Karna Is Called For After Bhishma's Fall

Verse 1 (7.1.1)

तमप्रतिमसत्वौजोबलवीर्यपराक्रमम् । हतं देवव्रतं श्रुत्वा पाञ्चाल्येन शिखण्डिना ॥

tamapratimasatvaujobalavīryaparākramam | hataṃ devavrataṃ śrutvā pāñcālyena śikhaṇḍinā

Hearing that Devavrata, whose courage, vigour, strength, heroism and prowess had no equal, had been slain by Shikhandin of Panchala,

Verse 2 (7.1.2)

धृतराष्ट्रस्ततो राजा शोकव्याकुललोचनः । किमचेष्टत विप्रर्षे हते पितरि वीर्यवान् ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrastato rājā śokavyākulalocanaḥ | kimaceṣṭata viprarṣe hate pitari vīryavān

what did King Dhritarashtra then do, O sage, his senses overwhelmed with grief, when his father had been killed — he who was himself so mighty?

Note on the text: Corrected शोकव्याकूललोचनः → शोकव्याकुललोचनः (misprint in Wikisource; व्याकूल with long ऊ is not a word; CE has व्याकुल).

Verse 3 (7.1.3)

तस्य पुत्रो हि भगवान्भीष्मद्रोणमुखै रथैः । पराजित्य महेष्वासान्पाण्डवान् राज्यमिच्छति ॥

tasya putro hi bhagavānbhīṣmadroṇamukhai rathaiḥ | parājitya maheṣvāsānpāṇḍavān rājyamicchati

His son, revered sage, wished to win the kingdom after defeating the Pandavas, those great archers, by means of the chariot-warriors led by Bhishma and Drona.

Verse 4 (7.1.4)

तस्मिन्हते तु भगवन्केतौ सर्वधनुष्मताम् । यदचेष्टत कौरव्यस्तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन ॥

tasminhate tu bhagavanketau sarvadhanuṣmatām | yadaceṣṭata kauravyastanme brūhi tapodhana

When that banner of all bowmen had fallen, O sage rich in austerity, tell me what the Kuru king did.

Verse 5 (7.1.5)

निहतं पितरं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपः । लेभे न शान्तिं कौरव्यश्चिन्ताशोकपरायणः ॥

nihataṃ pitaraṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipaḥ | lebhe na śāntiṃ kauravyaścintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ

Hearing that his father was slain, Dhritarashtra, lord of men, scion of Kuru, found no peace, consumed with worry and grief.

Verse 6 (7.1.6)

तस्य चिन्तयतो दुःखमनिशं पार्थिवस्य तत् । आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा पुनर्गावल्गणिस्तदा ॥

tasya cintayato duḥkhamaniśaṃ pārthivasya tat | ājagāma viśuddhātmā punargāvalgaṇistadā

As the king brooded endlessly over his sorrow, the pure-hearted son of Gavalgana (Sanjaya) came to him once more.

Verse 7 (7.1.7)

व्यासप्रसादाद्विज्ञाय सर्वं वृत्तान्तमुत्तमम् । सैनिकानां च सर्वेषां सेनयोरुभयोस्तदा ॥

vyāsaprasādādvijñāya sarvaṃ vṛttāntamuttamam | sainikānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ senayorubhayostadā

Having come to know, by Vyasa's grace, the whole of that supreme account of all the soldiers of both armies at that time —

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.1.6d*0006_01–02 (placed after 7.1.6).

Verse 8 (7.1.8)

शिबिरात्सञ्जयं प्राप्तं निशि नागाह्वयं पुरम् । आम्बिकेयो महाराज धृतराष्ट्रोऽन्वपृच्छत ॥

śibirātsañjayaṃ prāptaṃ niśi nāgāhvayaṃ puram | āmbikeyo mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro'nvapṛcchata

When Sanjaya reached the city called after the elephant (Hastinapura) from the camp by night, Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, questioned him, O great king.

