Mahabharata · Chapter 7.33
pūrvamasmāsu bhagneṣu phalgugenāmitaujasā /
droṇe ca moghasaṅkalpe rakṣite ca yudhiṣṭhire //
sarve vidhvastakavacāstāvakā yudhi nirjitāḥ /
rajasvalā bhṛśodvignā vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa //
avahāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā bhāradvājasya sammate /
labdhalakṣaiḥ śarairbhinnā bhṛśāvahasitā raṇe //
ślāghamāneṣu bhūteṣu phalgunasyāmitānguṇān /
keśavasya ca sauhārde kīrtyamāne'rjunaṃ prati //
abhiśastā ivābhūvandhyānamūkatvamāsthitāḥ /
tataḥ prabhātasamaye droṇaṃ druyodhano'bravīt //
praṇayādabhimānācca dviṣadvṛddhyā ca durmanāḥ /
śṛṇvatāṃ sarvayodhānāṃ saṃrabdho vākyakovidaḥ //
nūnaṃ vayaṃ vadhyapakṣe bhavato dvijasattama /
tathāhi nāgrahīḥ prāptaṃ samīpe'dya yudhiṣṭhiram //
icchataste na mucyeta cakṣuḥprāpto raṇe ripuḥ /
jighṛkṣato rakṣyamāṇaḥ sāmarairapi pāṇḍavaiḥ //
varaṃ dattvā mama prītaḥ paścādvikṛtavānasi /
āśābhaṅgaṃ na kurvanti bhaktasyāryāḥ kathañcana //
sañjaya uvāca /
tato'prītastathoktaḥ sanbhāradvājo'bravīnnṛpam /
nārhase māṃ tathā jñātuṃ ghaṭamānaṃ tava priye //
sasurāsuragandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ /
nālaṃ lokā raṇe jetuṃ pālyamānaṃ kirīṭinā //
viśvasṛgyatra govindaḥ pṛtanānīstathā'rjunaḥ /
tatra kasya balaṃ krāmedanyatra tryambakātprabhoḥ //
satyaṃ tāta bravīmyadya naitajjātvanyathā bhavet /
adyaikaṃ pravaraṃ kañcitpātayiṣye mahāratham //
cakrabyūhaṃ vidhāsyāmi yo'bhedyastridaśairapi /
yogena kenacidrājannarjunastvapanīyatām //
na hyajñātamasādhyaṃ vā tasya saṅkhye'sti kiñcana /
tena hyupāttaṃ sakalaṃ sarvajñānamitastataḥ //
droṇena vyāhṛte tvevaṃ saṃśaptakagaṇāḥ punaḥ /
āhvayannarjunaṃ saṅkhye dakṣiṇāmabhito diśam //
tato'rjunasyātha paraiḥ sārdhaṃ samabhavadraṇaḥ / tādṛśo yādṛśo nānyaḥ śruto dṛṣṭopi vā kvacit /
tatra droṇena vihito vyūho rājanvyarocata /
caranmadhyandine sūryaḥ pratapanniva durdṛśaḥ //
taṃ cābhimanyurvacanātpiturjyeṣṭhasya bhārata /
bibheda durbhidaṃ saṅkhye cakravyūhamanekadhā //
sa kṛtvā duṣkaraṃ karma hatvā vīrānsahasraśaḥ /
rājaputraśataṃ hatvā kausalyaṃ ca bṛhadbalam //
mahārathaṃ śalyaputraṃ pautraṃ te lakṣmaṇaṃ tathā / ṣaṭ्su vīreṣu saṃsakto dauḥśāsanivaśaṃ gataḥ /
saubhadraḥ pṛthivīpāla jahau prāṇānparantapa //
vayaṃ paramasaṃhṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ śokakarśitāḥ /
saubhadre nihate rājannavahāramakurmahi //
janamejaya uvāca /
samarodyuktakarmāṇaḥ karmabhirvyañjitaśramāḥ /
sakṛṣṇāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ pañca devairapi durāsadāḥ //
śaśvatkarmānvayairbuddhyā prakṛtyā yaśasā śriyā /
na bhūto bhavitā vāpi kṛṣṇasya sadṛśaḥ pumān //
satyadharmatapodānairdvijapūjādibhirguṇaiḥ /
sadehastridivaṃ prāpto rājā kila yudhiṣṭhiraḥ //
yugānte cāntakaścaiva jāmadagnyaśca kīrtimān /
raṇastho bhīmasenaśca kathyante sadṛśāstrayaḥ //
pratijñākarmadakṣasya raṇe gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ /
upamāṃ nādhigacchāmi pārthasya sadṛśīṃ kṣitau //
guruvātsalyamatyantaṃ naibhṛtyaṃ vinayo damaḥ /
nakule tvābhirūpyaṃ ca śauryaṃ ca niyatāni ṣaṭ //
śrutamādhuryagāmbhīryasattvarūpaparākramaiḥ /
sadṛśo devayorvīraḥ sahadevaḥ kilāśvinoḥ //
ye ca kṛṣṇe guṇāḥ sphītāḥ pāṇḍaveṣu ca ye guṇāḥ /
abhimanyau kilaikasthā dṛśyante te guṇāḥ śubhāḥ //
yudhiṣṭhirasya śauryeṇa kṛṣṇasya caritena ca /
karmaṇā bhīmasenasya sadṛśaṃ bhīmakarmaṇaḥ //
dhanañjayasya rūpeṇa vikrameṇa śubhena ca /
vinaye sahadevasya sadṛśaṃ nakulasya ca //
abhimanyuṃ dvijaśreṣṭha saubhadramaparājitam /
śrotumicchāmi kārtsnyena kathamāyodhane hataḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
abhimanyuṃ hataṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipaḥ /
vistareṇa mahārāja paryapṛcchatsa sañjayam //
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca /
putraṃ puruṣasiṃhasya sañjayāprāptayauvanam /
raṇe vinihataṃ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ me dīryate manaḥ //
dāruṇaḥ kṣatradharmo'yaṃ vihito dharmakartṛbhiḥ /
yatra rājyepsavaḥ śūrā bāle śastramapātayan //
bālamatyantasukhinaṃ vicarantamabhītavat /
kṛtāstrā bahavo jaghnurbrūhi gāvalgaṇe katham //
bibitsatā rathānīkaṃ saubhadreṇāmitaujasā /
vikrīḍitaṃ yathā saṅkhye tanmamācakṣva sañjaya //
sañjaya uvāca /
yanmāṃ pṛcchasi rājendra saubhadrasya nipātanam /
tatte kārtsnyena vakṣyāmi śṛṇu rājansamāhitaḥ //
vikrīḍitaṃ kumāreṇa yathānīkaṃ bibhitsatā /
ārugṇāśca yathā vīrā duḥsādhyāścāpi vipluve //
dāvāgnyabhiparītānāṃ bhūrigulmatṛṇadrume /
vanaukasāmivāraṇye tvadīyānāmabhūdbhayam //
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