Mahabharata · Chapter 5.62

tathā tu pṛcchantamatīva pārthaṃ vaicitravīryaṃ tamacintayitvā /
uvāca karṇo dhṛtarāṣṭraputraṃ praharṣayansaṃsadi kauravāṇām //

mithyā pratijñāya mayā yadastraṃ rāmātkṛtaṃ brahmamayaṃ purastāt /
vijñāya tenāsmi tadaivamukta- ste nāntakāle pratibhāsyatīti //

mahāparādhe hyapi yanna tena maharṣiṇā'haṃ guruṇā ca śaptaḥ /
śaktaḥ pradagdhuṃ hyapi tigmatejāḥ sasāgarāmapyavaniṃ maharṣiḥ //

prasāditaṃ hyasya mayā mano'bhū- cchuśrūṣayā svena ca pauruṣeṇa
tadasti cāstraṃ mama sāvaśeṣaṃ tasmātsamartho'smi mamaiṣa bhāraḥ //

nimeṣamātrāttamṛṣeḥ prasāda- mavāpya pāñcālakarūśamatsyān /
nihatya pārthānsaha putrapautrai- rlokānahaṃ śastrajitānprapatsye //

pitāmahastiṣṭhatu te samīpe droṇaśca sarve ca narendramukhyāḥ /
ṛṣiprasādena balena gatvā pārthānhaniṣyāmi mamaiṣa bhāraḥ //

evaṃ bruvantaṃ tamuvāca bhīṣmaḥ kiṃ katthase kālaparītabuddhe /
na karṇa jānāsi yathā pradhāne hate hatāḥ syurdhṛtarāṣṭraputrāḥ //

yatkhāṇḍavaṃ dāhayatā kṛtaṃ hi kṛṣṇadvitīyena dhanañjayena /
śrutvaiva tatkarma niyantumātmā yuktastvayā vai sahabāndhavena //

yāṃ cāpi śaktiṃ tridaśādhipaste dadau mahātmā bhagavānmahendraḥ /
bhasmīkṛtāṃ tāṃ samare viśīrṇāṃ cakrāhatāṃ drakṣyasi keśavena //

yaste śaraḥ sarpamukho vibhāti sadā'gryamālyairmahitaḥ prayatnāt /
sa pāṇḍuputrābhihataḥ śaraughaiḥ saha tvayā yāsyati karṇa nāśam //

bāṇasya bhaumasya ca karṇa hantā kirīṭinaṃ rakṣati vāsudevaḥ /
yastvādṛśānāṃ ca varīyasāṃ ca hantā ripūṇāṃ tumule pragāḍhe //
karṇa uvāca /

asaṃśayaṃ vṛṣṇipatiryathokta- stathā ca bhūyāṃśca tato mahātmā /
ahaṃ yaduktaḥ paruṣaṃ tu kiñci- tpitāmahastasya phalaṃ śṛṇotu //

nyasyāmi śastrāṇi na jātu saṅkhye pitāmaho drakṣyati māṃ sabhāyām /
tvayi praśānte tu mama prabhāvaṃ drakṣyanti sarve bhuvi bhūmipālāḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /

ityevamuktvā sa mahādhanuṣmān hitvā sabhāṃ svaṃ bhavanaṃ jagāma /
bhīṣmastu duryodhanameva rājan madhye kurūṇāṃ prahasannuvāca //

satyapratijñaḥ kila sūtaputra- stathā kasa bhāraṃ viṣaheta kasmāt /
vyūhaṃ prativyūhya śirāṃsi bhittvā lokakṣayaṃ paśyata bhīmasenāt //

āvantyakāliṅgajayadratheṣu cedidhvaje tiṣṭhati bāhlike ca /
ahaṃ haniṣyāmi sadā pareṣāṃ sahasraśaścāyutaśaśca yodhān //

yadaiva rāme bhagavatyanindye brahmabruvāṇaḥ kṛtavāṃstadastram /
tadaiva dharmaśca taṣaśca naṣṭaṃ vaikartanasyādhamapūruṣasya //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /

tathoktavākye nṛpatīndra bhīṣme nikṣipya śastrāṇi gate ca karṇe /
vaicitravīryasya suto'lpabuddhi- rduryodhanaḥ śāntanavaṃ babhāṣe //