Mahabharata · Chapter 7.123
tato duḥśāsano rājañśaineyaṃ samupādravat /
kirañśarasahasrāṇi parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān //
sa vidvvā sātyakiṃ ṣaṣṭyā tathā ṣoḍaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ /
nākampayatsthitaṃ yuddhe mainākamiva parvatam //
taṃ tu duḥśāsanaḥ śūraḥ sāyakairāvṛṇodbhṛśam /
rathavrātena mahatā nānādeśodbhavena ca //
sarvato bharataśreṣṭha visṛjansāyakānbahūn /
parjanya iva ghoṣeṇa nādayanvai diśo daśa //
tamāpatantamālokya sātyakiḥ kauravaṃ raṇe /
abhidrutya mahābāhuśchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ //
te chādyamānā bāṇaughairduḥśāsanapurogamāḥ /
prādravansamare bhītāstava sainyasya paśyataḥ //
teṣu dravatsu rājendra putro duḥśānastava /
tasthau vyapetabhī rājansātyakiṃ cārdayaccharaiḥ //
caturbhirvājinastasya sārathiṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ /
sātyakiṃ ca śatenājau viddhvā nādaṃ mumoca saḥ //
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja mādhavastasya saṃyuge /
rathaṃ sūtaṃ dhvajaṃ taṃ ca cakre'dṛśyamajihmagaiḥ //
sa tu duḥśāsanaṃ śūraṃ sāyakairāvṛṇodbhṛśam /
maśakaṃ samanuprāptamūrṇanābhirivorṇayā //
tvaransamāvṛṇodbāṇairduḥśāsanamamitrajit // dṛṣṭvā duḥśāsanaṃ rājā tathā śaraśatācitam /
trigartāṃścodayāmāsa yuyudhānarathaṃ prati //
te'gacchanyuyudhānasya samīpaṃ krurakarmaṇaḥ /
trigartānāṃ trisāhasrā rathā yuddhaviśāradāḥ //
te tu taṃ rathavaṃśena mahatā paryavārayan /
sthirāṃ kṛtvā matiṃ yuddhe bhūtvā saṃśaptakā mithaḥ //
teṣāṃ prayatamānānāṃ śaravarṣāṇi muñcatām /
yodhānpañcaśatānmukhyānagryānīke vyapothayat //
te'patannihatāstūrṇaṃ śinipravarasāyakaiḥ /
mahāmārutavegena bhagnā iva nagāddrumāḥ //
nāgaiśca bahudhā cchinnairdhvajaiścaiva viśāmpate /
hayaiśca kanakāpīḍaiḥ patitaistatra medinī //
śaineyaśarasaṅkṛttaiḥ śoṇitaughapariplutaiḥ /
aśobhata mahārāja kiṃśukairiva puṣpitaiḥ //
te vadhyamānāḥ samare yuyudhānena tāvakāḥ /
trātāraṃ nādhyagacchanta paṅkamagnā iva dvipāḥ //
tataste paryavartanta sarve droṇarathaṃ prati /
bhayātpatagarājasya gartānīva mahoragāḥ //
hatvā pañcaśatānyodhāñcharairāśīviṣopamaiḥ /
prāyātsa śanakairvīro dhanañjayarathaṃ prati //
taṃ prayāntaṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ putro duḥśāsanastava /
vivyādha navabhistūrṇaṃ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ //
sa tu taṃ prativivyādha pañcabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
rukmapuṅkhairmaheṣvāso gārdhrapatrairajihmagaiḥ //
sātyakiṃ tu mahārāja prahasanniva bhārata /
duḥśāsanastribhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ //
śaineyastava putraṃ tu hatvā pañcabhirāśugaiḥ /
dhanuścāsya raṇe chittvā vismayannarjunaṃ yayau //
tato duḥśāsanaḥ kruddho vṛṣṇivīrāya gacchate /
sarvapāraśavīṃ śaktiṃ visasarja jighāṃsayā //
tāṃ tu śaktiṃ tadā ghorāṃ tava putrasya sātyakiḥ /
ciccheda śatadhā rājanniśitaiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ //
athānyaddhanurādāya putrastava janeśvara /
sātyakiṃ ca śarairviddhvā siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca //
sātyakistu raṇe kruddho mohayitvā sutaṃ tava /
śarairagniśikhākārairājaghāna stanāntare //
tribhireva mahābhāgaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ /
sarvāyasaistīkṣṇavaktraiḥ punarvivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ //
duḥśāsanastu viṃśatyā sātyakiṃ pratyavidhyata /
sātvato'pi mahārāja taṃ vivyādha stanāntare //
tribhireva mahābhāgaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ /
tato'sya vāhānniśitaiḥ śarairjaghne mahārathaḥ //
sārathiṃ ca surāṅkruddhaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ /
dhanurekena bhallena hastāvāpaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ //
dhvajaṃ ca rathaśaktiṃ ca bhallābhyāṃ paramastrivit /
ciccheda viśikhaistīkṣṇaistathobhau pārṣṇisārathī //
sa cchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ /
trigartasenāpatinā svarathenāpavāhitaḥ //
tamabhidrutya śaineyo muhūrtamiva bhārata /
na jaghāna mahābāhurbhīmasenavacaḥ smaran //
bhīmasenena tu vadhaḥ sutānāṃ tava bhārata /
pratijñātaḥ sabhāmadhye sarveṣāmeva saṃyuge //
tato duḥśāsanaṃ jitvā sātyakiḥ saṃyuge prabho /
jagāma tvarito rājanyena yāto dhanañjayaḥ //
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