Arjuna Rebukes Karna; the Kauravas Close In Around Arjuna

Verse 1 (7.146.1)

तथा गतेषु शूरेषु तेषां मम च सञ्जय । किंस्विद्भीमार्जुनौ चैव सात्यकिश्चाकरोत्तदा ॥

tathā gateṣu śūreṣu teṣāṃ mama ca sañjaya | kiṃsvidbhīmārjunau caiva sātyakiścākarottadā

Sanjaya, when the heroes, theirs and mine, had gone as they did, what did Bhima, Arjuna and Satyaki do then?

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.123.1a/c (Wikisource and the CE differ only slightly); line 2 resembles star passage 7.123.1d*1063_01 (kiṃ vai bhīmārjunau tatra sātyakiś cākarot tadā). Adhyaya note: this page corresponds to CE 7.123.1–19 (verses 1–25) followed by CE 7.120.10–89 (verses 26–111); the vulgate has the Duryodhana–Karna exchange after Arjuna's rebuke of Karna, where the CE has it before. The CE's 7.122.84–88 and 7.123.10–11 (main text) are not in this Wikisource page. Wikisource's verse numbers on the page run 1–108 and then 111–113; the input is row for row the same as the raw page.

Verse 2 (7.146.2)

विरथो भीमसेनो वै कर्णवाक्शल्यपीडितः । अमर्षवशमापन्नः फल्गुनं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

viratho bhīmaseno vai karṇavākśalyapīḍitaḥ | amarṣavaśamāpannaḥ phalgunaṃ vākyamabravīt

Bhimasena, now without a chariot and tormented by Karna's barbed words, fell under the sway of anger and spoke to Phalguna.

Verse 3 (7.146.3)

पुनःपुनस्तूबरक मूढ औदरिकेति च । अकृतास्त्रक मा योत्सीर्बाल सङ्ग्रामकातर ॥

punaḥpunastūbaraka mūḍha audariketi ca | akṛtāstraka mā yotsīrbāla saṅgrāmakātara

Again and again he called me a 'beardless boy', a fool, a glutton, a man unskilled in weapons, saying: 'Do not fight, child, you who shrink from battle!'

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints no heading here; this and the next three verses are Bhima's direct speech to Arjuna (the input carried सञ्जय). The words of Karna that he repeats are quoted inside his speech.

Verse 4 (7.146.4)

इति मामब्रवीत्कर्णः पश्यतस्ते धनञ्जय । एवं वक्ता च मे वध्यस्तेन चोक्तस्तथा ह्यहम् ॥

iti māmabravītkarṇaḥ paśyataste dhanañjaya | evaṃ vaktā ca me vadhyastena coktastathā hyaham

This is what Karna said to me, Dhananjaya, while you looked on. A man who speaks so deserves to be killed by me, and it was to me that he said it.

Verse 5 (7.146.5)

एतद्व्रतं महाबाहो त्वया सह कृतं मया । तथैतन्मम कौन्तेय यथा तव न संशयः ॥

etadvrataṃ mahābāho tvayā saha kṛtaṃ mayā | tathaitanmama kaunteya yathā tava na saṃśayaḥ

This vow, mighty-armed one, I made together with you; and as it stands for me, son of Kunti, so without doubt it stands for you.

Verse 6 (7.146.6)

तद्वधाय नरश्रेष्ठ स्मरैतद्वचनं मम । यथा भवति तत्सत्यं तथा कुरु धनञ्जय ॥

tadvadhāya naraśreṣṭha smaraitadvacanaṃ mama | yathā bhavati tatsatyaṃ tathā kuru dhanañjaya

Therefore, best of men, remember this word of mine for his slaying; make it come true, Dhananjaya.

Verse 7 (7.146.7)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य भीमस्यामितविक्रमः । ततोऽर्जुनोऽब्रवीत्कर्णं किञ्चिदभ्येत्य संयुगे ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya bhīmasyāmitavikramaḥ | tato'rjuno'bravītkarṇaṃ kiñcidabhyetya saṃyuge

Hearing these words of Bhima, whose strength was beyond measure, Arjuna then went up to Karna in the battle and spoke a little.

Verse 8 (7.146.8)

कर्णकर्ण वृथादृष्टे सूतपुत्रात्मसंस्तुत । अधर्मबुद्धे शृणु मे यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि साम्प्रतम् ॥

karṇakarṇa vṛthādṛṣṭe sūtaputrātmasaṃstuta | adharmabuddhe śṛṇu me yattvāṃ vakṣyāmi sāmpratam

Karna, Karna! You who have seen the world in vain, son of a charioteer, you who praise yourself, you of unrighteous mind, hear what I now say to you.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints no heading here; verses 8–23 are Arjuna's direct speech to Karna (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 9 (7.146.9)

द्वावेवं कर्ण शूराणां रणे दृष्टौ जयाजयौ । तौ चाप्यनित्यौ राधेय वासवस्यापि युध्यतः ॥

dvāvevaṃ karṇa śūrāṇāṃ raṇe dṛṣṭau jayājayau | tau cāpyanityau rādheya vāsavasyāpi yudhyataḥ

Among warriors, Karna, only these two are seen in battle, victory and defeat; and both are uncertain, Radheya, even for Indra when he fights.

Note on the text: Wikisource's line 1 (द्वावेवं कर्ण शूराणां रणे दृष्टौ जयाजयौ) is a recension variant of CE 7.123.9a (dvividhaṃ karma śūrāṇāṃ yuddhe jayaparājayau).

Verse 10 (7.146.10)

रणमुत्सृज्य निर्लज्ज गच्छसे च पुनः पुनः । माहात्म्यं पश्य भीमस्य कर्म जन्म कुले तथा । नोक्तवान्परुषं यत्त्वां पलायनपरायणम् ॥

raṇamutsṛjya nirlajja gacchase ca punaḥ punaḥ | māhātmyaṃ paśya bhīmasya karma janma kule tathā | noktavānparuṣaṃ yattvāṃ palāyanaparāyaṇam

Shameless one, you quit the fight and go away again and again. Look at Bhima's greatness, his deeds, and his birth in his family: though you were bent on running away, he did not speak a harsh word to you.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text: the three lines are star passage 7.123.9d*1065_01–03 (after 7.123.9). The quotation opened here by the page's backtick runs to the apostrophe in verse 12.

Verse 11 (7.146.11)

भूयस्त्वमपि सङ्गम्य सकृदेव यदृच्छया । विरथं कृतवान्वीरं पाण्डवं सूतदायद ॥

bhūyastvamapi saṅgamya sakṛdeva yadṛcchayā | virathaṃ kṛtavānvīraṃ pāṇḍavaṃ sūtadāyada

You met him again, once, by mere chance, and made that Pandava hero chariotless, O heir of a charioteer.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्गम्यं → सङ्गम्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the gerund; the critical edition reads saṃgamya). Not in the critical edition's main text: line 1 is star passage 7.123.9d*1065_04 and line 2 is *1065_05 (CE: virathaṃ hatavān vīraṃ; Wikisource has कृतवान्, a good variant).

Verse 12 (7.146.12)

कुलस्य सदृशं चापि राधेय कृतवानसि । नैकान्तसिद्धिः सङ्ग्रामे वासवस्यापि विद्यते ॥

kulasya sadṛśaṃ cāpi rādheya kṛtavānasi | naikāntasiddhiḥ saṅgrāme vāsavasyāpi vidyate

You have done what suits your family, Radheya. Yet in battle no success is ever certain, not even for Indra.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text: line 1 is star passage 7.123.9d*1065_06 and line 2 is *1065_12 (after 7.123.9).

Verse 13 (7.146.13)

मुमूर्षुर्युयुधानेन विरथो विकलेन्द्रियः । मद्वध्यस्त्वमिति ज्ञात्वा जित्वा जीवन्विसर्जितः ॥

mumūrṣuryuyudhānena viratho vikalendriyaḥ | madvadhyastvamiti jñātvā jitvā jīvanvisarjitaḥ

When you were near death, chariotless, with your senses failing, Yuyudhana overcame you and let you go alive, knowing that you were to be killed by me.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.123.10a (variant: विकलेन्द्रियः for CE "viratho 'si visarjitaḥ"); line 2 is star passage 7.123.10b*1066_01.

