sudakshin mahabharat ke anusar kamboj desh ke raja ka putr tha. vah mahabharat yuddh mean kauravoan ki or se paandavoan ke viruddh l da tha. paanduputr arjun ke hathoan sudakshin ne viragati paee thi.
arjun se yuddh
jab yuddh mean arjun dvara shrutayudh ka vadh kar diya gaya, tab kamhbojaraj ka shooravir putr sudakshin vegashali ashvoan dvara shatrusoodan arjun ka samana karane ke liye aya. arjun ne usake oopar sat ban chalaye. ve ban us shooravir ke sharir ko vidirn karake dharati mean sama gaye. gandiv dhanush dvara chho de hue tikhe banoan se athyanht ghayal hone par sudakshin ne us ranakshetr mean kank ki paankh vale das banoan dvara arjun ko kshat-vikshat kar diya. shrikrishhn ko tin banoan se ghayal karake usane arjun par pun: paanch banoan ka prahar kiya. tab arjun ne usaka dhanush katakar usaki dhhvaja ke tuk de-tuk de kar diye.[1]
isake bad panhdukumar arjun ne do athyanht tikhe bhalhloan se sudakshin ko biandh dala. sudakshin bhi tin banoan se parth ko ghayal karake sianh ke saman daha dane laga. shooravir sudakshin ne kupit hokar poornat: lohe ki bani huee ghanhta yukht bhayankar shakhti ganhdivadhari arjun par chalayi. vah b di bhari ulhka ke saman prajhvalit hoti aur chinagariyaan bikherati huee maharathi arjun ke pas jakar unake sharir ko vidirn karake prithhvi par gir p di. us shatti ke dvara gahari chot khakar mahatejashvi arjun moorchchhit ho gaye. phir dhire-dhire sachet ho apane mukh ke donoan konoan ko jibh se chatate hue achinhthy parakrami parth ne kank ke paankh vale chaudah narachoan dvara gho de, dhhvaj, dhanush aur sarathi sahit sudakshin ko ghayal kar diya.
viragati
arjun ne doosare bahut-se banoan dvara usake rath ko took-took kar diya aur sudakshin ke sankalhp evan parakram ko vhyarth karake panhduputr arjun ne moti dhar vale ban se usaki chhati chhed dali. isase usaka kavach phat gaya, sare aang shithil ho gaye, mukut aur bajooband gir gaye tatha shooravir sudakshin mashin se pheanke gaye dhhvaj ke saman muanh ke bal gir p da. jaise sardi bitane ke bad parvat ke shikhar par uthpanhn hua sunhdar shakhaoan se yukht, supratishthit evan shobha samhpanhn kaner ka vriksh vayu ke veg se tootakar gir jata hai, usi prakar kamhboj desh ke mulayam bichhaunoan par shayan karane ke yoghy sudakshin vahaan mara jakar prithhvi par so raha tha. bahumoolhy abhooshanoan se vibhooshit evan shikhar yukht parvat ke saman sudarshaniy arun netroan vale kamhboj rajakumar sudakshin ko arjun ne ek hi ban se mar giraya tha. apane mashtak par aghni ke saman damakate hue suvarnamay har ko dharan kiye mahabahu sudakshin yadyapi pranashoonhy karake prithhvi par giraya gaya tha, tathapi us avashtha mean bhi usaki b di shobha ho rahi thi.