Śiśupālavadha · Chapter 12

itthaṃ rathāśvebhaniṣādināṃ prage gaṇo nṛpāṇāmatha toraṇādbahiḥ /
prasthānakālakṣamaveṣakalpanākṛtakṣaṇakṣepamudaikṣatācyutam

svakṣaṃ supatraṃ kanakojvaladyutiṃ javena nāgāñjitavantamuccakaiḥ /
āruhya tārkṣya nabhasīva bhūtale yayāvanudghātamukhena so 'dhvanā

hastasthitākhaṇḍitacakraśālinaṃ dvajendrakāntaṃ śritavakṣasaṃ śriyā /
satyānuraktaṃ narakasya jiṣṇavo guṇairnṛpāḥ śāṅgiṇamanyayāsiṣuḥ

śuklaiḥ satārairmukulīkṛtaiḥ sthūlaiḥ kumudvatīnāṃ kumudākarairiva /
vyuṣṭaṃ prayāṇaṃ ca viyogavedanāvidūnanārīkamabhūtsamaṃ tadā

utkṣiptagātraḥ sma viḍambayannabhaḥ samutpatiṣyantamagendramuccakaiḥ /
ākuñcitaprohanirūpitakramaṃ kareṇurārohayate niṣādinam

svairaṃ kṛtāsphālanalalitānpuraḥ sphuratnūndarśitalāghavakriyāḥ /
vaṅgāvalagnaikasavalgapāṇayasturaṅgamānāruruhusturaṅgiṇaḥ

ahnāya yāvanna cakāra bhūyase niṣedivānāsanabandhamadhvane /
tīvrotthitāstāvadasahyaraṃhaso viśṛṅkhalaṃ śṛṅkhalakāḥ pratasthire

gaṇḍojvalāmujjvanābhicakrayā virājamānāṃ navayodaraśriyā /
kaścitsukhaṃ prāptumanāḥ susārathī rathīṃ yuyojādhidhurāṃ vadhūmiva

utthātumicchanvidhṛtaḥ puro balānnidhīyamāne bharabhāji yantrake /
ardhojjhitodgāravijharjharasvaraḥ svanāma ninye ravaṇaḥ sphuṭārthatām

nasyāgṛhīto 'pi dhuvanviṣāṇayoryugaṃ sasūtkāravivartitatrikaḥ /
goṇīṃ janana sma nidhātumuddhṛtāmanukṣaṇaṃ nokṣataraḥ pratīcchati

nānāvidhāviṣkṛsāmajasvaraḥ sahasravartmā capalairduradhyayaḥ /
gāndharvabhūyṣṭhatayā samānatāṃ sa sāmavedasya dadhau balodadhiḥ

pratyanyanāgaṃ caltastarāvatā nirasya kuṇṭhaṃ dadhatānyamaṅkuśam /
mūrdhānamūrdhvāyatadantamaṇḍalaṃ dhuvannarodhi dviradāṃ niṣādinā

samūrcchaducchṛṅkhalaśaṅkhanisvanaḥ svanaḥ prayāte paṭahasya śārṅgiṇi /
svānininye nitarāṃ mahāntyapi vyathāṃ dvayeṣāmapi medinīghṛtām

kālīyakakṣodavilepanaśriyaṃ diśaddiśamullasadaṃśumaddyuti /
khātaṃ khuraimudgabhujāṃ vipaprate gireradhaḥ kāñcanabhūmijaṃ rajaḥ

mandraigajānāṃ rathamaṇḍalasvanairnijuhnuve tādṛśameva bṛṃhitam /
tārairbabhūve parabhāgalābhataḥ pariśphuṭaisteṣu turaṅgaheṣitaiḥ

anvetukāmo 'vamatāṅguśagrahastirogataṃ sāṅguśamudvahañśiraḥ /
sthūloccayenāgamadantikagatāṃ gajo 'grayātāgrakaraḥ kareṇukām

yanto 'spṛśantaścaraṇairivāvaniṃ javātprakīrṇairabhitaḥ prakīrṇakaiḥ /
adyāpi senāturagāḥ savismayairalūnapakṣā iva menire janaiḥ

ṛjvīrdadhānairavatatya kandharāścalāvacūḍāḥ kalāgharghararāravaiḥ /
bhūmirmahatyapyavilambitakramaṃ kramelakaistakṣaṇameva cicchide

tūrṇa praṇetrā kṛtanādamuccakaiḥ praṇoditaṃ vesarayugmadhvani /
ātmīyanemikṣatasāndramedinīrajaścayākrāntabhayādivādravat

vyāvṛttavaktrairakhilaiścamūcarairvrajidbhireva kṣaṇamīkṣitānanāḥ /
valgadgarīyaḥstanakamprakañcukaṃ yayusturaṅgādhiruho 'varodhikāḥ

pādaiḥ puraḥ kūbariṇāṃ vidāritāḥ prakāmamākrāntatalāstato gajaiḥ /
bhagnonnatānantarapūritāntarā babhurbhuvaḥ kṛṣṭasamīkṛtā iva

durduntamupakṛtya nirastasādinaṃ sahāsahākāramalokayajjanaḥ /
paryāṇataḥ srastamurovilambinasturaṅgamaṃ pradrutamekayā diśā

bhūbhṛdbhirapyaskhalitāḥ khalūnnatairapyapahnavānā saritaḥ pṛthūrapi /
anvarthasaṃjñayaiva paraṃ trimārgagā yayāvasaṃkhyaiḥ pathibhiścamūrasau

trastau samāsannakareṇusūtkṛtānniyantari vyākulamuktarajjuke /
kṣiptāvarodhāṅganamutpathena gāṃ vilaṅghya laghvīṃ karabhau babhañjatuḥ

srastāṅgasandhau vigatāśāpāṭave rujā nikāmaṃ vikalīkṛte rathe /
āptena tatkṣaṇā bhiṣajeva tatkṣaṇaṃ pracakrame laṅghanapūrvakaḥ kramaḥ

dhūrbhaṅgasaṃkṣobhavidāritoṣṭrikā galanmadhuplāvitadūravartmani /
sthāṇau niṣaṅgiṇyanasi kṣaṇaṃ puraḥ śuśoca lābhāya kṛtakrayo vaṇik

bheribhirākruṣṭamahāguhāmukho dhvajāṃśukaistarjitakandalīvanaḥ /
uttaṅgamātaṅgajitālaghūpalo balaiḥ sa paścātkiyate sma bhūdharaḥ

vanyebhadānānilagandhadadurdhurāḥ kṣaṇaṃ tarucchedavinoditakrudhaḥ /
vyāladvipā yantṛbhirunmatiṣṇavaḥ kathaṃcidīrādapanayena ninyire

tairvajayantīvanarājirājibhirgiripraticchandamahāmataṅgajaiḥ /
bahvyaḥ prasarpajjanatānānadīśatairbhuvo balairantarāyāmababhūvire

tasthemuhūrta hariṇīvilocanaiḥ sadṛśi dṛṣṭvā nayanāni yoṣitām /
tvātha satrāsamanekavibhramakriyāvikārāṇi mṛgaiḥ palāyyata

nimnāni duḥkhādavatārya sādibhiḥ sayatnamākṛṣṭakaśāḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ /
utteruruttālakhurāravaṃ drutāḥ ślathīkṛtapragrahamarvatāṃ vrajāḥ

adhyadhvamārūḍhavataiva kenacitpratīkṣamāṇena janaṃ muhurdhṛtaḥ /
dākṣyaṃ hi sadyaḥ phaladaṃ yadagrataścakhāda dāserayuvā vanāvalīḥ

śaureḥ pratāpopanatairitastataḥ samāgataiḥ praśrayanamramūrtibhiḥ /
ekātapatrā pṛthivībhṛtāṃ gaṇairabhūdabahucchātratayā patākinī

āgacchato 'nūcigajasya ghaṇḍayoḥ svanaṃ samāpakarṇya samākulāṅganāḥ /
dūrāpavartitabhāravāhaṇāḥ patho 'pasrustvaritaṃ camūcarāḥ

ojasvivarṇojvalavṛttaśālinaḥ prasādino 'nujjhita gotrasaṃvidaḥ /
ślokānupendrasya puraḥ sma bhūyaso guṇānsamuddiśya paṭhanti vandinaḥ

niḥśśeṣamākrāntamahītalo jalaiścalansamudro 'pi samujjhati sthitim /
grāmeṣu sainyairakarodavāritaiḥ kimavyavasthāṃ calito 'pi keśavaḥ

kośātakīpuṣpagulucchakāntibhirmukhairvinidrolbaṇabāṇacakṣuṣaḥ /
grāmīṇavadhvastamalakṣitā janaiściraṃ mṛtānāmupari vyalokayan

goṣṭheṣu goṣṭhīkṛtamaṇḍalāsanānsanādamutthāya muhuḥ sa valgataḥ /
grāmyānapaśyatkapiśaṃ pipāsataḥ svagotrasaṅkīrtanabhāvitātmanaḥ

