Mahabharata · Chapter 4.46
bhāradvājastato droṇaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃvaraḥ /
rājānaṃ cāha samprekṣya duryodhanamarindamaḥ //
yathā rathasya nirghoṣo yathā śaṅkha udīryate /
kampate ca yathā bhūmirnaiṣonyaḥ savyasācinaḥ //
autpātikamidaṃ rājannimittaṃ bhavatīha naḥ /
na hi paśyāmi vijayaṃ sainye'smākaṃ parantapa //
śastrāṇi na prakāśante na prahṛṣyanti vāhanāḥ /
agnayaśca na bhāsante susamiddhā na śobhanāḥ //
pratyādityaṃ ca naḥ sarve mṛgā ghorā nadanti ca /
śakunāścāpasavyāśca vedayanti mahābhayam //
gomāyureṣa sainyānāṃ rudanmadhyena dhāvati /
cāṣā nadanti cākāśe vedayanto mahadbhayam //
bhavatāṃ caiva romāṇi prahṛṣṭānīva lakṣaye //
anuṣṇāṅgāśca saṃsvinnā jṛmbhante cāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ . viṣkambhanti ca mātaṅgā muñcantyaśrūṇi vājinaḥ /
sadā mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca utsṛjanti punaḥ punaḥ //
lohitārdrā ca pṛthivī diśaḥ sarvāḥ pradhūmitāḥ /
na ca sūryaḥ pratapati mahadvedayate bhayam //
hastinaścāpi vitrastā yodhāścāpi vitatrasuḥ /
parābhūtā ca vaḥ senā na kaścidyodbhumicchati //
viṣaṇṇamukhabhūyiṣṭhāḥ sarve yodhā vicetasaḥ /
diśaṃ te dakṣiṇāṃ sarve viprekṣante punaḥ punaḥ //
mṛgāśca pakṣiṇaścaiva savyameva patanti naḥ / vāditroddhṛṣṭaghoṣāśca na ca gāḍhaṃ svananti ca /
dhvajāgreṣu nilīyante vāyasāstanna śobhanam //
yathā meghasya ninado gambhīrastūrṇamāyataḥ /
śrūyate rathanirghoṣo nāyamanyo dhanañjayāt //
aśvānāṃ svanatāṃ śabdo vahatāṃ pākaśāsanim /
vānarasya rathe divyo nisvanaḥ śrūyate mahān //
śaṅkhaśabdena pārthasya karṇau me badhirīkṛtau /
sarvasainyaṃ ca vitrastaṃ nāyamanyo dhanañjayāt //
rājānamagrataḥ kṛtvā duryodhanamarindamam / gāḥ prasthāpya ca tiṣṭhāmo vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ /
pravibhajya tridhā senāṃ samucchritya dhvajānapi //
śitairbāṇaiḥ pratāpyemāṃ camūmeṣa dhanañjayaḥ /
mūrdhni sarvanarendrāṇāṃ vāmapādaṃ kariṣyati //
na hyeṣa śakyo bībhatsurjetuṃ devāsurairapi /
dikṣu gulmā niveśyantāṃ yattā yotsyāmahe'rjuna //
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