Mahabharata · Chapter 7.46
yathā vadasi me sūta ekasya bahubhiḥ saha /
saṅgrāmaṃ tumulaṃ ghoraṃ jayaṃ caiva mahātmanaḥ //
aśraddheyamivāścaryaṃ saubhadrasyātha vikramam /
kintu nātyadbhutaṃ teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ dharmo vyapāśrayaḥ //
duryodhane ca vimukhe rājaputraśate hate /
saubhadre pratipattiṃ kāṃ pratyapadyanta māmakāḥ //
sañjaya uvāca /
saṃśuṣkāsyāścalannetrāḥ prasvinnā romaharṣaṇāḥ /
pālayanakṛtotsāhā nirutsāhā dviṣa़jjaye //
hatānbhrātṝnpitṝnputrānsuhṛtsambandhibāndhavān /
utsṛjyotsṛjya sañjagmustvarayanto hayadvipān //
tānprabhagnāṃstathā dṛṣṭvā droṇo drauṇirbṛhadbalaḥ /
kṛpo duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ kṛtavarmātha saubalaḥ //
abhyadhāvansusaṅkruddhāḥ saubhadramaparājitam / te tu pautreṇa te rājanprāyaśo vimukhīkṛtāḥ /
saubhadreṇa mahārāja śakrapratimatejasā //
ekastu sukhasaṃvṛddho bālyāddarpācca nirbhayaḥ /
iṣvastravinmahātejā lakṣmaṇo'rjunimabhyayāt //
tamanvagevāsya pitā putragṛddhī nyavartata /
anuduryodhanaṃ cānye nyavartanta mahārathāḥ //
taṃ te'bhiṣiṣicurbāṇairmeghā girimivāmbubhiḥ /
sa tu tānpramamāthaiko viṣvagvāto yathāmbudān //
pautraṃ tava ca durdharṣaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ priyadarśanam /
pituḥ samīpe tiṣṭhantaṃ śūramudyatakārmukam //
atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhaṃ dhaneśvarasutopamam / āsasāda raṇe kārṣṇirmatto mattamiva dvipam /
siṃhaśābo vane śaśvatpuṇḍarīkaśiśuṃ yathā //
lakṣmaṇena tu saṅgamya saubhadraḥ paravīrahā /
śaraiḥ suniśitaistīkṣṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat //
saṅkruddhau vai mahārāja daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ /
pautrastava mahārāja tava pautramabhāṣata //
sudṛṣṭaḥ kriyatāṃ loko hyamuṃ lokaṃ gamiṣyasi /
paśyatāṃ bāndhavānāṃ tvāṃ nayāmi yamasādanam //
evamuktvā tato bhallaṃ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā /
udbabarha mahābāhurnirmuktoragasannibham //
sa tasya bhujanirmukto lakṣmaṇasya sudarśanam /
sunasaṃ subhru keśāntaṃ śiro'hārṣītsakuṇḍalam //
pautrastu tava durdharṣaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ priyadarśanam /
pituḥ samīpe tiṣṭhantaṃ prāhiṇodyamasādanam //
atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhaṃ dhaneśvarasutopamam /
lakṣmaṇāṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hāhetyuccukruśurjanāḥ //
tato duryodhanaḥ kruddhaḥ priye putre nipātite /
hatainamiti cukrośa kṣatriyānkṣatriyarṣabhaḥ //
tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo droṇaputro bṛhadbalaḥ /
kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyaḥ ṣaḍrathāḥ paryavārayan //
tāṃstu viddhā śitairbāṇairvimukhīkṛtya cārjuniḥ /
vegenābhyapatatkruddhaḥ saindhavasya mahadbalam //
āvavrustasya panthānaṃ gajānīkena daṃśitāḥ / kaliṅgāśca niṣādāśca krāthaputraśca vīryavān /
tatprasaktamivātyarthaṃ yuddhamāsīdviśāmpate //
tatastatkuñjarānīkaṃ vyadhamaddhṛṣṭamārjuniḥ /
yathā vāyurnityagatirjaladāñśataśo'mbare //
tataḥ kruddhāḥ śaravrātai rājānaḥ samavārayan / athetare sannivṛttāḥ punardroṇamukhā rathāḥ /
paramāstrāṇi dhunvānāḥ saubhadramabhidudruvuḥ //
tānnivāryārjunirbāṇaiḥ krāthaputramayodhayat /
śaraugheṇāprameyeṇa tvaramāṇo jighausayā //
sadhanurbāṇakeyūrau bāhū samukuṭaṃ śiraḥ /
sacchatradhvajayantāraṃ rathaṃ cāśvānnyapātayat //
kulaśīlaśrutibalaiḥ kīrtyā cāstrabalena ca /
yukte tasminhate vīrāḥ prāyaśo vimukhā'bhavan //
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