Mahabharata · Chapter 5.60
sañjayasya vacaḥ śrutvā prajñācakṣurjaneśvaraḥ /
tataḥ saṅkhyātumārebhe tadvaco guṇadoṣataḥ //
prasaṅkhyāya ca saukṣmyeṇa guṇadoṣānvicakṣaṇaḥ /
yathāvanmatitattvena jayakāmaḥ sutānprati //
balābalaṃ viniścitya yāthātathyena buddhimān /
yadā tu mene bhūyiṣṭhaṃ tadvaco guṇadoṣataḥ //
punareva kurūṇāṃ ca pāṇḍavānāṃ ca buddhimān . śaktiṃ śaṅkhyātumārebhe tadā vai manujādhipaḥ //
devamānuṣayoḥ śaktyā tejasā caiva pāṇḍavān /
kurūñśaktyā'lpatarayā duryodhanamathābravīt //
duryodhaneyaṃ cintā me śaśvanna vyupaśāmyati /
satyaṃ hyetadahaṃ manye pratyakṣaṃ nānumānataḥ //
ātmajeṣu paraṃ snehaṃ sarvabhātini kurvate /
priyāmi caiṣāṃ kurvanti yathāśakti hitāni ca //
evamevopakartṝṇāṃ prāyaśo lakṣayāmahe /
icchanti bahulaṃ santaḥ pratikartuṃ mahatpriyam //
agniḥ sācivyartā syātkhāṇḍave tatkṛtaṃ smaran /
arjunasyāpi bhīme'sminkurupāṇḍusamāgame //
jātigṛddhyā'bhipannāśca pāṇ़ḍavānāmanekaśaḥ /
dharmādayaḥ sameṣyanti samāhūtā divaukasaḥ //
bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādīnāṃ bhayādaśanisannibham /
rirakṣiṣantaḥ saṃrabhyaṃ gamiṣyantīti me matiḥ //
te devaiḥ sahitāḥ pārthā na śakyāḥ prativīkṣitum /
mānuṣeṇa naravyāghrā vīryavanto'strapāragāḥ //
durāsadaṃ yasya divyaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanuruttamam /
vāruṇau cākṣayau divyau śarapūrṇau maheṣudhī //
vānaraśca dhvaje divyo niḥsaṅge dhūmavadgatiḥ /
rathaśca caturantāyāṃ yasya nāsti samaḥ kṣitau //
mahāmeghanibhaścāpi nirghoṣaḥ śrūyate janaiḥ /
mahāśanisamaḥ śabdaḥta śātravāṇāṃ bhayankaraḥ //
yaṃ cātimānuṣaṃ vīrye kṛtsno loko vyavasyati /
devānāmapi jetāraṃ yaṃ viduḥ pārthivā raṇe //
śatāni pañca caiveṣūnyo gṛhṇannaiva dṛśyate /
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa muñcandūraṃ ca pātayan //
yamāha bhīṣmo droṇaśca kṛpo drauṇistathaiva ca /
madrarājastathā śalyo madhyasthā ye ca mānavāḥ //
yuddhāyāvasthitaṃ pārthaṃ pārthivairatimānuṣaiḥ /
aśakyaṃ rathaśārdūlaṃ parājetumarindamam //
kṣipatyekena vegena pañcabāṇaśatāni yaḥ /
sadṛśaṃ bāhuvīryeṇa kārtavīryasya pāṇḍavam //
tamarjunaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ mahendropendravikramam /
nighnantamiva paśyābhi vimarde'sminmahāhave //
ityevaṃ cintayankṛtsnamahorātrāṇi bhārata /
anidro niḥsukhaścāsmi kurūṇāṃ śamacintayā //
kṣayodayo'yaṃ sumahānkurūṇāṃ pratyupasthitaḥ /
asya cetkalahanyāntaḥ śamādanyo na vidyate //
śamo me rocate nityaṃ pārthaistāta na vigrahaḥ /
kurubhyo hi sadā manye pāṇḍavāñśaktimattarān //
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