The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.7
Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 9.7
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9.7.1
sañjaya uvāca |
etacchrutvā vaco rājño madrarājaḥ pratāpavān |
duryodhanaṃ tadā rājan vākyametaduvāca ha ||
9.7.2
duryodhana mahābāho śṛṇu vākyavidāṃ vara |
yāvatau manyase kṛṣṇau rathasthau rathināṃ varau ||
9.7.3
na me tulyāvubhāvetau bāhuvīrye kathañcana |
udyatāṃ pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ sasurāsuramānavām ||
9.7.4
yodhayeyaṃ raṇamukhe saṅkruddhaḥ kimu pāṇḍavān |
vijeṣyāmi raṇe pārthan somakāṃśca samāgatān ||
9.7.5
ahaṃ senāpraṇetā te bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ |
taṃ ca vyūhaṃ vidhāsyāmi na tariṣyanti yaṃ pare ||
9.7.6
iti satyaṃ bravīmyeṣa duryodhana na saṃśayaḥ |
evamuktastato rājā madrādhipatimañjasā ||
9.7.7
abhyaṣiñcata senāyā madhye bharatasattama |
vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena kliṣṭarūpo viśāmpate ||
9.7.8
abhiṣikte tatastasminsiṃhanādo mahānabhūt |
tava sainye'bhyavādyanta vāditrāṇi ca bhārata ||
9.7.9
kuṣṭāścāsaṃstathā yodhā madrakāśca mahārathāḥ |
tuṣṭuvuścaiva rājānaṃ śalyamāhavaśobhinam ||
9.7.10
jaya rājaṃścirañjīva jahi śatrūnsamāgatān |
tava bāhubalaṃ prāpya dhārtarāṣṭrā mahābalāḥ ||
9.7.11
nikhilāḥ pṛthivīṃ sarvā praśāsantu hatadviṣaḥ |
tvaṃ hi śakto raṇe jetuṃ sasurāsuramānavān ||
9.7.12
martyadharmāṇa iha tu kimu sṛñjayasomakān |
evaṃ sampūjyamānastu madrāṇāmadhipo balī ||
9.7.13
harṣaṃ prāpa tadā vīro durāpamakṛtātmabhiḥ |
śalya uvāca |
adya cāhaṃ raṇe sarvān pañcālānsaha pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
9.7.14
nihaniṣyāmi vā rājan svargaṃ yāsyāmi vā hataḥ |
adya paśyantu māṃ lokā vicarantamabhītavat ||
9.7.15
adya pāṇḍusutāḥ sarve vāsudevaḥ sasātyakiḥ |
pañcālāścedayaścaiva draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ ||
9.7.16
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca sarve cāpi prabhadrakāḥ |
vikramaṃ mama paśyantu dhanuṣaśca mahadbalam ||
9.7.17
lāghavaṃ cāstravīryaṃ ca bhujayośca balaṃ yudhi |
adya paśyantu me pārthāḥ siddhāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ ||
9.7.18
yādṛśaṃ me balaṃ bāhvoḥ sampadastreṣu yā ca me |
adya me vikramaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ ||
9.7.19
pratīkāraparā bhūtvā ceṣṭantāṃ vividhāḥ kriyāḥ |
adya sainyāni pāṇḍūnāṃ drāvayiṣye samantataḥ ||
9.7.20
droṇabhīṣmāvati vibho sūtaputraṃ ca saṃyuge |
vicariṣye raṇe yudhyanpriyārthaṃ tava kaurava ||
9.7.21
sañjaya uvāca |
abhiṣikte tathā śalye tava sainyeṣu mānada |
na karṇaṃ vyasanaṃ kiñcinmenire tatra bhārata ||
9.7.22
hṛṣṭāḥ sumanasaścaiva babhūvustatra sainikāḥ |
menire nihatānpārthānmadrarājavaśaṃ gatān ||
9.7.23
