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Mahabharata · Chapter 8.18

8.18.1

śvetāśvo'pi mahārāja vyadhamattāvakaṃ balam /
yathā vāyuḥ samāsādya tūlarāśiṃ samantataḥ //

8.18.2

pratyudyayustrigartāstaṃ śibayaḥ kauravaiḥ saha /
vasātayo'tha sālvāśca gopālāśca yaśasvinaḥ //

8.18.3

satyadevaḥ satyakīrtirmitradevaḥ śrutañjayaḥ /
sauśrutiścandradevaśca mitravarmā ca bhārata //

8.18.4

trigartarājaḥ samare bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ /
putraiścaiva maheṣvāsairnānāśastraviśāradaiḥ //

8.18.5

vyasṛjanta śastrātānkiranto'rjunamāhave /
abhyavartanta sahasā vāryoghā iva sāgaram //

8.18.6

te tvarjunaṃ samāsādya yodhāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ /
agacchanvilayaṃ sarve tārkṣyaṃ dṛṣṭveva pannagāḥ //

8.18.7

te hanyamānāḥ samare na jahuḥ pāṇḍavaṃ raṇe /
hanyamānā mahārāja śalabhā iva pāvakam //

8.18.8

satyadevastribhirbāṇairvivyādha yudhi pāṇḍavam /
mitradevastriṣaṣṭyā tu candradevastu saptabhiḥ //

8.18.9

mitravarmā trisaptatyā sauśrutiścāpi saptabhiḥ /
śrutañjayastu viṃśatyā suśarmā navabhiḥ śaraiḥ //

8.18.10

sa vidvo bahubhiḥ saṅkhye prativivyādha tānnṛpān /
sauśrutiṃ saptabhirvidvvā candradevaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ //

8.18.11

śrutañjayaṃ ca viṃśatyā candradevaṃ tathā'ṣṭabhiḥ /
mitradevaṃ śatenaiva satyadevaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ //

8.18.12

navabhirmitravarmāṇaṃ suśarmāṇaṃ tathā'ṣṭabhiḥ /
śrutañjayaṃ ca rājānaṃ hatvā tatra śilāśitaiḥ //

8.18.13

sauśruteḥ saśirastrāṇaṃ śiraḥ kāyādapāharat /
tvaritaścandradevaṃ ca śarairninye yamakṣayam //

8.18.14

tathetarānmahārāja yatamānānmahārathān /
pañcabhiḥ pañcabhirbāṇairekaikaṃ pratyavārayat //

8.18.15

satyadevastu saṅkrudvastomaraṃ vyasṛjanmahat /
samuddiśya raṇe kṛṣṇaṃ siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca //

8.18.16

sa nirbhidya bhujaṃ savyaṃ mādhavasya mahātmanaḥ /
ayasmayaḥ svarṇadaṇḍo jagāma dharaṇīṃ tadā //

8.18.17

mādhavasya tu viddhasya tomareṇa mahāraṇe /
pratodaḥ prāpatadvastādraśmayaśca viśāmpate //

8.18.18

vāsudevaṃ vibhinnāṅgaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārtho dhanañjayaḥ /
krodhamāhārayattīvraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ cedamuvāca ha //

8.18.19

prāpayāśvānmahābāho satyadevaṃ prati prabho /
yāvadenaṃ śaraistīkṣṇairnayāmi yamasādanam //

8.18.20

pratodaṃ gṛhya so'nyattu raśmīnsaṅgṛhya ca drutam /
vāhayāmāsa tānaśvānsatyadevarathaṃ prati //

8.18.21

viṣvaksenaṃ sunirvidvaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārtho dhanañjayaḥ /
satyadevaṃ śaraistīkṣṇairvārayitvā mahārathaḥ //

8.18.22

tataḥ suniśitairbhallai rājñastasya mahacchiraḥ /
kumḍalopacitaṃ kāyāccakarta pṛtanāntare //

8.18.23

tannikṛtya śitairbāṇairbhitravarmāṇamākṣipat /
vatsadantena tīkṣṇena sārathiṃ cāsya māriṣa //

8.18.24

tataḥ śaraśatairbhūyaḥ saṃśaptakagaṇānbalī /
pātayāmāsa saṅkrudvaḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ //

8.18.25

tato rajatapuṅkhena rājañśīrṣaṃ mahātmanaḥ / mitradevasya ciccheda kṣurapreṇa mahārathaḥ /
suśarmāṇaṃ susaṅkruddho jatrudeśe samāhanat //

8.18.26

tataḥ saṃśaptakāḥ sarve parivārya dhanañjayam /
śastraughairmamṛduḥ krudvā nādayanto diśo daśa //

8.18.27

abhyarditastu tajjiṣṇuḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ /
aindramastramameyātmā prāduścakre mahārathaḥ //

8.18.28

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi prādurāsanviśāmpate /
kārmukātpāṇḍuputrasya pārthasyāmitatejasaḥ //

8.18.29

tatastu cchidyamānānāṃ dhvajānāṃ dhanuṣāṃ tathā /
rathānāṃ sapatākānāṃ tūṇīrāṇāṃ yugaiḥ saha //

8.18.30

akṣāṇāmatha cakrāṇāṃ yoktrāṇāṃ raśmibhiḥ saha /
kūbarāṇāṃ varūthānāṃ pṛṣatkānāṃ ca saṃyuge //

8.18.31

aśvānāṃ patatāṃ cāpi prāsānāmṛṣṭibhiḥ saha /
gadānāṃ parighānāṃ ca śaktitomarapaṭṭasaiḥ //

8.18.32

śataghnīnāṃ sacakrāṇāṃ bhujānāṃ corubhiḥ saha /
kaṇṭhasūtrāṅgadānāṃ ca keyūrāṇāṃ ca māriṣa //

8.18.33

hārāṇāmatha niṣkāṇāṃ tanutrāṇāṃ ca bhārata / chatrāṇāṃ vyajanānāṃ ca śirasāṃ kumuṭaiḥ saha /
rāśayaścātra dṛśyante patitānāṃ mahītale //

8.18.34

sakuṇḍalāni svakṣīmi pūrṇacandranibhāni ca /
śirāṃsyurvyāmadṛśyanta tārājālamivāmbare //

8.18.35

susragvīṇi suvāsāṃsi candanenokṣitāni ca /
śarīrāṇi vyadṛśyanta nihatānāṃ mahītale //

8.18.36

rudrasyākrīḍasadṛśaṃ ghoramāyodhanaṃ tadā //

8.18.37

nihatai rājaputraiśca kṣatriyaiśca mahābalaiḥ /
arjunena mahārāja tatratatra mahāraṇe //

8.18.38

hastibhiḥ patitaiścaiva turaṅgaiścābhavanmahī /
agamyarūpā samare viśīrṇairiva parvataiḥ //

8.18.39

nāsīdrathapathastasya pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ /
nighnataḥ śātravānbhallairhastyaśvaṃ cāsyato mahat //

8.18.40

svānugā iva sīdanti rathacakrāṇi māriṣa /
caratastasya saṅgrāme tasmiṃllohitakardame //

8.18.41

sīdamānāni cakrāṇi samuhūsturagā bhṛśam /
śrameṇa mahatā yuktā manomārutaraṃhasaḥ //

8.18.42

vadhyamānaṃ tu tatsainyaṃ pāṇḍuputreṇa dhanvinā /
prāyaśo vimukhaṃ sarvaṃ nāvatiṣṭhata bhārata //

8.18.43

tāñjitvā samare jiṣṇuḥ saṃśaptakagaṇānbahūn /
virarāja tadā pārtho vidhūmo'gniriva jvalan //

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

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