Mahabharata · Chapter 7.198
arjunasya vacaḥ śrutvā nocustatra mahārathāḥ /
apriyaṃ vā priyaṃ vā'pi mahārāja dhanañjayam //
tataḥ kruddho mahābāhurbhīmaseno'bhyabhāṣata /
kutsayanniva kaunteyamarjunaṃ bharatarṣabha //
muniryathā'raṇyagato bhāṣate dharmasaṃhitam /
nyastadaṇḍo yathā pārthaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ //
kṣatatrātā kṣatājjīvankṣantā strīṣvapi sādhuṣu /
kṣatriyaḥ kṣitimāpnoti kṣipraṃ dharmaṃ yaśaḥ śriyaḥ //
sa bhavānkṣatriyaguṇairyuktaḥ sarvaiḥ kulodvahaḥ /
avipaścidyathā vācaṃ vyāharannādya śobhase //
parākramaste kaunteya śakrasyeva śacīpateḥ /
na cātivartase dharmaṃ velāmiva mahodadhiḥ //
na pūjayettvāṃ konvadya yattrayodaśavārṣikam /
amarṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā dharmamevābhikāṅkṣase //
diṣṭyā tāta manaste'dya svadharmamanuvartate /
ānṛśaṃsye ca te diṣṭyā buddhiḥ satatamacyuta //
yattu dharmapravṛttasya hṛtaṃ rājyamadharmataḥ /
draupadī ca parāmṛṣṭā sabhāmānīya śatrubhiḥ //
vanaṃ pravrājitāścāsma valkalājinavāsasaḥ /
anarhamāṇāstaṃ bhāvaṃ trayodaśa samāḥ paraiḥ //
bahūni kṣāmya śatrūṇāṃ satyadharmaratā vayam /
tathā tanmarṣayitvā tu yathā te utpathe sthitāḥ //
etānyamarṣasthānāni marṣitāni tvayā'ghana /
kṣatradharmaprasaktena sarvametadanuṣṭhitam //
tamadharmamapākṛṣṭaṃ smṛtvā'dya sahitastvayā /
sānubandhānhaniṣyāmi kṣudrānrājyaharānaham //
tvayā hi kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ yuddhāyābhyāgatā vayam /
ghaṭāmahe yathāśakti tvaṃ tu no'dya jugupsase //
svadharmaṃ necchase jñātuṃ vṛthā vacanameva te /
bhayārditānāmasmākaṃ vācā marmāṇi kṛntasi //
vapanvraṇe kṣāramiva kṣatānāṃ śatrukarśana /
vidīryate me hṛdayaṃ tvayā vākśalyapīḍitam //
adharmamena vipulaṃ dhārmikaḥ sanna budhyase /
yattvamātmānamasmāṃśca praśaṃsyānna praśaṃsasi //
vāsudeve sthite cāpi droṇaputraṃ praśaṃsasi /
yaḥ kalāṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ pūrṇāṃ dhanañjaya na te'rhati //
svayamevātmano doṣānbruvāṇaḥ kiṃ na lajjase //
mama nāgāyutaṃ pārtha balaṃ bāhvorvidhīyate /
dārayeyaṃ mahīṃ krodhādvikireyaṃ ca parvatān //
āvidhyaitāṃ gadāṃ gurvī bhīmāṃ kāñcanamālinīm /
giriprakāśānkṣitijānbhañjeyamanilo yathā //
drāvayeyaṃ śaraiścāpi sendrāndevānsamāgatān /
sarākṣasagaṇānpārtha sāsuroragamānavān //
sa tvamevaṃvidhaṃ jānanbhrātaraṃ māṃ nararṣabha /
droṇaputrādbhayaṃ kartuṃ nārhasyamitavikrama //
athavā tiṣṭha bībhatso saha sarvaiḥ sahodaraiḥ /
ahamenaṃ gadāpāṇirjeṣyāmyeko mahāhave //
tataḥ pāñcālarājasya putraḥ pārthamathābravīt /
saṅkruddhamiva nardantaṃ hiraṇyakaśipurharim //
dhṛṣṭadyumna uvāca /
bībhatso viprakarmāṇi vihitāni manīṣibhiḥ /
yājanādhyāpane dānaṃ yathā yajñapratigrahau //
