 | Book 2 Chapter 25
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | sa śvetaparvataṃ vīraḥ samatikramya bhārata
deśaṃ kiṃpuruṣāvāsaṃ drumaputreṇa rakṣitam
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| 2 | mahatā saṃnipātena kṣatriyāntakareṇa ha
vyajayat pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ kare caiva nyaveśayat
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| 3 | taṃ jitvā hāṭakaṃ nāma deśaṃ guhyakarakṣitam
pākaśāsanir avyagraḥ sahasainyaḥ samāsadat
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| 4 | tāṃs tu sāntvena nirjitya mānasaṃ sara uttamam
ṛṣikulyāś ca tāḥ sarvā dadarśa kurunandanaḥ
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| 5 | saro mānasam āsādya hāṭakān abhitaḥ prabhuḥ
gandharvarakṣitaṃ deśaṃ vyajayat pāṇḍavas tataḥ
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| 6 | tatra tittirikalmāṣān maṇḍūkākṣān hayottamān
lebhe sa karam atyantaṃ gandharvanagarāt tadā
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| 7 | uttaraṃ harivarṣaṃ tu samāsādya sa pāṇḍavaḥ
iyeṣa jetuṃ taṃ deśaṃ pākaśāsananandanaḥ
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| 8 | tata enaṃ mahākāyā mahāvīryā mahābalāḥ
dvārapālāḥ samāsādya hṛṣṭā vacanam abruvan
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| 9 | pārtha nedaṃ tvayā śakyaṃ puraṃ jetuṃ kathaṃ cana
upāvartasva kalyāṇa paryāptam idam acyuta
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| 10 | idaṃ puraṃ yaḥ praviśed dhruvaṃ sa na bhaven naraḥ
prīyāmahe tvayā vīra paryāpto vijayas tava
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| 11 | na cāpi kiṃ cij jetavyam arjunātra pradṛśyate
uttarāḥ kuravo hy ete nātra yuddhaṃ pravartate
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| 12 | praviṣṭaś cāpi kaunteya neha drakṣyasi kiṃ cana
na hi mānuṣadehena śakyam atrābhivīkṣitum
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| 13 | atheha puruṣavyāghra kiṃ cid anyac cikīrṣasi
tad bravīhi kariṣyāmo vacanāt tava bhārata
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| 14 | tatas tān abravīd rājann arjunaḥ pākaśāsaniḥ
pārthivatvaṃ cikīrṣāmi dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
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| 15 | na pravekṣyāmi vo deśaṃ bādhyatvaṃ yadi mānuṣaiḥ
yudhiṣṭhirāya yat kiṃ cit karavan naḥ pradīyatām
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| 16 | tato divyāni vastrāṇi divyāny ābharaṇāni ca
mokājināni divyāni tasmai te pradaduḥ karam
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| 17 | evaṃ sa puruṣavyāghro vijigye diśam uttarām
saṃgrāmān subahūn kṛtvā kṣatriyair dasyubhis tathā
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| 18 | sa vinirjitya rājñas tān kare ca viniveśya ha
dhanāny ādāya sarvebhyo ratnāni vividhāni ca
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| 19 | hayāṃs tittirikalmāṣāñ śukapatranibhān api
mayūrasadṛśāṃś cānyān sarvān anilaraṃhasaḥ
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| 20 | vṛtaḥ sumahatā rājan balena caturaṅgiṇā
ājagāma punar vīraḥ śakraprasthaṃ purottamam
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