Karna Routs the Panchalas; Krishna Sends Ghatotkacha Against Him

Verse 1 (7.174.1)

ततः कर्णो रणे दृष्ट्वा पार्षतं परवीरहा । आजघानोरसि शरैर्दशभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः ॥

tataḥ karṇo raṇe dṛṣṭvā pārṣataṃ paravīrahā | ājaghānorasi śarairdaśabhirmarmabhedibhiḥ

Then Karna, the slayer of enemy heroes, seeing Parshata (Dhrishtadyumna) in the battle, struck him on the chest with ten arrows that pierce the vital parts.

Note on the text: Corrected आजघानरोसि → आजघानोरसि (misprint in Wikisource: letters transposed; the critical edition reads ājaghānorasi).

Verse 2 (7.174.2)

प्रतिविव्याध तं तूर्णं धृष्टद्युम्नोपि मारिष । दशभिः सायकैर्हृष्टस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

prativivyādha taṃ tūrṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnopi māriṣa | daśabhiḥ sāyakairhṛṣṭastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

Dhrishtadyumna too, O sir, joyfully pierced him back at once with ten arrows, and said, "Stand! Stand!"

Verse 3 (7.174.3)

तावन्योन्यं शरैः सङ्ख्ये सञ्छाद्य सुमहारथौ । पुनः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैर्विव्यधाते परस्परम् ॥

tāvanyonyaṃ śaraiḥ saṅkhye sañchādya sumahārathau | punaḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairvivyadhāte parasparam

Those two great chariot-warriors, covering each other with arrows in the fight, again pierced each other with arrows loosed from fully drawn bows.

Note on the text: Corrected सुमहारथैः → सुमहारथौ (misprint in Wikisource: the dual agrees with तौ; the critical edition reads sumahārathau).

Verse 4 (7.174.4)

ततः पाञ्चालमुख्यस्य धृष्टद्युम्नस्य संयुगे । सारथिं चतुरश्चाश्वान्कर्णो विव्याध सायकैः ॥

tataḥ pāñcālamukhyasya dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge | sārathiṃ caturaścāśvānkarṇo vivyādha sāyakaiḥ

Then Karna struck with arrows the charioteer and the four horses of Dhrishtadyumna, the chief of the Panchalas, in the fight.

Verse 5 (7.174.5)

कार्मुकप्रवरं चापि प्रचिच्छेद शितैः शरैः । सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत् ॥

kārmukapravaraṃ cāpi praciccheda śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍādapātayat

He cut down his excellent bow too with sharp arrows, and with a broad-headed arrow he felled his charioteer from the chariot's seat.

Verse 6 (7.174.6)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः । गृहीत्वा परिघं घोरं कर्णस्याश्वानपीडयत् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastu viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | gṛhītvā parighaṃ ghoraṃ karṇasyāśvānapīḍayat

Dhrishtadyumna, now without a chariot, his horses and his charioteer slain, took up a terrible iron club and crushed Karna's horses.

Verse 7 (7.174.7)

विद्धश्च बहुभिस्तेन शरैराशीविषोपमैः । ततो युधिष्ठिरानीकं पद्भ्यामेवान्वपद्यत ॥

viddhaśca bahubhistena śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | tato yudhiṣṭhirānīkaṃ padbhyāmevānvapadyata

Pierced by Karna with many arrows like venomous snakes, he went on foot towards Yudhishthira's army.

Note on the text: Corrected पद्ध्याम् → पद्भ्याम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads padbhyām). Lines are CE 7.148.7a and 7c (line 2 has अन्वपद्यत where the CE has anvavartata; recension variant); the CE verse has a third line (7e), which is line 1 of verse 8 here.

Verse 8 (7.174.8)

आरुरोह रथं चापि सहदेवस्य मारिष । प्रयातुकामः कर्णाय वारितो धर्मसूनुना ॥

āruroha rathaṃ cāpi sahadevasya māriṣa | prayātukāmaḥ karṇāya vārito dharmasūnunā

And he mounted Sahadeva's chariot, O sir, eager to go against Karna, though held back by the son of Dharma.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.148.7e; line 2 is CE star passage 7.148.6b*1202_06 (prayātu kāmaḥ karṇāya vārito dharmasūnunā). The star passage *1202 stands in the CE between 7.148.6b and 6c; here it follows 7.148.7.

Verse 9 (7.174.9)

कर्णस्तु सुमहातेजाः सिंहनादविमिश्रितम् । धनुःशब्दं महच्चक्रे दध्मौ तारेण चाम्बुजम् ॥

karṇastu sumahātejāḥ siṃhanādavimiśritam | dhanuḥśabdaṃ mahaccakre dadhmau tāreṇa cāmbujam

But Karna, of great splendour, made a great twang of his bow mingled with lion-roars, and blew his conch with a shrill note.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.148.6b*1202_07–08 (the CE places star passage *1202 between 7.148.6b and 6c; Wikisource has it after 7.148.7).

