Chapter 112

saṃjaya uvāca |
abhimanyurmahārāja tava putramayodhayat |
mahatyā senayā yukto bhīṣmahetoḥ parākramī || 1 ||
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duryodhano raṇe kārṣṇiṃ navabhirnataparvabhiḥ |
ājaghāna raṇe kruddhaḥ punaścainaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ || 2 ||
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tasya śaktiṃ raṇe kārṣṇirmṛtyorghorāmiva svasām |
preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho duryodhanarathaṃ prati || 3 ||
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tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā ghorarūpāṃ viśāṃ pate |
dvidhā ciccheda te putraḥ kṣurapreṇa mahārathaḥ || 4 ||
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tāṃ śaktiṃ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā kārṣṇiḥ paramakopanaḥ |
duryodhanaṃ tribhirbāṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat || 5 ||
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punaścainaṃ śarairghorairājaghāna stanāntare |
daśabhirbharataśreṣṭha duryodhanamamarṣaṇam || 6 ||
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tadyuddhamabhavadghoraṃ citrarūpaṃ ca bhārata |
īkṣitṛprītijananaṃ sarvapārthivapūjitam || 7 ||
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bhīṣmasya nidhanārthāya pārthasya vijayāya ca |
yuyudhāte raṇe vīrau saubhadrakurupuṃgavau || 8 ||
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sātyakiṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe drauṇirbrāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ |
ājaghānorasi kruddho nārācena paraṃtapaḥ || 9 ||
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śaineyo'pi guroḥ putraṃ sarvamarmasu bhārata |
atāḍayadameyātmā navabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ || 10 ||
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aśvatthāmā tu samare sātyakiṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
triṃśatā ca punastūrṇaṃ bāhvorurasi cārpayat || 11 ||
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so'tividdho maheṣvāso droṇaputreṇa sātvataḥ |
droṇaputraṃ tribhirbāṇairājaghāna mahāyaśāḥ || 12 ||
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pauravo dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca śarairāsādya saṃyuge |
bahudhā dārayāṃ cakre maheṣvāsaṃ mahāratham || 13 ||
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tathaiva pauravaṃ yuddhe dhṛṣṭaketurmahārathaḥ |
triṃśatā niśitairbāṇairvivyādha sumahābalaḥ || 14 ||
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pauravastu dhanuśchittvā dhṛṣṭaketormahārathaḥ |
nanāda balavannādaṃ vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ || 15 ||
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so'nyatkārmukamādāya pauravaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
ājaghāna mahārāja trisaptatyā śilīmukhaiḥ || 16 ||
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tau tu tatra maheṣvāsau mahāmātrau mahārathau |
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa parasparamavarṣatām || 17 ||
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anyonyasya dhanuśchittvā hayānhatvā ca bhārata |
virathāvasiyuddhāya saṃgatau tau mahārathau || 18 ||
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ārṣabhe carmaṇī citre śatacandrapariṣkṛte |
tārakāśatacitrau ca nistriṃśau sumahāprabhau || 19 ||
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pragṛhya vimalau rājaṃstāvanyonyamabhidrutau |
vāśitāsaṃgame yattau siṃhāviva mahāvane || 20 ||
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maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi gatapratyāgatāni ca |
ceraturdarśayantau ca prārthayantau parasparam || 21 ||
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pauravo dhṛṣṭaketuṃ tu śaṅkhadeśe mahāsinā |
tāḍayāmāsa saṃkruddhastiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt || 22 ||
