Karna Greets the Humbled Duryodhana

Verse 1 (3.248.1)

शत्रुभिर्जितबद्धस्य पाण्डवैश्च महात्मभिः । मोक्षितस्य युधा पश्चान्मानिनः सुदुरात्मनः ॥

śatrubhirjitabaddhasya pāṇḍavaiśca mahātmabhiḥ | mokṣitasya yudhā paścānmāninaḥ sudurātmanaḥ

Defeated and bound by his enemies, and then freed through battle by the great-souled Pandavas, that proud and utterly wicked man,

Note on the text: Corrected बद्धस् → बद्धस्य (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition jitabaddhasya).

Verse 2 (3.248.2)

कत्थनस्यावलिप्तस्य गर्वितस्य च नित्यशः । सदा च पौरुषौदार्यैः पाण्डवानवमन्यतः ॥

katthanasyāvaliptasya garvitasya ca nityaśaḥ | sadā ca pauruṣaudāryaiḥ pāṇḍavānavamanyataḥ

boastful, insolent, forever puffed up with pride, who always looked down on the Pandavas for all their valour and generosity —

Note on the text: Corrected गर्वितस् → गर्वितस्य (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition garvitasya).

Verse 3 (3.248.3)

दुर्योधनस्य पापस्य नित्याहंकारवादिनः । प्रवेशो हास्तिनपुरे दुष्करः प्रतिभाति मे ॥

duryodhanasya pāpasya nityāhaṃkāravādinaḥ | praveśo hāstinapure duṣkaraḥ pratibhāti me

for such a man, the sinful Duryodhana, always talking in his conceit, to enter Hastinapura seems to me a hard thing.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्योधनस् → दुर्योधनस्य (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition duryodhanasya).

Verse 4 (3.248.4)

तस्य लज्जान्वितस्यैव शोकव्याकुलचेतसः । प्रवेशं विस्तरेण त्वं वैशंपायन कीर्तय ॥

tasya lajjānvitasyaiva śokavyākulacetasaḥ | praveśaṃ vistareṇa tvaṃ vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya

Tell me in detail, Vaishampayana, how he entered the city, full of shame as he was, his mind distraught with grief.

Note on the text: Corrected लज्जानवितस्य → लज्जान्वितस्य (broken conjunct) and रत्वं → त्वं (stray र) (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition lajjānvitasya, tvaṃ).

Verse 5 (3.248.5)

धर्मराजनिसृष्टस्तु धार्तराष्ट्रः सुयोधनः । लज्जयाऽधोमुखः सीदन्नुपासर्पत्सुदुःखितः ॥

dharmarājanisṛṣṭastu dhārtarāṣṭraḥ suyodhanaḥ | lajjayā'dhomukhaḥ sīdannupāsarpatsuduḥkhitaḥ

Dismissed by the King of Dharma, Dhritarashtra's son Suyodhana, his face bowed with shame, sinking in spirit and utterly wretched, went away.

Note on the text: Corrected निसृष्स्तु → निसृष्टस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, critical edition nisṛṣṭas tu).

Verse 6 (3.248.6)

स्वपुरं प्रययौ राजा चतुरङ्गबलानुगः । शोकोपहतया बुद्ध्या चिन्तयानः पराभवम् ॥

svapuraṃ prayayau rājā caturaṅgabalānugaḥ | śokopahatayā buddhyā cintayānaḥ parābhavam

The king set out for his own city followed by his fourfold army, brooding on his defeat with a mind stricken by grief.

Note on the text: Corrected शोकोदहतया → शोकोपहतया (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition śokopahatayā).

Verse 7 (3.248.7)

विमुच्य पथि यानानि देशे सुयवसोदके । सन्निविष्टः शुभे रम्ये भूमिभागे यथेप्सितम् । हस्त्यश्वरथपादातं यथास्थानं न्यवेशयत् ॥

vimucya pathi yānāni deśe suyavasodake | sanniviṣṭaḥ śubhe ramye bhūmibhāge yathepsitam | hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ yathāsthānaṃ nyaveśayat

On the way he unyoked the vehicles at a place with good grass and water, encamped as he pleased on a pleasant and lovely stretch of ground, and set his elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers each in its proper place.

