Mahabharata · Chapter 7.96
rājansaṅgrāmamāścaryaṃ śṛṇu kīrtayato mama /
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yathā yuddhamavartata //
bhāradvājaṃ samāsādya vyūhasya pramukhe sthitam /
ayodhayanraṇe pārthā droṇānīkaṃ bibhitsavaḥ //
rakṣamāṇaḥ svathaṃ vyūhaṃ droṇo'pi saha sainikaiḥ /
ayodhayadraṇe pārthānprārthayāno mahadyaśaḥ //
vindānuvindāvāvantyau virāṭaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ /
ayodhayadraṇe pārthānprārthayāno mahadyaśaḥ //
vindānuvindāvāvantyau virāṭaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ /
parākrāntau parākramya yodhayāmāsa sānugau //
teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavaddāruṇaṃ śoṇitodakam /
siṃhasya dvipamukhyābhyāṃ prabhinnābhyāṃ yathā vane //
bāhlīkaṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe yājñasenirmahābalaḥ /
ājaghne viśikhaistīkṣṇairghorairmarmāsthibhedibhiḥ //
bāhlīko yājñaseniṃ tu hemapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ /
ājaghāna bhṛśaṃ kruddho navabhirnataparvabhiḥ //
tadyuddhamabhavaddhoraṃ śaraśaktisamākulam /
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananaṃ śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanam //
tābhyāṃ tatra śarairmuktairantarikṣaṃ diśastathā /
abhavatsaṃvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ na prājñāyata kiñcana //
śaibyo govāsano yuddhe kāśyaputraṃ mahāratham /
sasainyo yodhayāmāsa gajaḥ pratigajaṃ yathā //
bāhlīkarājaḥ saṅkruddho draupadeyānmahārathān /
manaḥ pañcendriyāṇīva śuśubhe yodhayanraṇe //
ayodhayaṃste subhṛśaṃ taṃ śaraughaiḥ samantataḥ /
indriyāṇi yathā dehaṃ śaśvaddehavatāṃ vara //
vārṣṇeyaṃ sātyakiṃ yuddhe putro duḥśāsanastava /
ājaghne sāyakaistīkṣṇairnavabhirnataparvabhiḥ //
so'tividdho balavatā maheṣvāsena dhanvinā /
īṣanmūrcchāṃ jagāmāśu sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ //
samāśvastastu vārṣṇeyastava putraṃ mahāratham /
vivyādha daśabhistūrṇaṃ sāyakaiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ //
tāvanyonyaṃ dṛḍhaṃ viddhāvanyonyaśarapīḍitau /
rajetuḥ samare rājanpuṣpitāviva kiṃśukau //
alambusastu saṅkruddhaḥ kṛntibhojaśarārditaḥ /
aśobhata bhṛśaṃ lakṣmyā puṣpāḍhya iva kiṃśukaḥ //
kuntibhojaṃ tato rakṣo viddhvā bahubhirāyasaiḥ /
anadadbhairavaṃ nādaṃ vāhinyāḥ pramukhe tava //
tatastau samare śūrau yodhayantau parasparam /
dadṛśuḥ sarvasainyāni śakrajambhau yathā purā //
śakuniṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe kṛtavairaṃ ca bhārata /
mādrīputrau ca saṃrabdhau śaraiścārdayatāṃ bhṛśam //
tumulaḥ sa mahānrājanprāvartata janakṣayaḥ /
tvayā sañjanito'tyarthaṃ karṇena ca vivardhitaḥ //
rakṣitastava putraiśca krodhamūlo hutāśanaḥ /
ya imāṃ pṛthivīṃ rājandagdhuṃ sarvāṃ samudyataḥ //
śakuniḥ pāṇḍuputrābhyāṃ kṛtaḥ sa vimukhaḥ śaraiḥ /
na sma jānāti kartavyaṃ yuddhe kiñcitparākramam //
vimukhaṃ cainamālokya mādrīputrau mahārathau /
vavarṣatuḥ punarbāṇairyathā meghau mahāgirim //
sa vadhyamāno bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ /
samprāyājjavanairaśvairdroṇānīkāya saubalaḥ //
ghaṭotkacastathā śūraṃ rākṣasaṃ tamalāmudham /
abhyayādrabhasaṃ yuddhe vegamāsthāya madhyamam //
tayoryuddhaṃ mahārāja citrarūpamivābhavat /
yādṛśaṃ hi purāvṛttaṃ rāmarāvaṇayormṛdhe //
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā madrarājānamāhave /
viddhvā pañcāśatā bāṇaiḥ punarvivyādha saptabhiḥ //
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tayoratyadbhutaṃ nṛpa /
yathā pūrvaṃ mahadyuddhaṃ śambarāmararājayoḥ //
viviṃśatiścitraseno vikarṇaśca tavātmajaḥ /
ayodhayanbhīmasenaṃ mahatyā senayā vṛtāḥ //
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