paśyankṛtārthairapi vallavījano janādhināthaṃ na yayau vitṛṣṇatām /
ekāntamaugdhyānavabuddhavibhramaiḥ prasiddhavistāraguṇairvilocanaiḥ

prītyā niyuktāṃllihatī stanandhayānnigṛhya pārīmubhayena jānunoḥ /
vardhiṣṇudhārādhvani rohiṇīḥ payaściraṃ nidadhau duhataḥ sa goduhaḥ

abhyājato 'bhyāgatatūrṇatarṇakānniryāṇahastasya purodudhukṣataḥ /
vargādgavāṃ huṃkṛticāru niryatīmarirmadhoraikṣata gomatatallikām

sa vrīhiṇāṃ yāvadapāsituṃ gatāḥ śukānmṛgaistāvadupadrutaśriyām /
kaidārikāṇāmabhitaḥ samākulāḥ sahāsamālokayati sma gopikāḥ

vyeddhumasmānavadhānataḥ purā calatyasavityupakarṇayannasau /
gītāni gopyāḥ kalamaṃ mṛgavrajo na nūnamattīti harivyalokayat

līlācalatstrīcaraṇāruṇotpalaskhalattulākoṭininādakomalaḥ /
śaurerupānūpamāpāharanmanaḥ svanāntarādunmadasārasāravaḥ

uccairgatāmaskhalitāṃ garīyasīṃ tadātidūrādapi tasya gacchataḥ /
eke samūhurbalareṇusaṃhatiṃ śirobhirājñāmapare mahībhṛtaḥ

prāyeṇa nīcānapi medinībhṛto janaḥ samenaiva pathādhirohati /
senā murāreḥ patha eva sā punarmahāmahīdhrānparito 'dhyarohayat

dantāgranirbhinnapayodamunmukhāḥ śiloccayānāruruhurmahīyasaḥ /
tiryakkaṭaplāvimadāmbunimnagāvipūryamāṇaśravaṇodaramaṃ dvipāḥ

ścyotamanmadāmbhakaṇakena kenacijjanasya jīmūtakadambakadyutā /
nagena garīyasoccakairarodhi panthāḥ pṛthudantaśālinā

bhagnadrumāścakruritastato diśaḥ samullasatketananākulāḥ /
piṣṭādripṛṣṭhāstarasā ca dantinaścalannijāṅgācaladurgamā bhuvaḥ

ālokayāmāsa harirmahīdharānadhiśrayantīrgajatāḥ paraḥśatāḥ /
utpātavātapratikūlapātinīrupatyakābhyo bṛhatīḥ śilā iva

śailādhirohābyasanādhikoddhuraiḥ payodharairāmalakīvanāśritāḥ /
taṃ parvatīyapramadāścacāyire vikāsavisphāritavibhramekṣaṇāḥ

sāvajñamunmīlya vilocane sakṛtkṣaṇaṃ mṛjendreṇa suṣupsunā punaḥ /
sainyānna yātaḥ samayāpi vivyathe kathaṃ surājaṃbhavamanmathāthavā

utsedhanirdhūtamahīruhāṃ dhvajairjanāvaruddhoddhatasindhuraṃhasām /
nāgairadhikṣiptamahāśilaṃ muhurbalaṃ babhūvopari tanmahībhṛtām

śmaśrūyamāṇe maghujālake tarorgajena gaṇḍaṃ kaṣatā vidhūnite /
kṣudrābhirakṣudratarābhirākulaṃ vidaśyamānena janena dudruve

nīte palāśinyucite śarīravatgajāntakenāntamadāntakarmaṇā /
saṃcerurātmāna ivāparaṃ kṣaṇātkṣamāruhaṃ dehamiva plavaṃgamāḥ

prahvānatīva kvaciduddhatiśritaḥ kvacitprakāśānatha gahvaranāpi /
sāmyādapetāniti vāhinī harestadāticakrāma girīngurūnapi

sa vyāptavatyā parito 'pathānyapi svasenayā sarvapathīnayā tayā /
ambhobhirullaṅghita tuṅgarodhasaḥ pratīpanāmnīḥ kurute sma nimnagāḥ

yāvadvyagāhanta na dantināṃ ghaṭāsturaṅgamaistāvadudīritaṃ khuraiḥ /
kṣiptaṃ samīraiḥ saritāṃ puraḥ patajjalānyanaiṣīdraja eva paṅkatām

