Mahabharata · Chapter 5.79
uktaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vākyaṃ dharmarājena mādhava /
dharmajñena vadānyena śrutaṃ caiva hi tattvayā //
matamājñāya rājñaśca bhīmasenena mādhava /
saṃśamo bāhuvīrya ca khyāpitaṃ mādhavātmanaḥ //
tathaiva phālgunenāpi yaduktaṃ tattvayā śrutam /
ātmanaśca mataṃ vīra kathitaṃ bhavatā'sakṛt //
sarvametadatikramya śrutvā paramataṃ bhavān /
yatprāptakālaṃ manyethāstatkuryāḥ puruṣottama //
tasmiṃratasminnimitte hi mataṃ bhavati keśava /
prāptakālaṃ manuṣyeṇa kṣamaṃ kāryamarindama //
anyathā cintito hyarthaḥ punarbhavati so'nyathā /
anityamatayo loke narāḥ puruṣasattama //
anyathābuddhayo hyāsannasmāsu vanavāsiṣu /
adṛśyeṣvanyathā kṛṣṇa dṛśyeṣu punaranyathā //
asmākamapi vārṣṇeya vane vicaratāṃ tadā /
na tathā praṇayo rājye yathā samprati vartate //
nivṛttavanavāsānnaḥ śrutvā vīra samāgatāḥ /
akṣauhiṇyo hi sapte māstvatprasādājjanārdana //
imānhi puruṣavyāghrānacintyabalapauruṣāt /
āttaśastrānraṇe dṛṣṭvā na vyathediha kaḥ pumān //
sa bhavānkurumadhye taṃ sāntvapūrvaṃ bhayottaram /
brūyādvākyaṃ yathā mando na vyatheta suyodhanaḥ //
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ bhīmasenaṃ bībhatsuṃ cāparācitam /
sahadevaṃ ca māṃ caiva tvāṃ ca rāmaṃ ca keśava //
sātyakiṃ ca mahāvīryaṃ virāṭaṃ ca mahātmajam /
drupadaṃ ca mahāmātyaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca mādhava //
kāśirājaṃ ca vikrāntaṃ dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca cedipam /
māṃsaśoṇitabhṛnmartyaḥ pratiyudhyeta ko yudhi //
sa bhavāngamanādeva sādhayiṣyatyasaṃśayam /
iṣṭamarthaṃ mahābāho dharmarājasya kevalam //
viduraścaiva bhīṣmaśca droṇaśca sahabāhlikaḥ /
śreyaḥ samarthā vijñātumucyamānāstvayā'nagha //
te cainamanuneṣyanti dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janādhipam /
taṃ ca pāpasamācāraṃ sahāmātyaṃ suyodhanam //
śrotā cārthasya vidurastvaṃ ca vaktā janārdana /
kamivārthaṃ nivartantaṃ sthāpayetāṃ na vartmani //
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