Shloka 8
Uttarā-Pratigrahaṇa and Abhimanyu–Uttarā Vivāha
Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 67
उस समय अर्जुन शत्रुओंको छोड़कर--उन्हें जीवनदान दे, मदकी धारा बहानेवाले हाथीकी भाँति मस्तीकी चालसे विराटनगरकी ओर लौटे जा रहे थे। कौरवोंको उनपर आक्रमण करनेका साहस नहीं हुआ ।। ततः स तन्मेघमिवापततन्तं विद्राव्य पार्थ: कुरुसैन्यवृन्दम् । मत्स्यस्य पुत्र द्विषतां निहन्ता वचोडब्रवीत् सम्परिरभ्य भूय:,क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्ता विदेशस्था विचेतस: । जब कौरव-दलके लोग चले गये या इधर-उधर सब दिशाओंमें भाग गये, उस समय बहुत-से कौरवसैनिक जो घने जंगलमें छिपे हुए थे, वहाँसे निकलकर डरते-डरते अर्जुनके पास आये। उनके मनमें भय समा गया था। वे भूखे-प्यासे और थके-माँदे थे। परदेशमें होनेके कारण उनके हृदयकी व्याकुलता और बढ़ गयी थी। वे उस समय केश खोले और हाथ जोड़े हुए खड़े दिखायी दिये
tataḥ sa tanmegham ivāpatatantaṃ vidrāvya pārthaḥ kurusainyavṛndam | matsyasya putro dviṣatāṃ nihantā vaco 'bravīt samparirabhya bhūyaḥ, kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntā videśasthā viceṭasaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: Then Pārtha (Arjuna), having scattered the Kuru host that had rushed upon him like a storm-cloud, returned again toward the city of Virāṭa with the proud, unhurried gait of a rutting elephant—granting life to his enemies rather than pursuing them to destruction. The Kauravas no longer dared to attack him. When the Kuru troops had withdrawn or fled in all directions, many Kaurava soldiers who had been hiding in the dense forest came out and approached Arjuna trembling. Fear had seized their minds; they were worn out by hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and being in a foreign land their distress only increased. With loosened hair and folded hands, they stood before him in supplication.
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