Chapter 36

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nandīśvara uvāca |
sanatkumāra sarvajña śivasya paramātmanaḥ |
avatāraṃ śṛṇu vibhoraśvatthāmāhvayaṃ param || 1 ||
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bṛhaspatermahābuddherdevarṣeraṃśato mune |
bharadvājātsamutpanno droṇo'yonija ātmavān || 2 ||
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dhanurbhṛtāṃ varaḥ śūro viprarṣissarvaśāstravit |
bṛhatkīrtirmahātejā yaḥ sarvāstraviduttamaḥ || 3 ||
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dhanurvede ca vede ca niṣṇātaṃ yaṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
variṣṭhaṃ citrakarmāṇaṃ droṇaṃ svakulavardhanam || 4 ||
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kauravāṇāṃ sa ācaryyaṃ āsītsvabalato dvija |
mahārathiṣu vikhyātaḥ ṣaṭsu kauravamadhyataḥ || 5 ||
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sāhāyyārthaṃ kauravāṇāṃ sa tepe vipulantapaḥ |
śivamuddiśya putrārthaṃ droṇācāryyo dvijottamaḥ || 6 ||
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tataḥ prasanno bhagavācchaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ |
āvirbabhūva purato droṇasya munisattama || 7 ||
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tandṛṣṭvā sa dvijo droṇastuṣṭāvāśu praṇamya tam |
mahāprasannahṛdayo natakassukṛtāñjaliḥ || 8 ||
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tasya stutyā ca tapasā santuṣṭaḥ śaṃkara prabhuḥ |
varambrūhīti covāca droṇantaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ || 9 ||
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tacchrutvā śambhuvacanaṃ droṇaḥ prāhātha sannataḥ |
svāṃśajantanayandehi sarvājeyammahābalam || 10 ||
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tacchrutvā droṇavacanaṃ śambhuḥ proce tathāstviti |
abhūdantarhitastāta kautukī sukhakṛnmune || 11 ||
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droṇo'pagacchatsvandhāma mahāhṛṣṭo gatabhramaḥ |
svapatnyai kathayāmāsa tadvṛtaṃ sakalaṃ mudā || 12 ||
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athāvasaramāsādya rudraḥ sarvāntakaḥ prabhuḥ |
svāṃśena tanayo jajñe droṇasya sa mahābalaḥ || 13 ||
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aśvatthāmeti vikhyātastasya babhūva kṣitau mune |
pravīraḥ kaṃjapatrākṣaśśatrupakṣakṣayaṅkaraḥ || 14 ||
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yo bhārate raṇe khyātaḥ piturājñāmavāpya ca |
sahāyakṛdbabhūvāta kauravāṇāṃ mahābalaḥ || 15 ||
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yamāśritya mahāvīraṃ kauravāssuma hābalāḥ |
bhīṣmādayo babhūvuste'jeyā api divaukasām || 16 ||
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yadbhayātpāṇḍavāssarve kauravāñjetumakṣamāḥ |
āsannaṣṭāmahāvīrā api sarve ca kovidāḥ || 17 ||
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kṛṣṇopadeśataśśambhostapaḥ kṛtvātidāruṇam |
prāpya cāstraṃ śambhuvarājjigye tānarjunastataḥ || 18 ||
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aśvatthāmā mahāvīro mahādevāṃśajo mune |
tadāpi tadbhaktivaśaḥ svapratāpamadarśayat || 19 ||
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vināśya pāṇḍavasutāñchikṣitānapi yatnataḥ |
kṛṣṇādibhirmahāvīrairanivāryyabalaḥ paraiḥ || 20 ||
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putraśokena vikalamāpatantaṃ tamarjunam |
rathenācyutavaṃtaṃ hi dṛṣṭvā sa ca parādravat || 21 ||
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astraṃ brahmaśiro nāma taduparyyasṛjatsa hi |
tataḥ prādurabhūttejaḥ pracaṇḍaṃ sarvato diśam || 22 ||
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prāṇāpadamabhiprekṣya sorjunaḥ kleśasaṃyutaḥ |
