The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.272.3

Bhāratabhāvadīpa 3.272.3

Language: Sanskrit

3.272.3

atrāsya jayadrathasya paradārahartuḥ kṣatriyādhamatvāt | pañcadhā māraṇamuktaṃ śirogṛhītvetyādinā śiraḥkeśeṣvityarthaḥ | tāḍayāmāsa capeṭābhiriti śeṣaḥ | yathoktaṃ nītiśāstre 'vāmapāṇikacotpīḍā bhūmau niṣpeṣaṇaṃ balāt | mūrdhni pādapraharaṇaṃ jānunodaramardanam | mālūrākārayā muṣṭyā kapole dṛḍhatāḍanam | kaphoṇipāto'pyasakṛt sarvatastalatāḍanam | tālena yuddhe bhramaṇaṃ māraṇaṃ smṛtamaṣṭadhā' iti | 'caturbhiḥ kṣatriyaṃ hanyāt pañcābhiḥ kṣatriyādhamam | ṣaḍbhirvaiśyaṃ saptabhistu śūdraṃ saṅkaramaṣṭābhiḥ' iti ||

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit