Mahabharata · Chapter 8.12
bhīmasenaṃ tato drauṇī rājanvivyādha patriṇā /
parayā tvarayā yukto darśayannastralāghavam //
athainaṃ punarājaghne navatyā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
sarvamarmāṇi samprekṣya marmajño laghuhastavat //
bhīmasenaḥ samākīrṇo drauṇinā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
rarāja samare rājanraśmivāniva bhāskaraḥ //
tataḥ śarasahasreṇa suprayuktena pāṇḍavaḥ /
droṇaputramavacchādya siṃhanādamamuñcata //
śaraiḥ sarāṃstato drauṇiḥ saṃvārya yudhi pāṇḍavam /
lalāṭe'bhyāhanadrājannārācena smayanniva //
lalāṭasthaṃ tato bāṇaṃ dhārayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ /
yathā śṛṅgaṃ vane dṛptaḥ khaṅgo dhārayate nṛpa //
tato drauṇiṃ raṇe bhīmo yatamānaṃ parākramī /
tribhirvivyādha nārācairlalāṭe vismayanniva //
lalāṭasthaistato bāṇairbrāhmaṇo'sau vyaśobhata /
prāvṛṣīva yathā siktastriśṛṅgaḥ parvatottamaḥ //
tataḥ śaraśatairdrauṇirardayāmāsa pāṇḍavam /
na cainaṃ kampayāmāsa mātariśveva parvatam //
tathaiva pāṇṇḍavo yuddhe drauṇiṃ śaraśataiḥ śitaiḥ /
nākampayata saṃhṛṣṭo vāryodha iva parvatam //
tāvanyonyaṃ śarairghoraiśchādayānau mahārathau /
rathavaryagatau vīrau śuśubhāte balotkaṭau //
ādityāviva sandīptau lokakṣayakarāvubhau /
svaraśmibhirivānyonyaṃ tāpayantau śarottamaiḥ //
tataḥ pravikṛte yatnaṃ kurvāṇau tau mahāraṇe /
kṛtapratikṛte yattau śarasaṅghairabhītavat //
vyāghrāviva ca saṅgrāme ceratustau narottamau /
śaradaṃṣṭrau durādharṣau cāpavakrau bhayaṅkarau //
abhūtāṃ tāvadṛśyau ca śarajālaiḥ samantataḥ /
meghajālairiva cchanau gagane candrabhāskarau //
cakāśete muhūrtena tatastāvapyarindamau /
vimuktāvabhrajālena aṅgārakabudhāviva //
atha tatraiva saṅgrame vartamāne sudāruṇe /
apasavyaṃ tataścakre drauṇistatra vṛkodaram //
kirañcharaśatairugrairdhārābhiriva parvatam /
na tu tanmamṛṣe bhīmaḥ śatrorvijalakṣaṇam //
praticakre tato rājanpāṇḍavo'pyapasavyataḥ /
maṇḍalānāṃ vibhāgena gatapratyāgatena ca //
babhūva tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ /
caritvā vividhānmārgānmaṇḍalasthānameva ca //
śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ /
anyonyasya vadhe caiva cakraturyatnamuttamam //
īṣaturvirathaṃ caiva kartumanyonyamāhave /
tato drauṇirmahāstrāṇi prāduścakre mahārathaḥ //
tānyastraireva samare pratijaghne'tha pāṇḍavaḥ /
tato ghoraṃ mahārāja astrayuddhamavartata //
grahayudvaṃ yathā ghoraṃ prajāsaṃharaṇe hyabhūt /
te vāṇāḥ samasajjanta muktāstābhyāṃ tu bhārata //
dyotagranto diśaḥ sarvāstava sainyaṃ samantataḥ /
bāṇasaṅghairvṛtaṃ ghoramākāśaṃ samapadyata //
ulkāpātāvṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ prajānāṃ sankṣaye nṛpa /
bāṇābhighātātsañjajñe tatra bhārata pāvakaḥ //
savisphuliṅgo dīptārciryo'dahadvāhinīdvayam /
tatra siddhā mahārāja sampatanto'bruvanvacaḥ //
yuddhānāmati sarveṣāṃ yuddhametaditi prabho /
sarvayuddhāni caitasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm //
nedṛśaṃ ca punaryuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati kadācana /
aho jñānena sampannāvubha brāhmaṇakṣatriyau //
aho śauryeṇa sampannāvubhau cograparākramau /
aho bhīmabalo bhīma etasya ca kṛtāstratā //
aho vīryasya sāratvamaho sauṣṭhavametayoḥ /
sthitāvetau hi samare kālāntakayamopamau //
rudrau dvāvi sambhūtau yathā dvāviva bhāskarau /
yamau vā puruṣavyāghrau ghorarūpāvubhau raṇe //
iti vācaḥ sma śrūyante siddhānāṃ vai muhurmuhuḥ /
siṃhanādaśca sañjajñe sametānāṃ divaukasām //
adbhutaṃ cāpyacintyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā karma tayo raṇe /
sidvacāraṇasaṅghānāṃ vismayaḥ samapadyata //
praśaṃsanti tadā devāḥ sidvāśca paramarṣayaḥ /
sādhu drauṇe mahābāho sādhu bhīmeti cābruvan //
tau śūrau samare rājanparasparakṛtāgasau /
parasparamudīkṣetāṃ krodhādudvṛtya cakṣuṣī //
krodharaktekṣaṇau tau tu krodhātprasphuritādharau /
krodhātsandaṣṭadaśanau tathaiva daśanacchadau //
anyonyaṃ chādayantau sma śaravṛṣṭyā mahārathau /
śarāmbudhāro samare śastravidyutprakāśinau //
tāvanyanyaṃ dhvajaṃ vidvvā sārathiṃ ca mahāraṇe /
anyonyasya hayānvidvā bibhidāte parasparam //
tataḥ kruddhau mahārāja bāṇau gṛhya mahāhave /
ubhau cikṣipatustūrmamanyonyasya vadhaiṣiṇau //
tau sāyakau mahārāja dyotamānau camūmukhe /
ājaghnatuḥ samāsādya vajravegau durāsadau //
tau parasparavegācca śarābhyāṃ ca bhṛśāhatau /
nipetaturmahāvīryau rathopasthe tayostadā //
tatastu sārathirjñātvā droṇaputramacetanam /
apovāha raṇādrājansarvasainyasya paśyataḥ //
tathaiva pāṇḍavaṃ rājanvihvalantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ / apovāha rathenājau viśokaḥ śatrutāpanam // *iti śrīmanmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśadivasayuddhe dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ // 12 // *.jha / pantake etadanantaraṃ sthitāḥ saptādhyāyā etatpāṭhe krameṇa 52-53-54-55-56-59-60 tamādhyāyatayā vartante /
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