Verse 10 (7.174.10)

दृष्ट्वा विनिर्जितं युद्धे पार्षतं ते महारथाः । अमर्षवशमापन्नाः पाञ्चालाः सहसोमकाः ॥

dṛṣṭvā vinirjitaṃ yuddhe pārṣataṃ te mahārathāḥ | amarṣavaśamāpannāḥ pāñcālāḥ sahasomakāḥ

Seeing Parshata defeated in the battle, those great chariot-warriors, the Panchalas with the Somakas, were overcome by anger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.148.6b*1202_09–10 (see verse 9).

Verse 11 (7.174.11)

सूतपुत्रवधार्थाय शस्त्राण्यादाय सर्वशः । प्रययुः कर्णमुद्दिश्य मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥

sūtaputravadhārthāya śastrāṇyādāya sarvaśaḥ | prayayuḥ karṇamuddiśya mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

Taking up weapons on every side to kill the charioteer's son, they advanced on Karna, resolved that only death should turn them back.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.148.6b*1202_11–12 (see verse 9).

Verse 12 (7.174.12)

कर्णस्यापि रथे वाहानन्यान्सूतोऽभ्ययोजयत् । शङ्खवर्णान्महावेगान्सैन्धवान्साधुवाहिनः ॥

karṇasyāpi rathe vāhānanyānsūto'bhyayojayat | śaṅkhavarṇānmahāvegānsaindhavānsādhuvāhinaḥ

The charioteer yoked other horses to Karna's chariot, conch-white, very swift, bred in Sindhu, and good at drawing.

Verse 13 (7.174.13)

लब्धलक्षस्तु राधेयः पञ्चालानां महारथान् । अभ्यपीडयदायस्तः शरैर्मेघ इवाचलम् ॥

labdhalakṣastu rādheyaḥ pañcālānāṃ mahārathān | abhyapīḍayadāyastaḥ śarairmegha ivācalam

Radheya, having found his mark, tirelessly pressed the great chariot-warriors of the Panchalas with arrows, as a cloud presses on a mountain.

Verse 14 (7.174.14)

सा पीड्यमाना कर्णेन पाञ्चालानां महाचमूः । सम्प्राद्रवत्सुसन्त्रस्ता सिंहेनेवार्दिता मृगी ॥

sā pīḍyamānā karṇena pāñcālānāṃ mahācamūḥ | samprādravatsusantrastā siṃhenevārditā mṛgī

Harried by Karna, that great Panchala host fled in utter terror, like a doe tormented by a lion.

Verse 15 (7.174.15)

पतितास्तुरगेभ्यश्च गजेभ्यश्च महीतले । रथेभ्यश्च नरास्तूर्णमदृश्यन्त ततस्ततः ॥

patitāsturagebhyaśca gajebhyaśca mahītale | rathebhyaśca narāstūrṇamadṛśyanta tatastataḥ

Men were seen falling swiftly to the ground from horses, elephants and chariots, here and there.

Verse 16 (7.174.16)

धावमानस्य योधस्य क्षुरप्रैः स महामृधे । बाहू चिच्छेद वै कर्णः शिरश्चैव सकुण्डलम् ॥

dhāvamānasya yodhasya kṣurapraiḥ sa mahāmṛdhe | bāhū ciccheda vai karṇaḥ śiraścaiva sakuṇḍalam

In that great battle Karna cut off with razor-headed arrows both arms and the head, earrings and all, of a warrior as he ran.

Verse 17 (7.174.17)

ऊरू चिच्छेद चान्यस्य गजस्थस्य विशाम्पते । वाजिपृष्ठगतस्यापि भूमिष्ठस्य च मारिष ॥

ūrū ciccheda cānyasya gajasthasya viśāmpate | vājipṛṣṭhagatasyāpi bhūmiṣṭhasya ca māriṣa

He cut off the thighs of another who sat on an elephant, O lord of the people, and of one on horseback, and of one standing on the ground, O sir.

Verse 18 (7.174.18)

नाज्ञासिषुर्धावमाना बहवश्च महारथाः । सञ्छिन्नान्यात्मगात्राणि वाहनानि च संयुगे ॥

nājñāsiṣurdhāvamānā bahavaśca mahārathāḥ | sañchinnānyātmagātrāṇi vāhanāni ca saṃyuge

Many great chariot-warriors, running in flight, did not know that their own limbs and their mounts in the battle had been cut to pieces.

Verse 19 (7.174.19)

ते वध्यमानाः समरे पाञ्चालाः सृञ्जयैः सह । तृणप्रस्पन्दनाच्चापि सूतपुत्रं स्म मेनिरे ॥

te vadhyamānāḥ samare pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha | tṛṇapraspandanāccāpi sūtaputraṃ sma menire

Being slain in the battle, the Panchalas with the Srinjayas took even the stirring of a blade of grass for the charioteer's son.

