Mahabharata · Chapter 5.139
evamuktastu vimanāstiryagdṛṣṭiradhomukhaḥ /
saṃhatya ca bhruvormadhyaṃ na kiñcidvyājahāra ha //
taṃ vai vimanasaṃ dṛṣṭvā samprekṣyānyonyamantikāt /
punarevottaraṃ vākyamuktavantau nararṣabhau //
bhīṣma uvāca /
śuśrūṣamanasūyaṃ ca brahmaṇyaṃ satyavādinam /
pratiyotsyāmahe pārthamato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim //
droṇa uvāca /
aśvatthāmni yathā putre bhūyo mama dhanañjaye /
bahumānaḥ paro rājansannatiśca kapidhvaje //
taṃ cetputrātpriyatamaṃ pratiyotsye dhanañjayam /
kṣātraṃ dharmamanuṣṭhāya dhigastu kṣatrijīvikām //
yasya loke samo nāsti kaścidanyo dhanurdharaḥ /
matprasādātsa bībhatsuḥ śreyānanyairdhanurdharaiḥ //
mitradhrugduṣṭabhāvaśca nāstiko'thānṛjuḥ śaṭhaḥ /
na satsu labhate pūjāṃ yajñe mūrkha ivāgataḥ //
vāryamāṇo'pi pāpebhyaḥ pāpātmā pāpamicchati /
codyamāno'pi pāpena śubhātmā śubhamicchati //
mithyopacaritā hyete vartamāna hyanupriye /
ahitatvāya kalpante doṣā bharatasattama //
tvamuktaḥ kuruvṛddhena mayā ca vidureṇa ca /
vāsudevena ca tathā śreyo naivābhimanyase //
asti me balamityeva sahasā tvaṃ titīrṣasi /
sagrāhanakramakaraṃ gaṅgāvegamivoṣṇage //
vāsasaiva yathā hi tvaṃ prāvṛṇvāno'bhimanyase /
srajaṃ tyaktāmiva prāpya lobhādyaudhiṣṭhirīṃ śriyam //
draupadīsahitaṃ pārthaṃ sāyudhairbhrātṛbhirvṛtam /
vanasthamapi rājyasthaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ ko vijeṣyati //
nideśe yasya rājānaḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti kiṅkarāḥ /
tamailavilamāsādya dharmarājo vyarājata //
kuberasadanaṃ prāpya tato ratnānyavāpya ca /
sphītamākramya te rāṣṭraṃ rājyamicchanti pāṇḍavāḥ //
dattaṃ hutamadhītaṃ ca brāhmaṇāstarpitā dhanaiḥ /
āvayorgatamāyuśca kṛtakṛtyau ca viddhi nau //
tvaṃ tu hitvā sukhaṃ rājyaṃ mitrāṇi ca dhanāni ca /
vigrahaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ kṛtvā mahadvyasanamāpsyasi //
draupadī yasya cāśāste vijayaṃ satyavādinī /
tapoghoravratā devī kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam //
mantrī janārdano yasya bhrātā yasya dhanañjayaḥ /
sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam //
sahāyā brāhmaṇā yasya dhṛtimanto jitendriyāḥ /
tamugratapasaṃ vīraṃ kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam //
punaruktaṃ ca vakṣyāmi yatkāryaṃ bhūtimicchatā /
suhṛdā mañjamāneṣu suhṛtsu vyasanārṇave //
alaṃ yuddhena tairvīraiḥ śāmya tvaṃ kuruvṛddhaye /
mā gamaḥ satutāmātyaḥsamitraśca yamakṣayam //
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