Verse 14 (7.146.14)

यदृच्छया रणे भीमं युध्यमानं महाबलम् । कथञ्चिद्विरथं कृत्वा यत्त्वं रूक्षमभाषथाः । अधर्मस्त्वेष सुमहाननार्यचरितं च तत् ॥

yadṛcchayā raṇe bhīmaṃ yudhyamānaṃ mahābalam | kathañcidvirathaṃ kṛtvā yattvaṃ rūkṣamabhāṣathāḥ | adharmastveṣa sumahānanāryacaritaṃ ca tat

By chance, in battle, you somehow made the mighty Bhima chariotless as he fought, and then spoke harshly to him. That is a very great wrong, and the conduct of an ignoble man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: lines 2–3 are star passage 7.123.11d*1068_01–02; line 1 is Wikisource's own and echoes CE 7.123.10c and 11c/e.

Verse 15 (7.146.15)

नारिं जित्वाऽतिकत्थन्ते न च जल्पन्ति दुर्वचः । न च कञ्चन निन्दन्ति सन्तः शूरा नरर्षभाः ॥

nāriṃ jitvā'tikatthante na ca jalpanti durvacaḥ | na ca kañcana nindanti santaḥ śūrā nararṣabhāḥ

Good men, bulls among men, heroes, do not boast overmuch after defeating an enemy, they do not utter foul words, and they revile no one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are star passage 7.123.11d*1069_01–02.

Verse 16 (7.146.16)

त्वं तु प्राकृतविज्ञानस्तत्तद्वदसि सूतज । बह्वबद्धमकर्ण्यं च चापलादपरीक्षितम् ॥

tvaṃ tu prākṛtavijñānastattadvadasi sūtaja | bahvabaddhamakarṇyaṃ ca cāpalādaparīkṣitam

But you, son of a charioteer, have the understanding of a common man and say one thing and another, talk that is disjointed, not fit to be heard, spoken out of fickleness without a thought.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are star passage 7.123.11d*1069_03–04.

Verse 17 (7.146.17)

युध्यमानं पराक्रान्तं शूरमार्यव्रते रतम् । यदवोचोऽप्रियं भीमं नैतत्सत्यं वचस्तव । पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानां केशवस्य ममैव च ॥

yudhyamānaṃ parākrāntaṃ śūramāryavrate ratam | yadavoco'priyaṃ bhīmaṃ naitatsatyaṃ vacastava | paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ keśavasya mamaiva ca

Bhima was fighting, valiant, a hero devoted to the noble way, and what unkind thing you said of him was not true, though you said it in sight of all the armies, of Keshava, and of me.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 2 are star passages 7.123.11f*1070_01 and *1071_01; line 3 = CE 7.123.12a.

Verse 18 (7.146.18)

विरथो भीमसेनेन कृतोऽसि बहुशो रणे । न च त्वां परुषं किञ्चिदुक्तवान्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

viratho bhīmasenena kṛto'si bahuśo raṇe | na ca tvāṃ paruṣaṃ kiñciduktavānpāṇḍunandanaḥ

Bhimasena has made you chariotless many times in battle, and yet the son of Pandu never said a harsh word to you.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.123.12c and 12e.

Verse 19 (7.146.19)

यस्मात्तु बहु रूक्षं च श्रावितस्ते वृकोदरः । परोक्षं यच्च सौभद्रो युष्माभिर्बहुभिर्हतः । तस्मादस्यावलेपस्य सद्यः फलमवाप्नुहि ॥

yasmāttu bahu rūkṣaṃ ca śrāvitaste vṛkodaraḥ | parokṣaṃ yacca saubhadro yuṣmābhirbahubhirhataḥ | tasmādasyāvalepasya sadyaḥ phalamavāpnuhi

But because you made Vrikodara listen to so much that was harsh, and because Saubhadra was killed behind his back by many of you together, you shall have the fruit of that arrogance this very day.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.123.13a, 13c and 14a.

Verse 20 (7.146.20)

त्वया तस्य धनुश्छिन्नमात्मनाशाय दुर्मते । तस्माद्वध्योऽसि मे मूढ सभृत्यसुतबान्धवः ॥

tvayā tasya dhanuśchinnamātmanāśāya durmate | tasmādvadhyo'si me mūḍha sabhṛtyasutabāndhavaḥ

You cut his bow, wicked one, to your own ruin; therefore, fool, you are marked for death at my hands, with your servants, your sons and your kinsmen.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.123.14c and 15a (Wikisource: सभृत्यसुतबान्धवः for CE "sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ").

Verse 21 (7.146.21)

कुरु त्वं सर्वकृत्यानि महत्ते भयमागतम् । हन्ताऽस्मि वृषसेनं ते प्रेक्षमाणस्य संयुगे ॥

kuru tvaṃ sarvakṛtyāni mahatte bhayamāgatam | hantā'smi vṛṣasenaṃ te prekṣamāṇasya saṃyuge

Do whatever you must do; a great danger has come upon you. I shall kill Vrishasena before your eyes in this battle.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.123.15c and 16a.

Verse 22 (7.146.22)

ये चान्येऽप्युपयास्यन्ति बुद्धिमोहेन मां नृपाः । तांश्च सर्वान्हनिष्यामि सत्येनायुधमालभे ॥

ye cānye'pyupayāsyanti buddhimohena māṃ nṛpāḥ | tāṃśca sarvānhaniṣyāmi satyenāyudhamālabhe

And any other kings who, deluded in mind, come against me, I shall kill them all; I take up my weapon on this truth.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.123.16c and 16e.

Verse 23 (7.146.23)

त्वां च मूढाकृतप्रज्ञमतिमानिनमाहवे । दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनो मन्दो भृशं तप्स्यति पातितम् ॥

tvāṃ ca mūḍhākṛtaprajñamatimāninamāhave | dṛṣṭvā duryodhano mando bhṛśaṃ tapsyati pātitam

And when the dull Duryodhana sees you, foolish and puffed up with pride, struck down in battle, he will grieve bitterly.

Verse 24 (7.146.24)

अर्जुनेन प्रतिज्ञाते वधे कर्णसुतस्य तु । महान्सुतुमुलः शब्दो बभूव रथिनां तदा ॥

arjunena pratijñāte vadhe karṇasutasya tu | mahānsutumulaḥ śabdo babhūva rathināṃ tadā

When Arjuna had thus vowed the death of Karna's son, a great and tumultuous uproar rose from the chariot-warriors.

Verse 25 (7.146.25)

तस्मिन्नाकुलसङ्ग्रामे वर्तमाने महाभये । मन्दरश्मिः सहस्रांशुरस्तङ्गिरिमुपाद्रवत् ॥

tasminnākulasaṅgrāme vartamāne mahābhaye | mandaraśmiḥ sahasrāṃśurastaṅgirimupādravat

As that confused and terrible battle went on, the thousand-rayed sun, his light grown faint, sank toward the setting mountain.

Verse 26 (7.146.26)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा राधेयं त्वरितोऽब्रवीत् । अर्जुनं प्रेक्ष्य संयातं जयद्रथवधं प्रति ॥

tato duryodhano rājā rādheyaṃ tvarito'bravīt | arjunaṃ prekṣya saṃyātaṃ jayadrathavadhaṃ prati

Then King Duryodhana, seeing Arjuna advancing toward Jayadratha to kill him, quickly spoke to Radheya.

Verse 27 (7.146.27)

अमानुषाणि कर्माणि कुर्वन्तौ भरतर्षभ । सात्यकिं भीमसेनं च यत्तौ तौ दर्शयन्निव ॥

amānuṣāṇi karmāṇi kurvantau bharatarṣabha | sātyakiṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca yattau tau darśayanniva

He saw too, O best of the Bharatas, Satyaki and Bhimasena, both performing superhuman feats and striving as if to show them to him.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are star passage 7.120.10b*0993_01–02 (CE puruṣarṣabhau for Wikisource भरतर्षभ, satyakaṃ for सात्यकिं). The sentence is completed by 7.120.10c, which Wikisource has in verse 26.

Verse 28 (7.146.28)

अयं स वैकर्तन युद्धकालो । विदर्शयस्वात्मबलं महात्मन् । यथा न वध्येत रणेऽर्जुनेन । जयद्रथः कर्ण तथा कुरुष्व ॥

ayaṃ sa vaikartana yuddhakālo | vidarśayasvātmabalaṃ mahātman | yathā na vadhyeta raṇe'rjunena | jayadrathaḥ karṇa tathā kuruṣva

Vaikartana, this is the hour for fighting. Show your strength, great-souled one, and act so that Jayadratha is not slain by Arjuna in this battle, Karna.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints no heading here; verses 28–39 are Duryodhana's direct speech to Karna (the input carried सञ्जय). The page prints four lines, which the CE gives as two long lines (7.120.11).

