Mahabharata · Chapter 5.18
tataḥ śakraḥ stūyamāno gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ /
airāvataṃ samāruhya dvipendraṃ lakṣaṇairyutam //
pāvakaḥ sumahātejā maharṣiśca bṛhaspatiḥ /
yamaśca varuṇaścaiva kuberaśca dhaneśvaraḥ //
sarvairdevaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śakro vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ /
gandharvairapsarobhiśca yātastribhuvanaṃ prabhuḥ //
sa sametya mahendrāṇyā devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ /
mudā paramayā yuktaḥ pālayāmāsa devarāṭ //
tataḥ sa bhagavāṃstatra aṅgirāḥ samadṛśyata /
atharvavedamantraiśca devendraṃ samapūjayat //
tatastu bhagavānindraḥ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ samapadyata /
varaṃ ca pradadau tasmai atharvāṅgirase tadā //
atharvāṅgirasaṃ nāma vede'sminvai bhaviṣyati / udāharaṇametaddhi yajñabhāgaṃ ca lapsyase /
evaṃ sampūjya bhagavānatharvāṅgirasaṃ tadā /
vyasarjayanmahārāja devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ //
sampūjya sarvāṃstridaśānṛṣīṃścāpi tapodhanān /
indraḥ pramudito rājandharmeṇāpālayatprajāḥ //
evaṃ duḥkhamanuprāptamindreṇa saha bhāryayā /
ajñātavāsaśca kṛtaḥ śatrūṇāṃ vadhakāṅkṣayā //
nātra manyustvayā kāryo yatkliṣṭo'si mahāvane /
draupadyā saha rājendra bhrātṛbhiśca mahātmabhiḥ //
evaṃ tvamapi rājendra rājyaṃ prāpsyasi bhārata /
vṛtraṃ hatvā yathā prāptaḥ śakraḥ kauravanandana //
durācāraśca nahuṣo brahvadviṭ pāpacetanaḥ /
agastyaśāpābhihato vinaṣṭaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ //
evaṃ tava durātmānaḥ śatravaḥ śatrusūdana /
kṣipraṃ nāśaṃ gamiṣyanti karṇaduryodhanādayaḥ //
tataḥ sāgaraparyantāṃ bhokṣyase medinīmimām /
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito vīra draupadyā ca sahānayā //
upākhyānamidaṃ śakravijayaṃ vedasammitam . rājñā vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu śrotavyaṃ jayamicchatā /
tasmātsaṃśrāvayāmi tvāṃ vijayaṃ jayatāṃ vara /
saṃstūyamānā vardhante mahātmāno yudhiṣṭhira //
kṣatriyāṇāmabhāvoyaṃ yudhiṣṭhira mahātmanām /
duryodhanāparādhena bhīmārjunabalena ca //
saṅgrāme sankṣayo ghoro bhaviṣyatyacirādiva //
ākhyānamindravijayaṃ ya idaṃ niyataḥ paṭhet /
dhūtapāpmā jitasvargaḥ paratreha ca modate //
na cārijaṃ bhayaṃ tasya nāputro vā bhavennaraḥ / nāpadaṃ prāpnuyātkāñciddīrghamāyuśca vindati /
sarvatra dayamāpnoti na kadācitparājayam //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
evamāśvāsito rājā śalyena bharatarṣabha /
pūjayāmāsa vidhivacchalyaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ //
śrutvā tu śalyavacanaṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
pratyuvāca mahābāhurmadrarājamidaṃ vacaḥ //
bhavānkarṇasya sārathyaṃ kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ /
tatra tejovadhaḥ kāryaḥ karṇasyārjunasaṃstavaiḥ //
śalya uvāca /
evametatkariṣyāmi yathā māṃ samprabhāṣase /
yaccānyadapi śakṣyāmi tatkariṣyāmyahaṃ tava //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
tatastvāmantrya kaunteyāñchalyo madrādhipastadā /
jagāma sabalaḥ śrīmānduryodhanamarindama //
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