Mahabharata · Chapter 8.79
samāgame pāṇḍavasṛñjayānāṃ mahābhaye māmakānāmagādhe /
dhanañjaye tāta raṇāya yāte karṇena tadyudvamatho'tra kīdṛk // ]
sañjaya uvāca /
teṣāmanīkāni mahādhvajāni raṇe samṛddhāni susaṅgatāni /
bherīnirādonmukharāṇyangarja-- nmeghā iva prāvṛṣi mārutāstāḥ //
mahāgajābhrākulamastratoyaṃ vāditranemītalaśabdavacca /
hiraṇyacitrāyudhavidyutaṃ ca śarāsinārācamahāstradhāram //
tadbhīmavegaṃ rudhiraughavāhi khaṅgākulaṃ kṣatriyajīvaghāti /
anārtavaṃ krūramaniṣṭavarṣaṃ babhūva saṃrambhakaraṃ prajānām //
ekaṃ rathaṃ samparivārya mṛtyuṃ nayantyaneke ca rathāḥ sametāḥ /
ekastathaikaṃ rathinaṃ rathāgryāṃ-- stathā rathaścāpi rathānanekān //
rathaṃ sasūtaṃ sahayaṃ ca kañci-- tkaścidratī mṛtyuvaśaṃ nināya /
nināya cāpyekagajena kaści-- drathānbahūnmṛtyuvaśe tathāśvān //
rathānsasūtānsahayāngajāṃśca sarvānarīnmṛtyuvaśaṃ śaraughaiḥ /
ninye hayāṃścaiva tathā sasādī-- npadātisaṅghāṃśca tathaiva pārthaḥ //
kṛpaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca raṇe sametau duryodhanaṃ sātyakiradhyagacchat /
śrutaśravā droṇaputreṇa sārdhaṃ yudhāmanyuścitrasenena sārdham //
karṇasya putraṃ tu rathī suṣeṇaṃ samāgataṃ sṛñjayaścottamaujāḥ /
gāndhārarājaṃ sahadevo'kṣadhūrtaṃ maharṣabhaṃ siṃha ivābhyadhāvat //
śatānīko nākuliḥ karṇaputraṃ yuvā yuvānaṃ vṛṣasenaṃ śaraughaiḥ /
samārpayatkarṇaputraśca śūraḥ pāñcāleyaṃ śaravarṣairanekaiḥ //
ratharṣabhaḥ kṛtavarmāṇabhārccha-- nmādrīputro nakulaścitrayodhī /
pāñcālānāmadhipo yājñaseniḥ senāpatiḥ karṇamārcchatsasainyam //
duḥśāsano bhārata bhārataṃ tu vyāttānanaṃ krūramivāntakābham /
bhīmaṃ raṇe śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaṃ bhīmaṃ samārcchattamasahyavegam //
karṇātmajaṃ tatra jaghāna vīra-- stathācchinaccottamaujāḥ prasahya /
tasyottamāṅgaṃ nipapāta bhūmau ninādayadgāṃ ninadena khaṃ ca //
suṣeṇaśīrṣaṃ patitaṃ pṛthivyāṃ vilokya karṇo'tha tadārtarūpaḥ /
krodhāddhayāṃstasya rathaṃ dhvajaṃ ca bāṇaiḥ sudhārairniśitairakṛntat //
sa tūttamaujā niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkai-- rvivyādha khaṅgena ca bhāsvareṇa /
pārṣṇigrahāṃścaiva kṛpasya hatvā śikhaṇḍivāhaṃ sa tato'dhyarohat //
kṛpaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā virathaṃ rathastho naicchaccharaistāḍayituṃ śikhaṇḍī /
taṃ drauṇirāvārya rathaṃ kṛpasya samujjahe paṅkagatāṃ yathā gām //
hiraṇyavarmā niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkai-- stavātmajānāmanilātmajo vai /
atāpayatsainyamatīva bhīmaḥ kāle śucau madhyagato yathā'rkaḥ //
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