Mahabharata · Chapter 7.132
[svayaṃ śiṣyo maheśasya bhṛgūttamadhanurdharaḥ /
śiṣyatvaṃ prāptavānkarṇastasya tulyo'stravidyayā //
tadviśiṣṭo'pi vā karṇaḥ śiṣyaḥ śiṣyaguṇairyutaḥ / kuntīputreṇa bhīmena nirjitaḥ sa tu līlayā // ]
yasmiñjayāśā mahatī putrāṇāṃ mama sañjaya /
taṃ bhīmādvimukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā kinnu duryodhano'bravīt //
kathaṃ ca yuyudhe bhīmo vīryaślāghī mahābalaḥ //
karṇo vā samare tāta kimakārṣīdataḥ param /
bhīmasenaṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā jvalantamiva pāvakam //
sañjaya uvāca /
rathamanyaṃ samāsthāya vidhivatkalpitaṃ punaḥ /
abhyayātpāṇḍavaṃ karṇo vātoddhūta ivārṇavaḥ //
kruddhamādhirathiṃ dṛṣṭvā putrāstava viśāmpate /
bhīmasenamamanyanta vaiśvānaramukhe hutam //
cāpaśabdaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā talaśabdaṃ ca bhairavam /
abhyadravata rādheyo bhīmasenarathaṃ prati //
punareva tayo rājanghora āsītsamāgamaḥ /
vaikartanasya śūrasya bhīmasya ca mahātmanaḥ //
saṃrabdhau hi mahābāhū parasparavadhaiṣiṇau /
anyonyabhīkṣāñcakrāte dahantāviva locanaiḥ //
krodharakrekṣaṇau tīvrau niḥśvasantāvivoragau /
śūrāvanyonyamāsādya tatakṣaturarindamau //
vyāghrāviva susaṃrabdhau śyenāviva ca śīghragau /
śarabhāviva saṅkruddhau yuyudhāte parasparam //
tato bhīmaḥ smarankleśānakṣadyūte vane'pi ca /
virāṭanagare caiva duḥkhaṃ prāptamarindamaḥ //
rāṣṭrāṇāṃ sphītaratnānāṃ haraṇaṃ ca tavātmajaiḥ /
satataṃ ca parikleśānsaputreṇa tvayā kṛtān //
dagdhumaicchaśca yaḥ kuntīṃ saputrāṃ tvamanāgasam /
kṛṣṇāyāśca parikleśaṃ sabhāmadhye durātmabhiḥ //
keśapakṣagrahaṃ caiva duḥśāsanakṛtaṃ tathā /
paruṣāṇi ca vākyāni karṇonoktāni bhārata //
patimanyaṃ parīpsasva na santi patayastava /
patitā narake pārthāḥ sarve ṣaṇḍatilopamāḥ //
samakṣaṃ tava kauravya yadūcuḥ kauravāstadā /
dāsībhāvena kṛṣṇāṃ ca bhoktukāmāḥ sutāstava //
yaccāpi tānpravrajataḥ kṛṣṇājinanivāsinaḥ /
paruṣāṇyuktavānkarṇaḥ sabhāyāṃ sannidhau tava //
tṛṇīkṛtya ca yatpārthāṃstava putro vavalga ha /
viṣamasthānsamastho hi saṃrabdho gatacetanaḥ //
bālyātprabhṛti cārighnaḥ svāni duḥkhāni cintayan /
niravidyata dharmātmā jīvitena vṛkodaraḥ //
tato viṣphārya sumahaddhemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam /
cāpaṃ bharataśārdūlastyaktātmā karṇamabhyayāt //
sa sāyakayairjālairbhīmaḥ karṇarathaṃ prati / bhānumadbhiḥ śilādhautairbhānoḥ prācchādayatprabhāṃ
tataḥ prahasyādhirathistūrṇamasyañśitāñśarān /
vyadhamadbhīmasenasya śarajālāni patribhiḥ //
mahāratho mahābāhurmahābāṇairmahābalaḥ /
vivyādhādhirathirbhīmaṃ navabhirniśitaistadā //
sa totrairiva mātaṅgo vāryamāṇaḥ patattribhaḥ /
abhyadhāvadasambhrāntaḥ sūtaputraṃ vṛkodaraḥ //
tamāpatantaṃ vegena rabhasaṃ pāṇḍavarṣabham /
karṇaḥ pratyudyayau yuddhe matto mattamiva dvipam //
tataḥ pradhyāpya jalajaṃ bherīśatasamasvanam /
akṣubhyata balaṃ harṣāduddhūta iva sāgaraḥ //
taduddhūtaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāgāśvarathapattimat /
bhīmaḥ karṇaṃ samāsādya cchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ //
aśvānṛkṣasavarṇāṃśca haṃsavarṇairhayottamaiḥ /
vyāmiśrayadraṇe karṇaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ chādayañcharaiḥ //
ṛkṣavarṇānhayānkarkairmiśrānmārutaraṃhasaḥ /
nirīkṣya tava putrāṇāṃ hāhākṛtamabhūdbalam //
te hayā bahvaśobhanta miśritā vātaraṃhasaḥ /
sitāsitā mahārāja yathā vyomni valāhakāḥ //
saṃrabdhau krodhatāmrākṣau prekṣya karṇavṛkodarau /
santrastāḥ samakampanta tvadīyānāṃ mahārathāḥ //
yamarāṣṭropamaṃ ghoramāsīdāyodhanaṃ tayoḥ /
durdarśaṃ bharataśreṣṭha pretarājaputraṃ yathā //
samājamiva taccitraṃ prekṣamāṇā mahārathāḥ /
nālakṣayañjayaṃ vyaktamekasyaiva mahāraṇe //
tayoḥ praikṣanta sammardaṃ sannikṛṣṭaṃ mahāstrayoḥ /
tava durmantrite rājansaputrasya viśāmpate //
chādayantau hi śatrughnāvanyonyaṃ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ /
śarajālāvṛtaṃ vyoma cakrāte'dbhutavikramau //
tāvanyonyaṃ jighāṃsantau śaraistīkṣṇairmahārathau /
prekṣaṇīyatarāvāstāṃ vṛṣṭimantāvivāmbudau //
suvarṇavikṛtānvāṇānvimuñcantāvarindamau /
bhāsvaraṃ vyoma cakrāte maholkābhiriva prabho //
tābhyāṃ muktāḥ śarā rājangārdhrapatrāścakāśire /
śreṇyaḥ śaradi mattānāṃ sārasanāmivāmbare //
saṃsaktaṃ sūtaputreṇa dṛṣṭvā bhīmamarindamam /
atibhāramamanyetāṃ bhīme kṛṣṇadhanañjayau //
tatrādhirathibhīmābhyāṃ śarairmuktairdṛḍhaṃ hatāḥ /
iṣupātamatikramya peturaśvanaradvipāḥ //
patadbhiḥ patitaiścānyairgatāsubhiranekaśaḥ /
kṛto rājanmahārāja putrāṇāṃ te janakṣayaḥ //
manupyāśvagajānāṃ ca śarīrairgatajīvitaiḥ /
kṣaṇena bhūmiḥ sañjajñe saṃvṛtā 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