abhajyata balaṃ tatra tava putrasya pāṇḍavaiḥ
putras te yodhayām āsa pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm
saṃnivṛtteṣu teṣv evaṃ yuddham āsīt sudāruṇam
pareṣāṃ tava sainye ca nāsīt kaś cit parāṅmukhaḥ
teṣāṃ kṣayo mahān āsīd yudhyatām itaretaram
jigīṣamāṇaḥ saṃgrāme dhārtarāṣṭrān sarājakān
caturbhir nijaghānāśvān kalyāṇān kṛtavarmaṇaḥ
atha śāradvato 'ṣṭābhiḥ pratyavidhyad yudhiṣṭhiram
preṣayad yatra rājāsau dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
abhyadravanta saṃgrāme kaunteyasya rathaṃ prati
adṛśyaṃ sāyakaiś cakrur meghā iva divākaram
rathair agryajavair yuktaiḥ kiṅkiṇījālasaṃvṛtaiḥ
ājagmur abhirakṣantaḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
pāṇḍavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ
pāṇḍavāḥ saha pāñcālaiḥ punar evābhyavārayan
na ca nas tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ naiva cāpi pariśrutam
vadhyamāneṣu yodheṣu tāvakeṣv itareṣu ca
utkṛṣṭaiḥ siṃhanādaiś ca garjitena ca dhanvinām
dhāvamāneṣu yodheṣu jayagṛddhiṣu māriṣa
bahvīnām uttamastrīṇāṃ sīmantoddharaṇe tathā
prādurāsan vināśāya tadotpātāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
cacāla śabdaṃ kurvāṇā saparvatavanā mahī
ulkāḥ petur divo bhūmāv āhatya ravimaṇḍalam
aśrūṇi mumucur nāgā vepathuś cāspṛśad bhṛśam
punar yuddhāya saṃmantrya kṣatriyās tasthur avyathāḥ
ramaṇīye kurukṣetre puṇye svargaṃ yiyāsavaḥ
yudhyadhvam agrato yāvat pṛṣṭhato hanmi pāṇḍavān
hṛṣṭāḥ kilakilāśabdam akurvantāpare tathā
śarāsanāni dhunvantaḥ śaravarṣair avākiran
duryodhanabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā punar āsīt parāṅmukham
nivartadhvam adharmajñā yudhyadhvaṃ kiṃ sṛtena vaḥ
āsīd gāndhārarājasya vimalaprāsayodhinām
pṛṣṭhataḥ pāṇḍavānīkam abhyaghnan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
abhajyata mahārāja pāṇḍūnāṃ sumahad balam
abhyacodayad avyagraḥ sahadevaṃ mahābalam
senāṃ nisūdayanty eṣa paśya pāṇḍava durmatim
rathānīkam ahaṃ rakṣye pāñcālasahito 'nagha
pādātāś ca trisāhasrāḥ śakuniṃ saubalaṃ jahi
pañca cāśvasahasrāṇi sahadevaś ca vīryavān
raṇe hy abhyadravaṃs te tu śakuniṃ yuddhadurmadam
jaghāna pṛṣṭhataḥ senāṃ jayagṛdhraḥ pratāpavān
prāviśan saubalānīkam abhyatikramya tān rathān
gajamadhye 'vatiṣṭhantaḥ śaravarṣair avākiran
prāvartata mahad yuddhaṃ rājan durmantrite tava
na hi sveṣāṃ pareṣāṃ vā viśeṣaḥ pratyadṛśyata
jyotiṣām iva saṃpātam apaśyan kurupāṇḍavāḥ
saṃpatantībhir ākāśam āvṛtaṃ bahv aśobhata
śalabhānām ivākāśe tadā bharatasattama
hayāḥ paripatanti sma śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
avikṣatāḥ sma dṛśyante vamanto rudhiraṃ mukhaiḥ
tān apākramato 'drākṣaṃ tasmād deśād ariṃdamān
aśvān rājan manuṣyāṃś ca rajasā saṃvṛte sati
keśākeśisamālagnā na śekuś ceṣṭituṃ janāḥ
mallā iva samāsādya nijaghnur itaretaram
aśvaiś ca vyapakṛṣyanta bahavo 'tra gatāsavaḥ
tatra tatra vyadṛśyanta puruṣāḥ śūramāninaḥ
vyadṛśyata mahī kīrṇā śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
sāśvārohair hatair aśvair āvṛte vasudhātale
nānāpraharaṇair ghoraiḥ parasparavadhaiṣibhiḥ
susaṃnikṛṣṭaiḥ saṃgrāme hatabhūyiṣṭhasainikaiḥ
ṣaṭsahasrair hayaiḥ śiṣṭair apāyāc chakunis tataḥ
ṣaṭsahasrair hayaiḥ śiṣṭair apāyāc chrāntavāhanam
susaṃnikṛṣṭāḥ saṃgrāme bhūyiṣṭhaṃ tyaktajīvitāḥ
rathān eva rathā yāntu kuñjarāḥ kuñjarān api
na punaḥ saubalo rājā yuddham abhyāgamiṣyati
prayayur yatra pāñcālyo dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ
ekākī prayayau tatra yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
pārśvato 'bhyahanat kruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnasya vāhinīm
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca parasparavadhaiṣiṇām
yodhāḥ paryapatan rājañ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
prādurāsīn mahāśabdas tālānāṃ patatām iva
sāyudhānāṃ ca bāhūnām urūṇāṃ ca viśāṃ pate
āsīt kaṭakaṭāśabdaḥ sumahān romaharṣaṇaḥ
yodhāḥ paripatanti sma yathāmiṣakṛte khagāḥ
ahaṃ pūrvam ahaṃ pūrvam iti nyaghnan sahasraśaḥ
hayāḥ paripatanti sma śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
stanatāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ saṃnaddhānāṃ viśāṃ pate
bhindatāṃ paramarmāṇi rājan durmantrite tava
vikṣatāś ca śitaiḥ śastrair abhyavartanta tāvakāḥ
jaghnuḥ parān svakāṃś caiva prāptān prāptān anantarān
bhūmāv abhyapatan rājañ śaravṛṣṭibhir āvṛtāḥ
āsīd balakṣayo ghoras tava putrasya paśyataḥ
rudhirodakacitrā ca bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinī
tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva nābhyavartanta bhārata
yodhāḥ paripatanti sma vamanto rudhiraṃ vraṇaiḥ
udyamya niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ rudhireṇa samukṣitam
tathā rudhiragandhena yodhāḥ kaśmalam āviśan
alpāvaśiṣṭais turagair abhyavartata saubalaḥ
padātayaś ca nāgāś ca sādinaś codyatāyudhāḥ
śastrair nānāvidhair jaghnur yuddhapāraṃ titīrṣavaḥ
sāśvapattidviparathāḥ pāṇḍavān abhidudruvuḥ
nijaghnuḥ samare śūrāḥ kṣīṇaśastrās tato 'patan
vimānebhya iva bhraṣṭāḥ siddhāḥ puṇyakṣayād yathā
pitṝn bhrātṝn vayasyāṃś ca putrān api tathāpare
prāsāsibāṇakalile vartamāne sudāruṇe