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cedirājo'pi samare pauravaṃ puruṣarṣabham |
ājaghāna śitāgreṇa jatrudeśe mahāsinā || 23 ||
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tāvanyonyaṃ mahārāja samāsādya mahāhave |
anyonyavegābhihatau nipetaturariṃdamau || 24 ||
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tataḥ svarathamāropya pauravaṃ tanayastava |
jayatseno rathe rājannapovāha raṇājirāt || 25 ||
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dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca samare mādrīputraḥ paraṃtapaḥ |
apovāha raṇe rājansahadevaḥ pratāpavān || 26 ||
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citrasenaḥ suśarmāṇaṃ viddhvā navabhirāśugaiḥ |
punarvivyādha taṃ ṣaṣṭyā punaśca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ || 27 ||
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suśarmā tu raṇe kruddhastava putraṃ viśāṃ pate |
daśabhirdaśabhiścaiva vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 28 ||
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citrasenaśca taṃ rājaṃstriṃśatā nataparvaṇām |
ājaghāna raṇe kruddhaḥ sa ca taṃ pratyavidhyata |
bhīṣmasya samare rājanyaśo mānaṃ ca vardhayan || 29 ||
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saubhadro rājaputraṃ tu bṛhadbalamayodhayat |
ārjuniṃ kosalendrastu viddhvā pañcabhirāyasaiḥ |
punarvivyādha viṃśatyā śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ || 30 ||
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bṛhadbalaṃ ca saubhadro viddhvā navabhirāyasaiḥ |
nākampayata saṃgrāme vivyādha ca punaḥ punaḥ || 31 ||
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kausalyasya punaścāpi dhanuściccheda phālguṇiḥ |
ājaghāna śaraiścaiva triṃśatā kaṅkapatribhiḥ || 32 ||
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so'nyatkārmukamādāya rājaputro bṛhadbalaḥ |
phālguniṃ samare kruddho vivyādha bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ || 33 ||
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tayoryuddhaṃ samabhavadbhīṣmahetoḥ paraṃtapa |
saṃrabdhayormahārāja samare citrayodhinoḥ |
yathā devāsure yuddhe mayavāsavayorabhūt || 34 ||
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bhīmaseno gajānīkaṃ yodhayanbahvaśobhata |
yathā śakro vajrapāṇirdārayanparvatottamān || 35 ||
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te vadhyamānā bhīmena mātaṅgā girisaṃnibhāḥ |
nipetururvyāṃ sahitā nādayanto vasuṃdharām || 36 ||
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girimātrā hi te nāgā bhinnāñjanacayopamāḥ |
virejurvasudhāṃ prāpya vikīrṇā iva parvatāḥ || 37 ||
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yudhiṣṭhiro maheṣvāso madrarājānamāhave |
mahatyā senayā guptaṃ pīḍayāmāsa saṃgataḥ || 38 ||
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madreśvaraśca samare dharmaputraṃ mahāratham |
pīḍayāmāsa saṃrabdho bhīṣmahetoḥ parākramī || 39 ||
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virāṭaṃ saindhavo rājā viddhvā saṃnataparvabhiḥ |
navabhiḥ sāyakaistīkṣṇaistriṃśatā punarardayat || 40 ||
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virāṭaśca mahārāja saindhavaṃ vāhinīmukhe |
triṃśatā niśitairbāṇairājaghāna stanāntare || 41 ||
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citrakārmukanistriṃśau citravarmāyudhadhvajau |
rejatuścitrarūpau tau saṃgrāme matsyasaindhavau || 42 ||
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droṇaḥ pāñcālaputreṇa samāgamya mahāraṇe |
mahāsamudayaṃ cakre śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ || 43 ||
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tato droṇo mahārāja pārṣatasya mahaddhanuḥ |
chittvā pañcāśateṣūṇāṃ pārṣataṃ samavidhyata || 44 ||
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so'nyatkārmukamādāya pārṣataḥ paravīrahā |
droṇasya miṣato yuddhe preṣayāmāsa sāyakān || 45 ||
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tāñśarāñśarasaṃghaistu saṃnivārya mahārathaḥ |