uvāca kṛṣṇaṃ viklānto naṣṭatejā mahābhayaḥ || 23 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
kimidaṃ svitkuto veti kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa na vedmyaham |
sarvatomukhamāyāti tejaścedaṃ sudu्ssaham || 24 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
śrutvārjunavacaścedaṃ sa kṛṣṇaśśaivasattamaḥ |
dadhyau śivaṃ sadāraṃ ca pratyāhārjunamādarāt || 25 ||
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kṛṣṇa uvāca |
vetthedandroṇaputrasya brāhmamastraṃ maholbaṇam |
na hyasyānyatamaṃ kiñcidastraṃ pratyavakarśanam || 26 ||
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śivaṃ smara drutaṃ śambhuṃ svaprabhumbhaktarakṣakam |
yena dattaṃ hi te svāstraṃ sarvakāryyakaramparam || 27 ||
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jahyastrateja unnaddhantvantacchaivāstratejasā |
ityuktvā ca svayaṃ kṛṣṇaśśivandadhyau tadarthakaḥ || 28 ||
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tacchrutvā kṛṣṇavacanaṃ pārthassmṛtvā śivaṃ hṛdi |
spṛṣṭvāpastaṃ |
praṇamyāśu cikṣepāstrantato mune || 29 ||
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yadyapyastraṃ brahmaśirastvamoghañcāpratikriyam |
śaivāstratejasā sadyassamaśāmyanmahāmune || 30 ||
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maṃsthā mā hyetadāścaryyaṃ sarvacitramaye śive |
yassvaśaktyākhilaṃ viśvaṃ sṛjatyavati hantyajaḥ || 31 ||
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aśvatthāmā tato jñātvā vṛttametacchivāṃśajaḥ |
śaivanna vivyathe kiñcicchivecchātuṣṭadhīrmune || 32 ||
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atha drauṇiridaṃ viśvaṃ kṛtsnaṃ kartumapāṇḍavam |
uttarāgarbhagaṃ bālaṃ nāśitummana ādadhe || 33 ||
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brahmāstramanivāryyaṃ tadanyairastrairmahāprabham |
uttarāgarbhamuddiśya cikṣepa sa mahāprabhuḥ || 34 ||
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tataśca sottarā jiṣṇuvadhūrvikalamānasā |
kṛṣṇantuṣṭāva lakṣmīśandahyamānā tadastrataḥ || 35 ||
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tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śivaṃ dhyātvā hṛdā nutvā praṇamya ca |
apāṇḍavamidaṃ kartuṃ drauṇerastramabudhyata || 36 ||
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svarakṣārthendradattena tadastreṇa suvarcasā |
sudarśanena tasyāśca vyadhādrakṣāṃ śivājñayā || 37 ||
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svarūpaṃ śaṃkarādeśātkṛtaṃ śaivavareṇa ha |
kṛṣṇena caritaṃ jñātvā vimanaskaḥ śanairabhūt || 38 ||
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tatassa kṛṣṇaḥ prītātmā pāṇḍavānsakalānapi |
apātayattadaṃghryostu tuṣṭaye tasya śaivarāṭ || 39 ||
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atha drauṇiḥ prasannātmā pāṇḍavānkṛṣṇameva ca |
nānāvarāndadau prītyā so'śvatthāmānugṛhya ca || 40 ||
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itthaṃ maheśvarastāta cakre līlāmparāmprabhuḥ |
avatīryya kṣitau drauṇirūpeṇa munisattama || 41 ||
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śivāvatāro'śvatthāmā mahābalaparākramaḥ |
trailokyamukhado'dyāpi vartate jāhnavītaṭe || 42 ||
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aśvatthāmāvatāraste varṇitaśśaṃkara prabhoḥ |
sarvasiddhikaraścāpi bhaktābhīṣṭaphalapradaḥ || 43 ||
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ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā kīrtayedvā samāhitaḥ |
sa siddhimprāpnuyādiṣṭāmante śivapuraṃ vrajet || 44 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāmaśvatthāmaśivāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 36 ||
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