Mahabharata · Chapter 6.61
drauṇirbhūriśravāḥ śatyaścitrasenaśca māriṣaḥ /
putraḥ sāṃyamaneścaiva saubhadraṃ paryavārayan //
saṃsaktamatitejobhistamekaṃ dadṛśurjanāḥ /
pañcabhirmanujavyāghrairgajaiḥ siṃhaśiśuṃ yathā //
nātilakṣyatayā kaścinna śaurye na parākrame /
babhūva sadṛśaḥ kārṣṇernāstre nāpi ca lāghave //
tathā tamātmajaṃ yuddhe vikramantamarindamam /
dṛṣṭvā pārthaḥ susaṃyattaṃ siṃhanādamathānadat //
pīḍayānaṃ tu tatsainyaṃ pautraṃ tava viśāmpate /
dṛṣṭvā tvadīyā rājendra samantātparyavārayan //
dhvajinīṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ dīnaśatruradīnavat /
pratyudyayau sa saubhadrastejasā ca balena ca //
tasya lāghavamārgasthamādityasadṛśaprabham . vyadṛśyata mahaccāpaṃ samare yudhyataḥ paraiḥ /
sa drauṇimiṣuṇaikena viddhvā śalyaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ /
dhvajaṃ sāṃyamaneśvaiva so'ṣṭābhiścicchide tataḥ //
rukmadaṇḍāṃ mahāśaktiṃ preṣitāṃ saumadattina /
śitenoragasankāśāṃ patriṇābhijaghāna tām //
śalyasya ca mahāvegānasyataḥ samare śarān / dhanuściccheda bhallena tīvravegana phālguniḥ
jaghānārjunadāyādaścaturbhiścaturo hayān //
bhūriśravāśca śalyaśca drauṇiḥ sāṃyamaniḥ śalaḥ /
nābhyavartantaṃ saṃrabdhāḥ kārṣṇerbāhubalodayāt //
tatastrigartā rājendra madrāśca saha kekayaiḥ /
pañcaviṃśatisāhasrāstava putreṇa coditāḥ //
dhanurvedavido mukhyā ajeyāḥ śatrubhiryudhi /
saha putraṃ jighāṃsantaṃ parivavruḥ kirīṭinam //
tau tu tatra pitāputrau parikṣiptau mahārathau /
dadarśa rājanpāñcalyaḥ senāpatirarindama //
sa vāraṇarathoghānāṃ sahasrairbahubhirvṛtaḥ /
vājibhiḥ pattibhiścaiva vṛtaḥ śatasahasraśaḥ //
pārāvatāśvaḥ sa rathamāsthāya paravīrahā dhanurviṣphārya sankruddho nodayitvā ca vāhinīm /
yayau taṃ madrakānīkaṃ kekayāṃśca parantapa //
tena kīrtimatā guptamanīkaṃ dṛḍhadhanvanā /
saṃrabdharathanāgāśvaṃ yotsyamānamaśobhata //
so'rjunapramukhe yāntaṃ pāñcālakulavardhanaḥ /
tribhiḥ śāradvataṃ bāṇairjatradeśe samārpayat //
tataḥ sa madrakānhatvā daśaiva daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ /
pṛṣṭharakṣaṃ jaghānāśu bhallena kṛtavarmaṇaḥ //
damanaṃ cāpi dāyādaṃ pauravasya mahātmanaḥ /
jaghāna vimalāgneṇa nārācena parantapaḥ //
tataḥ sāṃyamaneḥ putraḥ pāñcālyaṃ yuddhadurmadam /
avidhyatriṃśatā bāṇairdaśabhiścāsya sārathim //
so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ sṛkkiṇī parisaṃlihan /
bhallena bhṛśatīkṣṇena nicakartāsya kārmukam //
athainaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā kṣiprameva samārpayat /
aśvāṃścāsyāvadhīdrājannubhau tau pārṣṇisārathī //
sa hatāśve rate tiṣṭhandadarśa bharatarṣabha /
putraḥ sāṃyamaneḥ putraṃ pāñcālyasya mahātmanaḥ //
sa pragṛhya mahāghoraṃ nistriṃśavaramāyasam /
padātistūrṇamānarcchadrathasyaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ //
taṃ mahaughamivāyāntaṃ svātpatantamivoragam /
bhrāntāvaraṇanistriṃśaṃ kālotsṛṣṭamivāntakam //
dīpyamānamivādityaṃ mattavāraṇavikramam /
apaśyanpāṇḍavāstatra dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ //
tasya pāñcāladāyādaḥ pratīpamabhidhāvataḥ /
śitanistriṃśahastasya śarāvaraṇadhāriṇaḥ //
bāṇavegamatītasya tathābhyāśamupeyuṣaḥ /
tvaransenāpatiḥ kruddho bibheda gadayā śiraḥ //
tasya rājansanistriṃśaṃ suprabhaṃ ca śarāvaram /
hatasya patato hastādvegena nyapatadbhuvi //
taṃ nihatya gadāgreṇa sa lebhe paramāṃ mudam /
putraḥ pāñcālarājasya mahātmā bhīmavikramaḥ //
tasminhate maheṣvāse śalyaputre mahārathe /
hāhākāro mahānāsīttava sainyasya māriṣa //
tataḥ sāṃyamaniḥ kruddho dṛṣṭvā nihatāmātmajam /
abhidudrāva vegena pāñcālyaṃ yuddhadurmadam //
tau tatra samare śūrau sametau yuddhadurmadau /
dadṛśuḥ sarvarājānaḥ kuravaḥ pāṇḍavāstathā //
tataḥ sāṃyamaniḥ kruddhaḥ pārṣataṃ paravīrahā /
ājaghāna tribhirbāṇaistotrairiva mahādvipam //
tathaiva pārṣataṃ śūraṃ śalyaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ /
ājaghānorasi kruddhastato yuddhamavartata //
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