Kiratarjuniya · Chapter 17
athāpadām uddharaṇakṣameṣu mitreṣv ivāstreṣu tirohiteṣu
dhṛtiṃ guruśrīr guruṇābhipuṣyan svapauruṣeṇeva śarāsanena //
bhūriprabhāveṇa raṇābhiyogāt prīto vijihmaś ca tadīyavṛddhyā
spaṣṭo 'py avispaṣṭavapuḥprakāśaḥ sarpanmahādhūma ivādrivahniḥ //
tejaḥ samāśritya parair ahāryaṃ nijaṃ mahanmitram ivorudhairyam
āsādayann askhalitasvabhāvaṃ bhīme bhujālambam ivāridurge //
vaṃśocitatvād abhimānavatyā samprāptayā sampriyatām asubhyaḥ
samakṣam āditsitayā pareṇa vadhveva kīrtyā paritapyamānaḥ //
patiṃ nagānām iva baddhamūlam unmūlayiṣyaṃs tarasā vipakṣam
laghuprayatnaṃ nigṛhītavīryas trimārgagāvega iveśvareṇa //
saṃskāravattvād ramayatsu cetaḥ prayogaśikṣāguṇabhūṣaṇeṣu
jayaṃ yathārtheṣu śareṣu pārthaḥ śabdeṣu bhāvārtham ivāśaśaṃse //
bhūyaḥ samādhānavivṛddhatejā naivaṃ purā yuddham iti vyathāvān
sa nirvavāmāsram amarṣanunnaṃ viṣaṃ mahānāga ivekṣaṇābhyām //
tasyāhavāyāsavilolamauleḥ saṃrambhatāmrāyatalocanasya
nirvāpayiṣyann iva roṣataptaṃ prasnāpayāmāsa mukhaṃ nidāghaḥ //
krodhāndhakārāntarito raṇāya bhrūbhedarekhāḥ sa babhāra tisraḥ
ghanoparuddhaḥ prabhavāya vṛṣṭer ūrdhvāṃśurājīr iva tigmaraśmiḥ //
sa pradhvanayyāmbudanādi cāpaṃ hastena diṅnāga ivādriśṛṅgam
balāni śambhor iṣubhis tatāpa cetāṃsi cintābhir ivāśarīraḥ //
sadvāditevābhiniviṣṭabuddhau guṇābhyasūyeva vipakṣapāte
agocare vāg iva copareme śaktiḥ śarāṇāṃ śitikaṇṭhakāye //
umāpatiṃ pāṇḍusutapraṇunnāḥ śilīmukhā na vyathayāṃbabhūvuḥ
abhyutthitasyādripater nitambam arkasya pādā iva haimanasya //
samprīyamāṇo 'nubabhūva tīvraṃ parākramaṃ tasya patir gaṇānām
viṣāṇabhedaṃ himavān asahyaṃ vaprānatasyeva suradvipasya //
tasmai hi bhāroddharaṇe samarthaṃ pradāsyatā bāhum iva pratāpam
ciraṃ viṣehe 'bhibhavas tadānīṃ sa kāraṇānām api kāraṇena //
pratyāhataujāḥ kṛtasattvavegaḥ parākramaṃ jyāyasi yas tanoti
tejāṃsi bhānor iva niṣpatanti yaśāṃsi vīryajvalitāni tasya //
dṛṣṭāvadānād vyathate 'rilokaḥ pradhvaṃsam eti vyathitāc ca tejaḥ
tejovihīnaṃ vijahāti darpaḥ śāntārciṣaṃ dīpam iva prakāśaḥ //
tataḥ prayātyastamadāvalepaḥ sa jayyatāyāḥ padavīṃ jigīṣoḥ
gandhena jetuḥ pramukhāgatasya pratidvipasyeva mataṅgajaughaḥ //
evaṃ pratidvandviṣu tasya kīrtiṃ maulīndulekhāviśadāṃ vidhāsyan
iyeṣa paryāyajayāvasādāṃ raṇakriyāṃ śambhur anukrameṇa //
muner vicitrair iṣubhiḥ sa bhūyān ninye vaśaṃ bhūtapater balaughaḥ
sahātmalābhena samutpatadbhir jātisvabhāvair iva jīvalokaḥ //
vitanvatas tasya śarāndhakāraṃ trastāni sainyāni ravaṃ niśemuḥ
pravarṣataḥ saṃtatavepathūni kṣapāghanasyeva gavāṃ kulāni //
sa sāyakān sādhvasaviplutānāṃ kṣipan pareṣām atisauṣṭhavena
śaśīva doṣāvṛtalocanānāṃ vibhidyamānaḥ pṛthag ābabhāse //
kṣobheṇa tenātha gaṇādhipānāṃ bhedaṃ yayav ākṛtir īśvarasya
taraṅgakampena mahāhradānāṃ chāyāmayasyeva dinasya kartuḥ //
prasedivāṃsaṃ na tam āpa kopaḥ kutaḥ parasmin puruṣe vikāraḥ
