Mahabharata · Chapter 9.21
putrastu te mahārāja rathastho rathināṃ varaḥ /
durutsaho babhau yuddhe yathā rudraḥ pratāpavān //
tasya bāṇasahasraistu pracchannā hyabhavanmahī /
parāṃśca siṣice bāṇairdhārābhiriva parvatān //
na ca so'sti pumānkaścitpāṇḍavānāṃ balārṇave /
hayo gajo ratho vā'pi yaḥ syādbāṇairavikṣataḥ //
yaṃ yaṃ hi samare yodhaṃ prapaśyāmi viśāmpate /
sa sa bāṇaiścito'bhūdvai putreṇa tava bhārata //
yathā sainyena rajasā samudbhūtena vāhinī /
pratyadṛśyata sañchannā tathā bāṇairmahātmanaḥ //
bāṇabhūtāmapaśyāma pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpate /
duryodhanena prakṛtāṃ kṣiprahastena dhanvinā //
teṣu yodhasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu pareṣu ca /
nāsti duryodhanasamaḥ pumāniti matirmama //
tatrādbhutamapaśyāma tava putrasya vikramam /
yadekaṃ sahitāḥ pārthā nābhyavartanta bhārata //
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ śatenājau vivyādha bharatarṣabha /
bhīmasenaṃ ca saptatyā sahadevaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ //
nakulaṃ ca catuḥṣaṣṭyā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ /
pañcabhirdraupadeyāṃśca tribhirvivyādha sātyakim //
dhanuściccheda bhallena sahadevasya māriṣa /
tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ mādrīputraḥ pratāpavān //
abhyadravata rājānaṃ pragṛhyānyanmahaddhanuḥ /
tato duryodhanaṃ saṅkhye vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ //
nakulastu tato vīro rājānaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ /
ghorarūpairmaheṣvāso vivyādha ca nanāda ca //
sātyakiścaiva rājānaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā / draupadeyāstrisaptatyā dharmarājaśca pañcabhiḥ /
aśītyā bhīmasenaśca śarai rājānamārpayan //
samantātkīryamāṇastu bāṇasaṅghairmahātmabhiḥ /
na cacāla mahārāja sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ //
lāghavātsauṣṭhavāccāpi vīryāccāpi mahātmanaḥ /
ati sarvāṇi bhūtāni dadṛśuḥ sarvapārthivāḥ //
dhārtarāṣṭrā hi rājendra yodhāstu svalpamantaram /
apaśyamānā rājānaṃ paryavartanta daṃśitāḥ //
teṣāmāpatatāṃ ghorastumulaḥ samapadyata /
kṣubdhasya hi samudrasya prāvṛṭ्kāle yathā svanaḥ //
samāsādya raṇe te tu rājānamaparājitam /
pratyudyayurmaheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavānātatāyinaḥ //
bhīmasenaṃ raṇe kruddho droṇaputro nyavārayat / tayorbāṇairmahārāja pramuktaiḥ sarvatodiśam /
nājñāyanta raṇe vīrā na diśaḥ pradiśastathā //
tāvubhau krūrakarmāṇāvubhau bhārataduḥsahau /
ghorarūpamayudhyetāṃ kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau //
trāsayantau diśaḥ sarvā jyākṣepakaṭhinatvacau /
śakunistu raṇe vīro yudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat //
tasyāśvāṃścaturo hatvā subalasya suto vibho /
nādaṃ cakāra balavatsarvasainyāni kampayan //
etasminnantare vīraṃ rājānamaparājitam /
apovāha rathenājau sahadevaḥ pratāpavān //
athānyaṃ rathamāsthāya dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ / śakuniṃ navabhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ /
nanāda ca mahānādaṃ pravaraḥ sarvadhanvinām //
tadyuddhamabhavaccitraṃ ghorarūpaṃ ca māriṣa /
prekṣatāṃ prītijananaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam //
ulūkastu maheṣvāsaṃ nakulaṃ yuddhadurmadam /
abhyavarṣadameyātmā śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ //
tathaiva nakulaḥ śūraḥ saubalasya sutaṃ raṇe /
śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samantātparyavārayat //
tau tatra samare vīrau kulaputrau mahārathau /
yodhayantāvapaśyetāṃ kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau //
tathaiva kṛtavarmāṇaṃ śaineyaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ /
yodhayañśuśubhe rājanbaliṃ śakra ivāhave //
duryodhano dhanuśchittvā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge /
athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ //
dhṛṣṭadyumno'pi samare pragṛhya paramāyudham /
rājānaṃ yodhayāmāsa paśyatāṃ sarvadhanvinām //
tayoryuddhaṃ mahaccāsītsaṅgrāme bharatarṣabha /
prabhinnayoryathā saktaṃ mattayorvanahastinoḥ //
gautamastu raṇe kruddho draupadeyānmahābālān /
vivyādha bahubhiḥ śūraḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ //
tasya tairabhavadyuddhamindriyairiva dehinaḥ /
ghorarūpamasaṃvāryaṃ nirmaryādamavartata //
te ca sampīḍayāmāsurindriyāṇīva bāliśam /
sa ca tānpratisaṃrabdhaḥ pratyayodhayadāhave //
evaṃ citramabhūdyuddhaṃ tasya taiḥ saha bhārata /
utthāyotthāya hi yathā dehināmindriyairvibho //
narāścaiva naraiḥ sārdhaṃ dantino dantibhistathā /
hayā hayaiḥ samāsaktā rathino rathibhiḥ saha //
saṅkulaṃ cābhavadbhūyo ghorarūpaṃ viśāmpate //
idaṃ citramidaṃ ghoramidaṃ raudramiti prabho /
yuddhānyāsanmahārāja ghorāṇṇi ca bahūni ca //
te samāsādya samare parasparamarindamāḥ /
vyanadaṃścaiva jaghnuśca samātādya mahāhave //
teṣāṃ patrasamudbhūtaṃ rajastīvramadṛśyata /
vātena coddhataṃ rājandhāvadbhiścāśvasādibhiḥ //
rathanemisamudbhūtaṃ niḥśvāsaiścāpi dantinām /
rajaḥ sandhyābhrakalilaṃ divākarapathaṃ yayau //
rajasā tena sampṛkto bhāskaro niṣprabhaḥ kṛtaḥ /
sañchāditā'bhavadbhūmiste ca śūrā mahārathāḥ //
muhūrtādiva saṃvṛttaṃ nīrajaskaṃ samantataḥ /
vīraśoṇitasiktāyāṃ bhūmau bharatasattama //
upāśāmyattatastīvraṃ tadrajo ghoradarśanam //
tato'paśyamahaṃ bhūyo dvandvayuddhāni bhārata /
yathāprāṇaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ madhyāhne vai sudāruṇam //
varmaṇāṃ tatra rājendra vyadṛśyantojjvalāḥ prabhāḥ / śabdaśca tumulaḥ saṅkhye śarāṇāṃ patatāmabhūt
mahāveṇuvanasyeva dahyamānasya parvate //
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