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 68

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saṃjaya uvāca |
śikhaṇḍī saha matsyena virāṭena viśāṃ pate |
bhīṣmamāśu maheṣvāsamāsasāda sudurjayam || 1 ||
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droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca maheṣvāsānmahābalān |
rājñaścānyānraṇe śūrānbahūnārchaddhanaṃjayaḥ || 2 ||
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saindhavaṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ sāmātyaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ |
prācyāṃśca dākṣiṇātyāṃśca bhūmipānbhūmiparṣabha || 3 ||
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putraṃ ca te maheṣvāsaṃ duryodhanamamarṣaṇam |
duḥsahaṃ caiva samare bhīmaseno'bhyavartata || 4 ||
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sahadevastu śakunimulūkaṃ ca mahāratham |
pitāputrau maheṣvāsāvabhyavartata durjayau || 5 ||
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yudhiṣṭhiro mahārāja gajānīkaṃ mahārathaḥ |
samavartata saṃgrāme putreṇa nikṛtastava || 6 ||
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mādrīputrastu nakulaḥ śūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi |
trigartānāṃ rathodāraiḥ samasajjata pāṇḍavaḥ || 7 ||
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abhyavartanta durdharṣāḥ samare śālvakekayān |
sātyakiścekitānaśca saubhadraśca mahārathaḥ || 8 ||
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dhṛṣṭaketuśca samare rākṣasaśca ghaṭotkacaḥ |
putrāṇāṃ te rathānīkaṃ pratyudyātāḥ sudurjayāḥ || 9 ||
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senāpatirameyātmā dhṛṣṭadyumno mahābalaḥ |
droṇena samare rājansamiyāyendrakarmaṇā || 10 ||
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evamete maheṣvāsāstāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha |
sametya samare śūrāḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire || 11 ||
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madhyaṃdinagate sūrye nabhasyākulatāṃ gate |
kuravaḥ pāṇḍaveyāśca nijaghnuritaretaram || 12 ||
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dhvajino hemacitrāṅgā vicaranto raṇājire |
sapatākā rathā rejurvaiyāghraparivāraṇāḥ || 13 ||
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sametānāṃ ca samare jigīṣūṇāṃ parasparam |
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdaḥ siṃhānāmiva nardatām || 14 ||
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tatrādbhutamapaśyāma saṃprahāraṃ sudāruṇam |
yamakurvanraṇe vīrāḥ sṛñjayāḥ kurubhiḥ saha || 15 ||
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naiva khaṃ na diśo rājanna sūryaṃ śatrutāpana |
vidiśo vāpyapaśyāma śarairmuktaiḥ samantataḥ || 16 ||
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śaktīnāṃ vimalāgrāṇāṃ tomarāṇāṃ tathāsyatām |
nistriṃśānāṃ ca pītānāṃ nīlotpalanibhāḥ prabhāḥ || 17 ||
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kavacānāṃ vicitrāṇāṃ bhūṣaṇānāṃ prabhāstathā |
khaṃ diśaḥ pradiśaścaiva bhāsayāmāsurojasā |
virarāja tadā rājaṃstatra tatra raṇāṅgaṇam || 18 ||
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rathasiṃhāsanavyāghrāḥ samāyāntaśca saṃyuge |
virejuḥ samare rājangrahā iva nabhastale || 19 ||
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bhīṣmastu rathināṃ śreṣṭho bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam |
avārayata saṃkruddhaḥ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ || 20 ||
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tato bhīṣmavinirmuktā rukmapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ |
abhyaghnansamare bhīmaṃ tailadhautāḥ sutejanāḥ || 21 ||
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tasya śaktiṃ mahāvegāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ |
kruddhāśīviṣasaṃkāśāṃ preṣayāmāsa bhārata || 22 ||
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tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā rukmadaṇḍāṃ durāsadām |
ciccheda samare bhīṣmaḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ || 23 ||
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tato'pareṇa bhallena pītena niśitena ca |
kārmukaṃ bhīmasenasya dvidhā ciccheda bhārata || 24 ||
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sātyakistu tatastūrṇaṃ bhīṣmamāsādya saṃyuge |
śarairbahubhirānarchatpitaraṃ te janeśvara || 25 ||
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tataḥ saṃdhāya vai tīkṣṇaṃ śaraṃ paramadāruṇam |
vārṣṇeyasya rathādbhīṣmaḥ pātayāmāsa sārathim || 26 ||
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tasyāśvāḥ pradrutā rājannihate rathasārathau |
tena tenaiva dhāvanti manomārutaraṃhasaḥ || 27 ||
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tataḥ sarvasya sainyasya nisvanastumulo'bhavat |
hāhākāraśca saṃjajñe pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām || 28 ||
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abhidravata gṛhṇīta hayānyacchata dhāvata |
ityāsīttumulaḥ śabdo yuyudhānarathaṃ prati || 29 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavaḥ punaḥ |
vyahanatpāṇḍavīṃ senāmāsurīmiva vṛtrahā || 30 ||
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te vadhyamānā bhīṣmeṇa pāñcālāḥ somakaiḥ saha |
āryāṃ yuddhe matiṃ kṛtvā bhīṣmamevābhidudruvuḥ || 31 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhāścāpi pārthāḥ śāṃtanavaṃ raṇe |
abhyadhāvañjigīṣantastava putrasya vāhinīm || 32 ||
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tathaiva tāvakā rājanbhīṣmadroṇamukhāḥ parān |
abhyadhāvanta vegena tato yuddhamavartata || 33 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 68

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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