Mahabharata · Chapter 7.86
hanta te sampravakṣyāmi sarvaṃ pratyakṣadarśivān /
śuśrūṣasva sthiro bhūtvā tava hyapanayo mahān //
gatodake setubandho yādṛktādṛgayaṃ tava /
vilāpo niṣphalo rājanmā śuco bharatarṣabha //
anatikramaṇīyo'yaṃ kṛtāntasyādbhuto vidhiḥ /
mā śuco bharataśreṣṭha diṣṭametatpurātanam //
yadi tvaṃ hi purā dyūtātkuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram /
nivartayethāḥ putrāṃśca na tvāṃ vyasanamāvrajet //
yuddhakāle punaḥ prāpte tadaiva bhavatā yadi /
nivartitāḥ syuḥ saṃrabdhā na tvāṃ vyasanamāvrajet //
duryodhanaṃ cāvidheyaṃ badhnīyāstvaṃ purā yadi /
avekṣya kauravānrājanprāpsyase tvaṃ mahadyaśaḥ //
tatte buddhivyatīcāramupalapsyanti tajjanāḥ /
pāñcālā vṛṣṇayaḥ sarve ye cānye'pi narādhipāḥ //
sa kṛtvā pitṛkarma tvaṃ putraṃ saṃsthāpya satpathe /
vartethā yadi dharmeṇa na tvāṃ vyasanamāvrajet //
tvaṃ tu prājñatamo loke hitvā dharmaṃ sanātanam /
duryodhanasya karṇasya śakuneścānvagā matam //
tatte vilapitaṃ sarvaṃ mayā rājanniśāmitam /
arthe niviśamānasya viṣamiśraṃ yathā madhu //
na tathā manyate kṛṣṇo na ca rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
na bhīṣmo naiva ca droṇo yathā tvaṃ manyase nṛpa //
vyajānīta yadā tu tvāṃ lubdhaṃ dharmapravādinam /
tadāprabhṛti kṛṣmastvāṃ na tathā bahumanyate //
paruṣāṇyucyamānāṃśca yathā pārthānupekṣase /
tasyānubandhaḥ prāptastvāṃ putrāmāṃ rājyakāmuka //
pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyamapāvṛttaṃ tvayā'nagha /
atha pārthairjitāṃ kṛtsnāṃ pṛthivīṃ pratyapadyathāḥ //
pāṇḍunā nirjitaṃ rājyaṃ kauravāṇāṃ yaśastathā /
etaccāpyadhikaṃ bhūyaḥ pāṇḍavairdharmacākhibhiḥ //
teṣāṃ tattādṛśaṃ karma tvāmāsādya suniṣphalam /
yatpitryāddhaṃśitā rājyāttvayehāmiṣagṛddhinā //
yatpunaryuddhakāle tvaṃ putrāngarhayase nṛpa /
bahudhā vyāharandoṣānna tadadyopapadyate //
na hi rakṣanti rājāno yudhyanto jīvitaṃ raṇe /
camūṃ vigāhya pārthānāṃ yudhyante kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ //
yāṃ tu kṛṣṇārjunau senāṃ yāṃ sātyakivṛkodarau /
rakṣeranko nu tāṃ yudhyeccamūmanyatra kauravāt //
yeṣāṃ yoddhā guḍākeśo yeṣāṃ mantrī janārdanaḥ /
yeṣāṃ ca sātyakiryoddhā yeṣāṃ yoddhā vṛkodaraḥ //
ko hi tānviṣahedyoddhuṃ martyadharmā dhanurdharaḥ /
anyatra kauraveyebhyo ye vā teṣāṃ padānugāḥ //
yāvattu śakyate kartumantarajñairjanādhipaiḥ /
kṣatradharmarataiḥ śūraistāvatkurvanti kauravāḥ //
yathā tu puruṣavyāghrairyuddhaṃ paramasaṅkaṭam /
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ tatsarvaṃ śṛṇu tattvataḥ //
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