droṇo drupadaputrāya prāhiṇotpañca sāyakān || 46 ||
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tasya kruddho mahārāja pārṣataḥ paravīrahā |
droṇāya cikṣepa gadāṃ yamadaṇḍopamāṃ raṇe || 47 ||
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tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā hemapaṭṭavibhūṣitām |
śaraiḥ pañcāśatā droṇo vārayāmāsa saṃyuge || 48 ||
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sā chinnā bahudhā rājandroṇacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ |
cūrṇīkṛtā viśīryantī papāta vasudhātale || 49 ||
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gadāṃ vinihatāṃ dṛṣṭvā pārṣataḥ śatrusūdanaḥ |
droṇāya śaktiṃ cikṣepa sarvapāraśavīṃ śubhām || 50 ||
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tāṃ droṇo navabhirbāṇaiściccheda yudhi bhārata |
pārṣataṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ pīḍayāmāsa saṃyuge || 51 ||
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evametanmahadyuddhaṃ droṇapārṣatayorabhūt |
bhīṣmaṃ prati mahārāja ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam || 52 ||
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arjunaḥ prāpya gāṅgeyaṃ pīḍayanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
abhyadravata saṃyattaṃ vane mattamiva dvipam || 53 ||
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pratyudyayau ca taṃ pārthaṃ bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān |
tridhā bhinnena nāgena madāndhena mahābalaḥ || 54 ||
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tamāpatantaṃ sahasā mahendragajasaṃnibham |
paraṃ yatnaṃ samāsthāya bībhatsuḥ pratyapadyata || 55 ||
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tato gajagato rājā bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān |
arjunaṃ śaravarṣeṇa vārayāmāsa saṃyuge || 56 ||
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arjunastu raṇe nāgamāyāntaṃ rajatopamam |
vimalairāyasaistīkṣṇairavidhyata mahāraṇe || 57 ||
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śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca kaunteyo yāhi yāhītyacodayat |
bhīṣmaṃ prati mahārāja jahyenamiti cābravīt || 58 ||
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prāgjyotiṣastato hitvā pāṇḍavaṃ pāṇḍupūrvaja |
prayayau tvarito rājandrupadasya rathaṃ prati || 59 ||
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tato'rjuno mahārāja bhīṣmamabhyadravaddrutam |
śikhaṇḍinaṃ puraskṛtya tato yuddhamavartata || 60 ||
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tataste tāvakāḥ śūrāḥ pāṇḍavaṃ rabhasaṃ raṇe |
sarve'bhyadhāvankrośantastadadbhutamivābhavat || 61 ||
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nānāvidhānyanīkāni putrāṇāṃ te janādhipa |
arjuno vyadhamatkāle divīvābhrāṇi mārutaḥ || 62 ||
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śikhaṇḍī tu samāsādya bharatānāṃ pitāmaham |
iṣubhistūrṇamavyagro bahubhiḥ sa samācinot || 63 ||
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somakāṃśca raṇe bhīṣmo jaghne pārthapadānugān |
nyavārayata sainyaṃ ca pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ || 64 ||
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rathāgnyagāraścāpārcirasiśaktigadendhanaḥ |
śarasaṃghamahājvālaḥ kṣatriyānsamare'dahat || 65 ||
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yathā hi sumahānagniḥ kakṣe carati sānilaḥ |
tathā jajvāla bhīṣmo'pi divyānyastrāṇyudīrayan || 66 ||
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suvarṇapuṅkhairiṣubhiḥ śitaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ |
nādayansa diśo bhīṣmaḥ pradiśaśca mahāyaśāḥ || 67 ||
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pātayanrathino rājangajāṃśca saha sādibhiḥ |
muṇḍatālavanānīva cakāra sa rathavrajān || 68 ||
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nirmanuṣyānrathānrājangajānaśvāṃśca saṃyuge |
cakāra sa tadā bhīṣmaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ || 69 ||
