The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.95: pañcanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

1.95.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
tato vivāhe nirvṛtte sa rājā śaṃtanurnṛpaḥ |
tāṃ kanyāṃ rūpasaṃpannāṃ svagṛhe saṃnyaveśayat || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'O monarch, after the nuptials were over, king Santanu established his beautiful bride in his household. Soon after was born of Satyavati an intelligent and heroic son of Santanu named Chitrangada. He was endued with great energy and became an eminent man. The lord Santanu of great prowess also begat upon Satyavati another son named Vichitravirya, who became a mighty bowman and who became king after his father. And before that bull among men, viz., Vichitravirya, attained to majority, the wise king Santanu realised the inevitable influence of Time. And after Santanu had ascended to heaven. Bhishma, placing himself under the command of Satyavati, installed that suppressor of foes, viz., Chitrangada, on the throne, who, having soon vanquished by his prowess all monarchs, considered not any man as his equal. And beholding that he could vanquish men, Asuras, and the very gods, his namesake, the powerful king of the Gandharvas, approached him for an encounter. Between that Gandharva and that foremost one of the Kurus, who were both very powerful, there occurred on the field of Kurukshetra a fierce combat which lasted full three years on the banks of the Saraswati. In that terrible encounter characterised by thick showers of weapons and in which the combatants ground each other fiercely, the Gandharva, who had greater prowess or strategic deception, slew the Kuru prince. Having slain Chitrangada--that first of men and oppressor of foes--the Gandharva ascended to heaven. When that tiger among men endued with great prowess was slain, Bhishma, the son of Santanu, performed, O king, all his obsequies. He then installed the boy Vichitravirya of mighty arms, still in his minority, on the throne of the Kurus. And Vichitravirya, placing himself under the command of Bhishma, ruled the ancestral kingdom. And he adored Santanu's son Bhishma who was conversant with all the rules of religion and law; so, indeed, Bhishma also protected him that was so obedient to the dictates of duty.'"

1.95.2

tataḥ śāṃtanavo dhīmānsatyavatyāmajāyata |
vīraścitrāṅgado nāma vīryeṇa manujānati || 2 ||

1.95.3

athāparaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ satyavatyāṃ punaḥ prabhuḥ |
vicitravīryaṃ rājānaṃ janayāmāsa vīryavān || 3 ||

1.95.4

aprāptavati tasmiṃśca yauvanaṃ bharatarṣabha |
sa rājā śaṃtanurdhīmānkāladharmamupeyivān || 4 ||

1.95.5

svargate śaṃtanau bhīṣmaścitrāṅgadamariṃdamam |
sthāpayāmāsa vai rājye satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ || 5 ||

1.95.6

sa tu citrāṅgadaḥ śauryātsarvāṃścikṣepa pārthivān |
manuṣyaṃ na hi mene sa kaṃcitsadṛśamātmanaḥ || 6 ||

1.95.7

taṃ kṣipantaṃ surāṃścaiva manuṣyānasurāṃstathā |
gandharvarājo balavāṃstulyanāmābhyayāttadā |
tenāsya sumahadyuddhaṃ kurukṣetre babhūva ha || 7 ||

1.95.8

tayorbalavatostatra gandharvakurumukhyayoḥ |
nadyāstīre hiraṇvatyāḥ samāstisro'bhavadraṇaḥ || 8 ||

1.95.9

tasminvimarde tumule śastravṛṣṭisamākule |
māyādhiko'vadhīdvīraṃ gandharvaḥ kurusattamam || 9 ||

1.95.10

citrāṅgadaṃ kuruśreṣṭhaṃ vicitraśarakārmukam |
antāya kṛtvā gandharvo divamācakrame tataḥ || 10 ||

1.95.11

tasminnṛpatiśārdūle nihate bhūrivarcasi |
bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo rājanpretakāryāṇyakārayat || 11 ||

1.95.12

vicitravīryaṃ ca tadā bālamaprāptayauvanam |
kururājye mahābāhurabhyaṣiñcadanantaram || 12 ||

1.95.13

vicitravīryastu tadā bhīṣmasya vacane sthitaḥ |
anvaśāsanmahārāja pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam || 13 ||

1.95.14

sa dharmaśāstrakuśalo bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ nṛpaḥ |
pūjayāmāsa dharmeṇa sa cainaṃ pratyapālayat || 14 ||