Verse 8 (3.248.8)

अथोपविष्टं राजानं पर्यङ्के ज्वलनप्रभे । उपप्लुतं यथा सोमं राहुणा रात्रिसंक्षये । उपागम्याब्रवीत्कर्णो दुर्योधनमिदं तदा ॥

athopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ paryaṅke jvalanaprabhe | upaplutaṃ yathā somaṃ rāhuṇā rātrisaṃkṣaye | upāgamyābravītkarṇo duryodhanamidaṃ tadā

As the king sat on a couch bright as fire, like the moon eclipsed by Rahu at the close of night, Karna came up to Duryodhana and said this:

Verse 9 (3.248.9)

दिष्ट्या जीवसि गान्धारे दिष्ट्या नः संगमः पुनः । दिष्ट्या त्वया जिताश्चैव गन्धर्वाः कामरूपिणः ॥

diṣṭyā jīvasi gāndhāre diṣṭyā naḥ saṃgamaḥ punaḥ | diṣṭyā tvayā jitāścaiva gandharvāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ

By good fortune you are alive, son of Gandhari; by good fortune we meet again; by good fortune you have defeated the gandharvas who take any form at will.

Note on the text: Corrected दिष्ठ्या → दिष्ट्या (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition diṣṭyā). Speaker set to Karna: the previous verse introduces his words and no heading is printed (verses 9–13).

Verse 10 (3.248.10)

दिष्ट्या समग्रान्पश्यामि भ्रातॄंस्ते कुरुनन्दन । विजिगीषून्रणे युक्तान्निर्जितारीन्महारथान् ॥

diṣṭyā samagrānpaśyāmi bhrātṝṃste kurunandana | vijigīṣūnraṇe yuktānnirjitārīnmahārathān

By good fortune I see all your brothers, joy of the Kurus, great chariot-warriors eager for victory, who fought in the battle and have vanquished their foes.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातॄस्ते → भ्रातॄंस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, critical edition bhrātṝṃs te).

Verse 11 (3.248.11)

अहं त्वभिद्रुतः सर्वैर्गन्धर्वैः पश्यतस्तव । नाशक्नुवं स्थापयितुं दीर्यमाणां च वाहिनीम् । शरक्षताङ्गश्च भृशं व्यपयातोऽभिपीडितः ॥

ahaṃ tvabhidrutaḥ sarvairgandharvaiḥ paśyatastava | nāśaknuvaṃ sthāpayituṃ dīryamāṇāṃ ca vāhinīm | śarakṣatāṅgaśca bhṛśaṃ vyapayāto'bhipīḍitaḥ

As for me, set upon by all the gandharvas while you looked on, I could not hold together our army as it broke apart; my body wounded by arrows and hard pressed, I withdrew.

Note on the text: Corrected पश्यतस्व → पश्यतस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, critical edition paśyatas tava). Spans the critical edition 3.236.11 and 3.236.12ab (Wikisource prints three lines); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 12 (3.248.12)

इदं त्वत्यद्भुतं मन्ये यद्युष्मानिह भारत । अरिष्टानक्षतांश्चापि सदारबलवाहनान् । विमुक्तान्संप्रपश्यामि युद्धात्तस्मादमानुषात् ॥

idaṃ tvatyadbhutaṃ manye yadyuṣmāniha bhārata | ariṣṭānakṣatāṃścāpi sadārabalavāhanān | vimuktānsaṃprapaśyāmi yuddhāttasmādamānuṣāt

But I think it a great wonder, Bharata, that I see you all here unhurt and unwounded, with your wives, troops and vehicles, freed from that superhuman battle.

Note on the text: Corrected अक्षसान् → अक्षतान् (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition akṣatān). Spans the critical edition 3.236.12cd and 3.236.13; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 13 (3.248.13)

नैतस्य कर्ता लोकेऽस्मिन्पुमान्विद्येत भारत । यत्कृतं ते महाराज सह भ्रातृभिराहवे ॥

naitasya kartā loke'sminpumānvidyeta bhārata | yatkṛtaṃ te mahārāja saha bhrātṛbhirāhave

There is no man in this world, Bharata, who could do what you have done in battle with your brothers, great king.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्यति → विद्येत (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid form, critical edition vidyeta).

Verse 14 (3.248.14)

एवमुक्तस्तु कर्णेन राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा । उवाचावाक्शिरा राजन्बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥

evamuktastu karṇena rājā duryodhanastadā | uvācāvākśirā rājanbāṣpagadgadayā girā

Addressed thus by Karna, King Duryodhana then spoke, O king, with head bowed and in a voice choked with tears.

Note on the text: Dropped a stray third line, "राजानं मोचयामासुर्बद्धं निगडबन्धनैः", which Wikisource prints here under the id 3-247-15b: it is a copy of the second line of adhyaya 247 verse 15 (critical edition apparatus 3.235.17d*1133 line 4) and has no place in this verse. The verse itself matches CE 3.236.15, the last verse of that adhyaya. Speaker set back to Vaishampayana, who resumes the narration. The Wikisource page ends here without its closing colophon; the critical edition's adhyaya also ends at this verse, so no text is missing.