Verse 9 (7.1.9)

श्रुत्वा भीष्मस्य निधनमप्रहृष्टमना भृशम् । पुत्राणां जयमाकाङ्क्षन्विललापातुरो यथा ॥

śrutvā bhīṣmasya nidhanamaprahṛṣṭamanā bhṛśam | putrāṇāṃ jayamākāṅkṣanvilalāpāturo yathā

Hearing of Bhishma's death, his mind exceedingly cheerless, longing for his sons' victory, he lamented like one in anguish.

Verse 10 (7.1.10)

संशोच्य तु महात्मानं भीष्मं भीमपराक्रमम् । किमकार्षुःपरं तात कुरवः कालचोदिताः ॥

saṃśocya tu mahātmānaṃ bhīṣmaṃ bhīmaparākramam | kimakārṣuḥparaṃ tāta kuravaḥ kālacoditāḥ

After mourning the great-souled Bhishma of terrible prowess, what did the Kurus do next, dear Sanjaya, driven on by Time?

Verse 11 (7.1.11)

तस्मिन्विनिहते शूरे दुराधर्षे महात्मनि । किं नु स्वित्कुरवोऽकार्षुर्निमग्नाः शोकसागरे ॥

tasminvinihate śūre durādharṣe mahātmani | kiṃ nu svitkuravo'kārṣurnimagnāḥ śokasāgare

When that hero, so hard to assail, that great soul, was slain, what did the Kurus do, sunk in an ocean of grief?

Verse 12 (7.1.12)

तदुदीर्णं महत्सैन्यं त्रैलोक्यस्यापि सञ्जय । भयमुत्पादयेत्तीव्रं पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥

tadudīrṇaṃ mahatsainyaṃ trailokyasyāpi sañjaya | bhayamutpādayettīvraṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām

That great and surging army of the high-souled Pandavas, Sanjaya, could strike sharp terror even into the three worlds.

Verse 13 (7.1.13)

को हि दौर्योधने सैन्ये पुमानासीन्महारथः । यं प्राप्य समरे वीरा न त्रस्यन्ति महाभये ॥

ko hi dauryodhane sainye pumānāsīnmahārathaḥ | yaṃ prāpya samare vīrā na trasyanti mahābhaye

What great chariot-warrior was there in Duryodhana's army, a man relying on whom the heroes are not afraid in battle even in the gravest danger?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text. Line 1 appears there as star passage 7.1.11d*0011_01; line 2 differs (CE *0011_02: "yaṃ prāpya sumahāyuddhe tan naḥ śaṃsa mahābhaye").

Verse 14 (7.1.14)

देवव्रते तु निहते कुरूणामृषभे तदा । किमकार्षुर्नृपतयस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

devavrate tu nihate kurūṇāmṛṣabhe tadā | kimakārṣurnṛpatayastanmamācakṣva sañjaya

When Devavrata, the bull of the Kurus, had fallen, tell me, Sanjaya, what the kings did then.

Verse 15 (7.1.15)

शृणु राजन्नेकमना वचनं ब्रुवतो मम । यत्ते पुत्रास्तदाकार्षुर्हते देवव्रते मृधे ॥

śṛṇu rājannekamanā vacanaṃ bruvato mama | yatte putrāstadākārṣurhate devavrate mṛdhe

Listen, O king, with undivided mind, as I tell you what your sons did when Devavrata was killed in the fight.

Verse 16 (7.1.16)

निहते तु तदा भीष्मे राजन्सत्यपराक्रमे । तावकाः पाण्डवेयाश्च प्राध्यायन्त पृथक्पृथक् ॥

nihate tu tadā bhīṣme rājansatyaparākrame | tāvakāḥ pāṇḍaveyāśca prādhyāyanta pṛthakpṛthak

When Bhishma of true prowess had fallen, O king, your men and the Pandavas each fell to brooding apart.

Verse 17 (7.1.17)

विस्मिताश्च प्रहृष्टाश्च क्षत्रधर्मं निशम्य ते । स्वधर्मं निन्दमानास्ते प्रणिपत्य महात्मने ॥

vismitāśca prahṛṣṭāśca kṣatradharmaṃ niśamya te | svadharmaṃ nindamānāste praṇipatya mahātmane

Struck with wonder and yet gladdened as they pondered the Kshatriya code, and reproaching their own duty, they bowed to the great-souled one,

Verse 18 (7.1.18)

शयनं कल्पयामासुर्भीष्मायामितकर्मणे । सोपधानं नरव्याघ्र शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

śayanaṃ kalpayāmāsurbhīṣmāyāmitakarmaṇe | sopadhānaṃ naravyāghra śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

and made for Bhishma of measureless deeds a bed, with a pillow, O tiger among men, of arrows with smoothly bent joints.