praharṣaṃ prāpya senā tu tāvakī bharatarṣabha |
tāṃ rātrimuṣitā suptā harṣacittā ca sābhavat ||
9.7.24
sainyasya tava taṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
vārṣṇeyamabravīdvākyaṃ sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ ||
9.7.25
madrarājaḥ kṛtaḥ śalyo dhārtarāṣṭreṇa mādhava |
senāpatirmaheṣvāsaḥ sarvasainyeṣu pūjitaḥ ||
9.7.26
etajjñātvā yathābhūtaṃ kuru mādhava yatkṣamam |
bhavānnetā ca goptā ca vidhatsva yadanantaram ||
9.7.27
tamabravīnmahārāja vāsudevo janādhipam |
ārtāyanimahaṃ jāne yathā tattvena bhārata ||
9.7.28
vīryavāṃśca mahātejā mahātmā ca viśeṣataḥ |
kṛtī ca citrayodhī ca saṃyukto lāghavena ca ||
9.7.29
yādṛgbhīṣmastathā droṇo yādṛkkarṇaśca saṃyuge |
tādṛśastadviśiṣṭo vā madrarājo mato mama ||
9.7.30
yuddhyamānasya tasyāhaṃ cintayānaśca bhārata |
yoddhāraṃ nādhigacchāmi tulyarūpaṃ janādhipa ||
9.7.31
śikhaṇḍyarjunabhīmānāṃ sātvatasya ca bhārata |
dhṛṣṭadyumnasya ca tathā balenābhyadhiko raṇe ||
9.7.32
madrarājo mahārājaḥ siṃhadviradavikramaḥ |
vicariṣyatyabhīḥ kāle kālaḥ kruddhaḥ prajāsviva ||
9.7.33
tasyādya na prapaśyāmi pratiyoddhāramāhave |
tvāmṛte puruṣavyāghra śārdūlasamavikramam ||
9.7.34
sa devaloke kṛtsne'sminnānyastvattaḥ pumān bhavet |
madrarājaṃ raṇe kruddhaṃ yo hanyāt kurunandana ||
9.7.35
ahanyahani yudhyantaṃ kṣobhayantaṃ balaṃ tava |
tasmājjahi raṇe śalyaṃ maghavāniva śambaram ||
9.7.36
ajeyaścāpyasau vīro dhārtarāṣṭreṇa satkṛtaḥ |
tavaiva hi jayo nūnaṃ hate madreśvare yudhi ||
9.7.37
tasminhate hataṃ sarvaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrabalaṃ mahat |
etacchrutvā mahārāja vacanaṃ mama sāmpratam ||
9.7.38
pratyudyāhi raṇe pārtha madrarājaṃ mahāratham |
jahi cainaṃ mahābāho vāsavo namuciṃ yathā ||
9.7.39
na caivātra dayā kāryā mātulo'yaṃ mameti vai |
kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya jahi madrajaneśvaram ||
9.7.40
droṇabhīṣmārṇavaṃ tīrtvā karṇapātālasambhavam |
mā nimajjasva sagaṇaḥ śalyamāsādya goṣpadam ||
9.7.41
yacca te tapaso vīryaṃ yacca kṣātraṃ balaṃ tava |
taddarśaya raṇe sarvaṃ jahi cainaṃ mahāratham ||
9.7.42
etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ keśavaḥ paravīrahā |
jagāma śibiraṃ sāyaṃ pūjyamāno'tha pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
9.7.43
keśave tu tadā yāte dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
visṛjya sarvān bhrātṝṃśca pañcālānatha somakān ||
9.7.44
suṣvāpa rajanīṃ tāṃ tu viśalya iva kuñjaraḥ |
te ca sarve maheṣvāsāḥ pañcālāḥ pāṇḍavāstathā ||
9.7.45
karṇasya nidhane hṛṣṭāḥ suṣupustāṃ niśāṃ tadā |
gatajvaraṃ maheṣvāsaṃ tīrṇapāraṃ mahāratham ||
9.7.46
babhūva pāṇḍaveyānāṃ sainyaṃ ca muditaṃ nṛpa |
sūtaputrasya nidhane jayaṃ labdhvā ca māriṣa ||
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit