Śiśupālavadha · Chapter 17

itīrite vacasi vacasvināmunā yugakṣayakṣubhitamarudgarīyasi /
pracakṣubhe sapadi tadamburāśinā samaṃ mahāpralayasamudyataṃ sadaḥ

sarāgayā srutaghanagharmatoyayā karāhatidhvanitapṛthūrupīṭhayā /
muhurmuhurdaśanavikhaṇḍitoṣṭhayā ruṣā nṛpāḥ priyatamayeva bhejire

alakṣyata kṣaṇadalitāṅgade gade karodaraprahitanijāṃsadhāmani /
samullasacchakalitapāṭalopalaiḥ sphuliṅgavānsphuṭamiva kopapāvakaḥ

avajñayā yadahasaduccakairbalaḥ samullasaddaśanamayūkhamaṇḍalaḥ /
ruṣāruṇīkṛtamapi tena tatkṣaṇaṃ nijaṃ vapuḥ punarayannijāṃ rucim

yadutpatatpṛthutarahāramaṇḍalaṃ vyavartata drutamabhidūtamulmukaḥ /
bṛhacchilātalakaṭhināṃsaghaṭṭitaṃ tato 'bhavadbhramitāmivākhilaṃ sadaḥ

prakupyataḥ śvasanasamīraṇāhatisphuṭoṣmabhistanuvasanāntamārutaiḥ /
yudhājitaḥ kṛtaparitūrṇavījanaṃ punastarāṃ vadanasarojamasvidat

prajāpatikratunidhanārthamutthitaṃvyatarkayajjvaramiva raudramuddhatam /
samudyataṃ sapadi vadhāya vidviṣāmatikrudhaṃ niṣadhamanauṣadhaṃ janaḥ

parasparaṃ parikupitasya piṃṣataḥ kṣatormikākanakaparāgapaṅkilam /
karadvayaṃ sapadi sudhanvano nijairanāratasrutibhiradhāvyatāmbubhiḥ

nirāyatāmanalaśikhojjvalāṃ jvalannakhaprabhākṛtapariveṣasaṃpadaṃ /
avibhramadbhramadanalolmukākṛtiṃ pradeśinīṃ jagadiva dagdhumāhukiḥ

durīkṣatāmabhajata manmathastathā yathā purā paricitadāhadhārṣṭyāyā /
dhruvaṃ puraḥ saśaramamuṃ tṛtīyayā haro 'pi na vyasahata vīkṣituṃ dṛśā

vicintayannupanatamāhavaṃ rasāduraḥ sphurattanuruhamagrapāṇinā /
parāmṛśatkaṭhinakaṭhorakāminīkucasthalapramuṣitacandanaṃ pṛthuḥ

vilaṅghitasthitimabhivīkṣya rukṣayā riporgirāgurumapi gāndinīsutam /
janaistadā yugaparivartavāyubhirvivartitā giripatayaḥ pratīyire

vivartayanmadakaluṣīkṛte dṛśau karāhatakṣitikṛtabhairavāvaravaḥ /
krudhā dadhattanumatilohinīmabhūtprasenajidgaja iva gairikāruṇaḥ

sakuṅkumairaviralamambubindubhirgaveṣaṇaḥ pariṇatadāḍimāruṇaiḥ /
sa matsarasphuṭitavapurviniḥsṛtairbabhau ciraṃ nicita ivāsṛjāṃ lavaiḥ

sasaṃbhramaṃ caraṇatalābhitāḍanasphuṭanmahīvivaravitīrṇavartmabhiḥ /
raveḥ karairanucitatāpitoragaṃ prakāśatāṃ śiniranayadrasātalam

pratikṣaṇaṃ vidhuvati śāraṇe śiraḥ śikhidyutaḥ kanakakirīṭaraśmayaḥ /
aśaṅkitaṃ yudhamadhunā viśantvamī kṣamāpatīniti nirarājayanniva

dadhau calatpṛthurasanaṃ vivakṣayā vidāritaṃ vitatabṛhadbhujālataḥ /
vidūrathaḥ pratibhayamāsyakandaraṃ calatphaṇādharamiva koṭaraṃ taruḥ

samākule sadasi tathāpi vikriyāṃ mano 'gamanna murabhidaḥ paroditaiḥ /
ghanāmbubhirbahulitanimnagājalairjalaṃ na hi vrajati vikāramambudheḥ

parānamī yadapavadanta ātmanaḥ stuvanti ca sthitirasatāmasāviti /
nināya no vikṛtimavismitaḥ smitaṃ mukhaṃ śaracchaśadharamugdhamuddhavaḥ

nirākṛte yadubhiriti prakopibhiḥ spaśe śanairgatavati tatra vidviṣām /
muradviṣaḥ svanitabhayānakānakaṃ balaṃ kṣaṇādatha samanahyatājaye

muhuḥ pratiskhalitaparāyudhā yudhi sthavīyasīracalanitambanirbharāḥ /
adaṃśayannarahitaśauryadaṃśanāstanūrayaṃ naya iti vṛṣṇibhūbhṛtaḥ

durudvahāḥ kṣaṇamaparaistadantare raṇaśravādupacayamāśu bibhrati /
mahībhujāṃ mahimabhṛtāṃ na saṃmamurmudo 'ntarāvapuṣi bahiśca kañcukāḥ

saṃkalpaṃ dviradagaṇaṃ varūthinasturaṅgiṇo jayanayujaśca vājinaḥ /
tvarāyujaḥ svayamapi kurvato nṛpāḥ punaḥ punastadadhikṛtānatatvaran

yudhe paraiḥ saha dṛḍhabaddhakakṣayā kalakvaṇanmadhupakulopagītayā /
adīyata dvipaghaṭayā savāribhiḥ karodaraiḥ svayamatha dānamakṣayam

sumekhalāḥ sitataradantacāravaḥ samullasattanuparidhānasaṃpadaḥ /
raṇaiṣiṇāṃ pulakabhṛto 'dhikandharaṃ lalambire sadasilatāḥ priyā iva

manoharaiḥ prakṛtimanoramākṛtirbhayapradaiḥ samitiṣu bhīmadarśanaḥ /
sadaivataiḥ satatamathānapāyibhirnijāṅgavanmurajidasevyatāyudhaiḥ

avāritaṃ gatamubhayeṣu bhūriśaḥ kṣamābhṛtāmatha kaṭakāntareṣvapi /
muhuryudhi kṣatasuraśatruśoṇitaplutapradhiṃ rathamadhirohati sma saḥ

upetyaca svanagurupakṣamārutaṃ divastviṣā kapiśitadūradiṅmukhaḥ /
prakampitasthiratarayaṣṭi tatkṣaṇaṃ patatpatiḥ padamadhiketanaṃ dadhau

gabhīratāvijitamṛdaṅganādayā svanaśriyā hataripuhaṃsaharṣayā /
pramodayannatha mukharānkalāpinaḥ pratiṣṭhate navaghanavadrathaḥ sma saḥ

nirantarasthagitadigantaraṃ tataḥ samuccaladbalamavalokayañjanaḥ /
vikautukaḥ prakṛtamahāplave 'bhavadviśṛṅkhalaṃ pracalitasindhuvāriṇi

babṛṃhire gajapatayo mahānakāḥ pradadhvanurjayaturagā jiheṣire /
asaṃbhavadgirivaragahvarairabhūttadā ravairdalita iva sva āśrayaḥ

anārataṃ rasati jayāya dundubhau madhudviṣaḥ phaladalaghupratisvanaiḥ /
viniṣpatanmṛgapatibhirguhāmukhairgatāḥ parāṃ mudamahasannivādrayaḥ

jaḍīkṛtaśravaṇapathe divaukasāṃ camūrave viśati surādrikandarāḥ /
anarthakairajani vidagdhakāminīratāntarakvaṇitavilāsakauśalaiḥ

arātibhiryudhi sahayudhvano hatāñjighṛkṣavaḥ śrutaraṇatūryaniḥsvanāḥ /
akurvata prathamasamāgamocitaṃ cirojjhitaṃ suragaṇikāḥ prasādhanam

pracoditāḥ paricitayantṛkarmabhirniṣādibhirviditayatāṅkuśakriyaiḥ /
gajāḥ sakṛtkaratalalolanālikāhatā muhuḥ praṇaditaghaṇḍamāyayuḥ

savikramakramaṇacalairitastataḥ prakīrṇakaiḥ kṣipata iva kṣite rajaḥ /
vyaraṃsiṣurna khalu janasya dṛṣṭayasturaṅgamādabhinavabhāṇḍabhāriṇaḥ

calāṅgulīkisalayamuddhataiḥ karairanṛtyata sphuṭakṛtakarṇatālayā /
madodakadravakaṭabhittisaṅgibhiḥ kalasvaraṃ madhupagaṇairagīyata

asicyata praśamitapāṃśubhirmahī madāmbubhirdhṛtanavapūrṇakumbhayā /
avādyata śravaṇasukhaṃ samunnamatpayodharadhvaniguru tūryamānanaiḥ

udāsire pavanavidhūtavāsasastatastato gaganalihaśca ketavaḥ /
yataḥ puraḥ pratiripu śārṅgiṇaḥ svayaṃ vyadhīyata dvipaghaṭayeti maṅgalam

na śūnyatāmagamadasau niveśabhūḥ prabhūtatāṃ dadhati bale calatyapi /
payasyabhidravati bhuvaṃ yugāvadhau saritpatirna hi samupaiti riktatām

yiyāsitāmatha madhubhidvivasvatā jano jaranmahiṣaviṣāṇadhūsarām /
puraḥ patatparabalareṇumālinīmalakṣayaddiśamabhidhūmitāmiva

manasvināmuditagurupratiśrutiḥ śrutastathā na nijamṛdaṅganiḥsvanaḥ /
yathā puraḥsamarasamudyatadviṣadvalānakadhvanirudakarṣayanmanaḥ

yathā yathā paṭaharavaḥ samīpatāmupāgamatsa harivarāgrataḥ saraḥ /
tathā tathā hṛṣitavapurmudākulā dviṣāṃ camūrajani janīva cetasā

prasāriṇi sapadi nabhastale tataḥ samīraṇabhramitaparāgarūṣitā /
vyabhāvyata pralayajakālikākṛtirvidūrataḥ pratibalaketanāvaliḥ

kṣaṇena ca pratimukhatigmadīdhitipratiprabhāsphuradasiduḥkhadarśanā /
bhayaṅkarā bhṛśamapi darśanīyatāṃ yayāvasāvasuracamūśca bhūbhṛtām

payomucāmabhipatatāṃ divi drutaṃ viparyayaḥ parita ivātapasya saḥ /
samakramaḥ samaviṣameṣvatha kṣaṇātkṣamātalaṃ balajalarāśirānaśe

mamau puraḥ kṣaṇamiva paśyato mahattanūdarasthitabhuvanatrayasya tat /
viśālatāṃ dadhati nitāntamāyate balaṃ dviṣāṃ madhumathanasya cakṣuṣi

bhṛśasvidaḥ pulakavikāsimūrtayo rasādhike manasi niviṣṭasāhasāḥ /
mukhe yudhaḥ sapadi raterivābhavansasambhramāḥ kṣitipacamūvadhūgaṇāḥ

dhvajāṃśukairdhruvamanukūlamārutaprasāritaiḥ prasabhakṛtopahūtayaḥ /
yadūnabhi drutataramudyatāyudhāḥ krudhā paraṃ rayamarayaḥ prapedire

harerapi prati parakīyavāhinīradhisyadaṃ pravavṛtire camūcarāḥ /
vilambituṃ na khalu sahā manasvino vidhitsataḥ kalahamavekṣya vidviṣaḥ

upāhitairvapuṣi nivātavarmabhiḥ sphuranmaṇiprasṛtamarīcisūcibhiḥ /
nirantaraṃ narapatayo raṇājire rarājire śaranikarācitā iva

athoccakairjaraṭhakapotakandharātanūruhaprakaravipāṇḍuradyuti /
valaiścalaccaraṇavidhūtamuccaraddhanāvalīrudacarata kṣamārajaḥ

viṣaṅgibhirbhṛśamitaretaraṃ kvacitturaṅgamairupari niruddhanirgamāḥ /
calācalairanupadamāhatāḥ khurairvibabhramuściramadha eva dhūlayaḥ

garīyasaḥ pracuramukhasya rāgiṇo rajo 'bhavadvyavahitasatvamutkaṭam /
sisṛkṣataḥ sarasijajanmano jagadbalasya tu kṣayamapanetumicchataḥ

purā śarakṣatijanitāni saṃyuge nayanti naḥ prasabhamasṛñji paṅkatām /
iti dhruvaṃ vyalagiṣurāttabhītayaḥ khamuccakairanalasakhasya ketavaḥ

kvacillasadghananikurambakarburaḥ kvaciddhiraṇmayakaṇapuñjapiñjaraḥ /
kvaciccharacchaśadharakhaṇḍapāṇḍuraḥ khurakṣatakṣititalareṇurudyayau

mahīyasā mahati digantadantināmanīkaje rajasi mukhānuṣaṅgiṇi /
visāritāmajihata kokilāvalīmalīmasā jaladamadāmburājayaḥ

śiroruhairalikulakomalairamī mudhā mṛdhe mṛṣata yuvāna eva mā /
baloddhataṃ dhavalitamūrdhajāniti dhruvaṃ janāñjarata ivākarodrajaḥ

susaṃhatairdadhadapi dhāma nīyate tiraskṛtiṃ bahubhirasaṃśayaṃ paraiḥ /
yataḥ kṣiteravayavasaṃpado 'ṇavastviṣāṃ nidherapi vapurāvarīṣata

drutadravadrathacaraṇakṣatakṣamātalollasadbahularajo 'vaguṇṭhitam /
yugakṣayakṣaṇaniravagrahe jagatpayonidherjala iva magnamābabhau

samullasaddinakaravaktrakāntayo rajasvalāḥ parimalitāmbaraśriyaḥ /
digaṅganāḥ kṣaṇamavilokanakṣamāḥ śarīriṇāṃ pariharaṇīyatāṃ yayuḥ

nirīkṣituṃ viyati sametyakautukātparākramaṃ samaramukhe mahībhṛtām /
rajastatāvanimiṣalocanotpalavyathākṛti tridaśagaṇaiḥ palāyyata

viṣaṅgiṇi pratipadamāpibatyapo hatāciradyutini samīralakṣmaṇi /
śanaiḥśanairupacitapaṅkabhārikāḥ payomucaḥ prayayurapetavṛṣṭayaḥ

nabhonadīvyatikaradhautamūrtibhirviyadgatairanadhigatāni lebhire /
calaccamūturagakhurāhatotpatanmahīrajaḥsnapanasukhāni diggajaiḥ

gajavrajākramaṇabharāvanamrayā rasātalaṃ yadakhilamānaśe bhuvā /
nabhastalaṃ bhahulatareṇa reṇunā tato 'gamattrijagadivaikatāṃ sphuṭam

samasthalīkṛtavivareṇa pūritā mahībhṛtāṃ balarajasā mahāguhāḥ /
rahastrapāvidhuravaghūratārthināṃ nabhaḥsadāmupakaraṇīyatāṃ yayuḥ

gate mukhacchadapaṭasādṛśīṃ dṛśaḥ pathasthiro dadhati ghane rajasyapi /
madānilairadhimadhucūtagandhibhirdvipā dvipānabhiyayureva raṃhasā

madāmbhasā parigalitena saptadhā gajāñjanaḥ śamitarajaścayānadhaḥ /
uparyavasthitaghanapāṃśumaṇḍalānalokayattatapaṭamaṇḍapāniva

anyūnonnatayo 'timātrapṛthavaḥ pṛthvīdharaśrībhṛtaḥ stanvantaḥ kanakāvalībhirupamāṃ saudāmanīdāmabhiḥ /
varṣantaḥ śamamānayannupalasacchṛṅgāralekhāyudhāḥ kāle kāliyakāyakālavapuṣaḥ pāṃsūngajāmbhomucaḥ