Mahabharata · Chapter 7.3

śaravalpe mahātmānaṃ śayānamamitaujasam /
mahāśatasamūṃhana samudramiva śoṣitam //

dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaṃ bhīṣmaṃ sarvakṣatrāntakaṃ gurum / divyairastrairmaheṣvāsaṃ pātitaṃ savyasācinā /
jayāṇā tava putrāṇāṃ sambhagnā śarma varma ca //

apāxṇāmiva dvīpamagādhe gādhamicchatām /
stotamā yāmuneneva śaraugheṇa pariplutam //

mahāntamiva mainākamahāryaṃ bhuvi pātitam /
taxxxyutamivādityaṃ śakrasyevāmṛtaṃ hṛtam //

śatakratubhivācintyaṃ purā vṛtreṇā nirjitam /
mahonaṃ sarvasainyasya yudhi bhīṣmaṃ nipātitam //

kakudaṃ sarvasainyānāṃ lakṣma sarvadhanuṣmatām / dhanantayaśarairvyāptaṃ pitaraṃ te mahāvratam /

taṃ vīraśayane vīraṃ śayānaṃ puruṣarpabham /
bhīṣmamādhirathirdṛṣṭvā bharatānāṃ pitāmaham //

praskandya sa rathāttūrṇaṃ śokamohapariplutaḥ /
padybhāmeva jagāmārto bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ //
abhivādyāñjaliṃ baddhvā vandamāno'bhyabhāṣata //

karṇo'hamasmi bhadraṃ te vada māmabhi bhārata /
puṇyayā kṣemayā vācā cakṣuṣā cāvalokaya //

na nūnaṃ sukṛtasyeha phalaṃ kaścitsamaśnute /
yatra dharmaparo vṛddhaḥ śete bhuvi bhavāniha //

kośasañcayane mantre vyūhe praharaṇeṣu ca /
nāhamanyaṃ prapaśyāmi kurūṇāṃ kurupuṅgava //

buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto yaḥ kurūṃstārayedbhayāt /
yodhāṃstvamapluve hitvā pitulokaṃ gamiṣyasi //

adyaprabhṛti saṅkruddhā vyāghrā iva mṛgakṣayam /
pāṇḍavā bharataśreṣṭha kariṣyanti kurukṣayam //

adya gāṇḍīvadhopeṇa vīryajñāḥ savyasācinaḥ /
kuravaḥ santrasiṣyanti vajraghoṣādivāsurāḥ //

adya gāṇḍīvamuktānāmaśanīnāmiva xxxḥ / trāsayiṣyati bāṇānāṃ kurūnanyāṃśca pathixx

samiddho'gniryathā vīra mahājvālo drumāndaxxxt / dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ idhakṣyanti tathā bāṇāḥ kirīṭixx

yena yena prasarato vāyvagnī sahitau vane /
tena tena pradahato bhūrigulmatṛṇadrumān //

yādṛśo'gniḥ samudbhūtastādṛkpārtho na saṃśayaḥ /
yathā vāyurnaravyāghra tathā kṛṣṇo saṃśayaḥ //

xxdataḥ pāñcajanyasya rasato gāṇḍivasya ca / śrutvā sarvāṇi sainyāni trāsaṃ yāsyanti bhārata /

kapidhvajasyotpatato rathasyāmitrakarśinaḥ /
śabdaṃ soḍhuṃ na śakṣyanti tvāmṛte vīra pārthivāḥ //

ko hyarjunaṃ yodhayituṃ tvadanyaḥ pārthivo'rhati / yasya divyāni karmāṇi pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ /

amānuṣaiśca sangrāmaṃ tryambakeṇa mahātmanā /
tasmāccaiva varaṃ prāpto duṣprāpaścākṛtātmabhiḥ //

ko'nyaḥ śakto raṇe jetuṃ pūrvaṃ yo na jitastvayā / jito yena raṇe rāmo bhavatā vīryaśālinā /

kṣatriyāntakaro ghoro devadānavadarpahā /
sopyadyābhihataḥ śete śaraiḥ protaḥ śikhaṇḍinā //

tamadyāhaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhaśauṇḍamamṛṣyamāṇo bhavatā cānuśiṣṭaḥ /
āśīviṣaṃ haṣṭiharaṃ sughoraṃ śūraṃ śakṣyāmyastrabalānnihantum //