 | Book 7 Chapter 129
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | yat tadā prāviśat pāṇḍūn ācāryaḥ kupito vaśī
uktvā duryodhanaṃ samyaṅ mama śāstrātigaṃ sutam
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| 2 | praviśya vicarantaṃ ca raṇe śūram avasthitam
kathaṃ droṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ paryavārayan
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| 3 | ke 'rakṣan dakṣiṇaṃ cakram ācāryasya mahātmanaḥ
ke cottaram arakṣanta nighnataḥ śātravān raṇe
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| 4 | nṛtyan sa rathamārgeṣu sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
dhūmaketur iva kruddhaḥ kathaṃ mṛtyum upeyivān
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| 5 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 5 | sāyāhne saindhavaṃ hatvā rājñā pārthaḥ sametya ca
sātyakiś ca maheṣvāso droṇam evābhyadhāvatām
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| 6 | tathā yudhiṣṭhiras tūrṇaṃ bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
pṛthak camūbhyāṃ saṃsaktau droṇam evābhyadhāvatām
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| 7 | tathaiva nakulo dhīmān sahadevaś ca durjayaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śatānīko virāṭaś ca sakekayaḥ
matsyāḥ śālveyasenāś ca droṇam eva yayur yudhi
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| 8 | drupadaś ca tathā rājā pāñcālair abhirakṣitaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnapitā rājan droṇam evābhyavartata
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| 9 | draupadeyā maheṣvāsā rākṣasaś ca ghaṭotkacaḥ
sasenās te 'bhyavartanta droṇam eva mahādyutim
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| 10 | prabhadrakāś ca pāñcālāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
droṇam evābhyavartanta puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam
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| 11 | tathetare naravyāghrāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ
sahitāḥ saṃnyavartanta droṇam eva dvijarṣabham
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| 12 | teṣu śūreṣu yuddhāya gateṣu bharatarṣabha
babhūva rajanī ghorā bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinī
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| 13 | yodhānām aśivā raudrā rājann antakagāminī
kuñjarāśvamanuṣyāṇāṃ prāṇāntakaraṇī tadā
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| 14 | tasyāṃ rajanyāṃ ghorāyāṃ nadantyaḥ sarvataḥ śivāḥ
nyavedayan bhayaṃ ghoraṃ sajvālakavalair mukhaiḥ
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| 15 | ulūkāś cāpy adṛśyanta śaṃsanto vipulaṃ bhayam
viśeṣataḥ kauravāṇāṃ dhvajinyām atidāruṇam
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| 16 | tataḥ sainyeṣu rājendra śabdaḥ samabhavan mahān
bherīśabdena mahatā mṛdaṅgānāṃ svanena ca
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| 17 | gajānāṃ garjitaiś cāpi turaṅgāṇāṃ ca heṣitaiḥ
khuraśabdanipātaiś ca tumulaḥ sarvato 'bhavat
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| 18 | tataḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ saṃdhyāyām atidāruṇam
droṇasya ca mahārāja sṛñjayānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 19 | tamasā cāvṛte loke na prājñāyata kiṃ cana
sainyena rajasā caiva samantād utthitena ha
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| 20 | narasyāśvasya nāgasya samasajjata śoṇitam
nāpaśyāma rajo bhaumaṃ kaśmalenābhisaṃvṛtāḥ
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| 21 | rātrau vaṃśavanasyeva dahyamānasya parvate
ghoraś caṭacaṭāśabdaḥ śastrāṇāṃ patatām abhūt
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| 22 | naiva sve na pare rājan prājñāyanta tamovṛte
unmattam iva tat sarvaṃ babhūva rajanīmukhe
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| 23 | bhaumaṃ rajo 'tha rājendra śoṇitena praśāmitam
śātakaumbhaiś ca kavacair bhūṣaṇaiś ca tamo 'bhyagāt
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| 24 | tataḥ sā bhāratī senā maṇihemavibhūṣitā
dyaur ivāsīt sanakṣatrā rajanyāṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 25 | gomāyubaḍasaṃghuṣṭā śaktidhvajasamākulā
dāruṇābhirutā ghorā kṣveḍitotkruṣṭanāditā
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| 26 | tato 'bhavan mahāśabdas tumulo lomaharṣaṇaḥ
samāvṛṇvan diśaḥ sarvā mahendrāśaninisvanaḥ
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| 27 | sā niśīthe mahārāja senādṛśyata bhāratī
aṅgadaiḥ kuṇḍalair niṣkaiḥ śastraiś caivāvabhāsitā
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| 28 | tatra nāgā rathāś caiva jāmbūnadavibhūṣitāḥ
niśāyāṃ pratyadṛśyanta meghā iva savidyutaḥ
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| 29 | ṛṣṭiśaktigadābāṇamusalaprāsapaṭṭiśāḥ
saṃpatanto vyadṛśyanta bhrājamānā ivāgnayaḥ
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| 30 | duryodhanapurovātāṃ rathanāgabalāhakām
vāditraghoṣastanitāṃ cāpavidyuddhvajair vṛtām
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| 31 | droṇapāṇḍavaparjanyāṃ khaḍgaśaktigadāśanim
śaradhārāstrapavanāṃ bhṛśaṃ śītoṣṇasaṃkulām
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| 32 | ghorāṃ vismāpanīm ugrāṃ jīvitacchidam aplavām
tāṃ prāviśann atibhayāṃ senāṃ yuddhacikīrṣavaḥ
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| 33 | tasmin rātrimukhe ghore mahāśabdaninādite
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajanane śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhane
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| 34 | rātriyuddhe tadā ghore vartamāne sudāruṇe
droṇam abhyadravan kruddhāḥ sahitāḥ pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ
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| 35 | ye ye pramukhato rājan nyavartanta mahātmanaḥ
tān sarvān vimukhāṃś cakre kāṃś cin ninye yamakṣayam
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