Chapter 157

janamejaya uvāca |
pāṇḍoḥ putrā mahātmānaḥ sarve divyaparākramāḥ |
kiyantaṃ kālamavasanparvate gandhamādane || 1 ||
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kāni cābhyavahāryāṇi tatra teṣāṃ mahātmanām |
vasatāṃ lokavīrāṇāmāsaṃstadbrūhi sattama || 2 ||
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vistareṇa ca me śaṃsa bhīmasenaparākramam |
yadyaccakre mahābāhustasminhaimavate girau |
na khalvāsītpunaryuddhaṃ tasya yakṣairdvijottama || 3 ||
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kaccitsamāgamasteṣāmāsīdvaiśravaṇena ca |
tatra hyāyāti dhanada ārṣṭiṣeṇo yathābravīt || 4 ||
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etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa tapodhana |
na hi me śṛṇvatastṛptirasti teṣāṃ viceṣṭitam || 5 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
etadātmahitaṃ śrutvā tasyāpratimatejasaḥ |
śāsanaṃ satataṃ cakrustathaiva bharatarṣabhāḥ || 6 ||
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bhuñjānā munibhojyāni rasavanti phalāni ca |
śuddhabāṇahatānāṃ ca mṛgāṇāṃ piśitānyapi || 7 ||
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medhyāni himavatpṛṣṭhe madhūni vividhāni ca |
evaṃ te nyavasaṃstatra pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabhāḥ || 8 ||
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tathā nivasatāṃ teṣāṃ pañcamaṃ varṣamabhyagāt |
śṛṇvatāṃ lomaśoktāni vākyāni vividhāni ca || 9 ||
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kṛtyakāla upasthāsya iti coktvā ghaṭotkacaḥ |
rākṣasaiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ pūrvameva gataḥ prabho || 10 ||
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ārṣṭiṣeṇāśrame teṣāṃ vasatāṃ vai mahātmanām |
agacchanbahavo māsāḥ paśyatāṃ mahadadbhutam || 11 ||
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taistatra ramamāṇaiśca viharadbhiśca pāṇḍavaiḥ |
prītimanto mahābhāgā munayaścāraṇāstathā || 12 ||
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ājagmuḥ pāṇḍavāndraṣṭuṃ siddhātmāno yatavratāḥ |
taistaiḥ saha kathāścakrurdivyā bharatasattamāḥ || 13 ||
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tataḥ katipayāhasya mahāhradanivāsinam |
ṛddhimantaṃ mahānāgaṃ suparṇaḥ sahasāharat || 14 ||
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prākampata mahāśailaḥ prāmṛdyanta mahādrumāḥ |
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāṇḍavāśca tadadbhutam || 15 ||
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tataḥ śailottamasyāgrātpāṇḍavānprati mārutaḥ |
avahatsarvamālyāni gandhavanti śubhāni ca || 16 ||
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tatra puṣpāṇi divyāni suhṛdbhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ |
dadṛśuḥ pañca varṇāni draupadī ca yaśasvinī || 17 ||
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bhīmasenaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇā kāle vacanamabravīt |
vivikte parvatoddeśe sukhāsīnaṃ mahābhujam || 18 ||
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suparṇānilavegena śvasanena mahābalāt |
pañcavarṇāni pātyante puṣpāṇi bharatarṣabha |
pratyakṣaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nadīmaśvarathāṃ prati || 19 ||
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khāṇḍave satyasaṃdhena bhrātrā tava nareśvara |
gandharvoragarakṣāṃsi vāsavaśca nivāritaḥ |
hatā māyāvinaścogrā dhanuḥ prāptaṃ ca gāṇḍivam || 20 ||
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tavāpi sumahattejo mahadbāhubalaṃ ca te |
aviṣahyamanādhṛṣyaṃ śatakratubalopamam || 21 ||
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tvadbāhubalavegena trāsitāḥ sarvarākṣasāḥ |
hitvā śailaṃ prapadyantāṃ bhīmasena diśo daśa || 22 ||
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tataḥ śailottamasyāgraṃ citramālyadharaṃ śivam |
vyapetabhayasaṃmohāḥ paśyantu suhṛdastava || 23 ||
