Mahabharata · Chapter 6.68
stavaṃ vai brahmasaṃyuktaṃ śṛṇu kṛṣṇasya bhārata /
brahmarṣibhiśca devaiśca yaḥ purā kathito bhuvi //
sādhyānāmapi devānāṃ devadeveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ /
lokabhāvanabhāvajña iti tvāṃ nārado'bravīt //
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca mārkaṇḍeyo'bhyuvāca ha /
yajñaṃ tvāṃ caiva yajñānāṃ tapaśca tapasāmapi //
devānāmapi devaṃ ca tvāmāha bhagavānbhṛguḥ /
purāṇāṃ caiva paramaṃ viṣṇo rūpaṃ taveti ca //
vāsudevo vasūnāṃ tvaṃ śakraṃ sthāpayitā tathā /
devadevo'si devānāmiti dvaipāyano'bravīt //
pūrve prajānisarge ca dakṣamāhuḥ prajāpatim /
sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāmaṅgirāstvāṃ tathā'bravīt //
avyaktaṃ te śarīrotthaṃ vyaktaṃ te manasi sthitam /
devāstvatsambhavāścaiva devalastvasito'bravīt //
śirasā te divyaṃ vyāptaṃ bāhubhyāṃ pṛthivī tathā /
jaṭharaṃ te trayo lokāḥ puruṣo'si sanātanaḥ //
evaṃ tvāmabhijānanti tapasā bhāvitā narāḥ /
ātmadarśanatṛptānāmṛṣīṇāṃ cāsi sattamaḥ //
rājarṣīṇāmudārāṇāmāhaveṣvanivartinām /
sarvadharmapradhānānāṃ tvaṃ gatirmadhusūdana //
iti nityaṃ yogavirdbhirbhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ /
sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ stūyate'bhyarcyate hariḥ //
eṣa te vistarastāta sankṣepaśca prakīrtitaḥ /
keśavasya yathā tattvaṃ suprīto bhaja keśavam //
sañjaya uvāca /
puṇyaṃ śrutvaitadākhyānaṃ mahārāja sutastava /
keśavaṃ bahumene sa pāṇḍavāṃśca mahārathān //
tamabravīnmahārāja bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ punaḥ /
māhātmyaṃ te śrutaṃ rājankeśavasya mahātkamanaḥ //
narasya ca yathātattvaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ pṛcchase nṛpa /
yadarthaṃ nṛṣu sambhūtau narānārāyaṇāvṛṣī //
avadhyau ca yathā vīrau saṃyugeṣvaparājitau /
yathā ca pāṇḍavā rājannavadhyā yudhi kasyacit //
prītimānhi dṛḍhaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pāṇḍaveṣu yaśasviṣu /
tasmādbravīmi rājendra śamo bhavatu pāṇḍavaiḥ //
pṛthivīṃ bhuṅkṣva sahito bhrātṛbhirbalibhirvaśī /
narānārāyaṇau devāvavajñāya naśiṣyasi //
evamuktvā tava pitā tūṣṇīmāsīdviśāmpate /
vyasarjayacca rājānaṃ śayanaṃ ca viveśa ha //
rājā ca śibiraṃ prāyātpraṇipatya mahātmane /
śiśye ca śayane śubhre rātriṃ tāṃ bharatarṣabha //
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