Verse 29 (7.146.29)

अल्पावशेषो दिवसो हि साम्प्रतं । निवारयेहाद्य रिपुं शरौघैः । दिनक्षयं प्राप्य नरप्रवीर । ध्रुवो हि नः कर्ण जयो भविष्यति ॥

alpāvaśeṣo divaso hi sāmprataṃ | nivārayehādya ripuṃ śaraughaiḥ | dinakṣayaṃ prāpya narapravīra | dhruvo hi naḥ karṇa jayo bhaviṣyati

Little of the day is left now, O hero among men. Hold the enemy back today with floods of arrows; once the day is spent, Karna, our victory is certain.

Note on the text: The page prints four lines, which the CE gives as two long lines (7.120.12).

Verse 30 (7.146.30)

सैन्धवे रक्ष्यमाणे तु सूर्यस्यास्तमनं प्रति । मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञः कौन्तेयः प्रवेक्ष्यति हुताशनम् ॥

saindhave rakṣyamāṇe tu sūryasyāstamanaṃ prati | mithyāpratijñaḥ kaunteyaḥ pravekṣyati hutāśanam

If Saindhava is guarded until the sun sets, the son of Kunti's vow will prove false, and he will enter the fire.

Verse 31 (7.146.31)

अनर्जुनायां च भुवि मुहूर्तमपि मानद । जीवितुं नोत्सहेरन्वै भ्रातरोऽस्य सहानुगाः ॥

anarjunāyāṃ ca bhuvi muhūrtamapi mānada | jīvituṃ notsaheranvai bhrātaro'sya sahānugāḥ

And his brothers with their followers, O giver of honour, would not wish to live even a moment on an earth without Arjuna.

Verse 32 (7.146.32)

पाण्डवेषु विनष्टेषु सशैलवनकाननाम् । वसुन्धरामिमां कर्ण भोक्ष्यामो हतकण्टकाम् ॥

pāṇḍaveṣu vinaṣṭeṣu saśailavanakānanām | vasundharāmimāṃ karṇa bhokṣyāmo hatakaṇṭakām

When the Pandavas are destroyed, Karna, we shall enjoy this whole earth with its mountains, forests and groves, free of thorns.

Note on the text: Corrected महतकण्टकाम् → हतकण्टकाम् (misprint in Wikisource; महत- gives no sense with कण्टक; the critical edition reads hatakaṇṭakām). Lines = CE 7.120.15 (Wikisource has "विनष्टेषु" for CE "vinaṣṭaiḥ pāṇḍaveyaiś ca").

Verse 33 (7.146.33)

दैवेनोपहतः पार्थो विपरीतश्च मानद । कार्याकार्यमजानानः प्रतिज्ञां कृतवान्रणे ॥

daivenopahataḥ pārtho viparītaśca mānada | kāryākāryamajānānaḥ pratijñāṃ kṛtavānraṇe

Partha has been struck by fate and turned perverse, O giver of honour; not knowing what should and should not be done, he made his vow in battle.

Verse 34 (7.146.34)

नूनमात्मविनाशाय पाण्डवेन किरीटिना । मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञैव कृता जयद्रथवधं प्रति ॥

nūnamātmavināśāya pāṇḍavena kirīṭinā | mithyāpratijñaiva kṛtā jayadrathavadhaṃ prati

Surely the Pandava, the diadem-wearer, made this false vow about Jayadratha's death only for his own destruction.

Verse 35 (7.146.35)

कथं जीवति दुर्धर्षे त्वयि राधेय फल्गुनः । अनस्तङ्गत आदित्ये हन्यात्सैन्धवकं नृपम् ॥

kathaṃ jīvati durdharṣe tvayi rādheya phalgunaḥ | anastaṅgata āditye hanyātsaindhavakaṃ nṛpam

Radheya, while you, the unassailable, are alive, how can Phalguna kill King Saindhava before the sun has set?

Note on the text: Corrected त्वपि → त्वयि (misprint in Wikisource; the locative absolute दुर्धर्षे त्वयि needs त्वयि; the critical edition reads tvayi).

Verse 36 (7.146.36)

रक्षितं मद्रराजेन कृपेण च महात्मना । जयद्रथं रणमुखे कथं हन्याद्धनञ्जयः ॥

rakṣitaṃ madrarājena kṛpeṇa ca mahātmanā | jayadrathaṃ raṇamukhe kathaṃ hanyāddhanañjayaḥ

How could Dhananjaya kill Jayadratha at the front of the battle when the king of Madra and great-souled Kripa guard him?

Verse 37 (7.146.37)

द्रौणिना रक्ष्यमाणं च मया दुःशासनेन च । कथं प्राप्स्यति बीभत्सुः सैन्धवं कालचोदितः ॥

drauṇinā rakṣyamāṇaṃ ca mayā duḥśāsanena ca | kathaṃ prāpsyati bībhatsuḥ saindhavaṃ kālacoditaḥ

With Drona's son, myself and Duhshasana guarding him, how will Bibhatsu, driven on by Time, ever reach Saindhava?

Verse 38 (7.146.38)

युध्यन्ते बहवः शूरा लम्बते च दिवाकरः । शङ्के जयद्रथं पार्थो नैव प्राप्स्यति मानद ॥

yudhyante bahavaḥ śūrā lambate ca divākaraḥ | śaṅke jayadrathaṃ pārtho naiva prāpsyati mānada

Many heroes are fighting, and the sun hangs low. I think, O giver of honour, that Partha will never reach Jayadratha.

Verse 39 (7.146.39)

स त्वं कर्ण मया सार्धं शूरैश्चान्यैर्महारथैः । द्रौणिना त्वं हि सहितो मद्रेशेन कृपेण च । युध्यस्व यत्नमास्थाय परं पार्थेन संयुगे ॥

sa tvaṃ karṇa mayā sārdhaṃ śūraiścānyairmahārathaiḥ | drauṇinā tvaṃ hi sahito madreśena kṛpeṇa ca | yudhyasva yatnamāsthāya paraṃ pārthena saṃyuge

So you, Karna, together with me and the other heroic great chariot-warriors, together with Drona's son, the lord of Madra and Kripa, must fight Partha in battle with your utmost effort.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.120.22a, 22b*0995_01 (star passage) and 22c.

Verse 40 (7.146.40)

एवमुक्तस्तु राधेयस्तव पुत्रेण मारिष । दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यं प्रत्युवाच कुरूत्तमम् ॥

evamuktastu rādheyastava putreṇa māriṣa | duryodhanamidaṃ vākyaṃ pratyuvāca kurūttamam

Thus addressed by your son, O sire, Radheya answered Duryodhana, best of the Kurus, with these words.

Verse 41 (7.146.41)

दृढलक्ष्येण वीरेण भीमसेनेन धन्विना । भृशं भिन्नतनुः सङ्ख्ये शरजालैरनेकशः ॥

dṛḍhalakṣyeṇa vīreṇa bhīmasenena dhanvinā | bhṛśaṃ bhinnatanuḥ saṅkhye śarajālairanekaśaḥ

In this battle I have been deeply wounded again and again by volleys of arrows from the hero Bhimasena, that archer of sure aim.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints no heading here; verses 41–48 are Karna's reply (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 42 (7.146.42)

स्थातव्यमिति तिष्ठामि रणे सम्प्रति मानद । नाङ्गमिङ्गति किञ्चिन्मे सन्तप्तस्य महेषुभिः । योत्स्यामि तु यथाशक्त्या त्वदर्थं जीवितं मम ॥

sthātavyamiti tiṣṭhāmi raṇe samprati mānada | nāṅgamiṅgati kiñcinme santaptasya maheṣubhiḥ | yotsyāmi tu yathāśaktyā tvadarthaṃ jīvitaṃ mama

I stand my ground because I must, O giver of honour. No limb of mine can move, scorched as I am by those great arrows. Yet I shall fight with all my strength, for my life is yours.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.120.25a and 25c; line 3 resembles 7.120.26a (yotsyāmi tu tathā rājañ śaktyāhaṃ parayā raṇe) but differs.

Verse 43 (7.146.43)

तत्तथा प्रयतिष्येऽहं परं शक्त्या सुयोधन । यथा पाण्डवमुख्योऽसौ न हनिष्यति सैन्धवम् ॥

tattathā prayatiṣye'haṃ paraṃ śaktyā suyodhana | yathā pāṇḍavamukhyo'sau na haniṣyati saindhavam

I shall strive with all my power, Suyodhana, so that the foremost of the Pandavas does not kill Saindhava.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe). Corrected शक्त्याxxxxसुयोधन → शक्त्या सुयोधन (the page prints the placeholder xxxx; the line is complete without it, as the critical edition's *0996_01 shows: tad yathā prayatiṣye 'haṃ paraṃ śaktyā suyodhana). Corrected हनिष्याति → हनिष्यति (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads haniṣyati). Line 1 is star passage 7.120.26b*0996_01 (Wikisource has तत्तथा for CE tad yathā); line 2 = CE 7.120.26c.

Verse 44 (7.146.44)

न हि मे युध्यमानस्य सायकानस्यतः शितान् । सैन्धवं प्राप्स्यते वीरः सव्यसाची धनञ्जयः ॥

na hi me yudhyamānasya sāyakānasyataḥ śitān | saindhavaṃ prāpsyate vīraḥ savyasācī dhanañjayaḥ

As I fight and loose my sharp arrows, the hero Savyasachin Dhananjaya will not reach Saindhava.

Verse 45 (7.146.45)

यत्तु भक्तिमता कार्यं सततं हितकाङ्क्षिणा । तत्करिष्यामि कौरव्य जयो दैवे प्रतिष्ठितः ॥

yattu bhaktimatā kāryaṃ satataṃ hitakāṅkṣiṇā | tatkariṣyāmi kauravya jayo daive pratiṣṭhitaḥ

What a devoted man who wishes his lord well must always do, that I shall do, O Kauravya; but victory rests with fate.

Verse 46 (7.146.46)

सैन्धवार्थे परं यत्नं करिष्याम्यद्य संयुगे । त्वत्प्रियार्थं महाराज जयो दैवे प्रतिष्ठितः ॥

saindhavārthe paraṃ yatnaṃ kariṣyāmyadya saṃyuge | tvatpriyārthaṃ mahārāja jayo daive pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Today in battle I shall make my greatest effort for Saindhava's sake, to please you, great king; but victory rests with fate.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are star passage 7.120.28d*0997_01–02 (after 7.120.28).

Verse 47 (7.146.47)

अद्य योत्स्येऽर्जुनमहं पौरुषं स्वं व्यपाश्रितः । त्वदर्थे पुरुषव्याघ्र जयो दैवे प्रतिष्ठितः ॥

adya yotsye'rjunamahaṃ pauruṣaṃ svaṃ vyapāśritaḥ | tvadarthe puruṣavyāghra jayo daive pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Today I shall fight Arjuna, relying on my own manly strength, for your sake, tiger among men; but victory rests with fate.

Note on the text: Corrected योत्स्येऽर्जुमहं → योत्स्येऽर्जुनमहं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न; the critical edition reads arjunam ahaṃ).

Verse 48 (7.146.48)

अद्य युद्धं कुरुश्रेष्ठ मम पार्थस्य चोभयोः । पश्यन्तु सर्वसैन्यानि दारुणं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

adya yuddhaṃ kuruśreṣṭha mama pārthasya cobhayoḥ | paśyantu sarvasainyāni dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam

Today, best of the Kurus, let all the armies watch the battle between Partha and me, terrible, making the hair stand on end.

Verse 49 (7.146.49)

कर्णकौरवयोरेवं रणे संभाषमाणयोः । अर्जुनो निशितैर्बाणैर्जघान तव वाहिनीम् ॥

karṇakauravayorevaṃ raṇe saṃbhāṣamāṇayoḥ | arjuno niśitairbāṇairjaghāna tava vāhinīm

While Karna and the Kaurava were speaking together in this way, Arjuna struck your army with sharp arrows.

Verse 50 (7.146.50)

चिच्छेद निशितैर्बाणैः शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् ॥

ciccheda niśitairbāṇaiḥ śūrāṇāmanivartinām

With sharp arrows he cut down those heroes who never turned back,

Note on the text: A one-line verse on the page (5-146-50a). Its line is CE 7.120.32a (ciccheda tīkṣṇāgramukhaiḥ śūrāṇām anivartinām); its object is the "भुजान्" of the next verse (CE 7.120.32c), so the sentence runs across the two verses. Nothing is lost.

Verse 51 (7.146.51)

भुजान्परिघसङ्काशान्हस्तिहस्तोपमान्रणे । शिरांसि च महाबाहुश्चिच्छेद निशितैः शरैः ॥

bhujānparighasaṅkāśānhastihastopamānraṇe | śirāṃsi ca mahābāhuściccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

their arms, like iron bars or elephants' trunks, and their heads, the mighty-armed one severed in the battle with his keen shafts.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.120.32c; line 2 = CE 7.120.33a.

Verse 52 (7.146.52)

हस्तिहस्तान्द्विपस्कन्धान्रथाक्षांश्च समन्ततः । शोणिताक्तान्हयारोहान्गृहीतप्रासतोमरान् ॥

hastihastāndvipaskandhānrathākṣāṃśca samantataḥ | śoṇitāktānhayārohāngṛhītaprāsatomarān

He cut elephants' trunks and shoulders and chariot axles on every side, and horsemen soaked in blood who held lances and spears,

Note on the text: Line 1 ≈ CE 7.120.33c (hastihastān hayagrīvā rathākṣāṃś ca samantataḥ); line 2 = CE 7.120.34a.

Verse 53 (7.146.53)

क्षुरैश्चिच्छेद बीभत्सुर्द्विधैकैकं त्रिधैव च । हयान्वारणमुख्यांश्च पदातींश्च समन्ततः । ध्वजांश्छत्राणि चापानि चामराणि शिरांसि च ॥

kṣuraiściccheda bībhatsurdvidhaikaikaṃ tridhaiva ca | hayānvāraṇamukhyāṃśca padātīṃśca samantataḥ | dhvajāṃśchatrāṇi cāpāni cāmarāṇi śirāṃsi ca

Bibhatsu cut each of them with razor-edged arrows into two or three pieces; and horses, chief elephants and foot-soldiers on every side, banners, parasols, bows, yak-tail fans and heads.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.120.34c; line 2 differs from CE 7.120.35a (hayavāraṇamukhyāś ca prāpatanta sahasraśaḥ); line 3 = CE 7.120.35c.

Verse 54 (7.146.54)

कक्षमग्निरिवोद्धूतः प्रादहत्तव वाहिनीम् । अचिरेण महीं पार्थश्चकार रुधिरोत्तराम् ॥

kakṣamagnirivoddhūtaḥ prādahattava vāhinīm | acireṇa mahīṃ pārthaścakāra rudhirottarām

Like fire blown into dry grass he burned your army, and in a short time Partha covered the earth with blood.

Verse 55 (7.146.55)

हतभूयिष्ठयोधं तत्कृत्वा तव बलं बली । आससाद दुराधर्षः सैन्धवं सत्यविक्रमः ॥

hatabhūyiṣṭhayodhaṃ tatkṛtvā tava balaṃ balī | āsasāda durādharṣaḥ saindhavaṃ satyavikramaḥ

Having left your army with most of its fighters slain, the mighty, unassailable one of true prowess drew near to Saindhava.

Verse 56 (7.146.56)

बीभत्सुर्भीमसेनेन सात्वतेन च रक्षितः । प्रबभौ भरतश्रेष्ठ ज्वलन्निव हुताशनः ॥

bībhatsurbhīmasenena sātvatena ca rakṣitaḥ | prababhau bharataśreṣṭha jvalanniva hutāśanaḥ

Guarded by Bhimasena and by Satyaki, Bibhatsu shone, best of the Bharatas, like a blazing fire.

Verse 57 (7.146.57)

तं तथाऽवस्थितं दृष्ट्वा त्वदीया वीरसंमताः । नामृष्यन्त महेष्वासाः पाण्डवं पुरुषर्षभाः ॥

taṃ tathā'vasthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvadīyā vīrasaṃmatāḥ | nāmṛṣyanta maheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavaṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

Seeing him standing so, your warriors, esteemed as heroes, great archers and bulls among men, could not bear the sight of the Pandava.

