Mahabharata · Chapter 5.20
sa ca kauravyamāsādya drupadasya purohitaḥ /
satkṛto dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa bhīṣmeṇa vidureṇa ca //
sarvakauśalyamuktvā'dau pṛṣṭvā caivamanāmayam /
sarvasenāpraṇetṝṇāṃ madhye vākyamuvāca ha //
sarvairbhavadbhirvidito rājadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ /
vākyopādānahetostu vakṣyāmi vidite sati //
dhṛtarāṣṭraśca pāṇḍuśca sutāvekasya viśrutau /
tayoḥ samānaṃ draviṇaṃ paitṛkaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ //
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya ye putrāḥ prāptaṃ taiḥ paitṛkaṃ vasu /
pāṇḍuputrāḥ kathaṃ nāma na prāptāḥ paitṛkaṃ vasu //
vanaṃ gataiḥ pāṇḍaveyairviditaṃ vaḥ purā yathā /
na prāptaṃ paitṛkaṃ dravyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa yaddhṛtam //
prāṇāntikairapyupāyaiḥ prayatadbhiranekaśaḥ /
śeṣavanto na śakitā netuṃ vai yamasādanam //
punaśca vardhitaṃ rājyaṃ svabalena mahātmabhiḥ /
chadmanā'pahṛtaṃ kṣudrairdhārtarāṣṭraiḥ sasaubalaiḥ //
tadapyanumataṃ karma yathā yuktamanena vai /
vāsitāśca mahāraṇye varṣāṇīha trayodaśa //
sabhāyāṃ kleśitairvīraiḥ sahabhāryaistathā bhṛśam /
araṇye vividhāḥ kleśāḥ samprāptāstaiḥ sudāruṇāḥ //
tathā virāṭanagare yonyantaragatairiva /
prāptaḥ paramasankleśo yathā pāpairmahātmabhiḥ //
te sarvaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā tatpūrvaṃ karma kilviṣam /
sāmnaiva kurubhiḥ sandhimicchanti kurupuṅgavāḥ //
teṣāṃ ca vṛttamājñāya vṛttaṃ duryodhanasya ca /
anunetumihārhanti dhārtarāṣṭraṃ suhṛjjanāḥ //
na hi te vigrahaṃ vīrāḥ kurvanti kurubhiḥ saha /
avināśena lokasya kāṅkṣante pāṇḍavāḥ svakam //
yaścāpi dhārtarāṣṭrasya hetuḥ syādvigrahaṃ prati /
sa ca heturna mantavyo balīyāṃsastathā hi te //
akṣauhiṇyaśca saptaiva dharmaputrasya saṅgatāḥ /
yuyutsamānāḥ kurubhiḥ pratīkṣante'sya śāsanam //
apare puruṣavyāghrāḥ sahasrākṣauhiṇīsamāḥ /
sātyakirbhīmasenaśca yamau ca sumahābalau //
ekādaśaitāḥ pṛtanā ekataśca samāgatāḥ /
ekataśca mahābāhurbahurūpī dhanañjayaḥ //
yathā kirīṭī sarvābhyaḥ senābhyo vyatiricyate /
evameva mahābāhurvāsudevo mahādyutiḥ //
bahulatvaṃ ca senānāṃ vikramaṃ ca kirīṭinaḥ /
buddhimattvaṃ ca kṛṣṇasya buddhvā yudhyeta ko naraḥ //
te bhavanto yathādharmaṃ yathāsamayameva ca /
prayacchantu pradātavyaṃ mā vaḥ kālo'tyagādayam //
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