Mahabharata · Chapter 7.192
taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramodvignaṃ śokopahatacetasam /
pāñcālarājasya suto dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ samādravat //
ya iṣṭvā manujendreṇa drupadena mahāmakhe /
labdho droṇavināśāya samiddhāddhavyavāhanāt //
sa dhanurjaitramādāya ghoraṃ jaladaniḥsvanam /
dṛḍhajyamajaraṃ divyaṃ śaraṃ cāśīviṣopamam //
sandadhe kārmuke tasmiṃstatastamanalopamam /
droṇaṃ jighāṃstuḥ pāñcālyo mahājvālamivānalam //
tasya rūpaṃ śarasyāsīddhanurjyāmaṇḍalāntare /
dyotato bhāskarasyeva ghanānte pariveṣiṇaḥ //
pārṣatena parāmṛṣṭaṃ jvalantamiva taddhanuḥ /
antakālamanuprāptaṃ menire vīkṣya sainikāḥ //
tamiṣuṃ saṃhataṃ tena bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān /
dṛṣṭvā'manyata dehasya kālaparyāyamāgatam //
tataḥ prayatnamātiṣṭhadācāryastasya vārame /
na cāsyāstrāṇi rājendra pādurāsanmahātmanaḥ //
tasya tvahāni catvāri kṣapā caikā'syato gatā /
tasya cāhnastribhāgena kṣayaṃ jagmuḥ patatriṇaḥ //
sa śarakṣayamāsādya putraśokena cārditaḥ /
vividhānāṃ ca divyāmānamastrāṇāmaprasādataḥ //
utsraṣṭukāmaḥ śastrāṇi ṛṣivākyapracoditaḥ /
tejasā pūryamāṇaśca yuyudhe na yathā purā //
bhūyaścānyatsamādāya divyamāṅgirasaṃ dhanuḥ /
śarāṃśca brahmadaṇḍābhāndhṛṣṭadyumnamayodhayat //
tatastaṃ śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samavākirat /
vyaśātayacca saṅkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnamamarṣaṇam //
śarāṃśca śatadhā tasya droṇaściccheda sāyakaiḥ /
dhvajaṃ dhanuśca niśitaiḥ sārathiṃ cāpyapātayat //
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ prahasyānyatpunarādāya kārmukam /
śitena cainaṃ bāṇena pratyavidhyatstanāntare //
so'tividdho maheṣvāso'sambhrānta iva saṃyuge /
bhallena śitadhāreṇa cicchedāsya punardhanuḥ //
yaccāsya bāṇavikṛtaṃ dhanūṃṣi ca viśāmpate /
sarvaṃ ciccheda durdharṣo gadāṃ khaṅgaṃ ca varjayan //
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca vivyādha navabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
jīvitāntakaraiḥ kruddhaḥ śilādhautaiḥ parantapaḥ //
dhṛṣṭadyumno'tha tasyāśvānkharathāśvairmahārathaḥ /
vyāmiśrayadameyātmā brāhmamastramudīrayan //
te miśrā bahvaśobhanta javanā vātaraṃhasaḥ /
pārāvatasavarṇāśca śoṇāśca bharatarṣabha //
yathā savidyuto meghā nadanto jaladāgame /
tathā rejurmahārāja miśritā raṇamūrdhani //
īṣābandhaṃ cakrabandhaṃ rathabandhaṃ tathaiva ca /
prāṇāśayadameyātmā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sa dvijaḥ //
sa cchinnadhanvā pāñcālyo nikṛttadhvajasārathiḥ /
uttamāmāpadaṃ prāpya gadāṃ vīraḥ parāmṛśat //
tāmasya viśikhaistīkṣṇaiḥ kṣipyamāṇāṃ mahārathaḥ /
nijaghānaḥ śarairdroṇaḥ kruddhaḥ satyaparākramaḥ //
tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā naravyāghro droṇena nihatāṃ śaraiḥ /
vimalaṃ khaṅgamādatta śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat //
asaṃśayaṃ tathābhūtaḥ pāñcālyaḥ sādhvamanyata /
