Mahabharata · Chapter 8.65
tataḥ śvetāśvasaṃyukte nārāyaṇasamāhite /
tiṣṭhanrathavare śrīmānarjunaḥ samapadyata //
tadbalaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭha tāvakaṃ vijayo raṇe /
vyakṣobhayadudīrṇāśvaṃ mahodadhimivānilaḥ //
duryodhanastava sutaḥ pramatte śvetavāhane /
abhyetya sahasā kruddhaḥ sainyārdhenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ //
paryavārayadāyāntaṃ yudhiṣṭhiramamarṣaṇam /
kṣuraprāṇāṃ trisaptatyā tato'vidhyata pāṇḍavam //
akrudhyata bhṛśaṃ tatra kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
sa bhallāṃstriṃśatastūrṇaṃ tava putre nyaveśayat //
tato dhāvanta kauravyā jighṛkṣanto yudhiṣṭhiram //
duṣṭabhāvānparāñjñātvā samavetā mahārathāḥ /
ājagmustaṃ parīpsantaḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram //
sañjaya uvāca /
yudhiṣṭhiraścitrasenaṃ śaravarṣairavākirat /
citrasenastu kaunteyaṃ saṅkruddhaḥ samavārayat //
muhūrtādvimukhīkṛtya citrasenaṃ sa dharmarāṭ /
tāvakaṃ sainyamabhyaghnatsamantānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ //
tāvakā hi mābāho duryodhanapurogamāḥ /
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ jighṛkṣantaḥ sarvasainyaṃ samākṣipan //
dṛṣṭaprabhāvāṃstānmatvā samavetānmahārathān /
ājagmuḥ samparīpsantaḥ pāṇḍaveyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram //
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ /
akṣauhiṇyā parivṛtāste'bhyadhāvanyudhiṣṭiram //
bhīmasenaśca nārācairmṛdraṃstava mahārathān /
abhyadhāvadabhiprepsū rājānaṃ śatrubhirvṛtam //
tāṃstu sarvānmaheṣvāsānkarṇo vaikartano vṛṣā /
śaravarṣeṇa mahatā pratyavārayadāgatān //
śaraughānvisṛjantaste preyantaśca kuñjarān /
na śekuryatnavanto'pi rādheyaṃ prativīkṣitum //
tāṃśca sarvānmaheṣvāsānsarvaśastraviśāradān /
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa rādheyaḥ pratyavārayat //
duryodhanaṃ ca viṃśatyā nārācānāṃ kṛtī balī /
avidhyattūrṇamabhyetya sahadevo mahīpatim //
sa viddhaḥ sahadevena rarāja balasannidhau /
prabhinna iva mātaṅgo rudhireṇa pariplutaḥ //
dṛṣṭvā tava sutaṃ tatra gāḍhaviddhaṃ sutejanaiḥ /
abhyadhāvaddṛḍhaṃ kruddho rādheyo rathināṃ varaḥ //
duryodhanaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā śīghramastramudīrya saḥ /
avadhītpāṇḍavānīkaṃ pāñcālāṃścaiva māriṣa //
tato yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ sainyaṃ vadhyamānaṃ mahātmanā /
sahasā prādrāvadrājanmūtaputraśarārditam //
vividhā viśikhāstatra sampatanti parasparam /
bhallāḥ puṅkhasamāśliṣṭāḥ sūtaputradhanuścyutāḥ //
antarikṣe śaraughāṇāṃ patatāṃ ca parasparam /
saṅgharpeṇa mahārāja pāvakaḥ samajāyata //
takato daśadiśaḥ karṇaḥ śalabhairiva yāyibhiḥ /
abhyaghnaṃstarasā rājañśaraiḥ paraśarīragaiḥ //
raktacandanasandigdhau maṇihemavibhūṣitau /
bāhū vyatyakṣipatkarṇaḥ paramāstraṃ vidarśayan //
tataḥ sarvā diśo rājansāyakairvipramohayan /
apīḍayadbhṛśaṃ karṇo dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram //
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
niśitairiṣubhiḥ karṇaṃ pañcāśadbhiḥ samārpayat //
[bāṇāndhakāramabhavattadyuddhaṃ ghoradarśanam /
hāhākāro mahānāsīttāvakānāṃ viśāmpate //
vadhyamāne tadā sainye dharmaputreṇa māriṣa / sāyakairvividhaistīkṣṇaiḥ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ /
bhallairanekairvividhaiḥ śaktyṛṣṭimusalairapi //
yatra yatra sa dharmātmā duṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ vyasarjayat /
tatra tatra vyaśīryanta tāvakā bharatarṣabha //
karṇo'pi bhṛśasaṅkudro dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram /
nārācairardhacandraiśca vatsadantaiśca saṃyuge //
amarṣī krodhanaścaiva roṣaprasphuritānanaḥ /
sāyakairaprameyātmā yudhiṣṭhiramabhidravat //
yudhiṣṭhiraścāpi sa taṃ svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ // ]
prahasanniva taṃ karṇaḥ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ /
urasyavidhyadrājānaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram //
sa pīḍito bhṛśaṃ tena dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
upaviśya rathopasthe sūtaṃ yāhītyanodayat //
akrośanta tataḥ sarve dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sarājakāḥ /
gṛhṇīdhvamiti rājānamabhyadhāvanta sarvaśaḥ //
tataḥ śatāḥ saptadaśa kekayānāṃ prahāriṇām /
pañcālaiḥ sahitā rājandhārtarāṣṭrānnyavārayan //
tasminsutumule yuddhe vartamāne janakṣaye /
duryodhanaśca bhīmaśca sameyātāṃ mahābalau //
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