Verse 19 (7.1.19)

विधाय रक्षां भीष्माय समाभाष्य परस्परम् । अनुमान्य च गाङ्गेयं कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम् ॥

vidhāya rakṣāṃ bhīṣmāya samābhāṣya parasparam | anumānya ca gāṅgeyaṃ kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam

Having set a guard around Bhishma, spoken among themselves, taken leave of Gangeya and walked around him with their right sides toward him,

Verse 20 (7.1.20)

क्रोधसंरक्तनयनाः समवेत्य परस्परम् । पुनर्युद्धाय निर्जग्मुः क्षत्रियाः कालचोदिताः ॥

krodhasaṃraktanayanāḥ samavetya parasparam | punaryuddhāya nirjagmuḥ kṣatriyāḥ kālacoditāḥ

their eyes red with anger, the Kshatriyas, driven by Time, gathered together and marched out once more to fight.

Verse 21 (7.1.21)

ततस्तूर्यनिनादैश्च भेरीणां निनदेन च । तावकानामनीकानि परेषां च विनिर्ययुः ॥

tatastūryaninādaiśca bherīṇāṃ ninadena ca | tāvakānāmanīkāni pareṣāṃ ca viniryayuḥ

Then, with the blare of trumpets and the roar of kettledrums, the divisions of your side and of the enemy's set out.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.19 (similarity 0.865); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 22 (7.1.22)

व्यावृत्तेऽर्यम्णि राजेन्द्र पतिते जाह्नवीसुते । अमर्षवशमापन्नाः कालोपहतचेतसः ॥

vyāvṛtte'ryamṇi rājendra patite jāhnavīsute | amarṣavaśamāpannāḥ kālopahatacetasaḥ

With the sun's course turned and the son of Jahnavi fallen, O king of kings, they were in the grip of rage, their minds blighted by Time.

Verse 23 (7.1.23)

अनादृत्य वचः पथ्यं गाङ्गेयस्य महात्मनः । निर्ययुर्भरतश्रेष्ठाः शस्त्राण्यादाय सत्वराः ॥

anādṛtya vacaḥ pathyaṃ gāṅgeyasya mahātmanaḥ | niryayurbharataśreṣṭhāḥ śastrāṇyādāya satvarāḥ

Disregarding the wholesome counsel of great-souled Gangeya, those best of the Bharatas took up their weapons and sallied forth in haste.

Note on the text: Corrected भरतश्रेष्टाः → भरतश्रेष्ठाः (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट for ष्ठ; CE श्रेष्ठाः).

Verse 24 (7.1.24)

मोहात्तव सपुत्रस्य वधाच्छान्तनवस्य च । कौरवा मृत्युनाऽऽहूताः सहिताः सर्वराजभिः ॥

mohāttava saputrasya vadhācchāntanavasya ca | kauravā mṛtyunā''hūtāḥ sahitāḥ sarvarājabhiḥ

Through the folly of you and your sons, and through the slaying of Shantanu's son, the Kauravas, together with all their kings, were summoned by Death.

Verse 25 (7.1.25)

अजावय इवागोपा वने श्वापदसंकुले । कर्णकर्णेति चाक्रन्दञ्छेषा भारत पार्थिवाः । भृशमुद्विग्नमनसो हीना देवव्रतेन ते ॥

ajāvaya ivāgopā vane śvāpadasaṃkule | karṇakarṇeti cākrandañcheṣā bhārata pārthivāḥ | bhṛśamudvignamanaso hīnā devavratena te

Like goats and sheep without a herdsman in a forest teeming with beasts of prey, the remaining kings, O Bharata, cried out "Karna! Karna!", their hearts deeply shaken, bereft of Devavrata.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Lines 1 and 3 are CE 7.1.23a and 7.1.23c; the middle line is CE star passage 7.1.23b*0013_01.

Verse 26 (7.1.26)

पतिते भरतश्रेष्ठे बभूव कुरुवाहिनी । द्यौरिवापेतनक्षत्रा हीनं खमिव वायुना ॥

patite bharataśreṣṭhe babhūva kuruvāhinī | dyaurivāpetanakṣatrā hīnaṃ khamiva vāyunā

With the best of the Bharatas fallen, the Kuru host became like a sky robbed of its stars, like space emptied of wind,

Verse 27 (7.1.27)

विपन्नसस्येव मही वाक्चैवासंस्कृता यथा । आसुरीव यथा सेना निगृहीते नृपे बलौ ॥

vipannasasyeva mahī vākcaivāsaṃskṛtā yathā | āsurīva yathā senā nigṛhīte nṛpe balau

like earth whose crops have failed, like speech that is unrefined, like the demon host when their king Bali was bound,

Verse 28 (7.1.28)

विधवेव वरारोहा शुष्कतोयेव निम्नगा । वृकैरिव वने रुद्धा पृषती हतयूथपा ॥

vidhaveva varārohā śuṣkatoyeva nimnagā | vṛkairiva vane ruddhā pṛṣatī hatayūthapā

like a fair-hipped woman widowed, like a river whose water has dried up, like a doe hemmed in by wolves in the forest, her herd's leader slain,

Note on the text: Corrected वारारोहा → वरारोहा (misprint in Wikisource; वारारोहा is not a word here; CE वरारोहा, "fair-hipped woman").

Verse 29 (7.1.29)

शरभाऽऽहतसिंहेव महती गिरिकन्दरा । सा सेना भरतश्रेष्ठे पतिते जाह्नवीसुते ॥

śarabhā''hatasiṃheva mahatī girikandarā | sā senā bharataśreṣṭhe patite jāhnavīsute

like a great mountain cave whose lion has been struck down by a sharabha — such was that army when the son of Jahnavi, best of the Bharatas, had fallen.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.27 (similarity 0.813); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 30 (7.1.30)

विष्वग्वाताहतिक्षुब्धा नौरिवासीन्महार्णवे । बलिभिः पाण्डवैर्वीरैर्लब्धलक्षैर्भृशार्दिता ॥

viṣvagvātāhatikṣubdhā naurivāsīnmahārṇave | balibhiḥ pāṇḍavairvīrairlabdhalakṣairbhṛśārditā

Like a ship on the great ocean, tossed by gales from every side, it was sorely beaten by the mighty Pandava heroes who had found their mark.

Verse 31 (7.1.31)

सा तदासीद्भृशं सेना व्याकुलाश्वरथद्विपा । विपन्नभूयिष्ठनरा कृपणा ध्वस्तमानसा ॥

sā tadāsīdbhṛśaṃ senā vyākulāśvarathadvipā | vipannabhūyiṣṭhanarā kṛpaṇā dhvastamānasā

That army was then in great confusion, its horses, chariots and elephants in disorder, most of its men fallen, wretched, its spirit shattered.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.29 (similarity 0.861); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 32 (7.1.32)

तस्यां त्रस्ता नृपतयः सैनिकाश्च पृथग्विधाः । पाताल इव मज्जन्तो हीना देवव्रतेन ते ॥

tasyāṃ trastā nṛpatayaḥ sainikāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ | pātāla iva majjanto hīnā devavratena te

In it the terrified kings and soldiers of every kind, bereft of Devavrata, seemed to be sinking into the nether world.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.1.30a and 7.1.30c (the CE's three-line verse 30 continues with line e, which Wikisource carries into the next verse).

Verse 33 (7.1.33)

कर्णस्य कुरवोऽस्मार्षुः स हि देवव्रतोपमः । सर्वशस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठं रोचमानमिवातिथिम् ॥

karṇasya kuravo'smārṣuḥ sa hi devavratopamaḥ | sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rocamānamivātithim

The Kurus remembered Karna, for he was the equal of Devavrata — the best of all who bear weapons, radiant like an honoured guest.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.1.30e (the third line of CE 7.1.30); line 2 = CE 7.1.31a. Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 30 and the verses after it into different couplets.

