Mahabharata · Chapter 3.251
rājannadyāvagacchāmi tavaiva laghusatvatām /
alpatvaṃ ca tathā buddheḥ kāryāṇāmavivekitām //
kimatra citraṃ dharmajña mokṣitaḥ pāṇḍavairasi /
sadyo vaśaṃ samāpannaḥ śatrūṇāṃ śatrukarśana //
senājīvaiśca kauravya tathā viṣayavāsibhiḥ /
ajñātairyadi vā jñātaiḥ kartavyaṃ nṛpateḥ priyam //
prāyaḥ pradhānāḥ puruṣāḥ kṣobhayitvā'rivāhinīm /
nigṛhyante cayuddheṣu mokṣyante ca svasainikaiḥ //
senājīvāśca ye rājñāṃ viṣaye santi mānavāḥ /
taiḥ sangamya nṛpārthāya yatitavyaṃ yathātatham //
yadyevaṃ pāṇḍavai rājanbhavadviṣayavāsibhiḥ /
yadṛcchayā mokṣito'si katatrakā paridevanā //
na caitatsādhu yadrājanpāṇḍavāstvāṃ nṛpottamam /
svasenayā samprayāntaṃ nānuyānti sma pṛṣṭhataḥ //
śūrāśca balavantaśca saṃyugeṣvapalāyinaḥ /
bhavataste sabhāyāṃ vai preṣyatāṃ pūrvamāgatāḥ //
pāṇḍaveyāni ratnāni tvamadyāpyupabhuñjase /
satvasthānpāṇḍavānpaśya na te prāyamupāviśan //
tadalaṃ te mahābāho viṣādaṃ kartumīdṛśam /
uttiṣṭha rarājanbhadraṃ te na cintāṃ kartumarhasi //
avaśyameva nṛpate rājño viṣayavāsibhiḥ /
priyāṇyācaritavyāni tatra kā paridevanā //
madvākyametadrājendra yadyevaṃ na kariṣyasi /
sthāsyāmīha bhavatpādau śuśrūṣannarimardana //
notsahe jīvitumahaṃ tvadvihīno nararṣabhaḥ /
prāyopaviṣṭastu tathā rājñāṃ hāsyo bhaviṣyasi //
vaiśambāyana uvāca /
evamuktastu karṇena rājā duryodhanastadā / naivotthātuṃ manaścakre svargāya kṛtaniścayaḥ //
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