 | Book 5 Chapter 194
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ punar eva sutas tava
madhye sarvasya sainyasya pitāmaham apṛcchata
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| 2 | pāṇḍaveyasya gāṅgeya yad etat sainyam uttamam
prabhūtanaranāgāśvaṃ mahārathasamākulam
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| 3 | bhīmārjunaprabhṛtibhir maheṣvāsair mahābalaiḥ
lokapālopamair guptaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamaiḥ
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| 4 | apradhṛṣyam anāvāryam udvṛttam iva sāgaram
senāsāgaram akṣobhyam api devair mahāhave
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| 5 | kena kālena gāṅgeya kṣapayethā mahādyute
ācāryo vā maheṣvāsaḥ kṛpo vā sumahābalaḥ
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| 6 | karṇo vā samaraślāghī drauṇir vā dvijasattamaḥ
divyāstraviduṣaḥ sarve bhavanto hi bale mama
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| 7 | etad icchāmy ahaṃ jñātuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
hṛdi nityaṃ mahābāho vaktum arhasi tan mama
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| 8 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 8 | anurūpaṃ kuruśreṣṭha tvayy etat pṛthivīpate
balābalam amitrāṇāṃ sveṣāṃ ca yadi pṛcchasi
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| 9 | śṛṇu rājan mama raṇe yā śaktiḥ paramā bhavet
astravīryaṃ raṇe yac ca bhujayoś ca mahābhuja
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| 10 | ārjavenaiva yuddhena yoddhavya itaro janaḥ
māyāyuddhena māyāvī ity etad dharmaniścayaḥ
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| 11 | hanyām ahaṃ mahābāho pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm
divase divase kṛtvā bhāgaṃ prāgāhnikaṃ mama
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| 12 | yodhānāṃ daśasāhasraṃ kṛtvā bhāgaṃ mahādyute
sahasraṃ rathinām ekam eṣa bhāgo mato mama
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| 13 | anenāhaṃ vidhānena saṃnaddhaḥ satatotthitaḥ
kṣapayeyaṃ mahat sainyaṃ kālenānena bhārata
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| 14 | yadi tv astrāṇi muñceyaṃ mahānti samare sthitaḥ
śatasāhasraghātīni hanyāṃ māsena bhārata
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| 15 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 15 | śrutvā bhīṣmasya tad vākyaṃ rājā duryodhanas tadā
paryapṛcchata rājendra droṇam aṅgirasāṃ varam
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| 16 | ācārya kena kālena pāṇḍuputrasya sainikān
nihanyā iti taṃ droṇaḥ pratyuvāca hasann iva
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| 17 | sthaviro 'smi kuruśreṣṭha mandaprāṇaviceṣṭitaḥ
astrāgninā nirdaheyaṃ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm
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| 18 | yathā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo māseneti matir mama
eṣā me paramā śaktir etan me paramaṃ balam
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| 19 | dvābhyām eva tu māsābhyāṃ kṛpaḥ śāradvato 'bravīt
drauṇis tu daśarātreṇa pratijajñe balakṣayam
karṇas tu pañcarātreṇa pratijajñe mahāstravit
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| 20 | tac chrutvā sūtaputrasya vākyaṃ sāgaragāsutaḥ
jahāsa sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha
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| 21 | na hi tāvad raṇe pārthaṃ bāṇakhaḍgadhanurdharam
vāsudevasamāyuktaṃ rathenodyantam acyutam
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| 22 | samāgacchasi rādheya tenaivam abhimanyase
śakyam evaṃ ca bhūyaś ca tvayā vaktuṃ yatheṣṭataḥ
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