Mahabharata · Chapter 3.120
prabhāsatīrthamāsādyapāṇḍavā vṛṣṇayastathā /
kimakurvankathāścaiṣāṃ kāstatrāsaṃstapodhana //
te hi sarve mahātmānaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ /
vṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva suhṛdaścaparasparam //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
prabhāsatīrthaṃ samprāpya puṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ mahodadheḥ /
vṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍavānvīrāḥ parivāryopatasthire //
tato gokṣīrakundendumṛṇaālarajataprabhaḥ /
vanamālī halī rāmo babhāṣe puṣkarekṣaṇam //
na kṛṣṇa dharmaścarito bhavāya jantoradharmaśca parābhavāya /
yudhiṣṭhiro yatrajaṭī mahātmā vanāśrayaḥ kliśyati cīravāsāḥ //
duryodhanaścāpi mahīṃ praśāsti na cāsya bhūmirvivaraṃ dadāti /
dharmādadharmaścarito varīyā- nitīva manyeta naro'lpabuddhiḥ //
duryodhane cāpi vivardhamāne yudhiṣṭhire cāsukhamāttarājye /
hṛtasvarājyāyatanārthabhārye duryodhanenālpadhiyā ca pārthe / kinnvatra kartavyamiti prajābhiḥ śaṅkā mithaḥ sañjanitā narāṇām //
ayaṃ sa dharmaprabhavo narendro dharme dhṛtaḥ satyadhṛtiḥ pradātā /
caleddhi rājyācca sukhācca pārtho dharmādapetastu kathaṃ vivardhet //
kathaṃ nu bhīṣmaśca kṛpaśca vipro droṇaśca rājā ca kulasya vṛddhaḥ /
pravrājya pārthānsumāpnuvanti dhikpāpabuddhīnbharatapradhānān //
kinnāma vakṣyatyavanipradhānaḥ pitṛḍansamāgamya paratra pāpaḥ /
putreṣu samyakvaritaṃ mayeti putrānapāpānvyaparopya rājyāt //
nāsau dhiyā samprati paśyati sma kinnāma kṛtvā'hamacakṣurevam /
jātaḥ pṛthivyāmiti pārthiveṣu pravrājyakaunteyamiti sma rājyāt //
nūnaṃ samṛddhānpitṛlokabhūmau cāmīkarābhānkṣitijānpraphullān /
vicitravīryasya sutaḥ saputraḥ kṛtvā nṛśaṃsaṃ vata paśyati sma //
vyūḍhottarāṃsānpṛthulohitākṣā- nimāmsma pṛcchansa śṛṇoti nūnam /
prāsthāpayadyatsa vanaṃ saśaṅko yudhiṣṭhiraṃ sānujamāttaśastram //
yo'yaṃ paraṣāṃ pṛtanāṃ samṛddhāṃ nirāyudho dīrghabhujo nihanyāt /
śrutvaiva śabdaṃ hi vṛkodarasya muñcanti sainyāni śakṛtsamūtram //
sa kṣutpipāsādhvakṛśastarasvī sametya nānāyudhabāṇapāṇiḥ /
vane smaranvāsamimaṃ sughoraṃ śeṣaṃ na kuryāditi niścitaṃ me //
na hyas vīryeṇa balena kaści- tsamaḥ pṛthivyāmapi vidyate'nyaḥ /
sa śītavātātapakarśitāṅgo na śeṣamājāvasuhṛtsu kuryāt //
prācyāṃ nṛpānekarathena jitvā vṛkodaraḥ sānucarānraṇeṣu /
svastyāgamadyo'tirathastarasvī soyaṃ vane kliśyati cīravāsāḥ //
yaḥ sindhukūle vyajayannṛdevā- nsamāgatāndākṣiṇātyānmahīpān /
taṃ paśyatemaṃ sahadevamadya tarasvinaṃ tāpasaveṣarūpam //
yaḥ pārthivānekarathena vīro diśaṃ pratīcīṃ pratniyuddhaśauṇḍaḥ /
jigye raṇe taṃ nakulaṃ vane'smi- nsampaśyatainaṃ maladigdhagātram //
satre samṛddhe'tirathasya rājño vedītalādutpatitā sutā yā /
seyaṃ vane vāsamimaṃ suduḥkhaṃ kathaṃ sahatyadya satī sukhārhā //
trivargamukhyas samīraṇasya deveśvarasyāpyathavā'śvinośca /
eṣāṃ surāṇāṃ tanayāḥ kathannu vane carantyastasukhāḥ sukhārhāḥ //
jite hi dharmasya sute sabhārye sabhrātṛke sānucare niraste /
duryodhane cāpi vivardhamāne kathaṃ na sīdatyavaniḥ saśailā //
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