Mahabharata · Chapter 8.78
sa keśavasya bībhatsuḥ śrutvā bhārata bhāṣitam /
viśokaḥ samprahṛṣṭaśca kṣaṇena samapadyata //
tato jyāmabhimṛjyāśu vyākṣipadgāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ /
dadhre karṇavināśāya keśavaṃ cābhyabhāṣata //
tvayā nāthena govinda dhruva eva jayo mama /
prasanno yasya bhagavānbhūtabhavyabhaviṣyakṛt //
tvatsahāyo hyahaṃ kṛṣṇa trīṃllokānvai samāgatān /
prāpayeyaṃ paraṃ lokaṃ kimu karṇaṃ mahāhave //
paśyāmi dravatīṃ senāṃ pāñcālānāṃ janārdana /
paśyāmi karṇaṃ samare vicarantamabhītavat //
bhārgavāstraṃ ca paśyāmi jvalantaṃ kṛṣṇa sarvaśaḥ /
sṛṣṭaṃ karṇena vārṣṇeya śakreṇeva mahāśanim //
anena khalu saṅgrāme yattu kṛṣṇa mayā kṛtam /
kathayiṣyanti bhūtāni yāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati //
adya kṛṣṇa vikarṇā me karṇaṃ neṣyanti mṛtyave /
gāṇḍīvamuktāḥ kṣiṇvanto mama hastapracoditāḥ //
adya rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ svāṃ buddhimavamaṃsyate /
duryodhanamarājyārhaṃ yayā rājye'bhyaṣecayat //
adya rājyātsukhāccaiva śriyo rāṣṭrāttathā purāt /
putrebhyaśca mahābāho dhṛtarāṣṭro vimokṣyati //
guṇavantaṃ hi yo hitvā nirguṇaṃ kurute prabhum /
sa śocati ciraṃ kṛṣṇa kṣipramevāgate kṣaye //
yathā ca puruṣaḥ kaścicchittvā cāmravaṇaṃ mahat /
palāśasecane buddhiṃ kṛtvā śocati mandadhīḥ //
dṛṣṭvā puṣpaṃ pale gṛdhnuḥ phalaṃ dṛṣṭvā'nuśocati / tathedaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya puṣpalupdhasya mānada /
phalaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati janārdana //
sūtaputre hate tvadya nirāśo bhavitā prabhuḥ //
adya duryodhano rājyājjīvitācca nirāśakaḥ /
bhaviṣyati hate karṇe kṛṣṇa satyaṃ bravīmi te //
adya dṛṣṭvā mayā karṇaṃ śarairviśakalīkṛtam /
smaratāṃ tava vākyāni śamaṃ prati janeśvaraḥ //
adyāsau saubalaḥ kṛṣṇa glahāñjānātu vai śarān /
durodaraṃ ca gāṇḍīvaṃ gaṇ़ḍavaṃ ca rathaṃ mama //
adya kuntīsutasyāhaṃ dṛḍhaṃ rājñaḥ prajāgaram /
vyapaneṣyāmi govinda hatvā karṇaṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ //
adya kuntīsuto rājā hate sūtasute mayā /
suprahṛṣṭamanāḥ prītaściraṃ sukhamavāpsyati //
adya vāhamanādhṛṣyaṃ keśavāpratimaṃ śaram /
utsrakṣyāmīhayaḥ karṇaṃ jīvitāddhaṃśayiṣyati //
yasya caitadvrataṃ mahyaṃ vadhe kila durātmanaḥ /
pādauna maxxxxxxnyāṃ na phalgunam //
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxx nānyaṃ pṛthivyāmanumanyate /
xxxxxxxxx sūtaputrasya bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam //
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xxxxxxxxxxx ślāghamānaḥ svakānguṇān //
anṛtaṃ tatkariṣyanti māmakā niśitāḥ śarāḥ /
āśīviṣā iva kruddhāstasyapāsyanti śoṇitam //
mayā hastavatā muktā nārācā vaidyutatviṣaḥ /
gāṇḍīvasṛṣṭā dāsyanti karṇasya paramāṃ gatim //
adya tapsyati rādheyaḥ pāñcālīṃ yattadabravīt /
sabhāmadhye vacaḥ krūraṃ kutsayanpāṇḍavānprati //
ete ṣaṇḍatilāḥ kṛṣṇe nirvīryā hatavikramāḥ / ahaṃ vaḥ pāṇḍaveyebhyo bhayāttrāsyeti cābravīt /
hantā'haṃ pāṇḍavānsarvānsaputrāniha bhārata //
anṛtaṃ tatkariṣyanti māmakā niśitāḥ śarāḥ /
hate vaikartane karṇe sūtaputre durātmani //
