 | Book 2 Chapter 44
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| 1 | śakunir uvāca
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| 1 | duryodhana na te 'marṣaḥ kāryaḥ prati yudhiṣṭhiram
bhāgadheyāni hi svāni pāṇḍavā bhuñjate sadā
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| 2 | anekair abhyupāyaiś ca tvayārabdhāḥ purāsakṛt
vimuktāś ca naravyāghrā bhāgadheyapuraskṛtāḥ
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| 3 | tair labdhā draupadī bhāryā drupadaś ca sutaiḥ saha
sahāyaḥ pṛthivīlābhe vāsudevaś ca vīryavān
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| 4 | labdhaś ca nābhibhūto 'rthaḥ pitryo 'ṃśaḥ pṛthivīpate
vivṛddhas tejasā teṣāṃ tatra kā paridevanā
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| 5 | dhanaṃjayena gāṇḍīvam akṣayyau ca maheṣudhī
labdhāny astrāṇi divyāni tarpayitvā hutāśanam
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| 6 | tena kārmukamukhyena bāhuvīryeṇa cātmanaḥ
kṛtā vaśe mahīpālās tatra kā paridevanā
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| 7 | agnidāhān mayaṃ cāpi mokṣayitvā sa dānavam
sabhāṃ tāṃ kārayām āsa savyasācī paraṃtapaḥ
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| 8 | tena caiva mayenoktāḥ kiṃkarā nāma rākṣasāḥ
vahanti tāṃ sabhāṃ bhīmās tatra kā paridevanā
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| 9 | yac cāsahāyatāṃ rājann uktavān asi bhārata
tan mithyā bhrātaro hīme sahāyās te mahārathāḥ
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| 10 | droṇas tava maheṣvāsaḥ saha putreṇa dhīmatā
sūtaputraś ca rādheyo gautamaś ca mahārathaḥ
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| 11 | ahaṃ ca saha sodaryaiḥ saumadattiś ca vīryavān
etais tvaṃ sahitaḥ sarvair jaya kṛtsnāṃ vasuṃdharām
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| 12 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 12 | tvayā ca sahito rājann etaiś cānyair mahārathaiḥ
etān eva vijeṣyāmi yadi tvam anumanyase
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| 13 | eteṣu vijiteṣv adya bhaviṣyati mahī mama
sarve ca pṛthivīpālāḥ sabhā sā ca mahādhanā
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| 14 | śakunir uvāca
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| 14 | dhanaṃjayo vāsudevo bhīmaseno yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca drupadaś ca sahātmajaiḥ
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| 15 | naite yudhi balāj jetuṃ śakyāḥ suragaṇair api
mahārathā maheṣvāsāḥ kṛtāstrā yuddhadurmadāḥ
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| 16 | ahaṃ tu tad vijānāmi vijetuṃ yena śakyate
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ svayaṃ rājaṃs tan nibodha juṣasva ca
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| 17 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 17 | apramādena suhṛdām anyeṣāṃ ca mahātmanām
yadi śakyā vijetuṃ te tan mamācakṣva mātula
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| 18 | śakunir uvāca
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| 18 | dyūtapriyaś ca kaunteyo na ca jānāti devitum
samāhūtaś ca rājendro na śakṣyati nivartitum
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| 19 | devane kuśalaś cāhaṃ na me 'sti sadṛśo bhuvi
triṣu lokeṣu kaunteyaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dyūte samāhvaya
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| 20 | tasyākṣakuśalo rājann ādāsye 'ham asaṃśayam
rājyaṃ śriyaṃ ca tāṃ dīptāṃ tvadarthaṃ puruṣarṣabha
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| 21 | idaṃ tu sarvaṃ tvaṃ rājñe duryodhana nivedaya
anujñātas tu te pitrā vijeṣye taṃ na saṃśayaḥ
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| 22 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 22 | tvam eva kurumukhyāya dhṛtarāṣṭrāya saubala
nivedaya yathānyāyaṃ nāhaṃ śakṣye niśaṃsitum
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