 | Book 7 Chapter 119
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | ajito droṇarādheyavikarṇakṛtavarmabhiḥ
tīrṇaḥ sainyārṇavaṃ vīraḥ pratiśrutya yudhiṣṭhire
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| 2 | sa kathaṃ kauraveyeṇa samareṣv anivāritaḥ
nigṛhya bhūriśravasā balād bhuvi nipātitaḥ
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| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 3 | śṛṇu rājann ihotpattiṃ śaineyasya yathā purā
yathā ca bhūriśravaso yatra te saṃśayo nṛpa
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| 4 | atreḥ putro 'bhavat somaḥ somasya tu budhaḥ smṛtaḥ
budhasyāsīn mahendrābhaḥ putra ekaḥ purūravāḥ
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| 5 | purūravasa āyus tu āyuṣo nahuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
nahuṣasya yayātis tu rājarṣir devasaṃmitaḥ
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| 6 | yayāter devayānyāṃ tu yadur jyeṣṭho 'bhavat sutaḥ
yador abhūd anvavāye devamīḍha iti śrutaḥ
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| 7 | yādavas tasya ca sutaḥ śūras trailokyasaṃmataḥ
śūrasya śaurir nṛvaro vasudevo mahāyaśāḥ
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| 8 | dhanuṣy anavaraḥ śūraḥ kārtavīryasamo yudhi
tadvīryaś cāpi tatraiva kule śinir abhūn nṛpaḥ
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| 9 | etasminn eva kāle tu devakasya mahātmanaḥ
duhituḥ svayaṃvare rājan sarvakṣatrasamāgame
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| 10 | tatra vai devakīṃ devīṃ vasudevārtham āptavān
nirjitya pārthivān sarvān ratham āropayac chiniḥ
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| 11 | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā devakīṃ śaure rathasthāṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
nāmṛṣyata mahātejāḥ somadattaḥ śiner nṛpa
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| 12 | tayor yuddham abhūd rājan dinārdhaṃ citram adbhutam
bāhuyuddhaṃ subalinoḥ śakraprahrādayor iva
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| 13 | śininā somadattas tu prasahya bhuvi pātitaḥ
asim udyamya keśeṣu pragṛhya ca padā hataḥ
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| 14 | madhye rājasahasrāṇāṃ prekṣakāṇāṃ samantataḥ
kṛpayā ca punas tena jīveti sa visarjitaḥ
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| 15 | tadavasthaḥ kṛtas tena somadatto 'tha māriṣa
prasādayan mahādevam amarṣavaśam āsthitaḥ
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| 16 | tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo varāṇāṃ varadaḥ prabhuḥ
vareṇa chandayām āsa sa tu vavre varaṃ nṛpaḥ
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| 17 | putram icchāmi bhagavan yo nihanyāc chineḥ sutam
madhye rājasahasrāṇāṃ padā hanyāc ca saṃyuge
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| 18 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā somadattasya pārthiva
evam astv iti tatroktvā sa devo 'ntaradhīyata
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| 19 | sa tena varadānena labdhavān bhūridakṣiṇam
nyapātayac ca samare saumadattiḥ śineḥ sutam
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| 20 | etat te kathitaṃ rājan yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
na hi śakyā raṇe jetuṃ sātvatā manujarṣabha
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| 21 | labdhalakṣyāś ca saṃgrāme bahavaś citrayodhinaḥ
devadānavagandharvān vijetāro hy avismitāḥ
svavīryavijaye yuktā naite paraparigrahāḥ
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| 22 | na tulyaṃ vṛṣṇibhir iha dṛśyate kiṃ cana prabho
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyac ca balena bharatarṣabha
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| 23 | na jñātim avamanyante vṛddhānāṃ śāsane ratāḥ
na devāsuragandharvā na yakṣoragarākṣasāḥ
jetāro vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ na punar mānuṣā raṇe
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| 24 | brahmadravye gurudravye jñātidravye 'py ahiṃsakāḥ
eteṣāṃ rakṣitāraś ca ye syuḥ kasyāṃ cid āpadi
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| 25 | arthavanto na cotsiktā brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ
samarthān nāvamanyante dīnān abhyuddharanti ca
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| 26 | nityaṃ devaparā dāntā dātāraś cāvikatthanāḥ
tena vṛṣṇipravīrāṇāṃ cakraṃ na pratihanyate
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| 27 | api meruṃ vahet kaś cit tared vā makarālayam
na tu vṛṣṇipravīrāṇāṃ sametyāntaṃ vrajen nṛpa
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| 28 | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yatra te saṃśayo vibho
kururāja naraśreṣṭha tava hy apanayo mahān
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