 | Book 2 Chapter 49
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| 1 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 1 | āryās tu ye vai rājānaḥ satyasaṃdhā mahāvratāḥ
paryāptavidyā vaktāro vedāntāvabhṛthāplutāḥ
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| 2 | dhṛtimanto hrīniṣedhā dharmātmāno yaśasvinaḥ
mūrdhābhiṣiktās te cainaṃ rājānaḥ paryupāsate
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| 3 | dakṣiṇārthaṃ samānītā rājabhiḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ
āraṇyā bahusāhasrā apaśyaṃ tatra tatra gāḥ
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| 4 | ājahrus tatra satkṛtya svayam udyamya bhārata
abhiṣekārtham avyagrā bhāṇḍam uccāvacaṃ nṛpāḥ
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| 5 | bāhlīko ratham āhārṣīj jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtam
sudakṣiṇas taṃ yuyuje śvetaiḥ kāmbojajair hayaiḥ
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| 6 | sunītho 'pratimaṃ tasya anukarṣaṃ mahāyaśāḥ
dhvajaṃ cedipatiḥ kṣipram ahārṣīt svayam udyatam
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| 7 | dākṣiṇātyaḥ saṃnahanaṃ sraguṣṇīṣe ca māgadhaḥ
vasudāno maheṣvāso gajendraṃ ṣaṣṭihāyanam
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| 8 | matsyas tv akṣān avābadhnād ekalavya upānahau
āvantyas tv abhiṣekārtham āpo bahuvidhās tathā
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| 9 | cekitāna upāsaṅgaṃ dhanuḥ kāśya upāharat
asiṃ rukmatsaruṃ śalyaḥ śaikyaṃ kāñcanabhūṣaṇam
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| 10 | abhyaṣiñcat tato dhaumyo vyāsaś ca sumahātapāḥ
nāradaṃ vai puraskṛtya devalaṃ cāsitaṃ munim
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| 11 | prītimanta upātiṣṭhann abhiṣekaṃ maharṣayaḥ
jāmadagnyena sahitās tathānye vedapāragāḥ
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| 12 | abhijagmur mahātmānaṃ mantravad bhūridakṣiṇam
mahendram iva devendraṃ divi saptarṣayo yathā
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| 13 | adhārayac chatram asya sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ
dhanaṃjayaś ca vyajane bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 14 | upāgṛhṇād yam indrāya purākalpe prajāpatiḥ
tam asmai śaṅkham āhārṣīd vāruṇaṃ kalaśodadhiḥ
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| 15 | siktaṃ niṣkasahasreṇa sukṛtaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
tenābhiṣiktaḥ kṛṣṇena tatra me kaśmalo 'bhavat
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| 16 | gacchanti pūrvād aparaṃ samudraṃ cāpi dakṣiṇam
uttaraṃ tu na gacchanti vinā tāta patatribhiḥ
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| 17 | tatra sma dadhmuḥ śataśaḥ śaṅkhān maṅgalyakāraṇāt
prāṇadaṃs te samādhmātās tatra romāṇi me 'hṛṣan
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| 18 | praṇatā bhūmipāś cāpi petur hīnāḥ svatejasā
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ pāṇḍavāś ca sātyakiḥ keśavo 'ṣṭamaḥ
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| 19 | sattvasthāḥ śauryasaṃpannā anyonyapriyakāriṇaḥ
visaṃjñān bhūmipān dṛṣṭvā māṃ ca te prāhasaṃs tadā
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| 20 | tataḥ prahṛṣṭo bībhatsuḥ prādād dhemaviṣāṇinām
śatāny anaḍuhāṃ pañca dvijamukhyeṣu bhārata
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| 21 | naivaṃ śambarahantābhūd yauvanāśvo manur na ca
na ca rājā pṛthur vainyo na cāpy āsīd bhagīrathaḥ
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| 22 | yathātimātraṃ kaunteyaḥ śriyā paramayā yutaḥ
rājasūyam avāpyaivaṃ hariścandra iva prabhuḥ
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| 23 | etāṃ dṛṣṭvā śriyaṃ pārthe hariścandre yathā vibho
kathaṃ nu jīvitaṃ śreyo mama paśyasi bhārata
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| 24 | andheneva yugaṃ naddhaṃ viparyastaṃ narādhipa
kanīyāṃso vivardhante jyeṣṭhā hīyanti bhārata
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| 25 | evaṃ dṛṣṭvā nābhivindāmi śarma; parīkṣamāṇo 'pi kurupravīra
tenāham evaṃ kṛśatāṃ gataś ca; vivarṇatāṃ caiva saśokatāṃ ca
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