Verse 34 (7.1.34)

बन्धुमापद्गतस्येव तमेवोपागमन्मनः । चुक्रुशुः कर्णकर्णेति तत्र भारत पार्थिवाः ॥

bandhumāpadgatasyeva tamevopāgamanmanaḥ | cukruśuḥ karṇakarṇeti tatra bhārata pārthivāḥ

Their minds turned to him alone, as to a kinsman when one is in distress, and the kings, O Bharata, cried out there, "Karna! Karna!"

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.1.31c; line 2 = CE 7.1.32a.

Verse 35 (7.1.35)

राधेयं हितमस्माकं सूतपुत्रं तनुत्यजम् । स हि नायुध्यत तदा दशाहानि महायशाः ॥

rādheyaṃ hitamasmākaṃ sūtaputraṃ tanutyajam | sa hi nāyudhyata tadā daśāhāni mahāyaśāḥ

"Radheya, the charioteer's son, our friend, who is ready to give up his body!" — for that man of great fame did not fight, in those days, for ten days.

Note on the text: Corrected नाबुध्यत → नायुध्यत (misprint in Wikisource; नाबुध्यत "did not wake" makes no sense here; CE नायुध्यत "did not fight"). Line 1 = CE 7.1.32c; line 2 = CE 7.1.33a.

Verse 36 (7.1.36)

सामात्यबन्धुः कर्णो वै तमानयत माचिरम् । भीष्मेण हि महाबाहुः सर्वक्षत्रस्य पश्यतः ॥

sāmātyabandhuḥ karṇo vai tamānayata māciram | bhīṣmeṇa hi mahābāhuḥ sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ

"Bring Karna at once, with his ministers and kinsmen!" For Bhishma, in the sight of all the Kshatriyas,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.1.33c (CE has "tam āhvayata", "call him"; Wikisource has "tam ānayata", "bring him": a variant, kept); line 2 = CE 7.1.34a.

Verse 37 (7.1.37)

रथेषु गण्यमानेषु बलविक्रमशालिषु । सङ्ख्यातोऽर्धरथः कर्णो द्विगुणः सन्नरर्षभः ॥

ratheṣu gaṇyamāneṣu balavikramaśāliṣu | saṅkhyāto'rdharathaḥ karṇo dviguṇaḥ sannararṣabhaḥ

when the chariot-warriors rich in strength and valour were being counted, had reckoned the mighty-armed Karna, bull among men, as only half a chariot-warrior, though he was twice that.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.1.34c; line 2 = CE 7.1.34e.

Verse 38 (7.1.38)

रथातिरथसङ्ख्यायां योऽग्रणीः शूरसम्मतः । सासुरानपि देवेशान्रणे यो योद्धुमुत्सहेत् ॥

rathātirathasaṅkhyāyāṃ yo'graṇīḥ śūrasammataḥ | sāsurānapi deveśānraṇe yo yoddhumutsahet

He who stood first in the reckoning of rathas and atirathas, honoured by the brave, who would dare to fight in battle even the lords of the gods together with the Asuras,

Note on the text: Corrected शूरसम्भतः → शूरसम्मतः (misprint in Wikisource; सम्भत is not a word; CE सम्मतः "esteemed"). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.35 (similarity 0.795); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 39 (7.1.39)

स तु तेनैव कोपेन राजन्गाङ्गेयमुक्तवान् । त्वयि जीवति कौरव्य नाहं योत्स्ये कदाचन ॥

sa tu tenaiva kopena rājangāṅgeyamuktavān | tvayi jīvati kauravya nāhaṃ yotsye kadācana

out of that very anger said to Gangeya, O king: "While you live, scion of Kuru, I shall never fight.

Note on the text: Line 1 is Sanjaya's narration; Karna's own words to Bhishma begin in line 2 (no speaker heading is printed). The verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 40 (7.1.40)

त्वया तु पाण्डवेयेषु निहतेषु महामृधे । दुर्योधनमनुज्ञाप्य वनं यास्यामि कौरव ॥

tvayā tu pāṇḍaveyeṣu nihateṣu mahāmṛdhe | duryodhanamanujñāpya vanaṃ yāsyāmi kaurava

But when you have slain the Pandavas in the great battle, I shall take Duryodhana's leave and go to the forest, O Kaurava.

Note on the text: The page prints no speaker heading here, but the whole verse is Karna's own speech to Bhishma (begun in the second line of the previous verse), so it is given to Karna.

Verse 41 (7.1.41)

हते वा त्वयि पार्थैस्तु युधि स्वर्गमुपेयुषि । हन्तास्म्येकरथेनैव कृत्स्नान् यान्मन्यसे रथान् ॥

hate vā tvayi pārthaistu yudhi svargamupeyuṣi | hantāsmyekarathenaiva kṛtsnān yānmanyase rathān

Or if you are slain in battle by the sons of Pritha and go to heaven, then I shall slay, with a single chariot, all those chariot-warriors whom you esteem."

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.38 (similarity 0.726); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept. The page prints no speaker heading here, but the whole verse is Karna's own speech to Bhishma, so it is given to Karna.

Verse 42 (7.1.42)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्दशाहान्येक एव स । नायुध्यत ततः कर्णः पुत्रस्य तव संमते ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhurdaśāhānyeka eva sa | nāyudhyata tataḥ karṇaḥ putrasya tava saṃmate

Having said this, the mighty-armed Karna did not fight for ten days, with your son's approval.

Note on the text: Corrected संयते → संमते (misprint in Wikisource; संयते does not fit the sense; CE संमते "with the approval of"). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.39 (similarity 0.819); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 43 (7.1.43)

भीष्मः समरविक्रान्तः पाण्डवेयस्य भारत । जघान समरे योधानसङ्ख्येयपराक्रमः ॥

bhīṣmaḥ samaravikrāntaḥ pāṇḍaveyasya bhārata | jaghāna samare yodhānasaṅkhyeyaparākramaḥ

Meanwhile Bhishma, valiant in battle, of incalculable prowess, slew in the fight the warriors of the Pandava, O Bharata.

Verse 44 (7.1.44)

तस्मिंस्तु निहते शूरे सत्यसन्धे महौजसि । त्वत्सुताः कर्णमस्मार्षुस्तर्तुकामा इव प्लवम् ॥

tasmiṃstu nihate śūre satyasandhe mahaujasi | tvatsutāḥ karṇamasmārṣustartukāmā iva plavam

When that hero of unfailing truth and great splendour was slain, your sons remembered Karna, as men who wish to cross a river remember a raft.

Verse 45 (7.1.45)

तावकास्तव पुत्राश्च सहिताः सर्वराजभिः । हा कर्ण इति चाक्रन्दन्कालोऽयमिति अब्रुवन् ॥

tāvakāstava putrāśca sahitāḥ sarvarājabhiḥ | hā karṇa iti cākrandankālo'yamiti abruvan

Your men and your sons, together with all the kings, cried out "Alas, Karna!" and said, "This is the moment!"

Verse 46 (7.1.46)

एवं ते स्म हि राधेयं सूतपुत्रं तनुत्यजम् । चुक्रुशुः सहिता योधास्तत्र तत्र महाबलाः ॥

evaṃ te sma hi rādheyaṃ sūtaputraṃ tanutyajam | cukruśuḥ sahitā yodhāstatra tatra mahābalāḥ

So those mighty warriors, gathered together, kept calling out here and there to Radheya, the charioteer's son, who was ready to give up his body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passages 7.1.42d*0015_01 and 7.1.42d*0016_01 (after 7.1.42).

Verse 47 (7.1.47)

जामदग्न्याभ्यनुज्ञातमस्त्रे दुर्वारपौरुषम् । अगमन्नो मनः कर्णं बन्धुमात्ययिकेष्विव ॥

jāmadagnyābhyanujñātamastre durvārapauruṣam | agamanno manaḥ karṇaṃ bandhumātyayikeṣviva

Our minds went to Karna, authorised by Jamadagni's son in the use of weapons, of irresistible manhood, as to a kinsman in times of mortal peril.

