The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 8.3
Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 8.3
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8.3.1
sañjaya uvāca |
hate droṇe maheṣvāse tava putrā mahārathāḥ |
babhūvurasvasthamukhā viṣaṇṇā gatacetasaḥ ||
8.3.2
avāṅmukhāḥ śastrabhṛtaḥ sarva eva viśāmpate |
avekṣamāṇāḥ śokārtā nābhyabhāṣan parasparam ||
8.3.3
tān dṛṣṭvā vyathitākārān sainyāni tava bhārata |
ūrdhvameva niraikṣanta duḥkhatrastānyanekaśaḥ ||
8.3.4
śastrāṇyeṣāṃ tu rājendra śoṇitāktāni sarvaśaḥ |
prābhraśyanta karāgrebhyo dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ hataṃ yudhi ||
8.3.5
tāni baddhānyariṣṭāni lambamānāni bhārata |
adṛśyanta mahārāja nakṣatrāṇi yathā divi ||
8.3.6
tathā tu stimitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gatasattvamavasthitam |
balaṃ tava mahārāja rājā duryodhano'bravīt ||
8.3.7
bhavatāṃ bāhuvīryaṃ hi samāśritya mayā yudhi |
pāṇḍaveyāḥ samāhūtā yuddhaṃ cedaṃ pravartitam ||
8.3.8
tadidaṃ nihate droṇe viṣaṇṇamiva lakṣyate |
yudhyamānāśca samare yodhā vadhyanti sarvaśaḥ ||
8.3.9
jayo vāpi vadho vāpi yudhyamānasya saṃyuge |
bhavetkimatra citraṃ vai yudhyadhvaṃ sarvatomukhāḥ ||
8.3.10
paśyadhvaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ yudhi |
pracarantaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ divyairastrairmahābalam ||
8.3.11
yasya vai yudhi santrāsāt kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ |
nivartate sadā mandaḥ siṃhāt kṣudramṛgo yathā ||
8.3.12
yena nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ |
mānuṣeṇaiva yuddhena tāmavasthāṃ praveśitaḥ ||
8.3.13
yena divyāstravicchūro māyāvī sa ghaṭotkacaḥ |
amoghayā raṇe śaktyā nihato bhairavaṃ nadan ||
8.3.14
tasya durvāravīryasya satyasandhasya dhīmataḥ |
bāhvordraviṇamakṣayyamadya drakṣyatha saṃyuge ||
8.3.15
droṇaputrasya vikrāntaṃ rādheyasyaiva cobhayoḥ |
paśyantu pāṇḍuputrāste viṣṇuvāsavayoriva ||
8.3.16
sarva eva bhavantaśca śaktāḥ pratyekaśo'pi vā |
pāṇḍuputrānraṇe hantuṃ sasainyān kimu saṃhatāḥ |
vīryavantaḥ kṛtāstrāśca drakṣyathādya parasparam ||
8.3.17
sañjaya uvāca |
evamuktvā tataḥ karṇaṃ cakre senāpatiṃ tadā |
tava putro mahāvīryo bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'nagha ||
8.3.18
saināpatyamathāvāpya karṇo rājanmahārathaḥ |
siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ prāyudhyata raṇotkaṭaḥ ||
8.3.19
sa sṛñjayānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pañcālānāṃ ca māriṣa |
kekayānāṃ videhānāṃ cakāra kadanaṃ mahat ||
8.3.20
tasyeṣudhārāḥ śataśaḥ prādurāsañcharāsanāt |
agre puṅkheṣu saṃsaktā yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ ||
8.3.21
sa pīḍayitvā pañcālān pāṇḍavāṃśca tarasvinaḥ |
hatvā sahasraśo yodhān arjunena nipātitaḥ ||
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit