Kiratarjuniya · Chapter 16

tataḥ kirātādhipater alaghvīm ājikriyāṃ vīkṣya vivṛddhamanyuḥ
sa tarkayāmāsa viviktatarkaś ciraṃ vicinvann iti kāraṇāni //

madasrutiśyāmitagaṇḍalekhāḥ krāmanti vikrāntanarādhirūḍhāḥ
sahiṣṇavo neha yudhām abhijñā nāgā nagocchrāyam ivākṣipantaḥ //

vicitrayā citrayateva bhinnāṃ rucaṃ raveḥ ketanaratnabhāsā
mahārathaughena na saṃniruddhāḥ payodamandradhvaninā dharitrī //

samullasatprāsamahormimālaṃ parisphuraccāmaraphenapaṅkti
vibhinnamaryādam ihātanoti nāśvīyam āśā jaladher ivāmbhaḥ //

hatāhatety uddhatabhīṣmaghoṣaiḥ samujjhitā yoddhṛbhir abhyamitram
na hetayaḥ prāptataḍittviṣaḥ khe vivasvadaṃśujvalitāḥ patanti //

abhyāyataḥ saṃtatadhūmadhūmraṃ vyāpi prabhājālam ivāntakasya
rajaḥ pratūrṇāśvarathāṅganunnaṃ tanoti na vyomani mātariśvā //

bhūreṇunā rāsabhadhūsareṇa tirohite vartmani locanānām
nāsty atra tejasvibhir utsukānām ahni pradoṣaḥ surasundarīṇām //

rathāṅgasaṃkrīḍitam aśvaheṣā bṛhanti mattadvipabṛṃhitāni
saṃgharṣayogād iva mūrchitāni hrādaṃ nigṛhṇanti na dundubhīnām //

asmin yaśaḥpauruṣalolupānām arātibhiḥ pratyurasaṃ kṣatānām
mūrchāntarāyaṃ muhur ucchinatti nāsāraśītaṃ kariśīkarāmbhaḥ //

asṛṅnadīnām upacīyamānair vidārayadbhiḥ padavīṃ dhvajinyāḥ
ucchrāyam āyānti na śoṇitaughaiḥ paṅkair ivāśyānaghanais taṭāni //

parikṣate vakṣasi dantidantaiḥ priyāṅkaśītā nabhasaḥ patantī
neha pramohaṃ priyasāhasānāṃ mandāramālā viralīkaroti //

niṣādisaṃnāhamaṇiprabhaughe parīyamāṇe kariśīkareṇa
arkatviṣonmīlitam abhyudeti na khaṇḍam ākhaṇḍalakārmukasya //

mahībhṛtā pakṣavateva bhinnā vigāhya madhyaṃ paravāraṇena
nāvartamānā ninadanti bhīmam apāṃ nidher āpa iva dhvajinyaḥ //

mahārathānāṃ pratidantyanīkam adhisyadasyandanam utthitānām
āmūlalūnair atimanyuneva mātaṅgahastair vriyate na panthāḥ //

dhṛtotpalāpīḍa iva priyāyāḥ śiroruhāṇāṃ śithilaḥ kalāpaḥ
na barhabhāraḥ patitasya śaṅkor niṣādivakṣaḥsthalam ātanoti //

ujjhatsu saṃhāra ivāstasaṃkhyam ahnāya tejasviṣu jīvitāni
lokatrayāsvādanalolajihvaṃ na vyādadāty ānanam atra mṛtyuḥ //

iyaṃ ca durvāramahārathānām ākṣipya vīryaṃ mahatāṃ balānām
śaktir mamāvasyati hīnayuddhe saurīva tārādhipadhāmni dīptiḥ //

māyā svid eṣā mativibhramo vā dhvastaṃ nu me vīryam utāham anyaḥ
gāṇḍīvamuktā hi yathā purā me parākramante na śarāḥ kirāte //

puṃsaḥ padaṃ madhyamam uttamasya dvidheva kurvan dhanuṣaḥ praṇādaiḥ
nūnaṃ tathā naiṣā yathāsya veṣaḥ pracchannam apy ūhayate hi ceṣṭā //

dhanuḥ prabandhadhvanitaṃ ruṣeva sakṛd vikṛṣṭā vitateva maurvī
saṃdhānam utkarṣam iva vyudasya muṣṭer asambheda ivāpavarge //

aṃsāv avaṣṭabdhanatau samādhiḥ śirodharāyā rahitaprayāsaḥ
dhṛtā vikārāṃs tyajatā mukhena prasādalakṣmīḥ śaśalāñchanasya //

prahīyate kāryavaśāgateṣu sthāneṣu viṣṭabdhatayā na dehaḥ
sthitaprayāteṣu sasauṣṭhavaś ca lakṣyeṣu pātaḥ sadṛśaḥ śarāṇām //

