Mahabharata · Chapter 3.121
na rāma kālaḥ paridevanāya yaduttaraṃ tvatra tadeva sarve /
samācarāmo hyanatītakālaṃ yudhiṣṭhiro yadyapi nāha kiñcit //
ye nāthavanto'dya bhavanti loke te nātmanā karma samārante /
teṣāṃ tu kāryeṣu bhavanti nāthāḥ śaibyādayo rāma yathā yayāteḥ //
yeṣāṃ tathā rāma samārabhante kāryāṇi nāthāḥ svamatena loke /
rate nāthavantaḥ puruṣapravīrā nānāthavatkṛcchramavāpnuvanti //
kasmādimau rāmajanārdanau ca pradyumnasāmbau ca mayā sametau /
vasantyaraṇye saha sodarīyai- strailokyanāthānabhigamya pārthāḥ //
niryātu sādhyadya daśārhasenā prabhūtanānāyudhacitravarmā /
yamakṣayaṃ gacchatu dhārtarāṣṭraḥ sabāndhavo vṛṣṇibalābhibhūtaḥ //
tvaṃ hyeva kopātpṛthivīmapīmāṃ saṃveṣṭayestiṣṭhatu śārhgadhanvā /
sa dhārtarāṣṭraṃ jahi sānubandhaṃ vṛtraṃ yathā devapatirmahendraḥ //
bhrātā ca me yaḥ sa sakhā guruśca janārdanasyātmasamaśca pārthaḥ /
tadarthameko hi ya udyamanvai karoti karṇo'stramavāraṇīyam //
[yadarthamaicchanmanujāḥ suputraṃ śiṣyaṃ guruṃ cāpratikūlavādam /
yadarthamabhyudyatamuttamaṃ ta- tkaroti karmāgryamapāraṇīyam // ]
tasyāstravarṣāṇyahamuttamāstrai- rvihatya sarvāṇai raṇe'bhibhūya /
kāyācchiraḥ sarpaviṣāgnikalpaiḥ śarottamairunmathitā'smi rāma //
khaṅgena cāhaṃ niśitena saṅkhye kāyācchirastasya balātpramatya /
tato's sarvānanugānhaniṣye duryodhanaṃ cāpi kurūśca sarvān //
āttāyudhaṃ māmiha rauhiṇaeya paśyantu bhaimā yudhi jātaharṣāḥ /
nighnantamekaṃ kuruyodhamukhyā- nagniṃ mahākakṣamivāntakāle //
pradyumnamuktānniśitānna śaktāḥ / soḍhuṃ kṛpadroṇavikarṇakarṇāḥ /
jānāsi pīryaṃ ca tavātmajasya kārṣṇirbhavatyeva yathā raṇasthaḥ //
sāmbaḥ sasūtaṃ sarathaṃ bhujābhyāṃ duḥśāsanaṃ śāstu balātpramathya /
na vidyatejāmbavatīsutasya raṇe'viṣahyaṃ hi raṇotkaṭasya //
etena bālena hi śambarasya daityasya sainyaṃ sahasā praṇunnam /
hataḥ sa pāpo yudhi kevalena yuddhe'dvitīyo haritulyavīryaḥ //
vṛttoruratyāyatapīnabāhu- retena saṅkhye nihato'śvacakraḥ /
ko nāma sāmbasya mahārathasya raṇe samakṣaṃ rathamabhyudīyāt //
yathā praviśyāntaramantakasya kāle manuṣyo na viniṣkrameta /
tathā praviśyāntaramasya saṅkhye ko nāma jīvanpunarāvrajecca //
droṇaṃ kaca bhīṣmaṃ ca mahārathau tau sutairvṛtaṃ cāpyatha somadattam /
sarvāṇai sainyāni ca vāsudevaḥ pradhakṣyate sāyakavahnijālaiḥ //
kinnāma lokeṣu viṣahmamasti- kṛṣṇasya sarveṣu sadevakeṣu /
āttāyudhasyottamabāṇapāṇe- ścakrāyudhasyāpratimasya yuddhe //
tato niruddho'pyasicarmapāṇi- rmahīmimāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrairvisañjñaiḥ /
hṛtottamāṅgairnihataiḥ karotu kīrṇāṅkuśairvedimivādhvareṣu //
gadolmukau bāhukabhānunīthāḥ śūraśra saṅkhye niśaṭhaḥ kumāraḥ /
raṇotkaṭau sāraṇacārudeṣṇau kulocitaṃ viprathayantu karma //
savṛṣṇibhojāndhakayodhamukhyā samāgatā sātvataśūrasenā /
hatvā raṇe tāndhṛtarāṣṭraputrā- nloke yaśaḥ sphītamupākarotu //
tato'bhimanyuḥ pṛthivīṃ praśāstu yāvadvrataṃ dharmabhṛtāṃvariṣṭhaḥ /
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ pārayate mahātmā dyūte yathoktaṃ kurusattamena //
asmatpramuktairviśikhairjitāri- stato mahīṃ bhokṣyati dharmarājaḥ /
nirdhārtarāṣṭrāṃ hatasūtaputrā- metaddhi naḥ kṛtyatamaṃ yaśasyam //
vāsudeva uvāca /
asaṃśayaṃ mādhava satyameta- dgṛhṇīma te vākyamadīnasatva /
svābhyāṃ bhujābhyāmajitāṃ tu bhūmiṃ necchetkurūṇāmṛṣabhaḥ kathañcit //
na hyeṣa kāmānna bhayānna lobhā- dyudhiṣṭhiro jātu jahyātsvadharmam /
bhīmārjunau cātirathau yamau ca tathaiva kṛṣṇā drupadātmajeyam //
ubhau hi yuddhe'pratimau pṛthivyāṃ vṛkodaraścaiva dhanañjayaśca /
kasmānna kṛtsnāṃ pṛthivīṃ praśāse- nmādrīsutābhyāṃ ca puraskṛto'yam //
yadā tu pāñcālapatirmahātmā sakekayaścedipatirvayaṃ ca /
yudhyema vikramya raṇe sametā- stadaiva sarve ripavo hi na syuḥ //
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca /
nedaṃ citraṃ mādhava yadbravīṣi satyaṃ tu me rakṣyatamaṃ na rājyam /
kṛṣṇastu māṃ veda yathāvadekaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ ca vedāhamatho yathāvat //
yadaiva kālaṃ puruṣapravīro vetsyatyayaṃ mādhava vikramasya /
tadā raṇe tvaṃ ca śinipravīra suyodhanaṃ jeṣyasi keśavaśca //
pratiprayāntvadya daśārhavīrā dṛṣṭosmi nāthairnaralokanāthaiḥ /
dharme'pramādaṃ kurutāprameyā draṣṭā'smi bhūyaḥ sukhinaḥ sametān //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
te'nyonyamāmantrya tathā'bhivādya vṛddhānpariṣvajya śiśūṃśca sarvān /
yadupravīrāḥ svagṛhāṇi jagmu- ste cāpi tīrthānyamusaṃviceruḥ //
visṛjya vṛṣṇīnanu dharmarājau vidarbharājopacitāṃ sutīrthām /
jagāma puṇyāṃ saritaṃ payoṣṇīṃ sabhrātṛbhṛtyaḥ saha lomaśena //
sutena somena vimiśratoyāṃ payaḥ payoṣṇīṃ prati sodhyuvāsa /
dvijātimukhyairmuditairmahātmā saṃstūyamānaḥ stutibhirvarābhiḥ //
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