Mahabharata · Chapter 7.130
tasminvilulite sainye saindhavāyārjune gate / sātvate bhīmasene ca putraste droṇamabhyayāt /
tvarannekarathenaiva bahu kṛtyaṃ vicintayan //
sa rathastava putrasya tvarayā parayā yutaḥ /
tūrṇamabhyadravaddroṇaṃ manomārutavegavān //
iha dṛṣṭa ito naṣṭaḥ sarathaḥ prādravannṛpaḥ / muhūrtādiva putraste droṇamāsādya māriṣa /
sasambhramāmidaṃ vākyamabravītkuranandanaḥ //
arjuno bhīmasenaśca sātyakiścāparājitaḥ /
vijitya sarvasainyāni sumahānti mahārathāḥ //
samprāptāḥ sindhurājasya samīpamanivāritāḥ /
vyāyacchanti ca tatrāpi sarva evāparājitāḥ //
yadi tāvadraṇe pārtho vyatikrānto mahārathaḥ /
kathaṃ sātyakibhīmābhyāṃ vyatikrānto'si mānada //
āścaryabhūto loke'sminsamudrasyeva śoṣaṇam / nirjayastava viprāgrya sātvatenārjunena ca /
tathaiva bhīmasenena lokaḥ saṃvadate bhṛśam //
kathaṃ droṇo jitaḥ saṅkhye dhanurvedasya pāragaḥ /
ityevaṃ bruvate yodhā aśraddheyamidaṃ tava //
nāśa eva tu me nūnaṃ mandabhāgyasya saṃyuge /
yatra tvāṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ vyatikrāntāstrayo rathāḥ //
droṇa uvāca /
evaṃ gate tu kṛtye'sminbrūhi yatte vivakṣitam /
yadgataṃ gatamevedaṃ śeṣaṃ cintaya mānada //
duryodhana uvāca /
yatkṛtyaṃ sindhurājasya prāptakālamanantaram /
tatsaṃvidhīyatāṃ kṣipraṃ sādhu sañcintya no dvija //
droṇa uvāca /
cintyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ tāta yatkṛtyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me /
trayo hi samatikrāntāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ //
yāvatteṣāṃ bhayaṃ paścāttāvadeṣāṃ puraḥsaram /
tadgarīyastaraṃ manye yatra kṛṣṇadhanañjayau //
sā purastācca paścācca gṛhītā bhāratī camūḥ /
tatra kṛtyamahaṃ manye saindhavasyābhirakṣaṇam //
sa no rakṣyatamastāta kruddhādbhīto dhanañjayāt /
gatau ca saindhavaṃ bhīmau yuyudhānavṛkodarau //
samprāptaṃ tadidaṃ dyūtaṃ yattacchakunibuddhijam / na sabhāyāṃ jayo vṛtto nāpi tatra parājayaḥ /
iha no glahamānānāmadya tāvajjayājayau //
yānsma tānglahate ghorāñchakuniḥ kurusaṃsadi /
akṣānsa manyamānaḥ prākśarāste hi durāsadāḥ //
yatra te bahavastāta kauraveyā vyavasthitāḥ / sennāṃ durodaraṃ viddhi śarānakṣānviśāmpate /
glahaṃ ca saindhavaṃ rājaṃstatra dyūtasya niścayaḥ //
saindhave tu mahaddyūnta samāsaktaṃ paraiḥ saha /
atra te dhruvamāyatto jayo vā'jaya eva vā //
atra sarve mahārāja tyaktvā jīvitamātmanaḥ / saindhavasya raṇe rakṣāṃ vidhivatkartumarhatha /
tatra no glahamānānāṃ dhruvau jayaparājayau //
yatra te parameṣvāsā yattā rakṣanti saindhavam /
tatra gaccha svayaṃ śīghraṃ tāṃśca rakṣasva rakṣiṇaḥ //
ihaiva tvahamāsiṣye preṣayiṣyāmi cāparān /
nirotsyāmi ca pāñcālānsahitānpāṇḍusṛñjayaiḥ //
sañjaya uvāca /
tato duryodhano'gacchattūrṇamācāryaśāsanāt /
udyamyātmānamugrāya karmaṇe sa padānugaḥ //
cakrarakṣau tu pāñcālyau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau /
bāhyena senāmabhyetya jagmatuḥ savyasācinam //
yau tu pūrvaṃ mahārāja vāritau kṛtavarmaṇā /
praviṣṭe tvarjune rājaṃstava sainyaṃ yuyutsayā //
pārśve bhittvā camūṃ vīrau praviṣṭau tava vāhinīm /
pārśvena sainyamāyāntau kururājo dadarśa ha //
tābhyāṃ duryodhanaḥ sārdhamakarotsaṅkhyamuttamam /
tvaritastvaramāṇābhyāṃ bhrātṛbhyāṃ bhārato balī //
tāvenamabhyadravatāmubhāvudyatakārmukau /
mahārathasamākhyātau kṣatriyapravarau yudhi //
tamavidhyadyudhāmanyustriṃśatā kaṅkapatribhiḥ /
viṃśatyā sārathiṃ cāsya caturbhiścaturo hayān //
duryodhano yudhāmanyordhvajamekeṣuṇā'cchinat /
ekena kārmukaṃ cāsya cakarta tanayastava //
sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍādapāharat /
tato'vidhyaccharaistīkṣṇaiścaturbhiścaturo hayān //
yudhāmanyuśca saṅkruddhaḥ sarāṃstriṃśatamāhave /
vyasṛjattava putrasya tvaramāṇaḥ stanāntare //
tathottamaujāḥ saṅkruddhaḥ śarairhemavibhūṣitaiḥ /
avidhyatsārathiṃ cāsya prāhiṇodyamasādanam //
duryodhano'pi rājendra pāñcālyasyauttamaujasaḥ /
jaghāna caturo'syāścānubhau tau pārṣṇisārathī //
uttamaujā hatāśvastu hatasūtaśca saṃyuge /
āruroha rathaṃ bhrāturyudhāmanyorabhitvaran //
sa rathaṃ prāpya taṃ bhrāturduryodhanahayāñśaraiḥ /
bahubhistāḍayāmāsa te hatāḥ prāpatanbhuvi //
hayeṣu patiteṣvasya ciccheda parameṣuṇā / yudhāmanyurdhanuḥ śīghraṃ śarāvāpaṃ ca saṃyuge /
avidhyatsārathiṃ cāsya prāhiṇodyamasādanam //
hatāśvasūtātsarathādavatīrya narādhipaḥ /
gadāmādāya te putraḥ pāñcalyāvabhyadhāvata //
tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya kruddhaṃ kurupatiṃ tadā /
avaplutau rathopasthādyudhāmanyūttamaujasau //
tataḥ sa hemacitraṃ taṃ gadayā syandanaṃ gatī /
saṅkruddhaḥ pothayāmāsa sāśvasūtadhvajaṃ nṛpa //
etadīdṛśakaṃ putrastavākārṣījjanādhipa /
gadayā gadināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvalokamahārathaḥ //
bhaṅktvā rathaṃ sa putraste hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ /
madrarājarathaṃ tūrṇamāruroha parantapaḥ //
pāñcālānāṃ tato mukhyau rājaputrau mahārathau /
rathāvanyau samāruhya bībhatsumabhijagmutaḥ //
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