Mahabharata · Chapter 7.186
tato duryodhano dromamabhigamyābravīdidam /
amarṣavaśamāpanno janayanharṣatejasī //
duryodhana uvāca /
na marṣaṇīyāḥ saṅgrāme viśramantaḥ śramānvitāḥ /
sapatnā glānamanaso labdhalakṣā viśeṣataḥ //
yattu marṣitamasmābhirbhavataḥ priyakāmyayā /
ta ete pariviśrāntāḥ pāṇḍavā balavattarāḥ //
sarvathā parihīnāḥ sma tejasā ca balena ca /
bhavatā pālyamānāste vivardhante punaḥpunaḥ //
divyānyastrāṇi sarvāṇi brāhmādīni ca yāni ha /
tāni sarvāmi tiṣṭhanti bhavatyeva viśeṣataḥ //
na pāṇḍaveyā na vayaṃ nānye loke dhanurdharāḥ /
yudhyamānasya te tulyāḥ satyametadbravīmi te //
sasurāsuragandharvānimām̐lokāndvijottama /
sarvāstravidbhavānhanyāddivyairastrairna saṃśayaḥ //
sa bhavānmarṣayatyenāṃstava tulyānavetya ca /
śiṣyatvaṃ vā puraskṛtya mama vā mandabhāgyatām //
sañjaya uvāca /
evamuddharṣito droṇaḥ kopitaśca sutena te /
samanyurabravīdrājanduryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ //
sthaviraḥ sanparaṃ śaktyā ghaṭe duryodhanāhave / ataḥ paraṃ mayā kāryaṃ kṣudraṃ vijayagṛddhinā /
anastravidayaṃ sarvo hantavyo'stravidā janaḥ //
yadbhavānmanyate cāpi śubhaṃ vā yadi vā'śubham /
tadvai kartā'smi kauravya vacanāttava nānyathā //
nihatya sarvapāñcālānyuddhe kṛtvā parākramam /
vimokṣye kavacaṃ rājansatyenāyudhamālabhe //
manyase yacca kaunteyamarjunaṃ śrāntamāhave /
tasya vīryaṃ mahābāho śṛṇu satyena kaurava //
taṃ na devā na gandharvā na yakṣā na ca rākṣasāḥ /
utsahante raṇe jetuṃ kupitaṃ savyasācinam //
khāṇḍave yena bhagavānpratyudyātaḥ sureśvaraḥ /
sāyakairvāritaścāpi varṣamāṇo mahātmanā //
yakṣā nāgāstathā daityā ye cānye balagarvitāḥ /
nihatāḥ puruṣendreṇa taccāpi viditaṃ tava //
gandharvā ghoṣayātrāyāṃ citrasenādayo jitāḥ /
yūyaṃ tairhriyamāṇāśca mokṣitā dṛḍhadhanvanā //
nivātakavacāścāpi devānāṃ śatravastathā /
surairavadhyāḥ saṅgrāme tena vīreṇa nirjitāḥ //
dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi hiraṇyapuravāsinām /
vijigye puruṣavyāghraḥ sa śakyo mānuṣaiḥ katham //
pratyakṣaṃ caiva te sarvaṃ yathā balamidaṃ tava /
kṣapitaṃ pāṇḍuputreṇa ceṣṭatāṃ no viśāmpate //
sañjaya uvāca /
taṃ tadā'bhipraśaṃsantamarjunaṃ kupitastadā /
droṇaṃ tava suto rājanpunarevedamabravīt //
ahaṃ duḥśāsanaḥ karṇaḥ śakunirmātulaśca me / haniṣyāmo'rjunaṃ saṅkhye dvidhā kṛtvā'dya bhāratīm /
tiṣṭha sa tvaṃ mahābāho nityaṃ śiṣyaḥ priyastava //
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājo hasanniva /
anvavartata rājānaṃ svasti te'stviti cābravīt //
ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā /
akṣayaṃ kṣapayetkaścitkṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyarṣabham //
taṃ na vittapatirnendro na yamo na jaleśvaraḥ /
nāsuroragarakṣāṃsi kṣapayeyuḥ sahāyudham //
mūḍhāstvetāni bhāṣante yānīmānyāttha bhārata /
yuddhe hyarjunamāsādya svastimānko vrajedgṛhān //
tvaṃ tu sarvābhiśaṅkitvānniṣṭhuraḥ pāpaniścayaḥ /
śreyasastvaddhite yuktāṃstattadvaktumihecchasi //
gaccha tvamapi kaunteyamātmārthe jahi māciram /
tvamapyāśaṃsase yoddhuṃ kulajaḥ kṣatriyo hyasi //
imānkiṃ kṣatriyānsarvānghātayiṣyasyanāgasaḥ /
tvasya mūlaṃ vairasya tasmādāsādayārjunam //
eṣa te mātulaḥ prājñaḥ kṣatradharmamanuvrataḥ /
durdyutadevī gāndhāre prayātvarjunamāhave //
eṣo'kṣakuśalo jihmo dyūtakṛtkitavaḥ śaṭhaḥ /
devitā nikṛtiprajño yudhi jeṣyati pāṇḍavān //
tvayā kathitamatyarthaṃ karṇena saha hṛṣṭavat /
asakṛcchūnyavanmohādvṛtarāṣṭrasya śṛṇvataḥ //
ahaṃ ca tāta karṇaśca bhrātā duḥśānaśca me /
pāṇḍuputrānhaniṣyāmaḥ sahitāḥ samare trayaḥ //
iti te katthamānasya śrutaṃ saṃsadisaṃsadi /
anutiṣṭha pratijñāṃ tāṃ satyavāgbhava taiḥ saha //
eṣa te pāṇḍavaḥ śatruraviśaṅko'grataḥ sthitaḥ /
kṣatradharmamavekṣasva ślāghyastava vadho jayāt //
dattaṃ bhuktamadhītaṃ ca prāptamaiśvaryamīpsitam /
kṛtakṛtyo'nṛṇaścāsi mā bhairyudhyasva pāṇḍavam //
ityuktvā samare droṇo nyavartata yataḥ pare /
dvaidhīkṛtya tataḥ senāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavattadā //
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