Chapter 95

saṃjaya uvāca |
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ prātarutthāya vai nṛpaḥ |
rājñaḥ samājñāpayata senāṃ yojayateti ha |
adya bhīṣmo raṇe kruddho nihaniṣyati somakān || 1 ||
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duryodhanasya tacchrutvā rātrau vilapitaṃ bahu |
manyamānaḥ sa taṃ rājanpratyādeśamivātmanaḥ || 2 ||
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nirvedaṃ paramaṃ gatvā vinindya paravācyatām |
dīrghaṃ dadhyau śāṃtanavo yoddhukāmo'rjunaṃ raṇe || 3 ||
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iṅgitena tu tajjñātvā gāṅgeyena vicintitam |
duryodhano mahārāja duḥśāsanamacodayat || 4 ||
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duḥśāsana rathāstūrṇaṃ yujyantāṃ bhīṣmarakṣiṇaḥ |
dvātriṃśattvamanīkāni sarvāṇyevābhicodaya || 5 ||
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idaṃ hi samanuprāptaṃ varṣapūgābhicintitam |
pāṇḍavānāṃ sasainyānāṃ vadho rājyasya cāgamaḥ || 6 ||
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tatra kāryamahaṃ manye bhīṣmasyaivābhirakṣaṇam |
sa no guptaḥ sukhāya syāddhanyātpārthāṃśca saṃyuge || 7 ||
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abravīcca viśuddhātmā nāhaṃ hanyāṃ śikhaṇḍinam |
strīpūrvako hyasau jātastasmādvarjyo raṇe mayā || 8 ||
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lokastadveda yadahaṃ pituḥ priyacikīrṣayā |
rājyaṃ sphītaṃ mahābāho striyaśca tyaktavānpurā || 9 ||
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naiva cāhaṃ striyaṃ jātu na strīpūrvaṃ kathaṃcana |
hanyāṃ yudhi naraśreṣṭha satyametadbravīmi te || 10 ||
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ayaṃ strīpūrvako rājañśikhaṇḍī yadi te śrutaḥ |
udyoge kathitaṃ yattattathā jātā śikhaṇḍinī || 11 ||
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kanyā bhūtvā pumāñjātaḥ sa ca yotsyati bhārata |
tasyāhaṃ pramukhe bāṇānna muñceyaṃ kathaṃcana || 12 ||
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yuddhe tu kṣatriyāṃstāta pāṇḍavānāṃ jayaiṣiṇaḥ |
sarvānanyānhaniṣyāmi saṃprāptānbāṇagocarān || 13 ||
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evaṃ māṃ bharataśreṣṭho gāṅgeyaḥ prāha śāstravit |
tatra sarvātmanā manye bhīṣmasyaivābhipālanam || 14 ||
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arakṣyamāṇaṃ hi vṛko hanyātsiṃhaṃ mahāvane |
mā vṛkeṇeva śārdūlaṃ ghātayema śikhaṇḍinā || 15 ||
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mātulaḥ śakuniḥ śalyaḥ kṛpo droṇo viviṃśatiḥ |
yattā rakṣantu gāṅgeyaṃ tasmingupte dhruvo jayaḥ || 16 ||
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etacchrutvā tu rājāno duryodhanavacastadā |
sarvato rathavaṃśena gāṅgeyaṃ paryavārayan || 17 ||
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putrāśca tava gāṅgeyaṃ parivārya yayurmudā |
kampayanto bhuvaṃ dyāṃ ca kṣobhayantaśca pāṇḍavān || 18 ||
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tai rathaiśca susaṃyuktairdantibhiśca mahārathāḥ |
parivārya raṇe bhīṣmaṃ daṃśitāḥ samavasthitāḥ || 19 ||
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yathā devāsure yuddhe tridaśā vajradhāriṇam |
sarve te sma vyatiṣṭhanta rakṣantastaṃ mahāratham || 20 ||
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tato duryodhano rājā punarbhrātaramabravīt |
savyaṃ cakraṃ yudhāmanyuruttamaujāśca dakṣiṇam |
goptārāvarjunasyaitāvarjuno'pi śikhaṇḍinaḥ || 21 ||
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sa rakṣyamāṇaḥ pārthena tathāsmābhirvivarjitaḥ |
yathā bhīṣmaṃ na no hanyādduḥśāsana tathā kuru || 22 ||
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bhrātustadvacanaṃ śrutvā putro duḥśāsanastava |
bhīṣmaṃ pramukhataḥ kṛtvā prayayau senayā saha || 23 ||
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bhīṣmaṃ tu rathavaṃśena dṛṣṭvā tamabhisaṃvṛtam |
arjuno rathināṃ śreṣṭho dhṛṣṭadyumnamuvāca ha || 24 ||
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śikhaṇḍinaṃ naravyāghra bhīṣmasya pramukhe'nagha |
sthāpayasvādya pāñcālya tasya goptāhamapyuta || 25 ||
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tataḥ śāṃtanavo bhīṣmo niryayau senayā saha |
vyūhaṃ cāvyūhata mahatsarvatobhadramāhave || 26 ||
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kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca śaibyaścaiva mahārathaḥ |
śakuniḥ saindhavaścaiva kāmbojaśca sudakṣiṇaḥ || 27 ||
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bhīṣmeṇa sahitāḥ sarve putraiśca tava bhārata |
agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ vyūhasya pramukhe sthitāḥ || 28 ||
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droṇo bhūriśravāḥ śalyo bhagadattaśca māriṣa |
dakṣiṇaṃ pakṣamāśritya sthitā vyūhasya daṃśitāḥ || 29 ||
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aśvatthāmā somadatta āvantyau ca mahārathau |
mahatyā senayā yuktā vāmaṃ pakṣamapālayan || 30 ||
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duryodhano mahārāja trigartaiḥ sarvato vṛtaḥ |
vyūhamadhye sthito rājanpāṇḍavānprati bhārata || 31 ||
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alambuso rathaśreṣṭhaḥ śrutāyuśca mahārathaḥ |
pṛṣṭhataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ sthitau vyūhasya daṃśitau || 32 ||
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evamete tadā vyūhaṃ kṛtvā bhārata tāvakāḥ |
saṃnaddhāḥ samadṛśyanta pratapanta ivāgnayaḥ || 33 ||
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tathā yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ |
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca mādrīputrāvubhāvapi |
agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ sthitā vyūhasya daṃśitāḥ || 34 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaśca sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ |
sthitāḥ sainyena mahatā parānīkavināśanāḥ || 35 ||
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śikhaṇḍī vijayaścaiva rākṣasaśca ghaṭotkacaḥ |
cekitāno mahābāhuḥ kuntibhojaśca vīryavān |
sthitā raṇe mahārāja mahatyā senayā vṛtāḥ || 36 ||
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abhimanyurmaheṣvāso drupadaśca mahārathaḥ |
kekayā bhrātaraḥ pañca sthitā yuddhāya daṃśitāḥ || 37 ||
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evaṃ te'pi mahāvyūhaṃ prativyūhya sudurjayam |
pāṇḍavāḥ samare śūrāḥ sthitā yuddhāya māriṣa || 38 ||
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tāvakāstu raṇe yattāḥ sahasenā narādhipāḥ |
abhyudyayū raṇe pārthānbhīṣmaṃ kṛtvāgrato nṛpa || 39 ||
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tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājanbhīmasenapurogamāḥ |
bhīṣmaṃ yuddhapariprepsuṃ saṃgrāme vijigīṣavaḥ || 40 ||
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kṣveḍāḥ kilikilāśabdānkrakacāngoviṣāṇikāḥ |
bherīmṛdaṅgapaṇavānnādayantaśca puṣkarān |
pāṇḍavā abhyadhāvanta nadanto bhairavānravān || 41 ||
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bherīmṛdaṅgaśaṅkhānāṃ dundubhīnāṃ ca nisvanaiḥ |
utkruṣṭasiṃhanādaiśca valgitaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ || 42 ||
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vayaṃ pratinadantastānabhyagacchāma satvarāḥ |
sahasaivābhisaṃkruddhāstadāsīttumulaṃ mahat || 43 ||
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tato'nyonyaṃ pradhāvantaḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire |
tataḥ śabdena mahatā pracakampe vasuṃdharā || 44 ||
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pakṣiṇaśca mahāghoraṃ vyāharanto vibabhramuḥ |
saprabhaścoditaḥ sūryo niṣprabhaḥ samapadyata || 45 ||
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vavuśca tumulā vātāḥ śaṃsantaḥ sumahadbhayam |
ghorāśca ghoranirhrādāḥ śivāstatra vavāśire |
vedayantyo mahārāja mahadvaiśasamāgatam || 46 ||
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diśaḥ prajvalitā rājanpāṃsuvarṣaṃ papāta ca |
rudhireṇa samunmiśramasthivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca || 47 ||
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rudatāṃ vāhanānāṃ ca netrebhyaḥ prāpatajjalam |
susruvuśca śakṛnmūtraṃ pradhyāyanto viśāṃ pate || 48 ||
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antarhitā mahānādāḥ śrūyante bharatarṣabha |
rakṣasāṃ puruṣādānāṃ nadatāṃ bhairavānravān || 49 ||
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saṃpatantaḥ sma dṛśyante gomāyubakavāyasāḥ |
śvānaśca vividhairnādairbhaṣantastatra tasthire || 50 ||
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jvalitāśca maholkā vai samāhatya divākaram |
nipetuḥ sahasā bhūmau vedayānā mahadbhayam || 51 ||
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mahāntyanīkāni mahāsamucchraye samāgame pāṇḍavadhārtarāṣṭrayoḥ |
prakāśire śaṅkhamṛdaṅganisvanaiḥ prakampitānīva vanāni vāyunā || 52 ||
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narendranāgāśvasamākulānāmabhyāyatīnāmaśive muhūrte |
babhūva ghoṣastumulaścamūnāṃ vātoddhutānāmiva sāgarāṇām || 53 ||
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