Mahabharata · Chapter 6.21
bṛhatīṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya senāṃ dṛṣṭvā samudyatām /
viṣādamagamadrājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ //
vyūhaṃ bhīṣmeṇa cābhedyaṃ kalpitaṃ prekṣya pāṇḍavaḥ /
abhedyamiva samprekṣya vivarṇo'rjunamabravīt //
dhanañjaya kathaṃ śakyamasmābhiryoddhumāhave /
dhārtarāṣṭrairmahābāho yeṣāṃ yoddhā pitāmahaḥ //
akṣobhyo'yamabhedyaśca bhīṣmeṇāmitrakarṣiṇā /
kalpitaḥ śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā bhūrivarcasā //
te vayaṃ saṃśaynaṃ prāptāḥ sasainyāḥ śatrukarṣaṇa /
kathamasmānmahāvyūhādutthānaṃ no bhaviṣyati //
athārjuno'bravītpārthaṃ yudhiṣṭhiramamitrahā /
viṣaṇṇamiva samprekṣya tava rājannanīkinīm //
prajñayābhyadhikāñśūrānguṇayuktānbahūnapi /
jayantyalpatarā yena tannibodha viśāmpate //
tatra te kāraṇaṃ rājanpravakṣyāmyanasūyave /
nāradastamṛṣirveda bhīṣmadroṇau ca pāṇḍava //
enamevārthamāśritya yuddhe devāsure'bravīt /
pitāmahaḥ kila purā mahendrādīndivaukasaḥ //
na tathā balavīryābhyāṃ jayanti vijigīṣavaḥ /
yathā satyānṛśaṃsyābhyāṃ dharmeṇaivodyamena ca //
tvaktvā'dharmaṃ tathā sarve dharmaṃ cottamamāsthitāḥ /
yudhyadhvamatahankārā yato dharmastato jayaḥ //
evaṃ rājanvijānīhi dhruvo'smākaṃ raṇe jayaḥ /
yathā tu nāradaḥ prāha yataḥ kṛṣṇastato jayaḥ //
guṇabhūto jayaḥ kṛṣṇe pṛṣṭhato'bhyeti mādhavam /
tadyathā vijayaścāsya sannatiścāparo guṇaḥ //
anantatejā govindaḥ śatrupūgeṣu nirvyathaḥ /
puruṣaḥ sanātanamayo yataḥ kṛṣṇastato jayaḥ //
purā hyeṣa harirbhūtvā vikuṇṭho'kuṇṭhasāyakaḥ /
surāsurānavasphūrjannabravītke jayantviti //
anu kṛṣṇaṃ jayemeti yairuktaṃ tatra tairjitam /
tatprasādāddhi trailokyaṃ prāptaṃ śakrādibhiḥ suraiḥ //
tasya te na vyathāṃ kāñcidiha paśyāmi bhārata /
yasya te yajamāśāste viśvabhuk tridiveśvaraḥ //
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