 | Book 10 Chapter 14
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | iṅgitenaiva dāśārhas tam abhiprāyam āditaḥ
drauṇer buddhvā mahābāhur arjunaṃ pratyabhāṣata
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| 2 | arjunārjuna yad divyam astraṃ te hṛdi vartate
droṇopadiṣṭaṃ tasyāyaṃ kālaḥ saṃprati pāṇḍava
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| 3 | bhrātṝṇām ātmanaś caiva paritrāṇāya bhārata
visṛjaitat tvam apy ājāv astram astranivāraṇam
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| 4 | keśavenaivam uktas tu pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā
avātarad rathāt tūrṇaṃ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ
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| 5 | pūrvam ācāryaputrāya tato 'nantaram ātmane
bhrātṛbhyaś caiva sarvebhyaḥ svastīty uktvā paraṃtapaḥ
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| 6 | devatābhyo namaskṛtya gurubhyaś caiva sarvaśaḥ
utsasarja śivaṃ dhyāyann astram astreṇa śāmyatām
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| 7 | tatas tad astraṃ sahasā sṛṣṭaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
prajajvāla mahārciṣmad yugāntānalasaṃnibham
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| 8 | tathaiva droṇaputrasya tad astraṃ tigmatejasaḥ
prajajvāla mahājvālaṃ tejomaṇḍalasaṃvṛtam
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| 9 | nirghātā bahavaś cāsan petur ulkāḥ sahasraśaḥ
mahad bhayaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ samajāyata
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| 10 | saśabdam abhavad vyoma jvālāmālākulaṃ bhṛśam
cacāla ca mahī kṛtsnā saparvatavanadrumā
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| 11 | te astre tejasā lokāṃs tāpayantī vyavasthite
maharṣī sahitau tatra darśayām āsatus tadā
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| 12 | nāradaḥ sa ca dharmātmā bharatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ
ubhau śamayituṃ vīrau bhāradvājadhanaṃjayau
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| 13 | tau munī sarvadharmajñau sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇau
dīptayor astrayor madhye sthitau paramatejasau
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| 14 | tadantaram anādhṛṣyāv upagamya yaśasvinau
āstām ṛṣivarau tatra jvalitāv iva pāvakau
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| 15 | prāṇabhṛdbhir anādhṛṣyau devadānavasaṃmatau
astratejaḥ śamayituṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
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| 16 | ṛṣī ūcatuḥ
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| 16 | nānāśastravidaḥ pūrve ye 'py atītā mahārathāḥ
naitad astraṃ manuṣyeṣu taiḥ prayuktaṃ kathaṃ cana
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