiḥ sadṛśamanurūpamivātmanaḥ |
yatitaṃ vijaye nityaṃ daivaṃ tu duratikramam || 29 ||
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etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ |
tūṣṇīṃ babhūva rājendra rujāsau vihvalo bhṛśam || 30 ||
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tathā tu dṛṣṭvā rājānaṃ bāṣpaśokasamanvitam |
drauṇiḥ krodhena jajvāla yathā vahnirjagatkṣaye || 31 ||
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sa tu krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pāṇau pāṇiṃ nipīḍya ca |
bāṣpavihvalayā vācā rājānamidamabravīt || 32 ||
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pitā me nihataḥ kṣudraiḥ sunṛśaṃsena karmaṇā |
na tathā tena tapyāmi yathā rājaṃstvayādya vai || 33 ||
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śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mahyaṃ satyena vadataḥ prabho |
iṣṭāpūrtena dānena dharmeṇa sukṛtena ca || 34 ||
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adyāhaṃ sarvapāñcālānvāsudevasya paśyataḥ |
sarvopāyairhi neṣyāmi pretarājaniveśanam |
anujñāṃ tu mahārāja bhavānme dātumarhati || 35 ||
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iti śrutvā tu vacanaṃ droṇaputrasya kauravaḥ |
manasaḥ prītijananaṃ kṛpaṃ vacanamabravīt |
ācārya śīghraṃ kalaśaṃ jalapūrṇaṃ samānaya || 36 ||
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sa tadvacanamājñāya rājño brāhmaṇasattamaḥ |
kalaśaṃ pūrṇamādāya rājño'ntikamupāgamat || 37 ||
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tamabravīnmahārāja putrastava viśāṃ pate |
mamājñayā dvijaśreṣṭha droṇaputro'bhiṣicyatām |
senāpatyena bhadraṃ te mama cedicchasi priyam || 38 ||
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rājño niyogādyoddhavyaṃ brāhmaṇena viśeṣataḥ |
vartatā kṣatradharmeṇa hyevaṃ dharmavido viduḥ || 39 ||
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rājñastu vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛpaḥ śāradvatastataḥ |
drauṇiṃ rājño niyogena senāpatye'bhyaṣecayat || 40 ||
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so'bhiṣikto mahārāja pariṣvajya nṛpottamam |
prayayau siṃhanādena diśaḥ sarvā vinādayan || 41 ||
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duryodhano'pi rājendra śoṇitaughapariplutaḥ |
tāṃ niśāṃ pratipede'tha sarvabhūtabhayāvahām || 42 ||
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apakramya tu te tūrṇaṃ tasmādāyodhanānnṛpa |
śokasaṃvignamanasaścintādhyānaparābhavan || 43 ||
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