Mahabharata · Chapter 5.75
tathokto vāsudevena nityamanyuramarṣaṇaḥ /
sadaśvavatsamādhāvadbabhāṣe tadanantaram //
bhīmasena uvāca /
anyathā māṃ cikīrṣantamanyathā manyase'cyuta /
praṇītabhāvamatyarthaṃ yudhi satyaparākramam //
vetsi dāśārha satyaṃ me dīrghakālaṃ sahoṣitaḥ /
uta vā māṃ na jānāsi plavanhṛda ivāplave //
tasmādanabhirupābhirvāgbhirmāṃ tvaṃ samarcchasi /
kathaṃ hi bhīmasenaṃ māṃ jānankaścana mādhava //
brūyādapratirūpāṇi yathā māṃ vaktamarhasi /
tasmādidaṃ pravakṣyāmi vacanaṃ vṛṣṇinandana //
ātmanaḥ pauruṣaṃ caiva balaṃ ca na samaṃ paraiḥ /
sarvathā'nāryakarmaitatpraśaṃsā svayamātmanaḥ //
ativādāpaviddhastu vakṣyāmi balamātmanaḥ /
paśyeme rodasī kṛṣṇa yayorāsannimāḥ prajāḥ //
acale cāpratiṣṭhe cāpyanante sarvamātarau /
yadīme sahasā kruddhe sameyātāṃ śile iva //
ahamete nigṛhṇīyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ sacasācare /
paśyaitadantaraṃ bāhvormahāparighayoriva //
ya etatprāya mucyeta na taṃ paśyāmi purūṣam /
himavāṃśca samudraśca vajrī vā balamitsvayam //
mayābhipannaṃ trāyeranbalamāsthāya na trayaḥ /
yuddhārhānkṣatriyānsarvānpāṇḍaveṣvātatāyinaḥ //
adhaḥ pādatalenaitānadhiṣṭhāsyāmi bhūtale /
na hi tvaṃ nābhijānāsi mama vikramamacyuta //
yathā mayā vinirjitya rājāno vaśagāḥ kṛtāḥ /
atha cenmāṃ na jānāsi sūryasyevodyataḥ prabhām //
vigāḍhe yudhi sambādhe vetsyase māṃ janārdana /
paruṣairākṣipasi kiṃ vraṇaṃ sūcyeva cānagha //
yathāmati bravīmyetadviddhi māmadhikaṃ tataḥ /
draṣṭāsi yudhi sambādhe pravṛtte vaiśase'hani //
mayā praṇunnānmātaṅgātnathinaḥ sādanastathā /
tathā narānabhikruddhaṃ nighnantaṃ kṣatriyarṣabhān //
draṣṭā māṃ tvaṃ ca lokaśca vikarṣantaṃ varānvarān /
na me sīdanti gātrāṇi na mamodvepate manaḥ //
sarvalokādabhikruddhānna bhayaṃ vidyate mama / kiṃ tu sauhṛdamevaitatkṛpayā madhusūdana /
sarvāṃstitikṣe sankleśānmā sma no bharatā naśan //
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