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Mahabharata · Chapter 1.90

1.90.1

sambhavaṃ bharatasyāhaṃ caritaṃ ca mahāmateḥ /
śakuntalāyāścotpattiṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ //

1.90.2

duṣyantena ca vīreṇa yathā prāptā śakuntalā /
taṃ vai puruṣasiṃhasya bhagavanvistaraṃ tvaham //

1.90.3

śrotumicchāmi tattvajña sarvaṃ matimatāṃ vara /
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
sa kadācinmahābāhuḥ prabhūtabalavāhanaḥ //

1.90.4

vanaṃ jagāma gahanaṃ hayanāgaśatairvṛtaḥ /
balena caturaṅgeṇa vṛtaḥ paramavalgunā //

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khaḍgaśaktidharairvīrairgadāmusalapāṇibhiḥ /
prāsatomarahastaiśca yayau yodhaśatairvṛtaḥ //

1.90.6

siṃhanādaiśca yodhānāṃ śaṅkhadunadubhiniḥsvanaiḥ /
rathanemisvanaiścaiva sanāgavarabṛṃhitaiḥ //

1.90.7

nānāyudhadharaiścāpi nānāveṣadharaistathā /
hreṣitasvanamiśraiśca kṣveḍitāsphoṭitasvanaiḥ //

1.90.8

āsītkilakilāśabdastasmingacchati pārthive /
prāsādavaraśṛṅgasthāḥ parayā nṛpaśobhayā //

1.90.9

dadṛśustaṃ striyastatra śūramātmayaśaskaram /
śakropamamamitraghnaṃ paravāraṇavāraṇam //

1.90.10

paśyantaḥ strīgaṇāstatra vajrapāṇiṃ sma menire /
ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghro raṇe vasuparākramaḥ //

1.90.11

yasya bāhubalaṃ prāpya na bhavantyasuhṛdgaṇāḥ /
iti vāco bruvantyastāḥ striyaḥ premṇā narādhipaṃ //

1.90.12

tuṣṭuvuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭīśca sasṛjustasya mūrdhani /
tatratatra ca viprendraiḥ stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ //

1.90.13

niryayau paramaprītyā vanaṃ mṛgajighāṃsayā /
taṃ devarājapratimaṃ mattavāraṇadhūrgatam //

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dvijakṣatriyaviṭśūdrā niryāntamanujagmire /
dadṛśurvardhamānāste āśīrbhiśca jayena ca //

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sudūramanujagmustaṃ paurajānapadāstathā /
nyavartanta tataḥ paścādanujñātā nṛpeṇa ha //

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suparṇapratimenātha rathena vasudhādhipaḥ /
mahīmāpūrayāmāsa ghoṣeṇa tridivaṃ tathā //

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sa gacchandadṛśe dhīmānnandanapratimaṃ vanam /
bilvārkakhadirākīrṇaṃ kapitthadhavasankulam //

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viṣamaṃ parvatasrastai raśmabhiśca samāvṛtam /
nirjalaṃ nirmanuṣyaṃ ca bahuyojanamāyatam //

1.90.19

mṛgasiṃhairvṛtaṃ ghorairanyaiścāpi vanecaraiḥ /
tadvanaṃ manujavyāghraḥ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ //

1.90.20

loḍayāmāsa duṣyantaḥ sūdayanvividhānmṛgān /
bāṇagocarasamprāptāṃstatra vyāghragaṇānbahūn //

1.90.21

pātayāmāsa duṣyanto nirbibheda ca sāyakaiḥ /
dūrasthānsāyakaiḥ kāṃścidabhinatsa narādhipaḥ //

1.90.22

abhyāśamāgatāṃścānyānkhaḍgena nirakṛntata /
kāṃścideṇānsamājaghne śaktyā śaktimatāṃ varaḥ //

1.90.23

gadāmaṇḍalatattvajñaścacārāmitavikramaḥ /
tomarairasibhiścāpi gadāmusalakampanaiḥ //

1.90.24

cacāra sa vinighnanvai vanyāṃstatra mṛgadvijān /
rājñā cādbhutavīryeṇa yodhaiśca samarapriyaiḥ //

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loḍyamānaṃ mahāraṇyaṃ tatyajuḥ sma mṛgādhipāḥ /
tatra vidrutayūthāni hatayūthapatīni ca //

1.90.26

mṛgayūthānyathautsukyācchabdaṃ cakrustatastataḥ /
śuṣkāścāpi nadīrgatvā jalanairāśyakarśitāḥ //

1.90.27

vyāyāmaklāntahṛdayāḥ patanti sma vicetasaḥ /
kṣutpipāsāparītāśca śrāntāśca patitā bhuvi //

1.90.28

kecittatra naravyāghrairabhakṣyanta bubhukṣitaiḥ /
kecidagnimathotpādya saṃsādhya ca vanecarāḥ //

1.90.29

bhakṣayanti sma māṃsāni prakuṭya vidhivattadā /
tatra kecidgajā mattā balinaḥ śastravikṣatāḥ //

1.90.30

sankocyāgrakarānbhītāḥ prādravanti sma vegitāḥ /
śakṛnmūtraṃ sṛjantaśca kṣarantaḥ śoṇitaṃ bahu //

1.90.31

vanyā gajavarāstatra mamṛdurmanujānbahūn / tadvanaṃ balameghena śaradhāreṇa saṃvṛtam /
vyarocata mṛgākīrṇaṃ rājñā hatamṛgādhipam //

Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0