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tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ |
niśamya sarvato rājansamakampanta sainikāḥ || 70 ||
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amoghā hyapatanbāṇāḥ pituste manujeśvara |
nāsajjanta śarīreṣu bhīṣmacāpacyutāḥ śarāḥ || 71 ||
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nirmanuṣyānrathānrājansuyuktāñjavanairhayaiḥ |
vātāyamānānpaśyāma hriyamāṇānviśāṃ pate || 72 ||
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cedikāśikarūṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa |
mahārathāḥ samākhyātāḥ kulaputrāstanutyajaḥ || 73 ||
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aparāvartinaḥ śūrāḥ suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ |
saṃgrāme bhīṣmamāsādya savājirathakuñjarāḥ |
jagmuste paralokāya vyāditāsyamivāntakam || 74 ||
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na tatrāsīnmahārāja somakānāṃ mahārathaḥ |
yaḥ saṃprāpya raṇe bhīṣmaṃ jīvite sma mano dadhe || 75 ||
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tāṃśca sarvānraṇe yodhānpretarājapuraṃ prati |
nītānamanyanta janā dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmasya vikramam || 76 ||
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na kaścidenaṃ samare pratyudyāti mahārathaḥ |
ṛte pāṇḍusutaṃ vīraṃ śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim |
śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca samare pāñcālyamamitaujasam || 77 ||
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śikhaṇḍī tu raṇe bhīṣmamāsādya bharatarṣabha |
daśabhirdaśabhirbāṇairājaghāna mahāhave || 78 ||
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śikhaṇḍinaṃ tu gāṅgeyaḥ krodhadīptena cakṣuṣā |
avaikṣata kaṭākṣeṇa nirdahanniva bhārata || 79 ||
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strītvaṃ tatsaṃsmaranrājansarvalokasya paśyataḥ |
na jaghāna raṇe bhīṣmaḥ sa ca taṃ nāvabuddhavān || 80 ||
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arjunastu mahārāja śikhaṇḍinamabhāṣata |
abhitvarasva tvarito jahi cainaṃ pitāmaham || 81 ||
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kiṃ te vivakṣayā vīra jahi bhīṣmaṃ mahāratham |
na hyanyamanupaśyāmi kaṃcidyaudhiṣṭhire bale || 82 ||
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yaḥ śaktaḥ samare bhīṣmaṃ yodhayeta pitāmaham |
ṛte tvāṃ puruṣavyāghra satyametadbravīmi te || 83 ||
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evamuktastu pārthena śikhaṇḍī bharatarṣabha |
śarairnānāvidhaistūrṇaṃ pitāmahamupādravat || 84 ||
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acintayitvā tānbāṇānpitā devavratastava |
arjunaṃ samare kruddhaṃ vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ || 85 ||
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tathaiva ca camūṃ sarvāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ |
apraiṣītsamare tīkṣṇaiḥ paralokāya māriṣa || 86 ||
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tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājansainyena mahatā vṛtāḥ |
bhīṣmaṃ pracchādayāmāsurmeghā iva divākaram || 87 ||
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sa samantātparivṛto bhārato bharatarṣabha |
nirdadāha raṇe śūrānvanaṃ vahniriva jvalan || 88 ||
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tatrādbhutamapaśyāma tava putrasya pauruṣam |
ayodhayata yatpārthaṃ jugopa ca yatavratam || 89 ||
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karmaṇā tena samare tava putrasya dhanvinaḥ |
duḥśāsanasya tutuṣuḥ sarve lokā mahātmanaḥ || 90 ||
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yadekaḥ samare pārthānsānugānsamayodhayat |
na cainaṃ pāṇḍavā yuddhe vārayāmāsurulbaṇam || 91 ||
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duḥśāsanena samare rathino virathīkṛtāḥ |
sādinaśca mahārāja dantinaśca mahābalāḥ || 92 ||