ākāravaiṣamyam idaṃ ca bheje durlakṣyacihnā mahatāṃ hi vṛttiḥ //
visphāryamāṇasya tato bhujābhyāṃ bhūtāni bhartrā dhanur antakasya
bhinnākṛtiṃ jyāṃ dadṛśuḥ sphurantīṃ kruddhasya jihvām iva takṣakasya //
svyāpasavyadhvanitogracāpaṃ pārthaḥ kirātādhipam āśaśaṅke
paryāyasampāditakarṇatālaṃ yantā gajaṃ vyālam ivāparāddhaḥ //
nijaghnire tasya hareṣujālaiḥ patanti vṛndāni śilīmukhānām
ūrjasvibhiḥ sindhumukhāgatāni yādāṃsi yādobhir ivāmburāśeḥ //
vibhedam antaḥ padavīnirodhaṃ vidhvaṃsanaṃ cāviditaprayogaḥ
netārilokeṣu karoti yad yat tat tac cakārāsya śareṣu śambhuḥ //
soḍhāvagītaprathamāyudhasya krodhojjhitair vegitayā patadbhiḥ
chinnair api trāsitavāhinīkaiḥ pete kṛtārthair iva tasya bāṇaiḥ //
alaṃkṛtānām ṛjutāguṇena gurūpadiṣṭāṃ gatim āsthitānām
satām ivāparvaṇi mārgaṇānāṃ bhaṅgaḥ sa jiṣṇor dhṛtim unmamātha //
bāṇacchidas te viśikhāḥ smarārer avāṅmukhībhūtaphalāḥ patantaḥ
akhaṇḍitaṃ pāṇḍavasāyakebhyaḥ kṛtasya sadyaḥ pratikāram āpuḥ //
citrīyamāṇān atilāghavena pramāthinas tān bhavamārgaṇānām
samākulāyā nicakhāna dūraṃ bāṇān dhvajinyā hṛdayeṣv arātiḥ //
tasyātiyatnād atiricyamāne parākrame 'nyonyaviśeṣaṇena
hantā purāṃ bhūri pṛṣatkavarṣaṃ nirāsa naidāgha ivāmbu meghaḥ //
anāmṛśantaḥ kvacid eva marma priyaiṣiṇānuprahitāḥ śivena
suhṛtprayuktā iva narmavādāḥ śarā muneḥ prītikarā babhūvuḥ //
astraiḥ samānām atirekiṇīṃ vā paśyanīṣūṇām api tasya śaktim
viṣādavaktavyabalaḥ pramāthī svam ālalambe balam indumauliḥ //
tapas tapovīryasamuddhatasya pāraṃ yiyāsoḥ samarārṇavasya
maheṣujālāny akhilāni jiṣṇor arkaḥ payāṃsīva samācacāma //
rikte savisrambham ath+arjunasya niṣaṅgavaktre nipatāta pāṇiḥ
anyadvipāpītajale satarṣaṃ mataṅgajasyeva nagāśmarandhre //
cyute sa tasminn iṣudhau śarārthād dhvastārthasāre sahaseva bandhau
tatkālamoghapraṇayaḥ prapede nirvācyatākāma ivābhimukhyam //
āghaṭṭayāmāsa gatāgatābhyāṃ sāvegam agrāṅgulir asya tūṇau
vidheyamārge matir utsukasya nayaprayogāv iva gāṃ jigīṣoḥ //
babhāra śūnyākṛtir arjunas tau maheṣudhī vītamaheṣujālau
yugāntasaṃśuṣkajalau vijihmaḥ pūrvāparau loka ivāmburāśī //
tenātimittena tathā na pārthas tayor yathā riktatayānutepe
svām āpadaṃ projjhya vipattimagnaṃ śocanti santo hy upakāripakṣam //
pratikriyāyai vidhuraḥ sa tasmāt kṛcchreṇa viśleṣam iyāya hastaḥ
parāṅmukhatve 'pi kṛtopakārāt tūṇīmukhān mitrakulād ivāryaḥ //
paścātkriyā tūṇayugasya bhartur jajñe tadānīm upakāriṇīva
sambhāvanāyām adharīkṛtāyāṃ patyuḥ puraḥ sāhasam āsitavyam //
taṃ śambhur ākṣiptamaheṣujālaṃ lohaiḥ śarair marmasu nistutoda
hṛttottaraṃ tattvavicāramadhye vakteva doṣair gurubhir vipakṣam //
jahāra cāsmād acireṇa varma jvalanmaṇidyotitahaimalekham
caṇḍaḥ pataṅgān marudekanīlaṃ taḍitvataḥ khaṇḍam ivāmbudasya //
vikośanirdhautatanor mahāseḥ phaṇāvataś ca tvaci vicyutāyām
pratidvipābaddharuṣaḥ samakṣaṃ nāgasya cākṣiptamukhacchadasya //