Verse 58 (7.146.58)

दुर्योधनश्च कर्णश्च वृषसेनोऽथ मद्रराट् । अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव स्वयमेव च सैन्धवः ॥

duryodhanaśca karṇaśca vṛṣaseno'tha madrarāṭ | aśvatthāmā kṛpaścaiva svayameva ca saindhavaḥ

Duryodhana, Karna, Vrishasena, the king of Madra, Ashvatthaman, Kripa, and Saindhava himself,

Verse 59 (7.146.59)

सन्नद्धाः सैन्धवस्यार्थे समावृण्वन्किरीटिनम् । नृत्यन्तं रथमार्गेषु धनुर्ज्यातलनिःस्वनैः ॥

sannaddhāḥ saindhavasyārthe samāvṛṇvankirīṭinam | nṛtyantaṃ rathamārgeṣu dhanurjyātalaniḥsvanaiḥ

armed and ready for Saindhava's sake, closed in around the diadem-wearer as he danced along the paths of the chariots to the twang of his bowstring and the slap of his palm.

Verse 60 (7.146.60)

सङ्ग्रामकोविदं पार्थं सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः । अभीताः पर्यवर्तन्त व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम् ॥

saṅgrāmakovidaṃ pārthaṃ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ | abhītāḥ paryavartanta vyāditāsyamivāntakam

Though all were skilled in warfare, they fearlessly circled Partha, a master of battle, as if he were Death with open mouth.

Verse 61 (7.146.61)

सैन्धवं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा जिघांसन्तोऽच्युतार्जुनौ । सूर्यास्तमनमिच्छन्तो लोहितायति भास्करे ॥

saindhavaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā jighāṃsanto'cyutārjunau | sūryāstamanamicchanto lohitāyati bhāskare

Putting Saindhava behind them, wishing to kill Achyuta and Arjuna, and longing for the sun's setting while the sun was turning red,

Verse 62 (7.146.62)

ते भुजैर्भोगिभोगाभैर्धनूंष्यानम्य सायकान् । मुमुचुःसूर्यरश्म्याभाञ्छतशः फल्गुनं प्रति ॥

te bhujairbhogibhogābhairdhanūṃṣyānamya sāyakān | mumucuḥsūryaraśmyābhāñchataśaḥ phalgunaṃ prati

they bent their bows with arms like serpent coils and loosed hundreds of arrows, bright as the sun's rays, at Phalguna.

Verse 63 (7.146.63)

ततस्तानस्यमानांश्च किरीटी युद्धदुर्मदः । द्विधा त्रिधाऽष्टधैकैकं छित्त्वा विव्याध तान्रथान् ॥

tatastānasyamānāṃśca kirīṭī yuddhadurmadaḥ | dvidhā tridhā'ṣṭadhaikaikaṃ chittvā vivyādha tānrathān

Then Kiriti, wild in battle, cut each arrow shot at him into two, three or eight pieces, and pierced those chariot-warriors.

Verse 64 (7.146.64)

सिंहलाङ्गूलकेतुस्तु दर्शयन्वीर्यमात्मनः । शारद्वतीसुतो राजन्नर्जुनं प्रत्यवारयन् ॥

siṃhalāṅgūlaketustu darśayanvīryamātmanaḥ | śāradvatīsuto rājannarjunaṃ pratyavārayan

Then Ashvatthaman, son of Sharadvati, whose banner bore the lion's tail, showing his own prowess, held Arjuna back, O king.

Verse 65 (7.146.65)

स विद्ध्वा दशभिः पार्थं वासुदेवं च सप्तभिः । अतिष्ठद्रथमार्गेषु सैन्धवं प्रतिपालयन् ॥

sa viddhvā daśabhiḥ pārthaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca saptabhiḥ | atiṣṭhadrathamārgeṣu saindhavaṃ pratipālayan

He pierced Partha with ten arrows and Vasudeva with seven, and stood on the paths of the chariots, guarding Saindhava.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्‌वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct with a stray zero-width non-joiner; the critical edition reads viddhvā).

Verse 66 (7.146.66)

अथैनं कौरवश्रेष्ठाः सर्व एव महारथाः । महता रथवंशेन सर्वतः प्रत्यवारयन् ॥

athainaṃ kauravaśreṣṭhāḥ sarva eva mahārathāḥ | mahatā rathavaṃśena sarvataḥ pratyavārayan

Then all the foremost Kauravas, every one of them a great chariot-warrior, surrounded him on all sides with a great array of chariots.

Verse 67 (7.146.67)

विष्फारयन्तश्चापानि विसृजन्तश्च सायकान् । सैन्धवं पर्यरक्षन्त शासनात्तनयस्य ते ॥

viṣphārayantaścāpāni visṛjantaśca sāyakān | saindhavaṃ paryarakṣanta śāsanāttanayasya te

Twanging their bows and loosing their arrows, they guarded Saindhava at your son's command.

Verse 68 (7.146.68)

ततः पार्थस्य शूरस्य बाह्वोर्बलमदृश्यत । इषूणामक्षयत्वं च धनुषो गाण्डिवस्य च ॥

tataḥ pārthasya śūrasya bāhvorbalamadṛśyata | iṣūṇāmakṣayatvaṃ ca dhanuṣo gāṇḍivasya ca

Then the strength of the heroic Partha's arms was seen, and the endlessness of his arrows and of the bow Gandiva.

Verse 69 (7.146.69)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य द्रौणेः शारद्वतस्य च । एकैकं दशभिर्बाणैः सर्वानेव समार्पयत् ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya drauṇeḥ śāradvatasya ca | ekaikaṃ daśabhirbāṇaiḥ sarvāneva samārpayat

Warding off the weapons of Drona's son and of Sharadvat's son with weapons of his own, he struck every one of them with ten arrows each.

Verse 70 (7.146.70)

तं द्रौणिः पञ्चविंशत्या वृषसेनश्च सप्तभिः । दुर्योधनश्च विंशत्या कर्णशल्यौ त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

taṃ drauṇiḥ pañcaviṃśatyā vṛṣasenaśca saptabhiḥ | duryodhanaśca viṃśatyā karṇaśalyau tribhistribhiḥ

Drona's son pierced him with twenty-five, Vrishasena with seven, Duryodhana with twenty, and Karna and Shalya with three each.

Verse 71 (7.146.71)

त एनमभिगर्जन्तो विध्यन्तश्च पुनःपुनः । विधुन्वन्तश्च चापानि सर्वतः प्रत्यवारयन् ॥

ta enamabhigarjanto vidhyantaśca punaḥpunaḥ | vidhunvantaśca cāpāni sarvataḥ pratyavārayan

Roaring at him, piercing him again and again, and shaking their bows, they held him back from every side.

Verse 72 (7.146.72)

श्लिष्टं च सर्वतश्चक्रू रथमण्डलमाशु ते । सूर्यास्तमनमिच्छन्तस्त्वरमाणा महारथाः ॥

śliṣṭaṃ ca sarvataścakrū rathamaṇḍalamāśu te | sūryāstamanamicchantastvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ

Those great chariot-warriors, hurrying and wishing for sunset, quickly drew their chariots into a close ring all around.

Verse 73 (7.146.73)

त एनमभिनर्दन्तो विधुन्वाना धनूंषि च । सिषिचुर्मार्गणैस्तीक्ष्णैर्गिरिं मेघा इवाम्बुभिः ॥

ta enamabhinardanto vidhunvānā dhanūṃṣi ca | siṣicurmārgaṇaistīkṣṇairgiriṃ meghā ivāmbubhiḥ

Roaring at him and shaking their bows, they drenched him with sharp arrows as clouds drench a mountain with water.

Note on the text: Corrected अभिनर्दन्तौ → अभिनर्दन्तो (misprint in Wikisource; the subject is plural, "they"; the critical edition reads abhinardanto).

Verse 74 (7.146.74)

ते महास्त्राणि दिव्यानि तत्र राजन्व्यदर्शयन् । धनञ्जयस्य गात्रे तु शूराः परिघबाहवः ॥

te mahāstrāṇi divyāni tatra rājanvyadarśayan | dhanañjayasya gātre tu śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ

There, O king, those heroes with arms like iron bars showed great divine weapons against Dhananjaya's body.