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vinirbhinnāḥ śaraistīkṣṇairnipeturdharaṇītale |
śarāturāstathaivānye dantino vidrutā diśaḥ || 93 ||
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yathāgnirindhanaṃ prāpya jvaleddīptārcirulbaṇaḥ |
tathā jajvāla putraste pāṇḍavānvai vinirdahan || 94 ||
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taṃ bhāratamahāmātraṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ |
jetuṃ notsahate kaścinnāpyudyātuṃ kathaṃcana |
ṛte mahendratanayaṃ śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim || 95 ||
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sa hi taṃ samare rājanvijitya vijayo'rjunaḥ |
bhīṣmamevābhidudrāva sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ || 96 ||
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vijitastava putro'pi bhīṣmabāhuvyapāśrayaḥ |
punaḥ punaḥ samāśvasya prāyudhyata raṇotkaṭaḥ |
arjunaṃ ca raṇe rājanyodhayansa vyarājata || 97 ||
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śikhaṇḍī tu raṇe rājanvivyādhaiva pitāmaham |
śarairaśanisaṃsparśaistathā sarpaviṣopamaiḥ || 98 ||
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na ca te'sya rujaṃ cakruḥ pitustava janeśvara |
smayamānaśca gāṅgeyastānbāṇāñjagṛhe tadā || 99 ||
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uṣṇārto hi naro yadvajjaladhārāḥ pratīcchati |
tathā jagrāha gāṅgeyaḥ śaradhārāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ || 100 ||
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taṃ kṣatriyā mahārāja dadṛśurghoramāhave |
bhīṣmaṃ dahantaṃ sainyāni pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām || 101 ||
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tato'bravīttava sutaḥ sarvasainyāni māriṣa |
abhidravata saṃgrāme phalgunaṃ sarvato rathaiḥ || 102 ||
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bhīṣmo vaḥ samare sarvānpālayiṣyati dharmavit |
te bhayaṃ sumahattyaktvā pāṇḍavānpratiyudhyata || 103 ||
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eṣa tālena dīptena bhīṣmastiṣṭhati pālayan |
sarveṣāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ raṇe śarma ca varma ca || 104 ||
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tridaśāpi samudyuktā nālaṃ bhīṣmaṃ samāsitum |
kimu pārthā mahātmānaṃ martyabhūtāstathābalāḥ |
tasmāddravata he yodhāḥ phalgunaṃ prāpya saṃyuge || 105 ||
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ahamadya raṇe yatto yodhayiṣyāmi phalgunam |
sahitaḥ sarvato yattairbhavadbhirvasudhādhipāḥ || 106 ||
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tacchrutvā tu vaco rājaṃstava putrasya dhanvinaḥ |
arjunaṃ prati saṃyattā balavanto mahārathāḥ || 107 ||
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te videhāḥ kaliṅgāśca dāśerakagaṇaiḥ saha |
abhipeturniṣādāśca sauvīrāśca mahāraṇe || 108 ||
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bāhlikā daradāścaiva prācyodīcyāśca mālavāḥ |
abhīṣāhāḥ śūrasenāḥ śibayo'tha vasātayaḥ || 109 ||
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śālvāśrayāstrigartāśca ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ saha |
abhipetū raṇe pārthaṃ pataṃgā iva pāvakam || 110 ||
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sa tānsarvānsahānīkānmahārāja mahārathān |
divyānyastrāṇi saṃcintya prasaṃdhāya dhanaṃjayaḥ || 111 ||
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sa tairastrairmahāvegairdadāhāśu mahābalaḥ |
śarapratāpairbībhatsuḥ pataṃgāniva pāvakaḥ || 112 ||
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tasya bāṇasahasrāṇi sṛjato dṛḍhadhanvinaḥ |
dīpyamānamivākāśe gāṇḍīvaṃ samadṛśyata || 113 ||
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te śarārtā mahārāja viprakīrṇarathadhvajāḥ |
nābhyavartanta rājānaḥ sahitā vānaradhvajam || 114 ||
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sadhvajā rathinaḥ peturhayārohā hayaiḥ saha |
gajāḥ saha gajārohaiḥ kirīṭiśaratāḍitāḥ || 115 ||
