 | Book 5 Chapter 154
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | āpageyaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhīṣmaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam
pitāmahaṃ bhāratānāṃ dhvajaṃ sarvamahīkṣitām
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| 2 | bṛhaspatisamaṃ buddhyā kṣamayā pṛthivīsamam
samudram iva gāmbhīrye himavantam iva sthiram
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| 3 | prajāpatim ivaudārye tejasā bhāskaropamam
mahendram iva śatrūṇāṃ dhvaṃsanaṃ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ
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| 4 | raṇayajñe pratibhaye svābhīle lomaharṣaṇe
dīkṣitaṃ cirarātrāya śrutvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 5 | kim abravīn mahābāhuḥ sarvadharmaviśāradaḥ
bhīmasenārjunau vāpi kṛṣṇo vā pratyapadyata
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| 6 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 6 | āpaddharmārthakuśalo mahābuddhir yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
sarvān bhrātṝn samānīya vāsudevaṃ ca sātvatam
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ
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| 7 | paryākrāmata sainyāni yattās tiṣṭhata daṃśitāḥ
pitāmahena vo yuddhaṃ pūrvam eva bhaviṣyati
tasmāt saptasu senāsu praṇetṝn mama paśyata
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| 8 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 8 | yathārhati bhavān vaktum asmin kāla upasthite
tathedam arthavad vākyam uktaṃ te bharatarṣabha
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| 9 | rocate me mahābāho kriyatāṃ yad anantaram
nāyakās tava senāyām abhiṣicyantu sapta vai
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| 10 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 10 | tato drupadam ānāyya virāṭaṃ śinipuṃgavam
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pāñcālyaṃ dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca pārthivam
śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca pāñcālyaṃ sahadevaṃ ca māgadham
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| 11 | etān sapta maheṣvāsān vīrān yuddhābhinandinaḥ
senāpraṇetṝn vidhivad abhyaṣiñcad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 12 | sarvasenāpatiṃ cātra dhṛṣṭadyumnam upādiśat
droṇāntahetor utpanno ya iddhāñ jātavedasaḥ
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| 13 | sarveṣām eva teṣāṃ tu samastānāṃ mahātmanām
senāpatipatiṃ cakre guḍākeśaṃ dhanaṃjayam
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| 14 | arjunasyāpi netā ca saṃyantā caiva vājinām
saṃkarṣaṇānujaḥ śrīmān mahābuddhir janārdanaḥ
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| 15 | tad dṛṣṭvopasthitaṃ yuddhaṃ samāsannaṃ mahātyayam
prāviśad bhavanaṃ rājñaḥ pāṇḍavasya halāyudhaḥ
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| 16 | sahākrūraprabhṛtibhir gadasāmbolmukādibhiḥ
raukmiṇeyāhukasutaiś cārudeṣṇapurogamaiḥ
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| 17 | vṛṣṇimukhyair abhigatair vyāghrair iva balotkaṭaiḥ
abhigupto mahābāhur marudbhir iva vāsavaḥ
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| 18 | nīlakauśeyavasanaḥ kailāsaśikharopamaḥ
siṃhakhelagatiḥ śrīmān madaraktāntalocanaḥ
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| 19 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā dharmarājaś ca keśavaś ca mahādyutiḥ
udatiṣṭhat tadā pārtho bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ
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| 20 | gāṇḍīvadhanvā ye cānye rājānas tatra ke cana
pūjayāṃ cakrur abhyetya te sma sarve halāyudham
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| 21 | tatas taṃ pāṇḍavo rājā kare pasparśa pāṇinā
vāsudevapurogās tu sarva evābhyavādayan
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| 22 | virāṭadrupadau vṛddhāv abhivādya halāyudhaḥ
yudhiṣṭhireṇa sahita upāviśad ariṃdamaḥ
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| 23 | tatas teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu pārthiveṣu samantataḥ
vāsudevam abhiprekṣya rauhiṇeyo 'bhyabhāṣata
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| 24 | bhavitāyaṃ mahāraudro dāruṇaḥ puruṣakṣayaḥ
diṣṭam etad dhruvaṃ manye na śakyam ativartitum
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| 25 | asmād yuddhāt samuttīrṇān api vaḥ sasuhṛjjanān
arogān akṣatair dehaiḥ paśyeyam iti me matiḥ
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| 26 | sametaṃ pārthivaṃ kṣatraṃ kālapakvam asaṃśayam
vimardaḥ sumahān bhāvī māṃsaśoṇitakardamaḥ
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| 27 | ukto mayā vāsudevaḥ punaḥ punar upahvare
saṃbandhiṣu samāṃ vṛttiṃ vartasva madhusūdana
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| 28 | pāṇḍavā hi yathāsmākaṃ tathā duryodhano nṛpaḥ
tasyāpi kriyatāṃ yuktyā saparyeti punaḥ punaḥ
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| 29 | tac ca me nākarod vākyaṃ tvadarthe madhusūdanaḥ
niviṣṭaḥ sarvabhāvena dhanaṃjayam avekṣya ca
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| 30 | dhruvo jayaḥ pāṇḍavānām iti me niścitā matiḥ
tathā hy abhiniveśo 'yaṃ vāsudevasya bhārata
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| 31 | na cāham utsahe kṛṣṇam ṛte lokam udīkṣitum
tato 'ham anuvartāmi keśavasya cikīrṣitam
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| 32 | ubhau śiṣyau hi me vīrau gadāyuddhaviśāradau
tulyasneho 'smy ato bhīme tathā duryodhane nṛpe
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| 33 | tasmād yāsyāmi tīrthāni sarasvatyā niṣevitum
na hi śakṣyāmi kauravyān naśyamānān upekṣitum
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| 34 | evam uktvā mahābāhur anujñātaś ca pāṇḍavaiḥ
tīrthayātrāṃ yayau rāmo nivartya madhusūdanam
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