Mahabharata · Chapter 11.24
somadattasutaṃ paśya yuyudhānena pātitam /
vitudyamānaṃ vihagairbahubhirmādhavāntike //
putraśokābhisantaptaḥ śomadatto janārdana /
yuyudhānaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ garhayanniva dṛśyate //
asau hi bhūriśvaso mātā śokapariplutā /
āśvāsayati bhartāraṃ somadattamaninditā //
diṣṭyā nainaṃ mahārāja dāruṇaṃ bharatakṣayam /
kurusaṅkrandanaṃ ghoraṃ yugāntamanupaśyasi //
diṣṭyā yūpadhvajaṃ putraṃ vīraṃ bhūrisahasradam /
anekakratuyajvānaṃ nihataṃ nānupaśyasi //
diṣṭyā snuṣāṇāmākrande ghoraṃ vilapitaṃ bahu /
na śṛṇoṣi mahārāja sārasīnāmivārṇave //
ekavastrāstu pañcaitāḥ prakīrṇāsitamūrdhajāḥ /
snuṣāste paridhāvanti hatāpatyā hateśvarāḥ //
śvāpadairbhakṣyamāṇaṃ tvamaho diṣṭyā na paśyasi /
chinnabāhuṃ naravyāghramarjunena nipātitam //
śalaṃ vinihataṃ saṅkhye bhūriśravasameva ca /
snuṣāśca vividhāḥ sarvā diṣṭyā nādyeha paśyasi //
diṣṭyā tatkāñcanaṃ chatraṃ yūpaketormahātmanaḥ /
vinīkīrṇaṃ rathopasthe saumadatterna paśyasi //
amūstu bhūriśravaso bhāryāḥ sātyakinā hatam /
parivāryānuśocanti bhartāramasitekṣaṇāḥ //
etā vilapya karuṇaṃ bhartṛśokena karśitāḥ /
patantyabhimukhā bhūmau kṛpaṇaṃ bata keśava //
bībhatsuratibībhatsaṃ karmedamakarotkatham /
pramattasya yadacchaitsīdbāhuṃ śūrasya yajvanaḥ //
tataḥ pāpataraṃ karma kṛtavānapi sātyakiḥ /
yasmātprāyopaviṣṭasya prāhārṣītsaṃśitātmanaḥ //
eko dvābhyāṃ hataḥ śete kṣatradharmeṇa dhārmikaḥ /
kinnu vakṣyati vai satsu goṣṭhīṣu ca sabhāsu ca //
apuṇyamayaśasyaṃ ca karmedaṃ sātyakiḥ svayam /
iti yūpadhvajasyaitāḥ striyaḥ krośanti mādhava //
bhāryā yūpadhvajasyaiṣā karasammitamadhyamā /
kṛtvotsaṅge bhujaṃ bhartuḥ kṛpaṇaṃ paridevati //
ayaṃ sa hantā śūrāṇāṃ mitrāṇāmabhayapradaḥ /
pradātā gosahasrāṇāṃ kṣatriyāntakaraḥ karaḥ //
ayaṃ sa raśanotkarṣī pīnastanavimardanaḥ /
nābhyūrujaghanasparśī nīvīvisraṃsanaḥ karaḥ //
vāsudevasya sānnidhye pārthenākliṣṭakarmaṇā /
yudhyataḥ samare'nyena pramattasya nipātitaḥ //
kinnu vakṣyasi saṃsatsu kathāsu ca janārdana /
arjunasya mahatkarma svayaṃ vā sa kirīṭabhṛt //
ityevaṃ garhayitvaiṣā tūṣṇīmāste varāṅganā /
tāmetāmanuśocanti sapatnyaḥ svāmiva snuṣām //
gāndhārarājaḥ śakunirbalavānsatyavikramaḥ /
nihataḥ sahadevena bhāginemena mātulaḥ //
yaḥ purā hemadaṇḍābhyāṃ vyajanābhyāṃ sma vījyate /
sa eṣa pakṣibhiḥ pakṣaiḥ śayāna upavījyate //
yaḥ svarūpāṇi kurute śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ /
tasya māyāvino māyā dagdhāḥ pāṇḍavatejasā //
māyayā nikṛtiprajño jitavānyo yudhiṣṭhiram /
sabhāyāṃ vipulaṃ rājyaṃ sa jahau jīvitaṃ katham //
śakuntāḥ śakuniṃ kṛṣṇa samantātparyupāsate /
kitavaṃ mama putrāṇāṃ vināśāyopaśikṣitam //
etenaitanmahadvairaṃ prasaktaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha /
vadhāya mama putrāṇāmātmanaḥ sagaṇasya ca //
yathaiva mama putrāṇāṃ lokāḥ śastrajitāḥ prabho /
evamasyāpi durbuddherlokāḥ śastreṇa vai jitāḥ //
kathaṃ ca nāyaṃ tatrāpi putrānme bhrātṛbhiḥ saha /
virodhayedṛjuprajñānanṛjurmadhusūdana //
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