Verse 75 (7.146.75)

निवार्य ताञ्शरव्रातैर्दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि दर्शयन् । हतभूयिष्ठयोधं तत्कृत्वा तव बलं बली । आससाद दुराधर्षः सैन्धवं सत्यविक्रमः ॥

nivārya tāñśaravrātairdivyānyastrāṇi darśayan | hatabhūyiṣṭhayodhaṃ tatkṛtvā tava balaṃ balī | āsasāda durādharṣaḥ saindhavaṃ satyavikramaḥ

Turning them back with showers of arrows and showing his own divine weapons, he left your army with most of its fighters slain, and the mighty, unassailable one of true prowess came near to Saindhava.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text as a whole: line 1 is star passage 7.120.56d*0998_01; lines 2–3 are CE 7.120.57a and 57c.

Verse 76 (7.146.76)

तं कर्णः संयुगे राजन्प्रत्यवारयदाशुगैः । मिषतो भीमसेनस्य सात्वतस्य च भारत ॥

taṃ karṇaḥ saṃyuge rājanpratyavārayadāśugaiḥ | miṣato bhīmasenasya sātvatasya ca bhārata

Karna, O king, held him back with swift arrows, in sight of Bhimasena and of Satyaki, O Bharata.

Verse 77 (7.146.77)

तं पार्थो दशभिर्बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यद्रणाजिरे । सूतपुत्रं महाबाहुः सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥

taṃ pārtho daśabhirbāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyadraṇājire | sūtaputraṃ mahābāhuḥ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ

Partha, mighty-armed, pierced the charioteer's son with ten arrows on the field, with the whole army looking on.

Note on the text: Corrected राणाजिरे → रणाजिरे and सूतपूत्रं → सूतपुत्रं (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads raṇājire, sūtaputraṃ).

Verse 78 (7.146.78)

सात्वतश्च त्रिभिर्बाणैः कर्णं विव्याध मारिष । भीमसेनस्त्रिभिश्चैव पुनः पार्थश्च सप्तभिः ॥

sātvataśca tribhirbāṇaiḥ karṇaṃ vivyādha māriṣa | bhīmasenastribhiścaiva punaḥ pārthaśca saptabhiḥ

Satyaki pierced Karna with three arrows, O sire, Bhimasena with three, and Partha again with seven.

Verse 79 (7.146.79)

तान्कर्णः प्रतिविव्याध षष्ट्याषष्ट्या महारथः । तद्युद्धमभवद्राजन्कर्णस्य बहुभिः सह ॥

tānkarṇaḥ prativivyādha ṣaṣṭyāṣaṣṭyā mahārathaḥ | tadyuddhamabhavadrājankarṇasya bahubhiḥ saha

The great chariot-warrior Karna pierced each of them with sixty arrows in return, and so that battle of Karna against many came about, O king.

Verse 80 (7.146.80)

तत्राद्भूतमपश्याम सूतपुत्रस्य मारिष । यदेकः समरे क्रुद्धस्त्रीन्रथान्पर्यवारयत् ॥

tatrādbhūtamapaśyāma sūtaputrasya māriṣa | yadekaḥ samare kruddhastrīnrathānparyavārayat

We saw a marvel there, sire, in the charioteer's son: alone and in a rage he held off three chariot-warriors in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected पर्थवारयत् → पर्यवारयत् (misprint in Wikisource; थ for य; the critical edition reads paryavārayat).

Verse 81 (7.146.81)

फल्गुनस्तु महाबाहुः कर्णं वैकर्तनं रणे । सायकानां शतेनैव सर्वमर्मस्वताडयत् ॥

phalgunastu mahābāhuḥ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ raṇe | sāyakānāṃ śatenaiva sarvamarmasvatāḍayat

Phalguna, mighty-armed, struck Karna Vaikartana in the battle on every vital part with a hundred arrows.

Verse 82 (7.146.82)

रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । शरैः पञ्चाशता वीरः फल्गुनं प्रत्यविध्यत ॥

rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgaḥ sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān | śaraiḥ pañcāśatā vīraḥ phalgunaṃ pratyavidhyata

His whole body smeared with blood, the glorious hero, the charioteer's son, pierced Phalguna with fifty arrows.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.120.64a and 64c.

Verse 83 (7.146.83)

तस्य तल्लाघवं दृष्ट्वा नामृष्यत रणेऽर्जुनः । तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा विव्याधैनं स्तनान्तरे । सायकैर्नवभिर्वीरस्त्वरमाणो धनञ्जयः ॥

tasya tallāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāmṛṣyata raṇe'rjunaḥ | tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā vivyādhainaṃ stanāntare | sāyakairnavabhirvīrastvaramāṇo dhanañjayaḥ

Arjuna could not bear to see his quickness. Hastening, Dhananjaya cut Karna's bow and pierced him in the chest with nine arrows.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.120.64e, 65a (Wikisource: तस्य पार्थो for CE "tataḥ pārtho") and 65c.

Verse 84 (7.146.84)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । सायकैरष्टसाहस्रैश्छादयामास पाण्डवम् ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān | sāyakairaṣṭasāhasraiśchādayāmāsa pāṇḍavam

Then the glorious charioteer's son took up another bow and covered the Pandava with eight thousand arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.120.68a; line 2 is star passage 7.120.68b*0999_01.

Verse 85 (7.146.85)

तां बाणवृष्टिमतुलां कर्णचापसमुत्थिताम् । व्यधमत्सायकैः पार्थः शलभानिव मारुतः ॥

tāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭimatulāṃ karṇacāpasamutthitām | vyadhamatsāyakaiḥ pārthaḥ śalabhāniva mārutaḥ

That matchless rain of arrows rising from Karna's bow, Partha scattered with his own arrows as the wind scatters locusts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are star passage 7.120.68b*0999_02–03 (CE: tāṃ śastravṛṣṭim atulāṃ for Wikisource तां बाणवृष्टिमतुलां).

Verse 86 (7.146.86)

छादयामास च तदा सायकैरर्जुनो रणे । पश्यतां सर्वयोधानां दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् ॥

chādayāmāsa ca tadā sāyakairarjuno raṇe | paśyatāṃ sarvayodhānāṃ darśayanpāṇilāghavam

And then Arjuna covered him with arrows in the battle, showing the quickness of his hands to all the warriors looking on.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्पयोधानां → सर्वयोधानां (misprint in Wikisource; प for व; the critical edition reads sarvayodhānāṃ in the matching line, *0999_05). Both lines are star passage 7.120.68b*0999_04–05.

Verse 87 (7.146.87)

वधार्थं चास्य समरे सायकं सूर्यवर्चसम् । चिक्षेप त्वरया युक्तस्त्वराकाले धनञ्जयः ॥

vadhārthaṃ cāsya samare sāyakaṃ sūryavarcasam | cikṣepa tvarayā yuktastvarākāle dhanañjayaḥ

To kill him, Dhananjaya, in haste and at a moment that called for haste, shot at him in the battle an arrow bright as the sun.

Verse 88 (7.146.88)

तमापतन्तं वेगेन द्रौणिश्चिच्छेद सायकम् । अर्धचन्द्रेण तीक्ष्णेन स च्छिन्नः प्रापतद्भूवि ॥

tamāpatantaṃ vegena drauṇiściccheda sāyakam | ardhacandreṇa tīkṣṇena sa cchinnaḥ prāpatadbhūvi

As it came rushing on, Drona's son cut that arrow with a sharp crescent-headed arrow, and it fell cut to the ground.

Verse 89 (7.146.89)

कर्णोऽपि द्विषतां हन्ता छादयामास फल्गुनम् । सायकैर्बहुसाहस्रैः कृतप्रतिकृतेप्सया ॥

karṇo'pi dviṣatāṃ hantā chādayāmāsa phalgunam | sāyakairbahusāhasraiḥ kṛtapratikṛtepsayā

Karna too, the slayer of his enemies, covered Phalguna with many thousands of arrows, wishing to repay him in kind.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.120.68c and 68e.

Verse 90 (7.146.90)

तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ नरसिंहौ महारथौ । सायकैस्तु प्रतिच्छन्नं चक्रतुः खमजिह्मगैः ॥

tau vṛṣāviva nardantau narasiṃhau mahārathau | sāyakaistu praticchannaṃ cakratuḥ khamajihmagaiḥ

Roaring like two bulls, those two great chariot-warriors, tigers among men, filled the sky with their straight-flying arrows.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.120.69a and 69c.

