Mahabharata · Chapter 14.11

ityukte nṛpatau tasminvyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā /
vāsudevo mahātejāstato vacanamādade //

taṃ nṛpaṃ dīnamanasaṃ nihatajñātibāndhavam /
upaplutamivādityaṃ sadhūmamiva pāvakam //

nirviṇṇamanasaṃ pārthaṃ jñātvā vṛṣṇikulodvahaḥ /
āśvāsanandharmasutaṃ pravaktumupacakrame //
vāsudeva uvāca /

sarvaṃ jihmaṃ mṛtyupadamajihmaṃ brahmaṇaḥ padam /
etāvānjñānaviṣayaḥ kiṃ pralāpaḥ kariṣyati //

naiva te'nuṣṭhitaṃ karma naiva te śatravo jitāḥ /
kathaṃ śatruṃ śarīrastamātmano nāvabudhyase //

atra te vartayiṣyāmi yathādharmaṃ yathāśrutam /
indrasya saha vṛtreṇa yathā yuddhamavartata //

vṛtreṇa pṛthivī vyāptā purā kila narādhipa / dṛṣṭvā sa pṛthivīṃ vyāptāṃ gandhasya viṣaye hṛte /
dharāharaṇadurgandho viṣayaḥ samapadyata //

śatakratuścukopātha gandhasya viṣaye hṛte /
vṛtrasya satataḥ kruddho ghoraṃ vajramavāsṛjat //

sa vadhyamāno vajreṇa subhṛśaṃ bhūritejasā /
viveśa sahasā toyaṃ jagrāha viṣayaṃ tataḥ //

apsu vṛtragṛhītāsu rase ca viṣaye hṛte /
śatakraturatikruddhastatra vajramavāsṛjat //

sa vadhyamāno vajreṇa tasminnamitatejasā /
viveśa sahasā jyotirjagrāha viṣayaṃ tataḥ //

vyāpte jyotiṣi vṛtreṇa rūpe'tha viṣaye hṛte /
śatakraturatikruddhastatra vajramavāsṛjat //

sa vadyamāno vajreṇa tasminnamitatejasā /
viveśa sahasā vāyuṃ jagrāha viṣayaṃ tataḥ //

vyāpte vāyau tu vṛtreṇa sparśe'tha viṣaye hṛte /
śatakraturatikruddhastatra vajramavāsṛjat //

sa vadhyagāno vajreṇa tasminnamitatejasā /
ākāśamabhidudrāva jagrāha viṣayaṃ tataḥ //

ākāśe vṛtrabhūte'tha śabde ca viṣaye hṛte /
śatakraturabhikruddhastatra vajramavāsṛjat //

sa vadhyamāno vajreṇa tasminnamitatejasā /
viveśa sahasā śakraṃ jagrāha viṣayaṃ tataḥ //

tasya vṛtragṛhītasya mohaḥ samabhavanmahān /
rathantareṇa taṃ sāmnā vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyabodhayat //

tato vṛtraṃ śarīrasthaṃ jaghāna bharatarṣabha /
śatakraturadṛśyena vajreṇetīha naḥ śrutam //

idaṃ dharmyaṃ rahasyaṃ vai śakreṇoktaṃ maharṣiṣu /
ṛṣibhiśca mama proktaṃ tannibodha janādhipa //