Mahabharata · Chapter 12.47
tataḥ sa ca hṛṣīkeśaḥ sa ca rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
kṛpādayaśca te sarve catvāraḥ pāṇḍavāśca te //
rathaistairnagaraprakhyaiḥ patākādhvajaśobhitaiḥ /
yayurāśu kurukṣetraṃ vājibhiḥ śīghragāmibhiḥ //
te'vatīrya kurukṣetre keśamaḍhajjāsthisankule /
dehanyāsaḥ kṛnto yatra kṣatriyaistairmahārathaiḥ //
gajāśvadehāsthicayaiḥ parvatairiva sañcitam /
naraśīrṣakapālaiśca haṃsairiva ca sarvaśaḥ //
citāsahasrairnicitaṃ varmaśastrasamākulam /
āpānabhūmiṃ kālasya tadā bhuktojjhitāmiva //
bhūtasaṅghānucaritaṃ rakṣogaṇaniṣevitam /
paśyantaste kurukṣetraṃ yayurāśu mahārathāḥ //
gacchanneva mahābāhuḥ sarvaṃ yādavanandanaḥ /
yudhiṣṭhirāya provāca jāmadagnyasya vikramam //
amī rāmahradāḥ pañca dṛśyante pārtha dūrataḥ /
yeṣu santarpayāmāsa pitṝnkṣatriyaśoṇitaiḥ //
triḥsaptakṛtvo vasudhāṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ /
ihedānīṃ tato rāmaḥ karmaṇo virarāma ha //
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca /
triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī kṛtā niḥkṣatriyā purā /
rāmeṇeti yadāttha tvamatra me saṃśayo mahān //
kṣatrabījaṃ yathā dagdhaṃ rāmeṇa yadupuṅgava /
kathaṃ bhūyaḥ samutyattiḥ kṣatrasyāmitavikrama //
mahātmanā bhagavatā rāmeṇa yadupuṅgava /
kathamutsādittaṃ kṣatraṃ kathamṛddhigataṃ punaḥ //
mahatā rathayuddhena koṭiśaḥ kṣatriyā hatāḥ /
tathā'bhūcca mahī kīrṇā kṣatriyairvadatāṃ vara //
kimarthaṃ bhārgaveṇedaṃ kṣatramutsāditaṃ purā /
rāmeṇa yaduśārdūla kurukṣetre mahātmanā //
etanme chindhi vārṣṇeya saṃśayaṃ tārkṣyaketana /
āgamo hi paraḥ kṛṣṇa tvatto no vāsavānuja //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
tato vrajanneva gadāgrajaḥ prabhuḥ śaśaṃsa tasmai nikhilena tattvataḥ /
yudhiṣṭhirāyāpratimaujase tadā yathā'bhavatkṣatriyasankulā mahī //
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