ṣaṣṭhamadhyayanaṃ nāma teṣāṃ kasminpratiṣṭhitaḥ /
hato droṇo mayā hyevaṃ kiṃ māṃ pārtha vigarhase //
apakrāntaḥ svadharmācca kṣātradharmaṃ vyapāśritaḥ /
adharmeṇa hatastasmādastreṇa kṣudrakarmakṛt //
tathā māyāṃ prayuñjānamasahyaṃ brāhmaṇabruvam /
pratimāyī nihanyādyo na yuktaṃ pārtha tatra kim //
tasmiṃstathā mayā śaste yadi drauṇāyanī ruṣā /
kurute bhairavaṃ nādaṃ tatra kiṃ mama hīyate //
na cādbhutamidaṃ manye yaddrauṇiścātra garjati /
ghātayiṣyati kauravyānparitrātumaśaknuvan //
yacca māṃ dhārmiko bhūtvā bravīṣi gurughātinam /
tadarthamahamutpannaḥ pāñcālyasya suto'nalāt //
yasya kāryamakāryaṃ vā yudhyataḥ syātsamaṃ raṇe /
taṃ kathaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ brūyāḥ kṣatriyaṃ vā dhanañjaya //
yo hyanastravido hanyādbrahmāstraiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ /
sarvopāyairna sa kathaṃ vadhyaḥ puruṣasattama //
viśeṣātpitṛhantā me na sa vadhyaḥ kathaṃ mayā / yo'yaṃ pāpaḥ sudurmedhā bāndhavānyudhi jaghnivān /
tasya viprabruvavadhe kathaṃ pāpaṃ bhavenmama //
vidharmiṇaṃ dharmavidbhiḥ proktaṃ teṣāṃ viṣopamam /
jānandharmārthatattvajña kiṃ māmarjuna garhase //
nṛśaṃsaḥ sa mayā'kramya ratha eva nipātitaḥ /
tanmāmanindyaṃ bībhatso kimarthaṃ nābhinandase //
kālānalasamaṃ pārtha jvalārkaviṣopamam /
bhīmaṃ droṇaśiraśchinnaṃ na praśaṃsasi me katham //
yo'sau mamaiva nānyasya bāndhavānyudhi jaghnivān /
chittvā'pi tasya mūrdhānaṃ naivāsmi vigatajvareḥ //
tacca me kṛntate marma yanna tasya śiro mayā /
niṣādaviṣaye kṣiptaṃ jayadrathaśiro yathā //
athāvadhaśca śatrūṇāmadharmaḥ śrūyate'rjuna /
kṣatriyasya hi dharmo'yaṃ hanyāddhanyeta vā punaḥ //
sa śatrurnihataḥ saṅkhye mayā dharmeṇa pāṇḍava /
yathā tvayā hataḥ śūro bhagadattaḥ pituḥ sakhā //
pitāmahaṃ raṇe hatvā manyase dharmamātmanaḥ /
mayā śatrau hate kasmātpāpe dharmaṃ na manyase //
sambandhāvanataṃ pārtha na māṃ tvaṃ vaktumarhasi /
svagātrakṛtasopānaṃ niṣaṇṇamiva dantinam //
kṣamāmi te sarvameva vāgvyatikramamarjuna /
draupadyā draupadeyānāṃ kṛte nānyena hetunā //
kulakramāgataṃ vairaṃ mamācāryeṇa viśrutam /
tathā jānātyayaṃ loko na yūyaṃ pāṇḍunandanāḥ //
nānṛtī pāṇḍavo jyeṣṭho nāhaṃ vā'dhārmiko'rjuna /
na kṣatriya iti prāhuryo na hanti raṇājire //
pitaraṃ vā guruṃ vā'pi jighāṃsu putraśiṣyayoḥ /
jihmena vā'pyajihmena hanyādevāvicārayan //
ityuktaṃ brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ dviṣadvadhe /
tasmācchiṣyeṇa nihataḥ śatrurme brāhmaṇabruvaḥ //
yaḥ kṣatriyasuto hanyātpitaraṃ vā guruṃ ca vā / aniṣṭaṃ kṣatriyo hanyātsa vai kṣatriya ucyate /
śiṣyadrohī hataḥ pāpo yudhyasva vijayastava //
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