vibodhitasya dhvaninā ghanānāṃ harer apetasya ca śailarandhrāt
nirastadhūmasya ca rātrivahner vinā tanutreṇa ruciṃ sa bheje //
acittatāyām api nāma yuktām anūrdhvatāṃ prāpya tadīyakṛcchre
mahīṃ gatau tāv iṣudhī tadānīṃ vivavratuś cetanayeva yogam //
sthitaṃ viśuddhe nabhasīva sattve dhāmnā tapovīryamayena yuktam
śastrābhighātais tam ajasram īśas tvaṣṭā vivasvantam ivollilekha //
saṃrambhavegojjhitavedaneṣu gātreṣu bāhiryam upāgateṣu
muner babhūvāgaṇiteṣurāśer lauhas tiraskāra ivātmamanyuḥ //
tato 'nupūrvāyatavṛttabāhuḥ śrīmān kṣarallohitadigdhadehaḥ
āskandya vegena vimuktanādaḥ kṣitiṃ vidhunvann iva pārṣṇighātaiḥ //
sāmyaṃ gatenāśaninā maghonaḥ śaśāṅkakhaṇḍākṛtipāṇḍureṇa
śambhuṃ bibhitsur dhanuṣā jaghāna stambaṃ viṣāṇena mahān ivebhaḥ //
rayeṇa sā saṃnidadhe patantī bhavodbhavenātmani cāpayaṣṭiḥ
samuddhatā sindhur anekamārgā pare sthitenaujasi jahnuneva //
vikārmukaḥ karmasu śocanīyaḥ paricyutaudārya ivopacāraḥ
vicikṣipe śūlabhṛtā salīlaṃ sa patribhir dūram adūrapātaiḥ //
upoḍhakalyāṇaphalo 'bhirakṣan vīravrataṃ puṇyaraṇāśramasthaḥ
japopavāsair iva saṃyatātmā tepe munis tair iṣubhiḥ śivasya //
tato 'grabhūmiṃ vyavasāyasiddheḥ sīmānam anyair atidustaraṃ saḥ
tejaḥśriyām āśrayam uttamāsiṃ sākṣād ahaṃkāram ivālalambe //
śarān avadyann anavadyakarmā cacāra citraṃ pravicāramārgaiḥ
hastena nistriṃśabhṛtā sa dīptaḥ sārkāṃśunā vāridhir ūrmiṇeva //
yathā nije vartmani bhāti bhābhiś cyāyāmayaś cāpsu sahasraraśmiḥ
tathā nabhasy āśu raṇasthalīṣu spaṣṭadvimūrtir dadṛśe sa bhūtaiḥ //
śivapraṇunnena śilīmukhena tsarupradeśād apavarjitāṅgaḥ
jvalann asis tasya papāta pāṇer ghanasya vaprād iva vaidyuto 'gniḥ //
ākṣiptacāpāvaraṇeṣujālaś chinnottamāsiḥ sa mṛdhe 'vadhūtaḥ
riktaḥ prakāśaś ca babhūva bhūmer utsāditodyāna iva pradeśaḥ //
sa khaṇḍanaṃ prāpya parād amarṣavān bhujadvitīyo 'pi vijetum icchayā
sasarja vṛṣṭiṃ parirugṇapādapāṃ dravetareṣāṃ payasām ivāśmanām //
nīrandhraṃ parigamite kṣayaṃ pṛṣatkair bhūtānām adhipatinā śilāvitāne
ucchrāyasthagitanabhodigantarālaṃ cikṣepa kṣitiruhajālam indrasūnuḥ //
niḥśeṣaṃ śakalitavalkalāṅgasāraiḥ kurvadbhir bhuvam abhitaḥ kaṣāyacitrām
īśānaḥ sakusumapallavair nagais tair ātene balim iva raṅgadevatābhyaḥ //
unmajjan makara ivāmārāpagāyā vegena pratimukham etya bāṇanadyāḥ
gāṇḍīvī kanakaśilānibhaṃ bhujābhyām ājaghne viṣam avilocanasya vakṣaḥ //
abhilaṣata upāyaṃ vikramaṃ kīrtilakṣmyor asugamam arisainyair aṅkam abhyāgatasya
janaka iva śiśutve supriyasyaikasūnor avinayam api sehe pāṇḍavasya smarāriḥ //
Original text: Kirātārjunīya · Edition: the text commented on by Mallinātha, also as regards e.g. word-division; note that there are often other possible word-divisions (especially in the citra-verses of sarga 15) and quite a few variants in the texts of other commentators. · Data entry Harunaga Isaacson · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0