Verse 91 (7.146.91)

अदृश्यौ च शरौघैस्तौ निघ्नन्तावितरेतरम् । कर्ण पार्थोऽस्मि तिष्ठ त्वं कर्णोऽहं तिष्ठ फल्गुन ॥

adṛśyau ca śaraughaistau nighnantāvitaretaram | karṇa pārtho'smi tiṣṭha tvaṃ karṇo'haṃ tiṣṭha phalguna

Hidden from sight by floods of arrows as they struck at each other, they cried: "Karna, I am Partha, stand!" and "I am Karna, stand, Phalguna!"

Note on the text: Corrected शरौथैस्तौ → शरौघैस्तौ, निघ्न्तावितरेतरम् → निघ्नन्तावितरेतरम्, and कर्ण पार्थोऽस्ति तिष्ठत्वं … फल्गुन्न → कर्ण पार्थोऽस्मि तिष्ठ त्वं … फल्गुन (misprints in Wikisource: थ for घ; dropped न; garbled words and a doubled final न; the critical edition reads śaraughais tau nighnatām itaretaram, pārtho 'ham asmi tiṣṭha tvaṃ karṇo 'haṃ tiṣṭha phalguna). Line 1 = CE 7.120.69e; line 2 = CE 7.120.70a (Wikisource adds कर्ण and drops अहम्). The shouts are Arjuna's (first) and Karna's (second); the verse stays with Sanjaya as narrator.

Verse 92 (7.146.92)

इत्येवं तर्जयन्तौ तौ वाक्शल्यैस्तु परस्परम् । विध्येतां समरे वीरौ चित्रं लघु च सुष्ठु च ॥

ityevaṃ tarjayantau tau vākśalyaistu parasparam | vidhyetāṃ samare vīrau citraṃ laghu ca suṣṭhu ca

Taunting each other thus with words like darts, the two heroes pierced each other in the battle, wonderfully, swiftly and well.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.120.70c (Wikisource: वाक्शल्यैस्तु परस्परम् for CE "vākśalyais tudatāṃ tathā") and 71a.

Verse 93 (7.146.93)

प्रेक्षणीयौ चाभवतां सर्वयोधसमागमे । प्रशस्यमानौ समरे सिद्धचारणपन्नगैः ॥

prekṣaṇīyau cābhavatāṃ sarvayodhasamāgame | praśasyamānau samare siddhacāraṇapannagaiḥ

They became a sight worth seeing in that meeting of all the warriors, praised in the battle by Siddhas, Charanas and serpents.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रशस्यामानौ → प्रशस्यमानौ (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads praśasyamānau).

Verse 94 (7.146.94)

अयुध्येतां महाराज परस्परवधैषिणौ । ततो दुर्योधनो राजंस्तावकानभ्यभाषत ॥

ayudhyetāṃ mahārāja parasparavadhaiṣiṇau | tato duryodhano rājaṃstāvakānabhyabhāṣata

They fought on, great king, each bent on the other's death. Then, O king, Duryodhana spoke to your men.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.120.72c and 73a.

Verse 95 (7.146.95)

यत्नाद्रक्षत राधेयं नाहत्वा समरेऽर्जुनम् । निवर्तिष्यति राधेयो न वाऽजित्वाऽद्य फल्गुनं ॥

yatnādrakṣata rādheyaṃ nāhatvā samare'rjunam | nivartiṣyati rādheyo na vā'jitvā'dya phalgunaṃ

Guard Radheya with effort. He will not turn back without killing Arjuna in battle, nor without defeating Phalguna today.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints no heading here; this verse is Duryodhana's order to his men (the input carried सञ्जय). Line 1 ≈ CE 7.120.73c; line 2 ≈ 73e (nivartiṣyati rādheya iti mām uktavān vṛṣaḥ), where it is Karna's word that is reported.

Verse 96 (7.146.96)

एतस्मिन्न्तरे राजन्दृष्ट्वा कर्णस्य विक्रमम् । आकर्णमुक्तैरिषुभिः कर्णस्य चतुरो हयान् । अनयत्प्रेतलोकाय चतुर्भिः श्वेतवाहनः ॥

etasminntare rājandṛṣṭvā karṇasya vikramam | ākarṇamuktairiṣubhiḥ karṇasya caturo hayān | anayatpretalokāya caturbhiḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

Meanwhile, O king, seeing Karna's prowess, the white-horsed Arjuna sent Karna's four horses to the world of the dead with four arrows drawn back to the ear.

Note on the text: Three lines = CE 7.120.74a, 74c, 74e (Wikisource: चतुर्भिः श्वेतवाहनः for CE "caturbhiḥ sāyakottamaiḥ").

Verse 97 (7.146.97)

सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत् । छादयामास स शरैस्तव पुत्रस्य पश्यतः ॥

sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍādapātayat | chādayāmāsa sa śaraistava putrasya paśyataḥ

With a broad-headed arrow he cast Karna's charioteer down from the chariot-seat, and covered Karna with arrows as your son looked on.

Verse 98 (7.146.98)

सञ्छाद्यमानः समरे हताश्वो हतसारथिः । मोहितः शरजालेन कर्तव्यं नाभ्यपद्यत ॥

sañchādyamānaḥ samare hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | mohitaḥ śarajālena kartavyaṃ nābhyapadyata

Covered with arrows in the battle, his horses and charioteer slain, bewildered by the net of shafts, Karna could not tell what to do.

Verse 99 (7.146.99)

तं तथा विरथं दृष्ट्वा रथमारोप्य तं तदा । अश्वत्थामा महाराज भूयोऽर्जुनमयोधयत् ॥

taṃ tathā virathaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathamāropya taṃ tadā | aśvatthāmā mahārāja bhūyo'rjunamayodhayat

Seeing him chariotless, Ashvatthaman, great king, took him up onto his own chariot and fought Arjuna again.

Verse 100 (7.146.100)

मद्रराजश्च कौन्तेयमविध्यत्त्रिंशता शरैः । आवव्रेऽर्जुनमार्गं च शरजालेन भारत ॥

madrarājaśca kaunteyamavidhyattriṃśatā śaraiḥ | āvavre'rjunamārgaṃ ca śarajālena bhārata

The king of Madra pierced Kaunteya with thirty arrows, and blocked Arjuna's path with a net of arrows, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe). Line 1 = CE 7.120.78a (Wikisource reads मद्रराजश्च कौन्तेयमविध्यत्त्रिंशता शरैः for CE "madrarājas tu kaunteyam avidhyat triṃśatā śaraiḥ"); line 2 is star passage 7.120.78b*1001_01.

Verse 101 (7.146.101)

शारद्वतस्तु विंशत्या वासुदेवं समार्पयत् । धनञ्जयं द्वादशभिराजघान शिलीमुखैः । चतुर्भिः सिन्धुराजश्च वृषसेनश्च सप्तभिः । पृथक्पृथङ्महाराज विव्यधुः कृष्णपाण्डवौ ॥

śāradvatastu viṃśatyā vāsudevaṃ samārpayat | dhanañjayaṃ dvādaśabhirājaghāna śilīmukhaiḥ | caturbhiḥ sindhurājaśca vṛṣasenaśca saptabhiḥ | pṛthakpṛthaṅmahārāja vivyadhuḥ kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau

Sharadvata pierced Vasudeva with twenty arrows and Dhananjaya with twelve, and the king of Sindhu with four, and Vrishasena with seven; each of them separately, great king, pierced Krishna and the Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected विंशत्यं → विंशत्या (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads viṃśatyā) and removed a stray zero-width non-joiner in पृथङ्महाराज. Four lines = CE 7.120.78c, 78e, 79a, 79c.

Verse 102 (7.146.102)

तथैव तान्प्रत्यविध्यत्कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । द्रोणपुत्रं चतुःषष्ट्या मद्रराजं शतेन च । सैन्धवं दशभिर्बाणैर्वृषसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः । शारद्वतं च विंशत्या विद्ध्वा पार्थो ननाद ह ॥

tathaiva tānpratyavidhyatkuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | droṇaputraṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā madrarājaṃ śatena ca | saindhavaṃ daśabhirbāṇairvṛṣasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | śāradvataṃ ca viṃśatyā viddhvā pārtho nanāda ha

Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, pierced them in return: Drona's son with sixty-four, the king of Madra with a hundred, Saindhava with ten arrows, Vrishasena with three, and Sharadvata with twenty; and Partha roared aloud.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads viddhvā). Four lines = CE 7.120.80a, 80c, 81a, 81c (variant wording).