parasya bhūyān vivare 'bhiyogaḥ prasahya saṃrakṣaṇam ātmarandhre
bhīṣme 'py asambhāvyam idaṃ gurau vā na sambhavaty eva vanecareṣu //

aprākṛtasyāhavadurmadasya nivāryam asyāstrabalena vīryam
alpīyaso 'py āmayatulyavṛtter mahāpakārāya ripor vivṛddhiḥ //

sa sampradhāryaivam ahāryasāraḥ sāraṃ vineṣyan sagaṇasya śatroḥ
prasvāpanāstraṃ drutam ājahāra dhvāntaṃ ghanānaddha ivārdharātraḥ //

prasaktadāvānaladhūmadhūmrā nirundhatī dhāma sahasraraśmeḥ
mahāvanānīva mahātamisrā chāyā tatāneśabalāni kālī //

āsāditā tatprathamaṃ prasahya pragalbhatāyāḥ padavīṃ harantī
sabheva bhīmā vidadhe gaṇānāṃ nidrā nirāsaṃ pratibhāguṇasya //

gurusthirāṇy uttamavaṃśajatvād vijñātasārāṇy anuśīlanena
kecit samāśritya guṇān vitāni suhṛtkulānīva dhanūṃṣi tasthuḥ //

kṛtāntadurvṛtta ivāpareṣāṃ puraḥ pratidvandvini pāṇḍavāstre
atarkitaṃ pāṇitalān nipetuḥ kriyāphalānīva tadāyudhāni //

aṃsasthalaiḥ kecid abhinnadhairyāḥ skandheṣu saṃśleṣavatāṃ tarūṇām
madena mīlannayanāḥ salīlaṃ nāgā iva srastakarā niṣeduḥ //

tirohitendor atha śambhumūrdhnaḥ praṇamyamānaṃ tapasāṃ nivāsaiḥ
sumeruśṛṅgād iva bimbam ārkaṃ piśaṅgam uccair udiyāya tejaḥ //

chāyāṃ vinirdhūya tamomayīṃ tāṃ tattvasya saṃvittir ivāpavidyām
yayau vikāsaṃ dyutir indumauler ālokam abhyādiśatī gaṇebhyaḥ //

tviṣāṃ tatiḥ pāṭalitāmbuvāhā sā sarvataḥ pūrvasarīva saṃdhyā
nināya teṣāṃ drutam ullasantī vinidratāṃ locanapaṅkajāni //

pṛthagvidhāny astravirāmabuddhāḥ śastrāṇi bhūyaḥ pratipedire te
muktā vitānena balāhakānāṃ jyotīṃṣi ramyā iva digvibhāgāḥ //

dyaur unnanāmeva diśaḥ praseduḥ sphuṭaṃ visasre savitur mayūkhaiḥ
kṣayaṃ gatāyām iva yāmavatyāṃ punaḥ samīyāya dinaṃ dinaśrīḥ //

mahāstradurge śithilaprayatnaṃ digvāraṇeneva pareṇa rugṇe
bhujaṅgapāśān bhujavīryaśālī prabandhanāya prajighāya jiṣṇuḥ //

jihvāśatāny ullasayanty ajasraṃ lasattaḍillolaviṣānalāni
trāsān nirastāṃ bhujagendrasenā nabhaścarais tatpadavīṃ vivavre //

diṅnāgahastākṛtim udvahadbhir bhogaiḥ praśastāsitaratnanīlaiḥ
rarāja sarpāvalir ullasantī taraṅgamāleva nabhorṇavasya //

niḥśvāsadhūmaiḥ sthagitāṃśujālaṃ phaṇāvatām utphaṇamaṇḍalānām
gacchann ivāstaṃ vapur abhyuvāha vilocanānāṃ sukham uṣṇaraśmiḥ //

prataptacāmīkarabhāsureṇa diśaḥ prakāśena piśaṅgayantyaḥ
niścakramuḥ prāṇaharekṣaṇānāṃ jvālā maholkā iva locanebhyaḥ //

ākṣiptasampātam apetaśobham udvahni dhūmākkuladigvibhāgam
vṛtaṃ nabho bhogikulair avasthāṃ paroparuddhasya purasya bheje //

tam āśu cakṣuḥśravasāṃ samūhaṃ mantreṇa tārkṣyodayakāraṇena
netā nayeneva paropajāpaṃ nivārayāmāsa patiḥ paśūnām //

pratighnatībhiḥ kṛtamīlitāni dyulokabhājām api locanāni
garutmatā saṃhatibhir vihāyaḥ kṣaṇaprakāśābhir ivāvatene //

tataḥ suparṇavrajapakṣajanmā nānāgatir maṇḍalayañ javena
jarattṛṇānīva viyan nināya vanaspatīnāṃ gahanāni vāyuḥ //

