Mahabharata 7.94: caturnavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Mahābhārata 7.94

saṃjaya uvāca |
droṇaṃ sa jitvā puruṣapravīrastathaiva hārdikyamukhāṃstvadīyān |
prahasya sūtaṃ vacanaṃ babhāṣe śinipravīraḥ kurupuṃgavāgrya || 1 ||

nimittamātraṃ vayamatra sūta dagdhārayaḥ keśavaphalgunābhyām |
hatānnihanmeha nararṣabheṇa vayaṃ sureśātmasamudbhavena || 2 ||

tamevamuktvā śinipuṃgavastadā mahāmṛdhe so'gryadhanurdharo'rihā |
kiransamantātsahasā śarānbalī samāpatacchyena ivāmiṣaṃ yathā || 3 ||

taṃ yāntamaśvaiḥ śaśiśaṅkhavarṇairvigāhya sainyaṃ puruṣapravīram |
nāśaknuvanvārayituṃ samantādādityaraśmipratimaṃ narāgryam || 4 ||

asahyavikrāntamadīnasattvaṃ sarve gaṇā bhārata durviṣahyam |
sahasranetrapratimaprabhāvaṃ divīva sūryaṃ jaladavyapāye || 5 ||

amarṣapūrṇastvaticitrayodhī śarāsanī kāñcanavarmadhārī |
sudarśanaḥ sātyakimāpatantaṃ nyavārayadrājavaraḥ prasahya || 6 ||

tayorabhūdbharata saṃprahāraḥ sudāruṇastaṃ samabhipraśaṃsan |
yodhāstvadīyāśca hi somakāśca vṛtrendrayoryuddhamivāmaraughāḥ || 7 ||

śaraiḥ sutīkṣṇaiḥ śataśo'bhyavidhyatsudarśanaḥ sātvatamukhyamājau |
anāgatāneva tu tānpṛṣatkāṃściccheda bāṇaiḥ śinipuṃgavo'pi || 8 ||

tathaiva śakrapratimo'pi sātyakiḥ sudarśane yānkṣipati sma sāyakān |
dvidhā tridhā tānakarotsudarśanaḥ śarottamaiḥ syandanavaryamāsthitaḥ || 9 ||

saṃprekṣya bāṇānnihatāṃstadānīṃ sudarśanaḥ sātyakibāṇavegaiḥ |
krodhāddidhakṣanniva tigmatejāḥ śarānamuñcattapanīyacitrān || 10 ||

punaḥ sa bāṇaistribhiragnikalpairākarṇapūrṇairniśitaiḥ supuṅkhaiḥ |
vivyādha dehāvaraṇaṃ vibhidya te sātyakerāviviśuḥ śarīram || 11 ||

tathaiva tasyāvanipālaputraḥ saṃdhāya bāṇairaparairjvaladbhiḥ |
ājaghnivāṃstānrajataprakāśāṃścaturbhiraśvāṃścaturaḥ prasahya || 12 ||

tathā tu tenābhihatastarasvī naptā śinerindrasamānavīryaḥ |
sudarśanasyeṣugaṇaiḥ sutīkṣṇairhayānnihatyāśu nanāda nādam || 13 ||

athāsya sūtasya śiro nikṛtya bhallena vajrāśanisaṃnibhena |
sudarśanasyāpi śinipravīraḥ kṣureṇa ciccheda śiraḥ prasahya || 14 ||

sakuṇḍalaṃ pūrṇaśaśiprakāśaṃ bhrājiṣṇu vaktraṃ nicakarta dehāt |
yathā purā vajradharaḥ prasahya balasya saṃkhye'tibalasya rājan || 15 ||

nihatya taṃ pārthivaputrapautraṃ raṇe yadūnāmṛṣabhastarasvī |
mudā sametaḥ parayā mahātmā rarāja rājansurarājakalpaḥ || 16 ||

tato yayāvarjunameva yena nivārya sainyaṃ tava mārgaṇaughaiḥ |
sadaśvayuktena rathena niryāllokānvisismāpayiṣurnṛvīraḥ || 17 ||

tattasya vismāpayanīyamagryamapūjayanyodhavarāḥ sametāḥ |
yadvartamānāniṣugocare'rīndadāha bāṇairhutabhugyathaiva || 18 ||

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