Mahabharata · Chapter 7.56
suhotraṃ nāma rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma /
ekavīramaśakyaṃ tamamarairabhivīkṣitum //
yaḥ prāpya rājyaṃ dharmeṇa ṛtviṅmantripurohitān /
sammānya cātmanaḥ śreyaḥ pṛṣṭvā teṣāṃ mate sthitaḥ //
prajānāṃ pālanaṃ dharmo dānamijyā dviṣajjayaḥ /
etatsuhotro vijñāya dharmyamaicchaddhanāgamam //
dharmeṇārādhayandevānbāṇaiḥ śatrūñjayaṃstathā /
sarvāṇyapi ca bhūtāni svaguṇairanvarañjayat //
yo bhuktvemāṃ vasumatīṃ mlecchāṭavikavarjitām /
yasmai vavarṣa parjanyo hiraṇyaṃ parivatsarān //
hairaṇyāstatra vāhinyaḥ svairiṇyo vyavahanpurā /
grāhānkarkaṭakāṃścaiva matsyāṃśca vividhānbahūn //
kāmānvarṣati parjanyo rūpyāṇi vividhāni ca /
sauvarṇānyaprameyāṇi vāpyaśca krośasammitāḥ //
sahasraṃ vāmanānkubjānnakrānmakarakacchapān /
sauvarṇānvihitāndṛṣṭvā tato'smayata vai tadā //
tatsuvarṇamaparyantaṃ rājarṣiḥ kurujāṅgale /
ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata //
so'śvamedhasahasreṇa rājasūyaśatena ca /
puṇyaiḥ kṣatriyayajñaiśca prabhūtavaradakṣiṇaiḥ //
kāmyanaimittikājasrairiṣṭveṣṭāṃ gatimāptavān /
sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā //
putrātpuṇyatarastubhyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ /
ayajvānamadakṣiṇyamabhi śvaityetyudāharat //
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