Mahabharata · Chapter 5.64

śakunīnāmihārthāya pāśaṃ bhūmāvayojayat /
kaścicchākunikastāta pūrveṣāmiti śuśrum //

tasmiṃstau śakunau baddhau yugapatsahacāriṇau /
tāvupādāya taṃ pāśaṃ jagmatuḥ khacarāvubhau //

tau vihāyasamākrāntau dṛṣṭvā śākunikastadā /
anvadhāvadanirviṇṇo yena yena sma gacchataḥ //

tathā tamanudhāvantamṛgayuṃ śakunārthinam /
āśramastho muniḥ kaściddadarśātha kṛtāhnikaḥ //

tāvantarikṣagau śīghramanuyāntaṃ mahīcaram /
ślokenānena kauravya papccha sa munistadā //

vicitramidamāścaryaṃ mṛgahanpratibhāti me /
plavamānau hi khacarau padātiranudhāvasi //
śākunika uvāca /

pāśamekamubhāvetau sahitau harato mama /
yatra vai vivadiṣyete tatra me vaśameṣyataḥ //
vidura uvāca /

tau vivādamanuprāptau śakunau mṛtyusandhitau /
vigṛhya ca srudurbuddhī pṛthivyāṃ sannipetatuḥ //

tau yudhyamānau saṃrabdhau mṛtyupāśavaśānugau /
upasṛtya pramattau tau jagrāha mṛgahā tadā //

evaṃ ye jñātayo'rtheṣu mitho gacchanti vigraham /
te mṛtyuvaśamāyānti śakunāviva vigrahāt //

sambhojanaṃ sankathanaṃ sampraśno'tha samāgamaḥ /
etāni jñātikāryāṇi na virodhaḥ kadācana //

ye sma kāle sumanasaḥ sarve vṛddhānupāsate /
siṃhaguptamivāraṇyamapradhṛṣyā bhavanti te //

ye'rthaṃ santatamāsādya dīnā iva samāsate /
śriyaṃ te samprayacchanti dviṣadbhyo bharatarṣabha //

dhūmāyante vyapetāni jvalanti sahitāni ca /
dhṛtarāṣṭrolmukānīva jñātayo bharatarṣabha //

idamanyatpravakṣyāmi yathā dṛṣṭaṃ girau mayā /
śrutvā tadapi kauravya yathā śreyastathā kuru //

vayaṃ kirātaiḥ sahitā gacchāmo girimuttaram /
brāhmaṇairdevakalpaiśca vidyājambhakavārtikaiḥ //

kuñcabhūtaṃ giriṃ sarvamabhito gandhamādanam /
dīpyamānauṣadhigaṇaṃ siddhagandharvasevitam //

tatrāpaśyāma vai sarve madhu pītakamākṣikam /
maruprapāte viṣame niviṣṭaṃ kumbhasammitam //

āśīviṣai rakṣyamāṇaṃ kuberadayitaṃ bhṛśam /
yatprāpya puruṣo martyo'pyamaratvaṃ niyacchati //

acakṣurlabhate cakṣurvṛddho bhavati vai yuvā /
iti te kathayantisma brāhmaṇā jambhasādhakāḥ //

tataḥ kirātāstaddṛṣṭvā prārthayanto mahīpate /
vineśurviṣame tasminsasarpe girigahvare //

tathaiva tava putro'yaṃ pṛthivīmeka icchati /
madhu paśyati sammohātprapātaṃ nānupaśyati //

duryodhano yoddhumanāḥ samare savyasācinā /
na ca paśyāmi tejosya vikramaṃ vā tathāvidham //

ekena rathamāsthāya pṛthivī yena nirjitā /
bhīṣmadroṇaprabhṛtayaḥ santrastāḥ sādhuyāyinaḥ //

virāṭanagare bhagnāḥ kiṃ tatra tava dṛśyatām /
pratīkṣamāṇo yo vīraḥ kṣamate vīkṣitaṃ tava //

drupado matsyarājaśca saṅkuddhaśca dhanañjayaḥ /
na śeṣayeyuḥ samare vāyuyuktā ivāgnayaḥ //

aṅke kuruṣva rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭra yudhiṣṭhiram /
yudhyatorhi dvayoryuddhe naikāntena bhaveñjayaḥ //