rantuṃ kṣatottuṅganitambabhūmayo muhurvrajantaḥ pramadaṃ madoddhatāḥ /
paṅgaṃ karāpākṛtaśaivalāṃśukāḥ samudragāṇāmudapādayannibhāḥ

rugṇorurodhaḥ paripūritāmbhasaḥ samasthalīkṛtya purātanīrnadīḥ /
kūlaṃkaṣaughāḥ saritasthāparāḥ pravartayāmāsuribhā madāmbubhiḥ

padmairananvītavadhūmukhadyuto gatāḥ na haṃsaiḥ śriyamātapatrajām /
dūre 'bhavanbhojavalayasya gacchataḥ śailopamātītagajasya nimnagāḥ

snagdhāñjanaśyāmatanūbhirunnatairnirantarālā kariṇāṃ kadambakaiḥ /
senā sudhākṣālitasaudhasaṃpadāṃ purāṃ bahūnāṃ parabhāgamāpa sā

prāsadaśobhātiśayālubhiḥ pathi prabhonivāsāḥ paṭaveśmabhirbabhuḥ /
nūnaṃ sahānena viyogaviklavā puraḥ puraśrīrapi niryayau tadā

varṣma dvipānāṃ viruvanta uccakairvanecarebhyaściramācacakṣire /
gaṇḍasthalāgharṣagalanmadodakadravadramaskandhanilāyino 'layaḥ

āyāmavadbhiḥ kariṇāṃ ghaṭāśatairadhaḥkṛtāṭṭālasapaṅktiruccakaiḥ /
dūṣyairjitodagragṛhāṇi sā camūratītya bhūyāṃsi purāṇyavartata

uddhūtamuccairdhvajinābhiraṃśubhiḥ prataptamabhyarṇatayāvivasvataḥ /
āhlādikahlārasamīraṇāhate puraḥ papātāmbhasi yamune rajaḥ

yā gharmabhānostanayāpi śītalaiḥ svasā yamasyāpi janasya jīvanaiḥ /
kṛṣṇāpi śuddheradhikaṃ vidhātṛbhirvihantumahāṃsi jalaiḥ paṭīyasī

yasyā mahānīlataṭīriva drutāḥ prayānti pītvā himapiṇḍapāṇḍurāḥ /
kālīrapāstābhirivānurañjitāḥ kṣaṇena bhinnāñjanavartā ghanāḥ

vyaktaṃ balīyān yadi heturāgamādapūrayatsā jaladhiṃ na jāhnavī /
gaṅgaughanirbhasmitaśambhukandharāsavarṇamarṇaḥ kathamanyathāsya tat

abhyudyatasya kramituṃ javena gāṃ tamālanīlā girāṃ dhṛtāyatiḥ /
sīmeva sā tasya puraḥ kṣaṇaṃ babhau balāmburāśermahato mahāpagā

lolairaritraiścaraṇairivābhito javātvrajantībhirasau sarijjanaiḥ /
naubhiḥ pratere paritaḥ plavoditabhramīnimīlallalanāvalambitaiḥ

tatpūrvamaṃsadvayasaṃ dvipādhipāḥ kṣaṇaṃ sahelāḥ parito jagāhire /
sadyastatasteruranāratasrutasvadānavāripracurīkṛtaṃ payaḥ

prothaiḥ sphuradbhiḥ sphuṭaśabdamunmukhaisturaṅgamairāyatakīrṇavāladhi /
utkarṇamudvāhitadhīrakandharairatīryatāgre taṭadattadṛṣṭibhiḥ

tīrtvā janenaiva nitāntadustarāṃ nadīṃ pratijñāmiva tāṃ garīyasīm /
śṛṅgairapaskīrṇamahattaṭībhuvāmaśobhatoccairnaditaṃ kakudmatām

sīmantyamānā yadubhūbhṛtāṃ balairbabhau taridbhirgavalāsitadyutiḥ /
sindūritānekapakaṅgaṇāṅkitā taraṅgiṇī veṇirivāyatā bhuvaḥ

avyāhatakṣipragataiḥ samucchritānanujjhitadrāmabirgarīyasaḥ /
nāvyaṃ payaḥkecidatāriṣurbhujaiḥ kṣipadbhirūrmīnaparairivormibhiḥ

vidalitamahākūlāmukṣṇāṃ viṣāṇavighaṭṭanairalaghucaraṇākṛṣṭagrāhāṃ vipaṇibhirunmadaiḥ /
sapadi saritaṃ sā śrībharturbṛhadrathamaṇḍalaskhalilamullaṅghyaināṃ jagāma varūthinī