 | Book 16 Chapter 1 |
| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
| 1 | ṣaṭtriṃśe tv atha saṃprāpte varṣe kauravanandanaḥ
dadarśa viparītāni nimittāni yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
| 2 | vavur vātāḥ sanirghātā rūkṣāḥ śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ
apasavyāni śakunā maṇḍalāni pracakrire |
| 3 | pratyagūhur mahānadyo diśo nīhārasaṃvṛtāḥ
ulkāś cāṅgāravarṣiṇyaḥ prapetur gaganād bhuvi |
| 4 | ādityo rajasā rājan samavacchannamaṇḍalaḥ
viraśmir udaye nityaṃ kabandhaiḥ samadṛśyata |
| 5 | pariveṣāś ca dṛśyante dāruṇāḥ candrasūryayoḥ
trivarṇāḥ śyāmarūkṣāntās tathā bhasmāruṇaprabhāḥ |
| 6 | ete cānye ca bahava utpātā bhayaśaṃsinaḥ
dṛśyante 'har aho rājan hṛdayodvegakārakāḥ |
| 7 | kasya cit tv atha kālasya kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
śuśrāva vṛṣṇicakrasya mausale kadanaṃ kṛtam |
| 8 | vimuktaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca śrutvā rāmaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ
samānīyābravīd bhrātṝn kiṃ kariṣyāma ity uta |
| 9 | parasparaṃ samāsādya brahmadaṇḍabalātkṛtān
vṛṣṇīn vinaṣṭāṃs te śrutvā vyathitāḥ pāṇḍavābhavan |
| 10 | nidhanaṃ vāsudevasya samudrasyeva śoṣaṇam
vīrā na śraddadhus tasya vināśaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ |
| 11 | mausalaṃ te pariśrutya duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ
viṣaṇṇā hatasaṃkalpāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samupāviśan |