vadhamācāryamukhyasya prāptakālaṃ mahātmanaḥ //
tataḥ sa rathanīḍasthaṃ svarathasya rathepayā /
agacchadasimudyamya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat //
cikīrṣurduṣkaraṃ karma dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ /
iyeṣa vakṣo bhettuṃ sa bhāradvājasya saṃyuge //
so'tiṣṭhadyugamadhye vai yugasannahaneṣu ca /
jaghanārdheṣu cāśvānāṃ tatsainyāḥ samapūjayan //
tiṣṭhato yugapālīpu śoṇānapyadhitiṣṭhataḥ /
nāpaśyadantaraṃ droṇastadadbhutamivābhavat //
kṣipraṃ śyenasya carato yathaivāmiṣagṛddhinaḥ /
tadvadāsīdabhīsāro dromapārṣatayo raṇe //
tasya pārāvatānaśvānrathaśaktyā parābhinat /
sarvānekaikaśo droṇo raktānaśvānvivarjayan //
te hatā nyapatanbhūmau dhṛṣṭadyumnasya vājinaḥ /
śoṇāstu paryamucyanta rathabandhādviśāmpate //
tānhayānnihatāndṛṣṭvā dvijāgryeṇa sa pārṣataḥ /
nāmṛṣyata yudhāṃ śreṣṭho yājñasenirmahārathaḥ //
virathaḥ sa gṛhītvā tu khaṅgaṃ khaṅgabhṛtāṃ varaḥ /
droṇamabhyapatadrājanvainateya ivoragam //
tasya rūpaṃ babhau rājanbhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsataḥ /
yathā rūpaṃ purā viṣṇorhiraṇyakaśiporvadhe //
sa tadā vividhānmargānpravarāṃścaikaviṃśatim /
darśayāmāsa kauravya pārṣato vicaranraṇe //
bhrāntumuddhāntamāviddhamāplutaṃ prasṛtaṃ sṛtam /
parivṛttaṃ nivṛttaṃ ca khaṅgaṃ carma ca dhārayan //
sampātaṃ samudīrṇaṃ ca darśayāmāsa pārṣataḥ / bhārataṃ kauśikaṃ caiva sātvataṃ caiva śikṣayā /
darśayanvyacaradyuddhe droṇasyāntacikīrṣayā // caratastasya tānmargānvicitrānkhaṅgacarmiṇaḥ /
vyasmayanta raṇe yodhā devatāśca samāgatāḥ //
tataḥ śarasahasreṇa śatacandramapātayat /
carma khaṅgaṃ ca sambādhe dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sa dvijaḥ //
ye tu vaitastikā nāma śarā āsannayodhinaḥ /
nikṛṣṭayuddhe droṇasya nānyeṣāṃ santi te śarāḥ //
ṛte śāradvatātparthāddrauṇervaikartanāttathā /
pradyumnayuyudhānābhyāmabhimanyośca bhārata //
athāsyeṣu samādhatta dṛḍhaṃ paramasammatam /
antevāsinamācāryo jighāṃsuḥ putrasammitam //
taṃ śarairdaśabhistīkṣṇaiściccheda śinipuṅgavaḥ / paśyatastava putrasya karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ /
grastamācāryamukhyena dhṛṣṭadyumnamamocayat //
carantaṃ rathamārgeṣu sātyakiṃ satyavikramam / droṇakarmāntaragataṃ kṛpasyāpi ca bhārata /
apaśyetāṃ mahātmānau viṣvaksenadhanañjayau //
apūjayetāṃ vārṣṇeyaṃ bruvāṇau sādhusādhviti /
divyānyastrāṇi sarveṣāṃ yudhi nighntamacyutam //
dhanañjayastataḥ kṛṣṇamabravītpaśya keśava /
ācāryarathamukhyānāṃ madhye krīḍanmadhūdvahaḥ //
ānandayati māṃ bhūyaḥ sātyakiḥ paravīrahā /
mādrīputrau ca bhīmaṃ ca rājānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhiram //
yacchikṣayā'nuddhataḥ sanraṇe carati sātyakiḥ /
mahārathānupakrīḍanvṛṣṇīnāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ //
tamete pratinandanti siddhāḥ sainyāśca vismitāḥ / ajayyaṃ samare dṛṣṭvā sādhusādhviti sātyakim /
yodhāścobhayataḥ sarve karmabhiḥ samapūjayan //
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