yasya vīryaṃ samāśritya dhārtarāṣṭro bṛhanmanāḥ /
tamadya karṇaṃ hantāsmi samare madhusūdana //
adya karṇe hate kṛṣṇa dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sarājakāḥ /
vidravanti diśo bhītāḥ siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛgā iva //
adya duryodhano rājā pṛthivīṃ nānvavekṣate /
hate karṇe mayā saṅkhye saputre sasuhṛjjane //
adya karṇe hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭro'tyamarṣaṇaḥ /
jānātu māṃ raṇe kṛṣṇa pravaraṃ sarvadhanvinām //
saputrapautraḥ sāmātyaḥ sasuhṛcca nirāśiṣaḥ /
pitrye rājye nirāśaśca dhārtarāṣṭro nirāśrayaḥ //
adya rājā dharmaputro hatāmitro bhaviṣyati /
adya duryodhano dīptāṃ śriyaṃ rājyaṃ ca hāsyati //
hate vaikartane karṇe bhīṣme droṇe ca saṃyuge /
kātaraṃ tadbalaṃ kṛṣṇa praviṣṭaṃ bhokṣyate tu yat //
adyaprabhṛti rājānaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram /
anumodantu suhṛdo jñātapūrvāśca brāhmaṇāḥ //
adya taṃ nihataṃ śrutvā karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ mayā /
karotu paṭahonmiśraṃ devatāsthānapūjanam //
adya kṛṣṇa hate karṇe kurutāṃ cirasambhṛtam /
yājanaṃ vai mahābāho devatānāṃ yathāvidhi //
adya tvambā ca kṛṣṇā ca tvaramāṇe parasparam /
sasvajetāṃ hṛṣīkeśa sampūrṇe'sminmanorathe //
adya tvaṃ pāṇḍavo jyeṣṭhastathā'ryaśca vṛkodaraḥ /
udīkṣetāṃ hate karṇe kṛṣṇa saumyena cakṣuṣā //
abhivādya gurūnadya kaniṣṭhaiścābhivāditaḥ /
sasvajāno hyahaṃ dorbhyāṃ prāpsyāmi vipūlaṃ yaśaḥ //
adya karṇe hate kṛṣṇa praśaṃsanto'rjunaṃ surāḥ /
tridivaṃ yāntu saṃhṛṣṭāḥ saṅgatāśca tapodhanāḥ //
adya lokāstrayaḥ kṛṣṇa jānantu mama pauruṣam /
dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ hataṃ yuddhe dvairathe savyasācinā //
adyāhamanṛṇaḥ kṛṣṇa bhaviṣyāmi dhanuṣmatām /
rathasya ca śarāṇāṃ ca dhanuṣo gāṇḍivasya ca //
mokṣyāmyadya mahadduḥkhaṃ trayodaśasamārjitam /
hatvā karṇaṃ raṇe kṛṣṇa śambaraṃ maghavāniva //
adya karṇe hate yuddhe somakānāṃ mahārathāḥ /
kṛtakāryāḥ pramodantāṃ mitrakāryepsavo yudhi //
na jāne ca kathaṃ prītiḥ śaineyasyādya mādhava / ahaṃ hatvā raṇe karṇaṃ putrāṃścāsya jayādhikān /
prītiṃ dāsyāmi bhīmasya sātyakeryamayostathā //
dhṛṣṭadyumnasya vīrasya tathaiva ca śikhaṇḍinaḥ / adyānṛṇyaṃ gamiṣyāmi hatvā karṇaṃ mahāhave /
dharmarājasya saṃśrutya vārṣṇeyaśapathaṃ mithaḥ //
adya paśyantu saṅgrāme dhanañjayamamarṣaṇam /
yudhyantaṃ kauravaiḥ sārdhaṃ ghātayantaṃ ca sūtajam //
bhavatsamakṣamaṃ vakṣyāmi punarevātmasaṃstavam /
ityapyamitrapravaramadyāhaṃ hanmi sūtajam //
dhanurvede matsamaḥ ko nu loke parākrame vā mama ko'sti tulyaḥ /
ko vā'pyanyo matsamo'sti kṣamāyāṃ mamānṛśaṃsye sadṛśo'sti ko'nyaḥ //
ahaṃ dhanuṣmānsasurāsurāṃśca sarvāṇi bhūtāni ca saṅgatāni /
svabāhuvīryādgamaye parābhavaṃ matpauruṣaṃ vidvi paraṃ parebhyaḥ //
śarārciṣā gāṇḍivenāhamekaḥ sarvānkurūnbāhlikāṃścābhipannaḥ /
himātyaye kakṣagato yathā'gniḥ sa nirdaheyaṃ sahasā pragṛhya //
pāṇī pṛṣatkālikhitau mamaitau dhanuśca saṅkhye vitataṃ sabāṇam /
pādau cemau surathau sadhvajau ca na mādṛśaṃ yuddhagataṃ bhajanti //
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