Mahabharata · Chapter 7.28
yiyāsatastataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pārthasyāśvānmanojavān /
sampraiṣīddhemasañchannāndroṇānīkāya santvaran //
taṃ prayāntaṃ kuruśreṣṭhaṃ svāṃstrātuṃ droṇatāpitān /
suśarmā bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ yuddhārthī pṛṣṭhato'nvayāt //
tataḥ śvetahayaḥ kṛṣṇamabravīdajitañjayaḥ /
eṣa māṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ suśarmā'hvayate'cyuta //
dīryate cottareṇaiva tatsainyaṃ madhusūdana /
dvaidhībhūtaṃ mano me'dya kṛtaṃ saṃśaptakairidam //
kinnu saṃśaptakānhanmi svānrakṣāmyahitārditān /
iti me tvaṃ mataṃ vetsi tatra kiṃ sukṛtaṃ bhavet //
evamuktastu dāśārhaḥ syandanaṃ pratyavartayat /
yena trigartādhipatiḥ pāṇḍavaṃ samupāhvayat //
tato'rjunaḥ suśarmāṇaṃ viddhvā saptabhirāśugaiḥ /
dhvajaṃ dhanuścāsya tathā kṣurābhyāṃ samakṛntata //
trigartādhipateścāpi bhrātaraṃ ṣaṅbhirāśugaiḥ /
sāśvaṃ sasūtaṃ tvaritaḥ pārthaḥ praiṣīdyamakṣayam //
tato bhujagasaṅkāśāṃ suśarmā śaktimāyasīm /
cikṣepārjunamādiśya vāsudevāya tomaram //
śaktiṃ tribhiḥ śaraiśchittvā tomaraṃ tribhirarjunaḥ /
suśarmāṇaṃ śaravrātairmohayitvā nyavartayat //
taṃ vāsavamivāyāntaṃ bhūrivarṣaṃ śaraughiṇam /
rājaṃstāvakasainyānāṃ nograṃ kaścidavārayat //
tato dhanañjayo bāṇaiḥ sarvāneva mahārathān /
āyādvinighnankauravyāndahankakṣamivānalaḥ //
tasya vegamasahyaṃ taṃ kuntīputrasya dhīmataḥ /
nāśaknuvaṃste saṃsoḍhuṃ sparśamagneriva prajāḥ //
saṃveṣṭayannanīkāni śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ /
suparṇa iva nāgendraṃ prāyātprāgjyotiṣaṃ prati //
yattadānāmayajjiṣṇurbharatānāmapāpinām /
dhanuḥ kṣemakaraṃ saṅkhye dviṣatāmaśruvardhanam //
tadeva tava putrasya rājandurdyūtadevinaḥ /
kṛte kṣatravināśāya dhanurāyacchadarjunaḥ //
tathā vikṣobhyamāṇā sā pārthena tava vāhinī /
vyaśīryata mahārāja naurivāsādya parvatam //
tato daśasahasrāṇi nyavartanta dhanuṣmatām /
matiṃ kṛtvā raṇe krūrāṃ vīrā jayaparājaye //
vyapetahṛdayatrāsā āvavrustaṃ mahārathāḥ /
ārcchatpārtho guruṃ bhāraṃ sarvabhārasaho yudhi //
yathā nalavanaṃ kruddhaḥ prabhinnaḥ ṣaṣṭihāyanaḥ /
mṛdgīyāttadvadāyastaḥ pārtho'mṛdgāccamūṃ tava //
tasminpramathite sainye bhagadatto narādhipaḥ /
tena nāgena sahasā dhanañjayamupādravat //
taṃ rathena naravyāghraḥ pratyagṛhṇāddhanañjayaḥ /
sa sannipātastumulo babhūva naranāgayoḥ //
kalpitābhyāṃ yathāśāstraṃ rathena ca gajena ca /
saṅgrāme ceraturvīrau bhagadattadhanañjayau //
tato jīmūtasaṅkāśānnāgādindra iva prabhuḥ /
abhyavarṣaccharaugheṇa bhagadatto dhanañjayam //
sa cāpi śaravarṣaṃ taṃ śaravarṣeṇa vāsivaḥ /
aprāptameva ciccheda bhagadattasya vīryavān //
tataḥ prāgjyotiṣo rājā śaravarṣe nivārite /
saṃraktanayano roṣātpārthaṃ punaravākirat //
sa tathā śaravarṣeṇa pārthaṃ samabhihatya vai /
codayāmāsa taṃ nāgaṃ vadhāyācyutapārthayoḥ //
tamāpatantaṃ dviradaṃ dṛṣṭvā kruddhamivāntakam /
cakre'pasavyaṃ tvaritaḥ syandanena janārdanaḥ //
samprāptamapi neyeṣa parāvṛttaṃ mahādvipam /
sārohaṃ mṛtyusātkartuṃ smarandharmaṃ dhanañjayaḥ //
sa tu nāgo dviparathānhayāṃścāmṛdya māriṣa /
prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya tataḥ kruddho dhanañjayaḥ //
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