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The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 7.78: aṣṭasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Mahābhārata 7.78

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aṣṭasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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saṃjaya uvāca |
evamuktvārjunaṃ rājā tribhirmarmātigaiḥ śaraiḥ |
pratyavidhyanmahāvegaiścaturbhiścaturo hayān || 1 ||

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vāsudevaṃ ca daśabhiḥ pratyavidhyatstanāntare |
pratodaṃ cāsya bhallena chittvā bhūmāvapātayat || 2 ||

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taṃ caturdaśabhiḥ pārthaścitrapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ |
avidhyattūrṇamavyagraste'syābhraśyanta varmaṇaḥ || 3 ||

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teṣāṃ vaiphalyamālokya punarnava ca pañca ca |
prāhiṇonniśitānbāṇāṃste cābhraśyanta varmaṇaḥ || 4 ||

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aṣṭāviṃśattu tānbāṇānastānviprekṣya niṣphalān |
abravītparavīraghnaḥ kṛṣṇo'rjunamidaṃ vacaḥ || 5 ||

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adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ paśyāmi śilānāmiva sarpaṇam |
tvayā saṃpreṣitāḥ pārtha nārthaṃ kurvanti patriṇaḥ || 6 ||

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kaccidgāṇḍīvataḥ prāṇāstathaiva bharatarṣabha |
muṣṭiśca te yathāpūrvaṃ bhujayośca balaṃ tava || 7 ||

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na cedvidherayaṃ kālaḥ prāptaḥ syādadya paścimaḥ |
tava caivāsya śatrośca tanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ || 8 ||

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vismayo me mahānpārtha tava dṛṣṭvā śarānimān |
vyarthānnipatataḥ saṃkhye duryodhanarathaṃ prati || 9 ||

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vajrāśanisamā ghorāḥ parakāyāvabhedinaḥ |
śarāḥ kurvanti te nārthaṃ pārtha kādya viḍambanā || 10 ||

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arjuna uvāca |
droṇenaiṣā matiḥ kṛṣṇa dhārtarāṣṭre niveśitā |
ante vihitamastrāṇāmetatkavacadhāraṇam || 11 ||

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asminnantarhitaṃ kṛṣṇa trailokyamapi varmaṇi |
eko droṇo hi vedaitadahaṃ tasmācca sattamāt || 12 ||

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na śakyametatkavacaṃ bāṇairbhettuṃ kathaṃcana |
api vajreṇa govinda svayaṃ maghavatā yudhi || 13 ||

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jānaṃstvamapi vai kṛṣṇa māṃ vimohayase katham |
yadvṛttaṃ triṣu lokeṣu yacca keśava vartate || 14 ||

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tathā bhaviṣyadyaccaiva tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ tava |
na tvevaṃ veda vai kaścidyathā tvaṃ madhusūdana || 15 ||

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eṣa duryodhanaḥ kṛṣṇa droṇena vihitāmimām |
tiṣṭhatyabhītavatsaṃkhye bibhratkavacadhāraṇām || 16 ||

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yattvatra vihitaṃ kāryaṃ naiṣa tadvetti mādhava |
strīvadeṣa bibhartyetāṃ yuktāṃ kavacadhāraṇām || 17 ||

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paśya bāhvośca me vīryaṃ dhanuṣaśca janārdana |
parājayiṣye kauravyaṃ kavacenāpi rakṣitam || 18 ||

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idamaṅgirase prādāddeveśo varma bhāsvaram |
punardadau surapatirmahyaṃ varma sasaṃgraham || 19 ||

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daivaṃ yadyasya varmaitadbrahmaṇā vā svayaṃ kṛtam |
naitadgopsyati durbuddhimadya bāṇahataṃ mayā || 20 ||

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saṃjaya uvāca |
evamuktvārjuno bāṇānabhimantrya vyakarṣayat |
vikṛṣyamāṇāṃstenaivaṃ dhanurmadhyagatāñśarān |
tānasyāstreṇa ciccheda drauṇiḥ sarvāstraghātinā || 21 ||

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tānnikṛttāniṣūndṛṣṭvā dūrato brahmavādinā |
nyavedayatkeśavāya vismitaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ || 22 ||