Verse 48 (7.1.48)

स हि शक्तो रणे राजञ्स्त्रातुमस्मान्महाभयात् । त्रिदशानिव गोविन्दः सततं सुमहाभयात् ॥

sa hi śakto raṇe rājañstrātumasmānmahābhayāt | tridaśāniva govindaḥ satataṃ sumahābhayāt

For he, O king, is able to save us in battle from this great terror, as Govinda ever saves the thirty gods from great terror.

Verse 49 (7.1.49)

तथा तु सञ्जयं कर्णं कीर्तयन्तं पुनः पुनः । आशीविषवदुच्छ्वस्य धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

tathā tu sañjayaṃ karṇaṃ kīrtayantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | āśīviṣavaducchvasya dhṛtarāṣṭro'bravīdidam

To Sanjaya, as he praised Karna again and again in this way, Dhritarashtra, hissing like a venomous snake, said this.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.45 (similarity 0.863); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 50 (7.1.50)

यत्तद्वैकर्तनं कर्णमगमद्वो मनस्तदा । अप्यरक्षत्स राधेयः सूतपुत्रस्तनुत्यजः ॥

yattadvaikartanaṃ karṇamagamadvo manastadā | apyarakṣatsa rādheyaḥ sūtaputrastanutyajaḥ

When your minds turned then to Vaikartana Karna — did that Radheya, the charioteer's son who spared not his own body, protect you?

Note on the text: Corrected उप्यरक्षत्स → अप्यरक्षत्स (misprint in Wikisource; the question "did he protect…?" needs अपि; the CE line here differs (apy apaśyata rādheyam)). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.1.46 (similarity 0.899); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 51 (7.1.51)

अपि तन्न मृषाकार्षीत्कच्चित्सत्यपराक्रमः । सम्भ्रान्तानां तदार्तानां त्रस्तानां त्राणमिच्छतां ॥

api tanna mṛṣākārṣītkaccitsatyaparākramaḥ | sambhrāntānāṃ tadārtānāṃ trastānāṃ trāṇamicchatāṃ

Did that man of true valour not perhaps fail those who were bewildered, distressed and frightened, and who longed for protection?

Note on the text: Corrected सम्भान्तानां → सम्भ्रान्तानां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र in the conjunct; CE सम्भ्रान्तानाम्).

Verse 52 (7.1.52)

अपि तत्पूरयांचक्रे धनुर्धरवरो युधि । यत्तद्विनिहते भीष्मे कौरवाणामपाकृतम् ॥

api tatpūrayāṃcakre dhanurdharavaro yudhi | yattadvinihate bhīṣme kauravāṇāmapākṛtam

Did that best of archers make good in battle the loss that the Kauravas suffered when Bhishma was slain?

Verse 53 (7.1.53)

तत्खण्डं पूरयन्कर्णः परेषामादधद्भयम् । स हि वै पुरुषव्याघ्रो लोके सञ्जय कथ्यते ॥

tatkhaṇḍaṃ pūrayankarṇaḥ pareṣāmādadhadbhayam | sa hi vai puruṣavyāghro loke sañjaya kathyate

Did Karna fill that breach, putting fear into the enemy? For he is called in the world, Sanjaya, a tiger among men.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.1.49a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.1.49b*0019_01.

Verse 54 (7.1.54)

आर्तानां बान्धवानां च क्रन्दतां च विशेषतः । परित्यज्य रणे प्राणांस्तत्त्राणार्थं च शर्म च । कृतवान्मम पुत्राणां जयाशां सफलामपि ॥

ārtānāṃ bāndhavānāṃ ca krandatāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | parityajya raṇe prāṇāṃstattrāṇārthaṃ ca śarma ca | kṛtavānmama putrāṇāṃ jayāśāṃ saphalāmapi

Giving up his life in battle to protect and comfort the afflicted — my kinsmen, who were wailing most of all — did he make my sons' hope of victory bear fruit?

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE star passages 7.1.49b*0019_02–03; line 3 = CE 7.1.49c. The adhyaya ends here, as in the CE.