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evaṃ praṇihitaṃ bhīma cirātprabhṛti me manaḥ |
draṣṭumicchāmi śailāgraṃ tvadbāhubalamāśritā || 24 ||
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tataḥ kṣiptamivātmānaṃ draupadyā sa paraṃtapaḥ |
nāmṛṣyata mahābāhuḥ prahāramiva sadgavaḥ || 25 ||
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siṃharṣabhagatiḥ śrīmānudāraḥ kanakaprabhaḥ |
manasvī balavāndṛpto mānī śūraśca pāṇḍavaḥ || 26 ||
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lohitākṣaḥ pṛthuvyaṃso mattavāraṇavikramaḥ |
siṃhadaṃṣṭro bṛhatskandhaḥ śālapota ivodgataḥ || 27 ||
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mahātmā cārusarvāṅgaḥ kambugrīvo mahābhujaḥ |
rukmapṛṣṭhaṃ dhanuḥ khaḍgaṃ tūṇāṃścāpi parāmṛśat || 28 ||
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kesarīva yathotsiktaḥ prabhinna iva vāraṇaḥ |
vyapetabhayasaṃmohaḥ śailamabhyapatadbalī || 29 ||
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taṃ mṛgendramivāyāntaṃ prabhinnamiva vāraṇam |
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni bāṇakhaḍgadhanurdharam || 30 ||
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draupadyā vardhayanharṣaṃ gadāmādāya pāṇḍavaḥ |
vyapetabhayasaṃmohaḥ śailarājaṃ samāviśat || 31 ||
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na glānirna ca kātaryaṃ na vaiklavyaṃ na matsaraḥ |
kadācijjuṣate pārthamātmajaṃ mātariśvanaḥ || 32 ||
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tadekāyanamāsādya viṣamaṃ bhīmadarśanam |
bahutālocchrayaṃ śṛṅgamāruroha mahābalaḥ || 33 ||
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sa kiṃnaramahānāgamunigandharvarākṣasān |
harṣayanparvatasyāgramāsasāda mahābalaḥ || 34 ||
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tatra vaiśravaṇāvāsaṃ dadarśa bharatarṣabhaḥ |
kāñcanaiḥ sphāṭikākārairveśmabhiḥ samalaṃkṛtam || 35 ||
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modayansarvabhūtāni gandhamādanasaṃbhavaḥ |
sarvagandhavahastatra mārutaḥ susukho vavau || 36 ||
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citrā vividhavarṇābhāścitramañjaridhāriṇaḥ |
acintyā vividhāstatra drumāḥ paramaśobhanāḥ || 37 ||
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ratnajālaparikṣiptaṃ citramālyadharaṃ śivam |
rākṣasādhipateḥ sthānaṃ dadarśa bharatarṣabhaḥ || 38 ||
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gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ samabhityaktajīvitaḥ |
bhīmaseno mahābāhustasthau giririvācalaḥ || 39 ||
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tataḥ śaṅkhamupādhmāsīddviṣatāṃ lomaharṣaṇam |
jyāghoṣatalaghoṣaṃ ca kṛtvā bhūtānyamohayat || 40 ||
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tataḥ saṃhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ śabdaṃ tamabhidudruvuḥ |
yakṣarākṣasagandharvāḥ pāṇḍavasya samīpataḥ || 41 ||
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gadāparighanistriṃśaśaktiśūlaparaśvadhāḥ |
pragṛhītā vyarocanta yakṣarākṣasabāhubhiḥ || 42 ||
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tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ teṣāṃ tasya ca bhārata |
taiḥ prayuktānmahākāyaiḥ śaktiśūlaparaśvadhān |
bhallairbhīmaḥ praciccheda bhīmavegataraistataḥ || 43 ||
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antarikṣacarāṇāṃ ca bhūmiṣṭhānāṃ ca garjatām |
śarairvivyādha gātrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ mahābalaḥ || 44 ||
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sā lohitamahāvṛṣṭirabhyavarṣanmahābalam |
kāyebhyaḥ pracyutā dhārā rākṣasānāṃ samantataḥ || 45 ||
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bhīmabāhubalotsṛṣṭairbahudhā yakṣarakṣasām |
vinikṛttānyadṛśyanta śarīrāṇi śirāṃsi ca || 46 ||
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pracchādyamānaṃ rakṣobhiḥ pāṇḍavaṃ priyadarśanam |
