Mahabharata · Chapter 5.183
tato'haṃ niśi rājendra praṇamya śirasā tadā /
brāhmaṇānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca devatānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ //
naktañcarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ rājanyānāṃ viśāmpate /
śayanaṃ prāpya rahite manasā samacintayam //
jāmadagnyena me yuddhamidaṃ paramadāruṇam /
ahāni ca bahūnyadya vartate sumahātyayam //
na ca rāmaṃ mahāvīryaṃ śaknomi raṇamūrdhani /
vijetuṃ samare vipraṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahābalam //
yadi śakyo mayā jetuṃ jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān /
daivatāni prasannāni darśayantu niśāṃ mama //
tato niśi ca rājendra prasuptaḥ śaravikṣataḥ /
dakṣiṇeneha pārśvena prabhātasamaye tadā //
tato'haṃ vipramukhyaistairyairasmi patito rathāt /
utthāpito dhṛtaścaiva mā bhairiti ca sāntvitaḥ //
ta eva māṃ mahārāja svapne darśanametya vai /
parivāryābruvanvākyaṃ tannibodha kurūdvaha //
uttiṣṭha mā bhairgāṅgeya na bhayaṃ te'sti kiñcana /
rakṣāmahe tvāṃ kauravya svaśarīraṃ hi no bhavān //
na tvāṃ rāmo raṇe jetā jāmadagnyaḥ kathañcana /
tvameva samare rāmaṃ vijetā bharatarṣabha //
idamastraṃ sudayitaṃ pratyabhijñāsyate bhavān /
viditaṃ hi tavāpyetatpūrvasmindehadhāraṇe //
prājāpatyaṃ viśvakṛtaṃ prasvāpaṃ nāma bhārata /
na hīdaṃ veda rāmo'pi pṛthivyāṃ vā pumānkvacit //
tatsmarasva mahābāho bhṛśaṃ saṃyojayasva ca /
upasthāsyati rājendra svayameva tavānagha //
yena sarvānmahāvīryānpraśāsiṣyasi kaurava /
na ca rāmaḥ kṣayaṃ gantā tenāstreṇa narādhipa //
enasā na tu saṃyogaṃ prāpsyase jātu mānada /
svapsyate jāmadagnyo'sau tvadbāṇabalapīḍitaḥ //
tato jitvā tvamevainaṃ punarutthāpayiṣyasi /
astreṇa dayitenājau bhīṣma sambodhanena vai //
evaṃ kuruṣva kauravya prabhāte rathamāsthitaḥ /
prasuptaṃ vā mṛtaṃ veti tulyaṃ manyāmahe vayam //
na ca rāmeṇa martavyaṃ kadācidapi pārthiva /
tataḥ samutpannamidaṃ prasvāpaṃ yujyatāmiti //
ityuktvāntarhitā rājansarva eva dvijottamāḥ /
aṣṭau sadṛśarūpāste sarve bhāsuramūrtayaḥ //
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