 | Book 5 Chapter 19
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | yuyudhānas tato vīraḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ
mahatā caturaṅgeṇa balenāgād yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 2 | tasya yodhā mahāvīryā nānādeśasamāgatāḥ
nānāpraharaṇā vīrāḥ śobhayāṃ cakrire balam
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| 3 | paraśvadhair bhiṇḍipālaiḥ śaktitomaramudgaraiḥ
śaktyṛṣṭiparaśuprāsaiḥ karavālaiś ca nirmalaiḥ
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| 4 | khaḍgakārmukaniryūhaiḥ śaraiś ca vividhair api
tailadhautaiḥ prakāśadbhis tad aśobhata vai balam
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| 5 | tasya meghaprakāśasya śastrais taiḥ śobhitasya ca
babhūva rūpaṃ sainyasya meghasyeva savidyutaḥ
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| 6 | akṣauhiṇī hi senā sā tadā yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ balam
praviśyāntardadhe rājan sāgaraṃ kunadī yathā
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| 7 | tathaivākṣauhiṇīṃ gṛhya cedīnām ṛṣabho balī
dhṛṣṭaketur upāgacchat pāṇḍavān amitaujasaḥ
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| 8 | māgadhaś ca jayatseno jārāsaṃdhir mahābalaḥ
akṣauhiṇyaiva sainyasya dharmarājam upāgamat
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| 9 | tathaiva pāṇḍyo rājendra sāgarānūpavāsibhiḥ
vṛto bahuvidhair yodhair yudhiṣṭhiram upāgamat
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| 10 | tasya sainyam atīvāsīt tasmin balasamāgame
prekṣaṇīyataraṃ rājan suveṣaṃ balavat tadā
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| 11 | drupadasyāpy abhūt senā nānādeśasamāgataiḥ
śobhitā puruṣaiḥ śūraiḥ putraiś cāsya mahārathaiḥ
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| 12 | tathaiva rājā matsyānāṃ virāṭo vāhinīpatiḥ
pārvatīyair mahīpālaiḥ sahitaḥ pāṇḍavān iyāt
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| 13 | itaś cetaś ca pāṇḍūnāṃ samājagmur mahātmanām
akṣauhiṇyas tu saptaiva vividhadhvajasaṃkulāḥ
yuyutsamānāḥ kurubhiḥ pāṇḍavān samaharṣayan
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| 14 | tathaiva dhārtarāṣṭrasya harṣaṃ samabhivardhayan
bhagadatto mahīpālaḥ senām akṣauhiṇīṃ dadau
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| 15 | tasya cīnaiḥ kirātaiś ca kāñcanair iva saṃvṛtam
babhau balam anādhṛṣyaṃ karṇikāravanaṃ yathā
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| 16 | tathā bhūriśravāḥ śūraḥ śalyaś ca kurunandana
duryodhanam upāyātāv akṣauhiṇyā pṛthak pṛthak
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| 17 | kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyo bhojāndhakabalaiḥ saha
akṣauhiṇyaiva senāyā duryodhanam upāgamat
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| 18 | tasya taiḥ puruṣavyāghrair vanamālādharair balam
aśobhata yathā mattair vanaṃ prakrīḍitair gajaiḥ
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| 19 | jayadrathamukhāś cānye sindhusauvīravāsinaḥ
ājagmuḥ pṛthivīpālāḥ kampayanta ivācalān
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| 20 | teṣām akṣauhiṇī senā bahulā vibabhau tadā
vidhūyamānā vātena bahurūpā ivāmbudāḥ
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| 21 | sudakṣiṇaś ca kāmbojo yavanaiś ca śakais tathā
upājagāma kauravyam akṣauhiṇyā viśāṃ pate
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| 22 | tasya senāsamāvāyaḥ śalabhānām ivābabhau
sa ca saṃprāpya kauravyaṃ tatraivāntardadhe tadā
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| 23 | tathā māhiṣmatīvāsī nīlo nīlāyudhaiḥ saha
mahīpālo mahāvīryair dakṣiṇāpathavāsibhiḥ
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| 24 | āvantyau ca mahīpālau mahābalasusaṃvṛtau
pṛthag akṣauhiṇībhyāṃ tāv abhiyātau suyodhanam
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| 25 | kekayāś ca naravyāghrāḥ sodaryāḥ pañca pārthivāḥ
saṃharṣayantaḥ kauravyam akṣauhiṇyā samādravan
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| 26 | itaś cetaś ca sarveṣāṃ bhūmipānāṃ mahātmanām
tisro 'nyāḥ samavartanta vāhinyo bharatarṣabha
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| 27 | evam ekādaśāvṛttāḥ senā duryodhanasya tāḥ
yuyutsamānāḥ kaunteyān nānādhvajasamākulāḥ
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| 28 | na hāstinapure rājann avakāśo 'bhavat tadā
rājñāṃ sabalamukhyānāṃ prādhānyenāpi bhārata
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| 29 | tataḥ pañcanadaṃ caiva kṛtsnaṃ ca kurujāṅgalam
tathā rohitakāraṇyaṃ marubhūmiś ca kevalā
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| 30 | ahicchatraṃ kālakūṭaṃ gaṅgākūlaṃ ca bhārata
vāraṇā vāṭadhānaṃ ca yāmunaś caiva parvataḥ
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| 31 | eṣa deśaḥ suvistīrṇaḥ prabhūtadhanadhānyavān
babhūva kauraveyāṇāṃ balena susamākulaḥ
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| 32 | tatra sainyaṃ tathāyuktaṃ dadarśa sa purohitaḥ
yaḥ sa pāñcālarājena preṣitaḥ kauravān prati
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