Verse 103 (7.146.103)

ते प्रतिज्ञाप्रतीघातमिच्छन्तः सव्यसाचिनः । सहितास्तावकास्तूर्णमभिपेतुर्धनञ्जयम् ॥

te pratijñāpratīghātamicchantaḥ savyasācinaḥ | sahitāstāvakāstūrṇamabhipeturdhanañjayam

Wishing to defeat Savyasachin's vow, your warriors came together and swiftly rushed upon Dhananjaya.

Verse 104 (7.146.104)

अथार्जुनः सर्वतो वारुणास्त्रं । प्रादुश्चक्रे त्रासयन्धार्तराष्ट्रान् । तं प्रत्युदीयुः कुरवः पाण्डुपुत्रं । रथैर्महार्हैः शरवर्षं सृजन्तः ॥

athārjunaḥ sarvato vāruṇāstraṃ | prāduścakre trāsayandhārtarāṣṭrān | taṃ pratyudīyuḥ kuravaḥ pāṇḍuputraṃ | rathairmahārhaiḥ śaravarṣaṃ sṛjantaḥ

Then Arjuna, terrifying the sons of Dhritarashtra, brought out the Varuna weapon on every side, and the Kurus in splendid chariots advanced against the son of Pandu, loosing showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रत्युदीयः → प्रत्युदीयुः and कुरुवः → कुरवः (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pratyudīyuḥ kuravaḥ). The page prints four pāda lines; CE 7.120.83 prints two long lines (ab, cd).

Verse 105 (7.146.105)

ततस्तु तस्मिंस्तुमले समुत्थिते । सुदारुणे भारतमोहनीये । नामुह्यत प्राप्य स राजपुत्रः । किरीटमाली व्यसृजच्छरौघान् ॥

tatastu tasmiṃstumale samutthite | sudāruṇe bhāratamohanīye | nāmuhyata prāpya sa rājaputraḥ | kirīṭamālī vyasṛjaccharaughān

Then, when that dreadful tumult arose, that bewildered the Bharatas, the prince, the diadem-wearer, was not bewildered, and he let fly floods of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected नो मुह्यत → नामुह्यत (misprint in Wikisource: wrongly divided sandhi; the critical edition reads nāmuhyata). The page prints four lines (CE 7.120.84, two long lines).

Verse 106 (7.146.106)

वधप्रेप्सुः सव्यसाची कुरूणां । स्मरन्क्लेशान्द्वादशवर्षवृत्तान् । गाण्डीवमुक्तैरिषुभिर्महात्मा । सर्वा दिशो व्यावृणोदप्रमेयः ॥

vadhaprepsuḥ savyasācī kurūṇāṃ | smarankleśāndvādaśavarṣavṛttān | gāṇḍīvamuktairiṣubhirmahātmā | sarvā diśo vyāvṛṇodaprameyaḥ

Eager to kill the Kurus and remembering the hardships of the twelve years, Savyasachin, the great-souled and immeasurable, covered all the quarters with arrows shot from the Gandiva.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads वधप्रेप्सुः … कुरूणां and अप्रमेयः where the CE has "rājyaprepsuḥ … kurūṇāṃ" and "aprameyaiḥ"; recension variants, kept.

Verse 107 (7.146.107)

प्रदीप्तोल्कमभवच्चान्तरिक्षं । मृतेषु देहेष्वपतन्वयांसि । यत्पिङ्गलज्येन किरीटमाली । क्रुद्धो रिपूनाजगवेन हन्ति ॥

pradīptolkamabhavaccāntarikṣaṃ | mṛteṣu deheṣvapatanvayāṃsi | yatpiṅgalajyena kirīṭamālī | kruddho ripūnājagavena hanti

The sky seemed to blaze with meteors and birds fell upon the dead bodies, when Kiriti, in anger, struck down his enemies with the tawny-stringed Ajagava bow.

Verse 108 (7.146.108)

ततः किरीटी महता महायशाः । शरासनेनास्य शराननीकजित् । हयप्रवेकोत्तमनागघूर्णितान् । कुरुप्रवीरानिषुभिर्व्यापातयत् ॥

tataḥ kirīṭī mahatā mahāyaśāḥ | śarāsanenāsya śarānanīkajit | hayapravekottamanāgaghūrṇitān | kurupravīrāniṣubhirvyāpātayat

Then Kiriti of great renown, who conquers hosts, with his great bow brought down with arrows the foremost Kuru heroes, who reeled along with their choice horses and best elephants.

Note on the text: Corrected किरीटि → किरीटी (misprint in Wikisource; short i for long ī; the critical edition reads kirīṭamālī in this place). The page splits a sandhi across the third and fourth lines (घूर्णिता-- / न्कुरु…, with a double hyphen); written here with the word completed (घूर्णितान् । कुरु…). The page prints four lines (5-146-108a–d); the four lines are kept. CE 7.120.87 (Wikisource: घूर्णित- for CE "-ghūrgatān").

Verse 109 (7.146.109)

गदाश्च गुर्वीः परिघानयस्मयान् । असींश्च शक्तीश्च रणे नराधिपाः । महान्ति शस्त्राणि च भीमदर्शनाः । प्रगृह्य पार्थं सहसाऽभिदुद्रुवुः ॥

gadāśca gurvīḥ parighānayasmayān | asīṃśca śaktīśca raṇe narādhipāḥ | mahānti śastrāṇi ca bhīmadarśanāḥ | pragṛhya pārthaṃ sahasā'bhidudruvuḥ

The lords of men, terrible to look upon, seized heavy maces, iron clubs, swords, spears and great weapons, and suddenly rushed at Partha.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the second and third lines (परिघानयस्मया-- / नसींश्च, with a double hyphen); written here with the word completed (परिघानयस्मयान् । असींश्च). The page prints four lines (5-146-111a–d); the four lines are kept. CE 7.120.88. Wikisource's numbering jumps from 108 to 111 (5-146-109 and 110 are not printed); the text is continuous and nothing is missing here, since CE 7.120.87 and 88 follow each other.

Verse 110 (7.146.110)

ततो युगान्ताभ्रसमस्वनं महन् । महेन्द्रचापप्रतिमं च गाण्डिवम् । चकर्ष दोर्भ्यां विहसन्भृशं ययौ । दहंस्त्वदीयान्यमराष्ट्रवर्धनः ॥

tato yugāntābhrasamasvanaṃ mahan | mahendracāpapratimaṃ ca gāṇḍivam | cakarṣa dorbhyāṃ vihasanbhṛśaṃ yayau | dahaṃstvadīyānyamarāṣṭravardhanaḥ

Then, laughing, he drew with both arms the Gandiva, great and like Indra's rainbow, with a sound like the clouds at the world's end, and went forward, burning your men and swelling the realm of Yama.

Note on the text: Corrected दोर्भ्यों → दोर्भ्यां and त्वहीयान् → त्वदीयान् (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads dorbhyāṃ, tvadīyān). The page splits a sandhi across the first and second lines (मह-- / न्महेन्द्र…, with a double hyphen); written here with the word completed (महन् । महेन्द्र…, as CE *1002_01–02: mahan / mahendra…). Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are star passage 7.120.88d*1002_01–04 (after 7.120.88).

Verse 111 (7.146.111)

स तानुदीर्णान्सरथान्सवारणान् । पदातिसङ्घांश्च महाधनुर्धरः । विपन्नसर्वायुधजीवितान्रणे । चकार वीरो यमराष्ट्रवर्धनान् ॥

sa tānudīrṇānsarathānsavāraṇān | padātisaṅghāṃśca mahādhanurdharaḥ | vipannasarvāyudhajīvitānraṇe | cakāra vīro yamarāṣṭravardhanān

That hero, the great archer, brought those proud warriors, with their chariots, elephants and masses of foot-soldiers, to the end of their weapons and their lives in the battle, and made them swell the realm of Yama.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the second and third lines (सवारणा-- / न्पदाति…, with a double hyphen); written here with the word completed (सवारणान् । पदाति…). The page prints four lines (5-146-113a–d); the four lines are kept. CE 7.120.89.