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni sūryamabhragaṇairiva || 47 ||
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sa raśmibhirivādityaḥ śarairarinighātibhiḥ |
sarvānārchanmahābāhurbalavānsatyavikramaḥ || 48 ||
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abhitarjayamānāśca ruvantaśca mahāravān |
na mohaṃ bhīmasenasya dadṛśuḥ sarvarākṣasāḥ || 49 ||
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te śaraiḥ kṣatasarvāṅgā bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ |
bhīmamārtasvaraṃ cakrurviprakīrṇamahāyudhāḥ || 50 ||
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utsṛjya te gadāśūlānasiśaktiparaśvadhān |
dakṣiṇāṃ diśamājagmustrāsitā dṛḍhadhanvanā || 51 ||
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tatra śūlagadāpāṇirvyūḍhorasko mahābhujaḥ |
sakhā vaiśravaṇasyāsīnmaṇimānnāma rākṣasaḥ || 52 ||
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adarśayadadhīkāraṃ pauruṣaṃ ca mahābalaḥ |
sa tāndṛṣṭvā parāvṛttānsmayamāna ivābravīt || 53 ||
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ekena bahavaḥ saṃkhye mānuṣeṇa parājitāḥ |
prāpya vaiśravaṇāvāsaṃ kiṃ vakṣyatha dhaneśvaram || 54 ||
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evamābhāṣya tānsarvānnyavartata sa rākṣasaḥ |
śaktiśūlagadāpāṇirabhyadhāvacca pāṇḍavam || 55 ||
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tamāpatantaṃ vegena prabhinnamiva vāraṇam |
vatsadantaistribhiḥ pārśve bhīmasenaḥ samarpayat || 56 ||
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maṇimānapi saṃkruddhaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām |
prāhiṇodbhīmasenāya parikṣipya mahābalaḥ || 57 ||
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vidyudrūpāṃ mahāghorāmākāśe mahatīṃ gadām |
śarairbahubhirabhyarchadbhīmasenaḥ śilāśitaiḥ || 58 ||
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pratyahanyanta te sarve gadāmāsādya sāyakāḥ |
na vegaṃ dhārayāmāsurgadāvegasya vegitāḥ || 59 ||
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gadāyuddhasamācāraṃ budhyamānaḥ sa vīryavān |
vyaṃsayāmāsa taṃ tasya prahāraṃ bhīmavikramaḥ || 60 ||
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tataḥ śaktiṃ mahāghorāṃ rukmadaṇḍāmayasmayīm |
tasminnevāntare dhīmānprajahārātha rākṣasaḥ || 61 ||
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sā bhujaṃ bhīmanirhrādā bhittvā bhīmasya dakṣiṇam |
sāgnijvālā mahāraudrā papāta sahasā bhuvi || 62 ||
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so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ śaktyāmitaparākramaḥ |
gadāṃ jagrāha kauravyo gadāyuddhaviśāradaḥ || 63 ||
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tāṃ pragṛhyonnadanbhīmaḥ sarvaśaikyāyasīṃ gadām |
tarasā so'bhidudrāva maṇimantaṃ mahābalam || 64 ||
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dīpyamānaṃ mahāśūlaṃ pragṛhya maṇimānapi |
prāhiṇodbhīmasenāya vegena mahatā nadan || 65 ||
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bhaṅktvā śūlaṃ gadāgreṇa gadāyuddhaviśāradaḥ |
abhidudrāva taṃ tūrṇaṃ garutmāniva pannagam || 66 ||
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so'ntarikṣamabhiplutya vidhūya sahasā gadām |
pracikṣepa mahābāhurvinadya raṇamūrdhani || 67 ||
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sendrāśanirivendreṇa visṛṣṭā vātaraṃhasā |
hatvā rakṣaḥ kṣitiṃ prāpya kṛtyeva nipapāta ha || 68 ||
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taṃ rākṣasaṃ bhīmabalaṃ bhīmasenena pātitam |
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni siṃheneva gavāṃ patim || 69 ||
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taṃ prekṣya nihataṃ bhūmau hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ |
bhīmamārtasvaraṃ kṛtvā jagmuḥ prācīṃ diśaṃ prati || 70 ||
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