Mahabharata · Chapter 6.114
arjunastu raṇe śalyaṃ yatamānaṃ mahāratham /
chādayāmāsa samare śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ //
suśarmāṇaṃ kṛpaṃ cava tribhīstribhiravidhyata /
prāgjyotiṣaṃ ca samare saindhavaṃ ca jayadratham //
citrasenaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca kṛtavarmāṇameva ca /
durmarṣaṇaṃ ca rājendra hyāvantyau ca mahārathau //
ekaikaṃ tribhirānarcchatkaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ /
śarairatiratho yuddhe pīḍayanvāhinīṃ tava //
jayadratho raṇe pārthaṃ viddhvā bhārata sāyakaiḥ /
bhīmaṃ vivyādha tarasā citrasenarathe sthitaḥ //
śalyaśca samare jiṣṇuṃ kṛpaśca rathināṃ varaḥ //
vivyādhāte mahārāja bahudhā marmamedibhiḥ //
citrasenādayaścaiva putrāstava viśāmpate /
pañcābhiḥ pañcabhistūrṇaṃ suṃyuge niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ //
ājaghnurarjunaṃ saṅkhye bhīmasenaṃ ca māriṣa /
tau tatra rathināṃ śreṣṭhau kaunteyau bharatarṣabhau //
apīḍayetāṃ samare trigartānāṃ mahadbalam /
suśarmāṇi raṇe pārthaṃ śarairnavabhirāśugaiḥ //
nanāda balavannādaṃ trāsayāno mahadbalam /
anye ca rathinaḥ śūrā bhīmasenadhanañjayau //
vivyadhurniśitairbāṇai rukmapuṅkhairajihmagaiḥ /
teṣāṃ ca rathināṃ madhye kaunteyau bharatarṣabhau //
krīḍamānau rathodārau citrarūpau vyadṛśyatām /
āmiṣepsū gavāṃ madhye siṃhāviva madotkaṭau //
chittvā dhanūṃṣi śūrāṇāṃ śarāṃśca bahudhā raṇe /
pātayāmāsaturvīrau śirāṃsi śataśo nṛṇām //
rathāśca bahavo bhagnā hayāśca śataśo hatāḥ /
gajāśca sagajārohāḥ petururvyāṃ mahāhave //
rathinaḥ sādinaścāpi tatratatra niṣūditāḥ /
dṛśyante bahavo rājanveṣamānāḥ samantataḥ //
hatairgajapadātyoghairvājibhiśca niṣūditaiḥ /
rathaiśca bahudhā bhagnaiḥ samāstīryata medinī //
chatraiśca bahudhā cchinnairdhvajaiśca vinipātitaiḥ /
aṅkuśairapaviddhaiśca paristomaiśca bhārata //
keyūrairaṅgadairhārai rāṅkavairmṛditaistathā /
uṣṇīṣairṛṣṭibhiścaiva cāmaravyajanairapi //
tatratatrāpaviddhaiśca bāhubhiścandanokṣitaiḥ /
ūrubhiśca narendrāṇāṃ samāstīryata medinī //
tatrādbhutamapaśyāma raṇe pārthasya vikramam /
śaraiḥ saṃvārya tānvīrānyajjaghāna mahābalaḥ //
putrastu tava taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmārjunaparākramam /
gāṅgeyasya rathābhyāśamupajagme mahābalaḥ //
kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca saindhavaśca jayadrathaḥ /
vindānuvindāvāvantyau nājahuḥ saṃyugaṃ tadā //
tato bhīmo maheṣvāsaḥ phalgunaśca mahārathaḥ /
kauravāṇāṃ camūṃ ghorāṃ bhṛśaṃ dudruvatū raṇe //
tato barhiṇavājānāmayutānyarbudāni ca /
dhanañjayarathe tūrṇaṃ pātayanti sma bhūmipāḥ //
tatastañśarajālena sannivārya mahārathān /
pārthaḥ samantātsamare preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave //
śalyastu samare jiṣṇuṃ krīḍanniva mahārathaḥ /
ājaghānorasi kruddho bhallaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ //
tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā hastāvāpaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ /
athainaṃ sāyakaistīkṣṇairbhṛśaṃ vivyādha marmaṇi //
athānyaddhanurādāya samare bhārasādhanam /
madreśvaro raṇe jiṣṇuṃ tāḍayāmāsa roṣitaḥ //
tribhiḥ śarairmahārāja vāsudevaṃ kaca pañcabhiḥ /
bhīmasenaṃ ca navabhirbāhvorurasi cārpayat //
tato droṇo mahārāja māgadhaśca mahārathaḥ /
duryodhanasamādiṣṭau taṃ deśamupajagmatuḥ //
yatra pārtho mahārāja bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ /
kauravyasya mahāsenāṃ jaghnutuḥ sumahārathau //
jayatsenastu samare bhīmaṃ bhīmāyudhaṃ yudhi /
vivyādha niśitairbāṇairaṣṭabhirbharatarṣabha //
taṃ bhīmo daśabhirviddhā punarvīvyādha pañcabhiḥ /
sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍādapātayat //
udbhrāntaisturagaiḥ so'tha dravamāṇaiḥ samantataḥ /
māgadho'pasṛto rājā sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ //
droṇaśca vivaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ śilīmukhaiḥ /
vivyādha bāṇairniśitaiḥ pañcaṣaṣṭibhirāyasaiḥ //
taṃ bhīmaḥ samaraślāghī guruṃ pitṛsamaṃ raṇe /
vivyādha pañcabhirbhallaistathā ṣaṣṭyā ca bhārata //
arjunastu suśarmāṇaṃ viddhvā bahubhirāyasaiḥ /
vyadhamattasya tatsainyaṃ mahābhrāṇi yathā'nilaḥ //
tato bhīṣmaśca rāja ca kausalyaśca bṛhadbalaḥ /
samavartanta sankruddhā bhīmasenadhanañjayau //
tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ śūrā dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ /
abhyadravanraṇe bhīṣmaṃ vyāditāsyamivāntakam //
śikhaṇḍī tu samāsādya bharatānāṃ pitāmaham /
abhyadravata saṃhṛṣṭo bhayaṃ tyaktvā mahārathāt //
yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ pārthāḥ puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam /
ayodhayanraṇe bhīṣmaṃ sahitāḥ sarvasṛñjayaiḥ //
tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve puraskṛtya yatavratam /
śikhaṇḍipramukhānpārthānyodhayanti sma saṃyuge //
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kauravāṇāṃ bhayāvaham /
tatra pāṇḍusutaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhīṣmasya vijayaṃ prati //
tāvakānāṃ jaye bhīṣmo glaha āsīdviśāmpate /
tatra hi dyūtamāsaktaṃ vijayāyetarāya vā //
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu rājendra sarvasainyānyacodayat /
abhyadravata gāṅgeyaṃ mā bhaiṣṭa rathasattamāḥ //
senāpativacaḥ śrutvā pāṇḍavānāṃ varūthinī /
bhīṣmaṃ samabhyayāttūrṇaṃ prāṇāṃstyaktvā mahāhave //
bhīṣmo'pi rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pratijagrāha tāṃ camūm /
āpatantīṃ mahārāja velāmiva mahodadhiḥ //
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