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tato'rjunabhujotsṛṣṭairāvṛtāsīdvasuṃdharā |
vidravadbhiśca bahudhā balai rājñāṃ samantataḥ || 116 ||
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atha pārtho mahābāhurdrāvayitvā varūthinīm |
duḥśāsanāya samare preṣayāmāsa sāyakān || 117 ||
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te tu bhittvā tava sutaṃ duḥśāsanamayomukhāḥ |
dharaṇīṃ viviśuḥ sarve valmīkamiva pannagāḥ |
hayāṃścāsya tato jaghne sārathiṃ ca nyapātayat || 118 ||
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viviṃśatiṃ ca viṃśatyā virathaṃ kṛtavānprabho |
ājaghāna bhṛśaṃ caiva pañcabhirnataparvabhiḥ || 119 ||
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kṛpaṃ śalyaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca viddhvā bahubhirāyasaiḥ |
cakāra virathāṃścaiva kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ || 120 ||
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evaṃ te virathāḥ pañca kṛpaḥ śalyaśca māriṣa |
duḥśāsano vikarṇaśca tathaiva ca viviṃśatiḥ |
saṃprādravanta samare nirjitāḥ savyasācinā || 121 ||
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pūrvāhṇe tu tathā rājanparājitya mahārathān |
prajajvāla raṇe pārtho vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ || 122 ||
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tathaiva śaravarṣeṇa bhāskaro raśmivāniva |
anyānapi mahārāja pātayāmāsa pārthivān || 123 ||
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parāṅmukhīkṛtya tadā śaravarṣairmahārathān |
prāvartayata saṃgrāme śoṇitodāṃ mahānadīm |
madhyena kurusainyānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhārata || 124 ||
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gajāśca rathasaṃghāśca bahudhā rathibhirhatāḥ |
rathāśca nihatā nāgairnāgā hayapadātibhiḥ || 125 ||
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antarā chidhyamānāni śarīrāṇi śirāṃsi ca |
nipeturdikṣu sarvāsu gajāśvarathayodhinām || 126 ||
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channamāyodhanaṃ reje kuṇḍalāṅgadadhāribhiḥ |
patitaiḥ pātyamānaiśca rājaputrairmahārathaiḥ || 127 ||
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rathaneminikṛttāśca gajaiścaivāvapothitāḥ |
pādātāścāpyadṛśyanta sāśvāḥ sahayasādinaḥ || 128 ||
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gajāśvarathasaṃghāśca paripetuḥ samantataḥ |
viśīrṇāśca rathā bhūmau bhagnacakrayugadhvajāḥ || 129 ||
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tadgajāśvarathaughānāṃ rudhireṇa samukṣitam |
channamāyodhanaṃ reje raktābhramiva śāradam || 130 ||
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śvānaḥ kākāśca gṛdhrāśca vṛkā gomāyubhiḥ saha |
praṇedurbhakṣyamāsādya vikṛtāśca mṛgadvijāḥ || 131 ||
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vavurbahuvidhāścaiva dikṣu sarvāsu mārutāḥ |
dṛśyamāneṣu rakṣaḥsu bhūteṣu vinadatsu ca || 132 ||
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kāñcanāni ca dāmāni patākāśca mahādhanāḥ |
dhūmāyamānā dṛśyante sahasā māruteritāḥ || 133 ||
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śvetacchatrasahasrāṇi sadhvajāśca mahārathāḥ |
vinikīrṇāḥ sma dṛśyante śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ |
sapatākāśca mātaṅgā diśo jagmuḥ śarāturāḥ || 134 ||
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kṣatriyāśca manuṣyendra gadāśaktidhanurdharāḥ |
samantato vyadṛśyanta patitā dharaṇītale || 135 ||
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tato bhīṣmo mahārāja divyamastramudīrayan |
abhyadhāvata kaunteyaṃ miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām || 136 ||
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taṃ śikhaṇḍī raṇe yattamabhyadhāvata daṃśitaḥ |
saṃjahāra tato bhīṣmastadastraṃ pāvakopamam || 137 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ |
nijaghne tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ mohayitvā pitāmaham || 138 ||
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