Mahabharata · Chapter 3.248
śatrubhirjitabaddhas pāṇḍavaiśca mahātmabhiḥ /
mokṣitasya yudhā paścānmāninaḥ sudurātmanaḥ //
katthanasyāvaliptasya garvitas ca nityaśaḥ /
sadā ca pauruṣaudāryaiḥ pāṇḍavānavamanyataḥ //
duryodhanas pāpasya nityāhankāravādinaḥ /
praveśo hāstinapure duṣkaraḥ pratibhāti me //
tasya lajjānavitasyaiva śokavyākulacetasaḥ /
praveśaṃ vistareṇa ratvaṃ vaiśampāyana kīrtaya //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
dharmarājanisṛṣstu dhārtarāṣṭraḥ suyodhanaḥ /
lajjayā'dhomukhaḥ sīdannupāsarpatsuduḥkhitaḥ //
svapuraṃ prayayau rājā caturaṅgabalānugaḥ /
śokodahatayā buddhyā cintayānaḥ parābhavam //
vimucya pathi yānāni deśe suyavasodake / sanniviṣṭaḥ śubhe ramye bhūmibhāge yathepsitam /
hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ yathāsthānaṃ nyaveśayat //
athopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ paryaṅke jvalanaprabhe / upaplutaṃ yathā somaṃ rāhuṇā rātrisankṣaye /
upāgamyābravītkarṇo duryodhanamidaṃ tadā //
diṣṭyā jīvasi gāndhāre diṣṭhyā naḥ sangamaḥ punaḥ /
diṣṭyā tvayā jitāścaiva gandharvāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ //
diṣṭyā samagrānpaśyāmi bhrātṝste kurunandana /
vijigīṣūnraṇe yuktānnirjitārīnmahārathān //
ahaṃ tvabhidrutaḥ sarvairgandharvaiḥ paśyatasva / nāśaknuvaṃ sthāpayituṃ dīryamāṇāṃ ca vāhinīm /
śarakṣatāṅgaśca bhṛśaṃ vyapayāto'bhipīḍitaḥ //
idaṃ tvatyadbhutaṃ manye yadyuṣmāniha bhārata / ariṣṭānakṣasāṃścāpi sadārabalavāhanān /
vimuktānsamprapaśyāmi yuddhāttasmādamānuṣāt //
naitasya kartā loke'sminpumānvidyati bhārata /
yatkṛtaṃ te mahārāja saha bhrātṛbhirāhave //
evamuktastu karṇena rājā duryodhanastadā /
uvācāvākśirā rājanbāṣpagadgadayā girā //
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