Mahabharata · Chapter 13.27
hatvā taṃ pakṣiśārdūlaḥ kuvindānāṃ janaṃ vratī / upopaviśya śailāgre bhakṣayāmāsa tāvubhau /
vāraṇaṃ kaccharpa caiva saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sa patatrirāṭ //
tayoḥ sa rudhiraṃ pītvā medasī ca parantapa / saṃhṛṣṭaḥ yatatāṃśreṣṭho labdhvā balamanuttamam /
jangāma devarājasya bhavanaṃ pannagāśanaḥ //
taṃ praṇamya mahātmānaṃ pāvakaṃ visphuliṅginam /
rātridivaṃ prajvalitaṃ rakṣārthamamṛtasya ha //
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vihagendrasya bhayaṃ tīvramupāviśat /
natu toyānna rakṣibhyo bhayamasyopapadyate //
pakṣitvamātmano dṛṣṭvā jvalantaṃ ca hutāśanam /
pitāmahamatho gatvā dadarśa bhujagāśanaḥ //
taṃ praṇamya mahātmānaṃ garuḍaḥ prayatāñjaliḥ /
provāca tadasandigdhaṃ vacanaṃ pannageśvaraḥ //
udyataṃ gurukṛtye māṃ bhagavandharmaniścitam /
vimokṣaṇārthaṃ māturhi dāsabhāvādaninditam //
kadrūsakāśamamṛtaṃ mayāhartavyamīśvara /
tadā me jananī deva dāsabhāvātpramokṣyate //
tatrāmṛtaṃ prajvalito nityamīśvara rakṣati /
hiraṇyaretā bhagavānpākaśāsanaśāsanāt //
tatra me devadeveśa bhayaṃ tīvramathāviśat /
jvalantaṃ pāvakaṃ dṛṣṭvā pakṣitvaṃ cātmanaḥ prabho //
samatikramituṃ śakyaḥ kathaṃ syātpāvako mayā /
tasyābhyupāyaṃ varada vaktumīśo'si me prabho //
tamabravīnmahābhāga tapyamānaṃ vihaṅgamam /
agneḥ saṃśamanopāyamutsayanta punaḥpunaḥ //
payasā śāmyate vatsa sarpiṣā ca hutāśanaḥ /
śarīrasthopi bhūtānāṃ kiṃ punaḥ prajvalanbhuvi //
navanītaṃ payo vā'pi pāvake tvaṃ samādadheḥ / tato gaccha yathākāmaṃ na tvā dhakṣyati pāvakaḥ //
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