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naitadastraṃ mayā śakyaṃ dviḥ prayoktuṃ janārdana |
astraṃ māmeva hanyāddhi paśya tvadya balaṃ mama || 23 ||

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tato duryodhanaḥ kṛṣṇau navabhirnataparvabhiḥ |
avidhyata raṇe rājañśarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ |
bhūya evābhyavarṣacca samare kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau || 24 ||

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śaravarṣeṇa mahatā tato'hṛṣyanta tāvakāḥ |
cakrurvāditraninadānsiṃhanādaravāṃstathā || 25 ||

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tataḥ kruddho raṇe pārthaḥ sṛkkaṇī parisaṃlihan |
nāpaśyata tato'syāṅgaṃ yanna syādvarmarakṣitam || 26 ||

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tato'sya niśitairbāṇaiḥ sumuktairantakopamaiḥ |
hayāṃścakāra nirdehānubhau ca pārṣṇisārathī || 27 ||

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dhanurasyācchinaccitraṃ hastāvāpaṃ ca vīryavān |
rathaṃ ca śakalīkartuṃ savyasācī pracakrame || 28 ||

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duryodhanaṃ ca bāṇābhyāṃ tīkṣṇābhyāṃ virathīkṛtam |
avidhyaddhastatalayorubhayorarjunastadā || 29 ||

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taṃ kṛcchrāmāpadaṃ prāptaṃ dṛṣṭvā paramadhanvinaḥ |
samāpetuḥ parīpsanto dhanaṃjayaśarārditam || 30 ||

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te rathairbahusāhasraiḥ kalpitaiḥ kuñjarairhayaiḥ |
padātyoghaiśca saṃrabdhaiḥ parivavrurdhanaṃjayam || 31 ||

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atha nārjunagovindau ratho vāpi vyadṛśyata |
astravarṣeṇa mahatā janaughaiścāpi saṃvṛtau || 32 ||

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tato'rjuno'stravīryeṇa nijaghne tāṃ varūthinīm |
tatra vyaṅgīkṛtāḥ petuḥ śataśo'tha rathadvipāḥ || 33 ||

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te hatā hanyamānāśca nyagṛhṇaṃstaṃ rathottamam |
sa rathastambhitastasthau krośamātraṃ samantataḥ || 34 ||

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tato'rjunaṃ vṛṣṇivīrastvarito vākyamabravīt |
dhanurvisphārayātyarthamahaṃ dhmāsyāmi cāmbujam || 35 ||

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tato visphārya balavadgāṇḍīvaṃ jaghnivānripūn |
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa talaśabdena cārjunaḥ || 36 ||

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pāñcajanyaṃ ca balavaddadhmau tāreṇa keśavaḥ |
rajasā dhvastapakṣmāntaḥ prasvinnavadano bhṛśam || 37 ||

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tasya śaṅkhasya nādena dhanuṣo nisvanena ca |
niḥsattvāśca sasattvāśca kṣitau petustadā janāḥ || 38 ||

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tairvimukto ratho reje vāyvīrita ivāmbudaḥ |
jayadrathasya goptārastataḥ kṣubdhāḥ sahānugāḥ || 39 ||

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te dṛṣṭvā sahasā pārthaṃ goptāraḥ saindhavasya tu |
cakrurnādānbahuvidhānkampayanto vasuṃdharām || 40 ||

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bāṇaśabdaravāṃścogrānvimiśrāñśaṅkhanisvanaiḥ |
prāduścakrurmahātmānaḥ siṃhanādaravānapi || 41 ||

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taṃ śrutvā ninadaṃ ghoraṃ tāvakānāṃ samutthitam |
pradadhmatustadā śaṅkhau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau || 42 ||

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tena śabdena mahatā pūriteyaṃ vasuṃdharā |
saśailā sārṇavadvīpā sapātālā viśāṃ pate || 43 ||

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sa śabdo bharataśreṣṭha vyāpya sarvā diśo daśa |
pratisasvāna tatraiva kurupāṇḍavayorbale || 44 ||

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tāvakā rathinastatra dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇadhanaṃjayau |
saṃrambhaṃ paramaṃ prāptāstvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ || 45 ||

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atha kṛṣṇau mahābhāgau tāvakā dṛśya daṃśitau |
abhyadravanta saṃkruddhāstadadbhutamivābhavat || 46 ||

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