Mahabharata · Chapter 7.190
tasmiṃstathā vartamāne gajāśvanarasankṣaye /
duḥśāsano mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnamayodhayat //
sa tu rukmarathāsakto duḥśāsanaśarārditaḥ /
amarṣāttava putrasya śarairvāhānavākirat //
kṣaṇena sa rathastasya sadhvajaḥ sahasārathiḥ /
nādṛśyata mahārāja pārṣatasya śaraiścitaḥ //
duḥśāsanastu rājendra pāñcālyasya mahātmanaḥ /
nāśakatpramukhe sthātuṃ śarajālaprapīḍitaḥ //
sa tu duḥśāsanaṃ bāṇairvimukhīkṛtya pārṣataḥ /
kiṟañcharasahasrāṇi droṇamevābhyayādraṇe //
abhyapadyata hārdikyaḥ kṛtavarmā tvanantaram /
sodaryāṇāṃ trayaścaiva ta enaṃ paryavārayan //
taṃ yamau pṛṣṭhato'nvaitāṃ rakṣantau puruṣarṣabhau /
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ dīpyamānamivānalam //
samprahāramakurvaṃste sarve ca sumahārathāḥ /
amarṣitāḥ sattvavantaḥ kṛtvā maraṇamagrataḥ //
śuddhātmānaḥ śuddhavṛttā rājansvargapuraskṛtāḥ /
āryaṃ yuddhamakurvanta parasparajigīṣavaḥ //
śuklābhijanakarmāṇo matimanto janādhipa /
dharmayuddhamayudhyanta prepsanto gatimuttamām //
na tatrāsīdadharmiṣṭhamaśastaṃ yuddhameva ca /
nātra karṇī na nālīko na lipto na ca bastikaḥ //
na sūcī kapiśo naiva na gavāsthirgajāsthijaḥ / na cūlī baliśastatra na yamī nāpi pācakaḥ /
iṣurāsīnna saṃśliṣṭo na pūtirna ca jihmagaḥ //
ṛjūnyeva viśuddhāni sarve śastrāṇyadhārayan /
suyuddhena parām̐llokānīpsantaḥ kīrtimeva ca //
tadāsīttumulaṃ yuddhaṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam /
caturṇāṃ tava yodhānāṃ taistribhiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha //
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu tāndṛṣṭvā tava rājanratharṣabhān /
yamābhyāṃ vāritānvīrāñchīghrāstro droṇamabhyayāt //
nivāritāstu te vīrāstayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ /
samasajjanta catvāro vātāḥ parvatayoriva //
dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ yamau sārdhaṃ rathābhyāṃ rathapuṅgavau /
samāsaktau tato droṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno'bhyavartata //
dṛṣṭvā droṇāya pāñcālyaṃ vrajantaṃ yuddhadurmadam /
yamābhyāṃ tāṃśca saṃsaktāṃstadantaramupādravat //
duryodhano mahārāja kirañchoṇitabhojanān /
taṃ sātyakiḥ śīghrataraṃ punarevābhyavartata //
tau parasparamāsādya samīpe kurumādhavau /
hasamānau nṛśārdūlāvabhītau samasajjatām //
bālyavṛttāni sarvāṇi prīyamāṇau vicintya tau /
anyonyaṃ prekṣamāṇau ca smayamānau punaḥpunaḥ //
atha duryodhano rājā sātyakiṃ samabhāṣata /
priyaṃ sakhāyaṃ satataṃ garhayanvṛttamātmanaḥ //
dhik krodhaṃ dhiksakhe lobhaṃ dhiṅmohaṃ dhigamarṣitam /
dhigastu kṣātramācāraṃ dhigastu balamaurasam //
yatra māmabhisandhatse tvāṃ cāhaṃ śinipuṅgava /
tvaṃ hi prāṇaiḥ priyataro mamāhaṃ ca sadā tava //
smarāmi tāni sarvāṇi bālyavṛttāni yāni nau / tāni sarvāṇi jīrṇāni sāmprataṃ no raṇājire /
kimanyatkrodhalobhābhyāṃ yuddhamevādya sātvata //
taṃ tathāvādinaṃ tatra sātyakiḥ pratyabhāṣata /
prahasanviśikhāṃstīkṣṇānudyamya paramāstravit //
neyaṃ sabhā rājaputra nācāryasya niveśanam /
yatra krīḍitamasmābhistadā rājansamāgataiḥ //
duryodhana uvāca /
kva sā krīḍā gatā'smākaṃ bālye vai śinipuṅgava /
kva ca yuddhamidaṃ bhūyaḥ kālo hi duratikramaḥ //
kintu no vidyate kṛtyaṃ dhanena dhanalipsayā /
yatra yudhyāmahe sarve dhanalobhātsamāgatāḥ //
sañjaya uvāya /
taṃ tathāvādinaṃ tatra rājānaṃ mādhavo'bravīt /
evaṃ vṛttaṃ sadā kṣātraṃ yudhyantīha gurūnapi //
yadi te'haṃ priyo rājañjahi māṃ mā ciraṃ kṛthāḥ /
tvatkṛte sukṛtāṃllokāngaccheyaṃ bharatarṣabha //
yā te śaktirbalaṃ yacca tatkṣipraṃ mayi darśaya /
necchāmi tadahaṃ draṣṭuṃ mitrāṇāṃ vyasanaṃ mahat //
ityevaṃ vyaktamābhāṣya pratibhāṣya ca sātyakiḥ /
abhyayāttūrṇamavyagro dayāṃ nākurutātmani //
tamāyāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ pratyagṛhṇāttavātmajaḥ /
śaraiścāvākiradrājañśaineyaṃ tanayastava //
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurumādhavasiṃhayoḥ /
anyonyaṃ kruddhayorghoraṃ yathā dviradasiṃhayoḥ //
tataḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭaiḥ sātvataṃ yuddhadurmadam /
duryodhanaḥ pratyavidhyatkupito daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ //
taṃ sātyakiḥ pratyavidhyattathaivāvākiraccharaiḥ /
pañcāśatā punaścājau triṃśatā daśabhiśca ha //
sātyakiṃ tu raṇe rājanprahasaṃstanayastava /
ākarṇapūrṇairniśitairvivyādha triṃśatā śaraiḥ //
tato'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ kṣurapreṇa dvidhā'cchinat //
so'nyatkārmukamādāya laghuhastastato dṛḍham /
sātyakirvyasṛjaccāpi śaraśreṇīṃ sutasya te //
tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā śaraśreṇīṃ jighāṃsayā /
ciccheda bahudhā rājā tata uccukruśurjanāḥ //
sātyakiṃ ca trisaptatyā pīḍayāmāsa vegitaḥ /
svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilādhautairākarṇāpūrṇaniḥsṛtaiḥ //
tasya sandadhataśceṣu saṃhiteṣu ca kārmukam /
ācchinatsātyakistūrṇaṃ śaraiścaivāpyavīvidhat //
sa gāḍhaviddho vyathitaḥ pratyapāyādrathāntare /
duryodhano mahārāja dāśārhaśarapīḍitaḥ //
samāśvasya tu putraste sātyakiṃ punarabhyayāt /
visṛjanniṣujālāni yuyudhānarathaṃ prati //
tathaiva sātyakirbāṇānduryodhanarathaṃ prati /
satataṃ visṛjanrājaṃstatsaṅkulamavartata //
tatreṣubhiḥ kṣipyamāṇaiḥ patadbhiśca śarīriṣu /
agneriva mahākakṣaiḥ śabdaḥ samabhavanmahān //
tayoḥ śarasahasraiśca sañchannaṃ vasudhātalam /
agamyarūpaṃ ca śarairākāśaṃ samapadyata //
tatrāpyadhikamālakṣya mādhavaṃ rathasattamam /
kṣipramabhyapatatkarṇaḥ parīpsaṃstanayaṃ tava //
na tu taṃ marṣayāmāsa bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ /
so'bhyayāttvaritaḥ karṇaṃ visṛjansāyakānbahūn //
tasya karṇaḥ śitānbāṇānpratihanya hasanniva /
dhanuḥ śarāṃśca ciccheda sūtaṃ cābhyahanaccharaiḥ //
bhīmasenastu saṅkruddho gadāmādāya pāṇḍavaḥ /
dhvajaṃ dhanuśca sūtaṃ ca sammamardāhave ripoḥ //
rathacakraṃ ca karṇasya babhañja sa mahābalaḥ /
bhagnayakre rathe'tiṣṭhadakampaḥ śailarāḍiva //
ekacakraṃ rathaṃ tasya tamūhuḥ suciraṃ hayāḥ /
ekacakramivārkasya rathaṃ sapta hayā yathā //
amṛṣyamāṇaḥ karṇastu bhīmasenamayudhyata /
vividhairiṣujālaiśca nānāśastraiśca saṃyuge //
bhīmasenastu saṅkruddhaḥ sūtaputramayodhayat / tasmiṃstathā vartamāne kruddho dharmasuto'bravīt /
pāñcālānāṃ naravyāghrānmātsyāṃśca puruṣarṣabhān //
ye naḥ prāṇāḥ śiro ye ca ye no yodhā mahārathāḥ /
ta ete dhārtarāṣṭreṣu viṣaktāḥ puruṣarṣabhān //
ye naḥ prāṇāḥ śiro ye ca ye no yodhā mahārathāḥ /
ta ete dhārtarāṣṭreṣu viṣaktāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ //
kiṃ tiṣṭhata yathā mūḍhāḥ sarve vigatacetasaḥ /
tatra gacchata yatraite yudhyante māmakā rathāḥ //
kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya sarva eva gatajvarāḥ /
jayanto vadhyamānāśca gatimiṣṭāṃ gamiṣyatha //
te rājñā coditā vīrā yotsyamānā mahārathāḥ /
caturdhā vāhinīṃ kṛtvā tvaritā droṇamabhyayuḥ //
pāñcālāstvekato droṇamabhyaghnanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
bhīmasenapurogāścāpyekataḥ paryavārayan //
āsaṃstu pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ trayo jihmā mahārathāḥ /
yamau ca bhīmasenaśca prākrośaṃste dhanañjayam //
abhidravārjuna kṣipraṃ kurūndroṇādapānuda /
tata enaṃ haniṣyanti pāñcālā hatarakṣiṇam //
kauraveyāṃstataḥ pārthaḥ sasā samupādravat / pāñcālāneva tu droṇo dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamān /
mamardustarasā vīrāḥ pañcame'hani bhārata //
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