Mahabharata · Chapter 7.84
tathā tu vadatāṃ teṣāṃ prādurāsīddhanañjayaḥ /
didṛkṣurbharataśreṣṭhaṃ rājānaṃ sasuhṛdgaṇam //
taṃ praviṣṭaṃ śubhāṃ kakṣyāmabhivandyāgrataḥ syitam /
tamutthāyārjunaṃ premṇā sasvaje pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ //
mūrdhni cainamupāghrāya pariṣvajya ca bāhunā /
āśiṣaḥ paramāḥ procya smayamāno'bhyabhāṣata //
vyaktamarjuna saṅgrāme dhruvaste vijayo mahān /
tādṛgrūpā ca te cchāyā prasannaśca janārdanaḥ //
sañjaya uvāca /
tamabravīttato jiṣṇurmahadāścaryamuttamam /
dṛṣṭavānasmi bhadraṃ te keśavasya prasādajam //
tatastatkathayāmāsa yathādṛṣṭaṃ dhanañjayaḥ /
āśvāsanārthaṃ suhṛdāṃ tryambakeṇa samāgamam //
tataḥ śirobhiravaniṃ spṛṣṭvā sarve ca vismitāḥ /
namaskṛtya vṛṣāṅkāya sādhusādhvityathābruvan //
anujñātāstataḥ sarve suhṛdo dharmasūnunā /
tvaramāṇāḥ susannaddhā hṛṣṭā yuddhāya niryayuḥ //
abhivādya tu rājānaṃ yuyudhānācyutārjunāḥ /
hṛṣṭā viniryayuste vai yudhiṣṭhiraniveśanāt //
rathenaikena durdharṣau yuyudhānajanārdanau /
jagmatuḥ sahitau vīrāvarjunasya niveśanam //
tatra gatvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ kalpayāmāsa śāstravit /
rathaṃ rathavarasyājau vānararṣabhalakṣaṇam //
sa meghasamanirghoṣastaptakāñcanasaprabhaḥ /
babhau rathavaraḥ klṛptaḥ śiśurdivasakṛdyathā //
tataḥ puruṣaśārdūlaḥ sajjaṃ sarvaṃ nyavedayat /
rathaṃ puruṣasiṃhasya sadhvajaṃ supatākinam //
sa tu lokavaraḥ puṃsāṃ kirīṭī hemavarmabhṛt /
cāpabāṇadharo vāhaṃ pradakṣiṇamavartata //
tapovidyāvayovṛddhaiḥ kriyāvadbhirjitendriyaiḥ /
stūyamāno jayāśīrbhirāruroha mahāratham //
jaitraiḥ sāṅgrāmikairmantraiḥ pūrvameva rathottamam /
abhimantritamarciṣmānudayaṃ bhāskaro yathā //
sa rathe rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kāñcane kāñcanāvṛtaḥ / vibabhau vimalo'rciṣmānmerāviva divākaraḥ /
anvāruruhatuḥ pārthaṃ yuyudhānajanārdanau /
śaryāteryajñamāyāntaṃ yathendraṃ devamaśvinau //
atha jagrāha govindo raśmīnraśmividāṃvaraḥ /
mātalirvāsavasyeva vṛtraṃ hantuṃ prayāsyataḥ //
sa tābhyāṃ sahitaḥ pārtho rathapravaramāsthitaḥ /
sahito budhaśukrābhyāṃ tamo nighnanyathā śaśī //
saindhavasya vadhaprepsuḥ prayātaḥ śatrupūgahā /
sahāmbupatimitrābhyāṃ yathendrastārakāmaye //
tato vāditranirghoṣairmāṅgalyaiśca stavaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
prayāntamarjunaṃ vīraṃ māgadhāścaiva tuṣṭuvuḥ //
sajayāśīḥ sapuṇyāhaḥ sūtamāgadhaniḥsvanaḥ /
yukto vāditraghoṣeṇa teṣāṃ ratikaro'bhavat //
tamanupravaṇo vāyuḥ puṇyagandhavahaḥ śubhaḥ /
vavau saṃharṣayanpārthaṃ dviṣataścāpi śoṣayan //
tatastasminkṣaṇe rājanvividhāni śubhāni ca /
prādurāsannimittāni vijayāya bahūni ca //
pāṇḍavānāṃ tvadīyānāṃ viparītāni māriṣa / dṛṣṭvā'rjuno nimittāni vijayāya pradakṣiṇam /
yuyudhānaṃ maheṣvāsamidaṃ vacanamabravīt //
yuyudhānādya yuddhe me dṛśyate vijayo dhruvaḥ /
yathāhīmāni liṅgāni dṛśyante śinipuṅgava //
so'haṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi yatra saindhavako nṛpaḥ /
yiyāsuryamalokāya mama vīryaṃ pratīkṣate //
yathā paramakaṃ kṛtyaṃ saindhavasya vadho mama /
tathaiva sumahatkṛtyaṃ dharmarājasya rakṣaṇam //
sa tvamadya mahābāho rājānaṃ paripālaya /
yathaiva hi mayā guptastvayā gupto bhavettathā //
na paśyāmi ca taṃ loke yastvāṃ yuddhe parājayet /
vāsudevasamaṃ yuddhe svayamapyamareśvaraḥ //
tvayi cāhaṃ parāśvastaḥ pradyumne vā mahārathe /
śaknuyāṃ saindhavaṃ hantumanapekṣo nararṣabha //
mayyapekṣā na kartavyā goptā'yaṃ mama keśavaḥ /
rājña eva parā guptiḥ kāryā sarvātmanā tvayā //
na hi yatra mahābāhurvāsudevo vyavasthitaḥ /
kiñcidvyāpadyate tatra yatrāhamapi ca dhruvam //
evamuktastu pārthena sātyakiḥ paravīrahā /
tathetyuktvā'gamattatra yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ //
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