Mahabharata · Chapter 2.2
uṣitvā khāṇḍavaprasthe sukhavāsaṃ janārdanaḥ /
pārthaiḥ prītisamāyuktaiḥ pūjanārho'bhipūjitaḥ //
gamanāya matiṃ cakre piturdarśanalālasaḥ /
dharmarājamathāmantrya pṛthāṃ ca pṛthulocanaḥ //
vavande caraṇau mūrdhnā jagadvandyaḥ pitṛṣvasuḥ /
sa tayā mūrdhnyupāghrātaḥ pariṣvaktaśca keśavaḥ //
dadarśānantaraṃ kṛṣṇo bhaginīṃ svāṃ mahāyaśāḥ /
tāmupetya hṛṣīkeśaḥ prītyā bāṣpasamanvitaḥ //
arthyaṃ tathyaṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ laghu yuktamanuttaram /
uvāca bhagavānbhadrāṃ subhadrāṃ bhadrabhāṣiṇīm //
tayā svajanagāmīni śrāvito vacanāni saḥ /
sampūjitaścāpyasakṛcchirasā cābhivāditaḥ //
tāmanujñāya vārṣṇeyaḥ pratinandya ca bhāminīm /
dadarśānantaraṃ kṛṣṇāṃ dhaumyaṃ cāpi janārdanaḥ //
vavande ca yathānyāyaṃ dhaumyaṃ puruṣasattamaḥ /
draupadīṃ sāntvayitvā ca subhadrāṃ paridāya ca //
bhrātṛnabhyagamadvidvānpārthena sahito balī /
bhrātṛbhiḥ pañcabhiḥ kṛṣṇo vṛtaḥ śakra ivāmaraiḥ //
yātrākālasya yogyāni karmāṇi garuḍadhvajaḥ /
kartukāmaḥ śucirbhūtvā snātavānsamalaṅkṛtaḥ //
arcayāmāsa devāṃśca dvijāṃśca yadupuṅgavaḥ /
mālyajāpyanamaskārairgandhairuccāvacairapi //
sa kṛtvā sarvakāryāṇi pratasthe tasthupāṃ varaḥ /
upetya sa yaduśreṣṭho bāhyakakṣādvinirgataḥ //
svasti vācyārhato viprāndadhipātraphalākṣataiḥ /
vasu pradāya ca tataḥ pradakṣiṇamathākarot //
kāñcanaṃ rathamāsthāya tārkṣyaketanamāśugam /
gadācakrāsiśārṅgādyairāyudhairāvṛtaṃ śubham //
sutithāvatha nakṣatre muhūrte ca guṇānvite /
prayayau puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śaibyasugrīvavāhanaḥ //
anvāruroha cāpyenaṃ premṇā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
apāsya cāsya yantāraṃ dārukaṃ yantṛsattamam //
abhīṣūnsamprajagrāha svayaṃ kurupatistadā /
upāruhyārjunaścā'pi cāmaravyajanaṃ sitam //
rukmadaṇḍaṃ bṛhadbāhurvidudhāva pradakṣiṇam /
tathaiva bhīmaseno'pi rathamāruhya vīryavān //
chatraṃ śataśalākaṃ ca divyamālyopaśobhitam / vaiḍūryamaṇidaṇḍaṃ ca cāmīkaravibhūṣitam /
dadhāra tarasā bhīmaḥ mucchatraṃ śārṅgadhanvane /
bhīmasenārjunau cāpi yamāvariniṣūdanau //
pṛṣṭhato'nuyayuḥ kṛṣṇamṛtvikpaurajanairvṛtā /
sa tathā bhrātṛbhiḥ sarvaiḥ keśavaḥ paravīrahā //
anvīyamānaḥ śuśubhe śiṣyairiva guruḥ priyaiḥ /
abhimanyuṃ ca saubhadraṃ vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtastathā //
rathamāropya niryāto dhaumyo brāhmaṇapuṅgavaḥ / indraprasthamatikramya krośamātraṃ mahādyutiḥ /
pārthamāmantrya govindaḥ pariṣvajya supīḍitam //
yudhiṣṭharaṃ pūjayitvā bhīmasenaṃ yamau tathā /
pariṣvakto bhṛśaṃ taistu yamābhyāmabhivāditaḥ //
yojanārdhamatho gatvā kṛṣṇaḥ parapurañjayaḥ /
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ samāmantrya nivartasveti bhārata //
tato'bhivādya govindaḥ pādau jagrāha dharmavit /
utthāpya dharmarājastu mūrdhnyupāghrāya keśavam //
pāṇḍavo yādavaśreṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam /
gamyatāmityanujñāpya dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ //
tatastaiḥ saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā yathāvanmadhusūdanaḥ /
nivartya ca tathā kṛcchrātpāṇḍavānsapadānugān //
svāṃ purīṃ prayayau hṛṣṭo yathā śakro'marāvatīm //
locanairanujagmuste tamādṛṣṭipathāttadā //
manobhiranujagmuste kṛṣṇaṃ prītisamanvayāt /
atṛptamanasāmeva teṣāṃ keśavadarśane //
kṣipramantardadhe śauriścakṣuṣāṃ priyadarśanaḥ /
akāmā eva pārthāste govindagamānasāḥ //
nivṛtyopayayustūrṇaṃ svaṃ puraṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ /
syandanenātha kṛṣṇo'pi tvaritaṃ dvārakāmagāt //
sātvatena ca vīreṇa pṛṣṭhato yāyinā tadā / dārukeṇa ca sūtena sahito devakīsutaḥ /
sa gato dvārakāṃ viṣṇurgarutmāniva vegavān //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
nivṛtya dharmarājastu saha bhrātṛbhiracyutaḥ /
suhṛtparivṛto rājā praviveśa purottamam //
visṛjya suhṛdaḥ sarvānbhrātṝnputrāṃśca dharmarāṭ /
mumoda puruṣavyāghro draupadyā sahito nṛpa //
keśavopi mudā yuktaḥ praviveśa purottamam /
pūjyamāno yaduśreṣṭhairugrasenamukhaistathā //
āhukaṃ pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ mātaraṃ ca yaśasvinīm /
abhivādya balaṃ caiva sthitaḥ kamalalocanaḥ //
pradyumnasāmbaniśaṭhāṃścarudeṣṇaṃ gadaṃ tathā /
aniruddhaṃ ca bhānuṃ ca pariṣvajya janārdanaḥ //
sa vṛddhairabhyanujñāto rukmiṇyā bhavanaṃ yayau /
sa tatra bhavane divye pramumoda sukhī sukham //
etasminnantare rājanmayo daityādhipastadā /
vidhivatkalpayāmāsa sabhāṃ dharmasutāya vai //
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