Mahabharata · Chapter 9.20
tasmiṃstu nihate śūre sālve samitiśobhane /
tavābhajyadbalaṃ vegādvāteneva mahādrumaḥ //
tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ /
dadhāra samare śūraḥ śatrusainyaṃ mahābalaḥ //
sannivṛttāstu te śūrā dṛṣṭvā sātvatamāhave /
śailopamaṃ sthiraṃ rājankīryamāṇaṃ śarairyudhi //
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha /
nivṛttānāṃ mahārāja mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam //
tatrāścaryamabhūdyudvaṃ sātvatasya paraiḥ saha /
yadeko vārayāmāsa pāṇḍusenāṃ durāsadām //
teṣāmanyonyasuhṛdāṃ kṛte karmaṇi duṣkare /
siṃhanādaḥ prahṛṣṭānāṃ divispṛksumahānabhūt //
tena śabdena vitrastānpāñcālānbharatarṣabha /
śinernaptā mahābāhuranvapadyata sātyakiḥ //
sa samāsādya rājānaṃ kṣemadhūrtiṃ mahābalam /
saptabhirniśitairbāṇairanayadyamasādanam //
tamāyāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ pravapantaṃ śitāñśarān /
javenābhyapatadvīmānhārdikyaḥ śinipuṅgavam //
tau siṃhāviva nardantau dhanvinau rathināṃ varau /
anyonyamabhidhāvantau śastrapravaradhāriṇau //
pāṇḍavāḥ sahapāñcālā yodhāścānye nṛpottamāḥ /
prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ //
nārācairvatsadantaiśca vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathau /
abhijaghnaturanyonyaṃ prahṛṣṭāviva kuñcarau //
carantau vividhānmārgānhārdikyaśinipuṅgavau /
muhurantardadhāte tau bāṇavṛṣṭyā parasparam //
cāpavegabalodvūtānmārgaṇānvṛṣṇisiṃhayoḥ /
ākāśe samapaśyāma pataṅgāniva śīghragān //
tamekaṃ satyakarmāṇamāsādya hṛdikātmajaḥ /
avidhyanniśitairbāṇaiścaturbhiścaturo hayān //
sa dīrghabāhuḥ saṅkruddhastotrārdita iva dvipaḥ /
aṣṭabhiḥ kṛtavarmāṇamavidhyatparameṣubhiḥ //
tataḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭaiḥ kṛtavarmā śilāśitaiḥ /
sātyakiṃ tribhirāhatya dhanurekena cicchide //
nikṛttaṃ taddhanuḥśreṣṭhamapāsya śinipuṅgavaḥ /
anyadādatta vegena śaineyaḥ saśaraṃ dhanuḥ //
tadādāya dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanvinām /
āropya ca dhanuḥ śīghraṃ mahāvīryo mahābalaḥ //
amṛṣyamāṇo dhanuṣaśchedanaṃ kṛtavarmaṇā /
kupito'tirathaḥ śīghraṃ kṛtavarmāṇamabhyayāt //
tataḥ suniśitairbāṇairdaśabhiḥ śinipuṅgavaḥ /
jaghāna sūtaṃ cāśvāṃśca dhvajaṃ ca kṛtavarmaṇaḥ //
tato rājanmaheṣvāsaḥ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ /
hatāśvasūtaṃ samprekṣya rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam //
roṣeṇa mahatā'viṣṭaḥ śūlamudyamya māriṣa /
cikṣepa bhujavegena jighāṃsuḥ śini puṅgavam //
tacchūlaṃ sātvato hyājau nirbhidya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ / cūrṇitaṃ pātayāmāsa mohayanniva mādhavam /
tato'pareṇa bhallena hṛdyenaṃ samatāḍayat //
suyudve yuyudhānena hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ /
kṛtavarmā kṛtāstreṇa dharamīmanvapadyata //
tasminsātyakinā vīre dvairathe virathīkṛte /
samapadyata sarveṣāṃ sainyānāṃ sumahadbhayam //
putrāṇāṃ tava cātyarthaṃ viṣādaḥ samajāyata /
hatasūte hatāśve tu virathe kṛtavarmaṇi //
hatāśvaṃ ca samālakṣya hatasūtamarindama /
abhyadhāvatkṛpo rājañjighāṃsuḥ śinipuṅgavam //
tamāropya rathopasthe miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām /
apovāha mahābāhuṃ tūrṇamāyodhanādapi //
śaineye'dhiṣṭhite rājanvirathe kṛtavarmaṇi /
duryodhanabalaṃ sarvaṃ punarāsītparāṅmukham //
tatpare nānvabudhyanta sainyena rajasā vṛtāḥ /
tāvakāḥ pradrutā rājanduryodhanamṛte nṛpam //
duryodhanastu samprekṣya bhagnaṃ svabalamantikāt /
javenābhyapatattūrṇaṃ sarvāṃścaiko nyavārayat //
pāṇḍūṃśca sarvānsaṅkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam /
śikhaṇḍinaṃ draupadeyānpāñcālānāṃ ca ye gaṇāḥ //
kekayānsomakāṃścaiva sṛñjayāṃścaiva māriṣa /
asambhramaṃ durādharṣaḥ śitairbāṇairavākirat //
atiṣṭhadāhave yattaḥ putrastava mahābalaḥ / yathā yajñe mahānagnirmantrapūtaḥ prakāśate /
tathā duryodhano rājā saṅgrāme sarvato'bhavat //
taṃ pare nābhyavartanta martyā mṛtyumivāhave /
athānyaṃ rathamāsthāya hārdikyaḥ samapadyata //
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