manaḥśilābhaṅganibhena paścān nirudhyamānaṃ nikareṇa bhāsām
vyūḍhair urobhiś ca vinudyamānaṃ nabhaḥ sasarpeva puraḥ khagānām //

darīmukhair āsavarāgatāmraṃ vikāsi rukmacchadadhāma pītvā
javānilāghūrṇitasānujālo himācalaḥ kṣība ivācakampe //

pravṛttanaktaṃdivasaṃdhidīptair nabhastalaṃ gāṃ ca piśaṅgayaṣṭiḥ
antarhitārkaiḥ paritaḥ patadbhiś chāyāḥ samācikṣipire vanānām //

sa bhogasaṃghaḥ śamam ugradhāmnāṃ sainyena ninye vinatāsutānām
mahādhvare vidhyapacāradoṣaḥ karmāntareṇeva mahodayena //

sāphalyam astre ripupauruṣasya kṛtvā gate bhāgya iavāpavargam
anindhanasya prasabhaṃ samanyuḥ samādade 'straṃ jvalanasya jiṣṇuḥ //

ūrdhvaṃ tiraścīnam adhaś ca kīrṇair jvālāsaṭair laṅghitameghapaṅktiḥ
āyastasiṃhākṛtir utpapāta prāṇyantam icchann iva jātavedāḥ //

bhittveva bhābhiḥ savitur mayūkhāñ jajvāla viṣvag visṛtasphuliṅgaḥ
vidīryamāṇāśmaninādadhīraṃ dhvaniṃ vitanvann akṛśaḥ kṛśānuḥ //

cayān ivādrīn iva tuṅgaśṛṅgān kvacit purāṇīva hiraṇmayāni
mahāvanānīva ca kiṃśukānām attāna vahniḥ pavanānuvṛttyā //

muhuś calatpallavalohinībhir uccaiḥ śikhābhiḥ śikhino 'valīḍhāḥ
taleṣu muktāviśadā babhūvuḥ sāndrāñjjanaśyāmarucaḥ payodāḥ //

lilikṣatīva kṣayakālaraudre lokaṃ vilolārciṣi rohitāśve
pinākinā hūtamahāmbuvāham astraṃ punaḥ pāśabhṛtaḥ praṇinye //

tato dharitrīdharatulyarodhasas taḍillatāliṅgitanīlamūrtayaḥ
adhomukhākāśasarinnipātinīr apaḥ prasaktaṃ mumucuḥ payomucaḥ //

parāhatadhvastaśikhe śikhāvato vapuṣy adhikṣiptasamiddhatejasi
kṛtāspadās tapta ivāyasi dhvaniṃ payonipātāḥ prathame vitenire //

mahānale bhinnasitābhrapātibhiḥ sametya sadyaḥ kathanena phenatām
vrajadbhir ārdrendhanavat parikṣayaṃ jalair vitene divi dhūmasaṃtatiḥ //

svaketubhiḥ pāṇḍuranīlapāṭalaiḥ samāgatāḥ śakradhanuḥprabhābhidaḥ
asaṃsthitām ādadhire vibhāvasor vicitracīnāṃśukacārutāṃ tviṣaḥ //

jalaughasaṃmūrchanamūrchitasvanaḥ prasaktavidyullasitaidhitadyutiḥ
praśāntim eṣyan dhṛtadhūmamaṇḍalo babhūva bhūyān iva tatra pāvakaḥ //

pravṛddhasindhūrmicayasthavīyasāṃ cayair vibhinnāḥ payasāṃ prapedire
upāttasaṃdhyārucibhiḥ sarūpatāṃ payodavicchedalavaiḥ kṛśānavaḥ //

upaity anantadyutir apy asaṃśayaṃ vibhinnamūlo 'nudayāya saṃkṣayam
tathā hi toyaughavibhinnasaṃhatiḥ sa havyavāhaḥ prayayau parābhavam //

atha vihitavidheyair āśu muktā vitānair asitanaganitambaśyāmabhāsāṃ ghanānām
vikasadamaladhāmnāṃ prāpa nīlotpalānāṃ śriyam adhikaviśuddhāṃ vahnidāhād iva dyauḥ //

iti vividham udāse savyasācī yad astraṃ bahusamaranayajñaḥ sādayiṣyann arātim
vidhir iva viparītaḥ pauruṣaṃ nyāyavṛtteḥ sapadi tad upaninye riktatāṃ nīlakaṇṭhaḥ //

vītaprabhāvatanur apy atanuprabhāvaḥ pratyācakāṅkṣa jayinīṃ bhujavīryalakṣmīm
astreṣu bhūtapatināpahṛteṣu jiṣṇur varṣiṣyatā dinakṛteva jaleṣu lokaḥ //