 | Book 7 Chapter 5
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | rathasthaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇam avasthitam
hṛṣṭo duryodhano rājann idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 2 | sanātham idam atyarthaṃ bhavatā pālitaṃ balam
manye kiṃ tu samarthaṃ yad dhitaṃ tat saṃpradhāryatām
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| 3 | karṇa uvāca
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| 3 | brūhi tat puruṣavyāghra tvaṃ hi prājñatamo nṛpa
yathā cārthapatiḥ kṛtyaṃ paśyate na tathetaraḥ
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| 4 | te sma sarve tava vacaḥ śrotukāmā nareśvara
nānyāyyaṃ hi bhavān vākyaṃ brūyād iti matir mama
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| 5 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 5 | bhīṣmaḥ senāpraṇetāsīd vayasā vikrameṇa ca
śrutena ca susaṃpannaḥ sarvair yodhaguṇais tathā
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| 6 | tenātiyaśasā karṇa ghnatā śatrugaṇān mama
suyuddhena daśāhāni pālitāḥ smo mahātmanā
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| 7 | tasminn asukaraṃ karma kṛtavaty āsthite divam
kaṃ nu senāpraṇetāraṃ manyase tadanantaram
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| 8 | na ṛte nāyakaṃ senā muhūrtam api tiṣṭhati
āhaveṣv āhavaśreṣṭha netṛhīneva naur jale
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| 9 | yathā hy akarṇadhārā nau rathaś cāsārathir yathā
draved yatheṣṭaṃ tadvat syād ṛte senāpatiṃ balam
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| 10 | sa bhavān vīkṣya sarveṣu māmakeṣu mahātmasu
paśya senāpatiṃ yuktam anu śāṃtanavād iha
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| 11 | yaṃ hi senāpraṇetāraṃ bhavān vakṣyati saṃyuge
taṃ vayaṃ sahitāḥ sarve prakariṣyāma māriṣa
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| 12 | karṇa uvāca
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| 12 | sarva eva mahātmāna ime puruṣasattamāḥ
senāpatitvam arhanti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
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| 13 | kulasaṃhananajñānair balavikramabuddhibhiḥ
yuktāḥ kṛtajñā hrīmanta āhaveṣv anivartinaḥ
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| 14 | yugapan na tu te śakyāḥ kartuṃ sarve puraḥsarāḥ
eka evātra kartavyo yasmin vaiśeṣikā guṇāḥ
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| 15 | anyonyaspardhināṃ teṣāṃ yady ekaṃ satkariṣyasi
śeṣā vimanaso vyaktaṃ na yotsyante hi bhārata
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| 16 | ayaṃ tu sarvayodhānām ācāryaḥ sthaviro guruḥ
yuktaḥ senāpatiḥ kartuṃ droṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
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| 17 | ko hi tiṣṭhati durdharṣe droṇe brahmaviduttame
senāpatiḥ syād anyo 'smāc chukrāṅgirasadarśanāt
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| 18 | na ca sa hy asti te yodhaḥ sarvarājasu bhārata
yo droṇaṃ samare yāntaṃ nānuyāsyati saṃyuge
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| 19 | eṣa senāpraṇetṝṇām eṣa śastrabhṛtām api
eṣa buddhimatāṃ caiva śreṣṭho rājan guruś ca te
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| 20 | evaṃ duryodhanācāryam āśu senāpatiṃ kuru
jigīṣanto 'surān saṃkhye kārttikeyam ivāmarāḥ
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| 21 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 21 | karṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā duryodhanas tadā
senāmadhyagataṃ droṇam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 22 | varṇaśraiṣṭhyāt kulotpattyā śrutena vayasā dhiyā
vīryād dākṣyād adhṛṣyatvād arthajñānān nayāj jayāt
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| 23 | tapasā ca kṛtajñatvād vṛddhaḥ sarvaguṇair api
yukto bhavatsamo goptā rājñām anyo na vidyate
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| 24 | sa bhavān pātu naḥ sarvān vibudhān iva vāsavaḥ
bhavannetrāḥ parāñ jetum icchāmo dvijasattama
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| 25 | rudrāṇām iva kāpālī vasūnām iva pāvakaḥ
kubera iva yakṣāṇāṃ marutām iva vāsavaḥ
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| 26 | vasiṣṭha iva viprāṇāṃ tejasām iva bhāskaraḥ
pitṝṇām iva dharmo 'tha ādityānām ivāmburāṭ
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| 27 | nakṣatrāṇām iva śaśī ditijānām ivośanāḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ senāpraṇetṝṇāṃ sa naḥ senāpatir bhava
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| 28 | akṣauhiṇyo daśaikā ca vaśagāḥ santu te 'nagha
tābhiḥ śatrūn prativyūhya jahīndro dānavān iva
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| 29 | prayātu no bhavān agre devānām iva pāvakiḥ
anuyāsyāmahe tv ājau saurabheyā ivarṣabham
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| 30 | ugradhanvā maheṣvāso divyaṃ visphārayan dhanuḥ
agre bhavantaṃ dṛṣṭvā no nārjunaḥ prasahiṣyate
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| 31 | dhruvaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ saṃkhye sānubandhaṃ sabāndhavam
jeṣyāmi puruṣavyāghra bhavān senāpatir yadi
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| 32 | evam ukte tato droṇe jayety ūcur narādhipāḥ
siṃhanādena mahatā harṣayantas tavātmajam
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| 33 | sainikāś ca mudā yuktā vardhayanti dvijottamam
duryodhanaṃ puraskṛtya prārthayanto mahad yaśaḥ
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| 34 | droṇa uvāca
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| 34 | vedaṃ ṣaḍaṅgaṃ vedāham arthavidyāṃ ca mānavīm
traiyambakam atheṣvastram astrāṇi vividhāni ca
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| 35 | ye cāpy uktā mayi guṇā bhavadbhir jayakāṅkṣibhiḥ
cikīrṣus tān ahaṃ satyān yodhayiṣyāmi pāṇḍavān
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| 36 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 36 | sa evam abhyanujñātaś cakre senāpatiṃ tataḥ
droṇaṃ tava suto rājan vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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| 37 | athābhiṣiṣicur droṇaṃ duryodhanamukhā nṛpāḥ
senāpatye yathā skandaṃ purā śakramukhāḥ surāḥ
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| 38 | tato vāditraghoṣeṇa saha puṃsāṃ mahāsvanaiḥ
prādurāsīt kṛte droṇe harṣaḥ senāpatau tadā
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| 39 | tataḥ puṇyāhaghoṣeṇa svastivādasvanena ca
saṃstavair gītaśabdaiś ca sūtamāgadhabandinām
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| 40 | jayaśabdair dvijāgryāṇāṃ subhagānartitais tathā
satkṛtya vidhivad droṇaṃ jitān manyanta pāṇḍavān
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