Verse 20 (7.174.20)

अपि स्वं समरे योधं धावमानं विचेतसम् । कर्णमेवाभ्यमन्यन्त ततो भीता द्रवन्ति ते ॥

api svaṃ samare yodhaṃ dhāvamānaṃ vicetasam | karṇamevābhyamanyanta tato bhītā dravanti te

Even their own warriors, running about senseless, they took for Karna, and so, in terror, they fled.

Verse 21 (7.174.21)

तान्यनीकानि भग्नानि द्रवमाणानि भारत । अभ्यद्रवद्द्रुतं कर्णः पृष्ठतो विकिरञ्छरान् ॥

tānyanīkāni bhagnāni dravamāṇāni bhārata | abhyadravaddrutaṃ karṇaḥ pṛṣṭhato vikirañcharān

Karna swiftly pursued those broken, fleeing ranks, O Bharata, scattering arrows at their backs.

Verse 22 (7.174.22)

अवेक्षमाणास्त्वन्योन्यं सुसम्मूढा विचेतसः । नाशक्नुवन्नवस्थातुं काल्यमाना महात्मना ॥

avekṣamāṇāstvanyonyaṃ susammūḍhā vicetasaḥ | nāśaknuvannavasthātuṃ kālyamānā mahātmanā

Looking at one another, utterly bewildered and senseless, they could not hold their ground as the great-souled one drove them on.

Verse 23 (7.174.23)

कर्णेनाभ्याहता राजन्पाञ्चालाः परमेषुभिः । द्रोणेन च दिशः सर्वा वीक्षमाणाः प्रदुद्रुवुः ॥

karṇenābhyāhatā rājanpāñcālāḥ parameṣubhiḥ | droṇena ca diśaḥ sarvā vīkṣamāṇāḥ pradudruvuḥ

Struck by Karna with the best of arrows, O king, and by Drona, the Panchalas fled, looking in every direction.

Verse 24 (7.174.24)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा स्वसैन्यं प्रेक्ष्य विद्रुतम् । अपयाने मनः कृत्वा फल्गुनं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā svasainyaṃ prekṣya vidrutam | apayāne manaḥ kṛtvā phalgunaṃ vākyamabravīt

Then King Yudhishthira, seeing his army routed and having set his mind on retreat, said to Phalguna:

Verse 25 (7.174.25)

पश्य कर्णं महेष्वासं धनुष्पाणिमवस्थितम् । निशीथे दारुणे काले तपन्तमिव भास्करम् ॥

paśya karṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ dhanuṣpāṇimavasthitam | niśīthe dāruṇe kāle tapantamiva bhāskaram

"See Karna, the great archer, standing bow in hand, blazing in this dreadful hour of midnight like the sun.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from सञ्जय (the page heading) to युधिष्ठिर: verses 25–28 are his direct speech to Arjuna, introduced in verse 24.

Verse 26 (7.174.26)

कर्णसायकनुन्नानां क्रोशतामेष निःस्वनः । अनिशं श्रूयते पार्थ त्वद्बन्धूनामनाथवत् ॥

karṇasāyakanunnānāṃ krośatāmeṣa niḥsvanaḥ | aniśaṃ śrūyate pārtha tvadbandhūnāmanāthavat

The cry of your kinsmen, struck down by Karna's arrows, O Partha, is heard without pause, like the cry of those who have no protector.

Verse 27 (7.174.27)

यथा विसृजतश्चास्य सन्दधानस्य चाशुगान् । पश्यामि नान्तरं पार्थ क्षपयिष्यति नो ध्रुवम् ॥

yathā visṛjataścāsya sandadhānasya cāśugān | paśyāmi nāntaraṃ pārtha kṣapayiṣyati no dhruvam

As he looses and fits his arrows, O Partha, I see no gap between; he will surely destroy us.

Verse 28 (7.174.28)

यदत्रानन्तरं कार्यं प्राप्तकालं च पश्यसि । कर्णस्य वधसंयुक्तं तत्कुरुष्व धनञ्जय ॥

yadatrānantaraṃ kāryaṃ prāptakālaṃ ca paśyasi | karṇasya vadhasaṃyuktaṃ tatkuruṣva dhanañjaya

Whatever must be done next, if you see that the time has come, to bring about Karna's death, do that, O Dhananjaya."

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्तकाल → प्राप्तकालं (misprint in Wikisource: a dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads prāptakālaṃ prapaśyasi).

Verse 29 (7.174.29)

एवमुक्तो महाराज पार्थः कृष्णमथाब्रवीत् । भीतः कुन्तीसुतो राजा राधेयस्याद्य विक्रमात् ॥

evamukto mahārāja pārthaḥ kṛṣṇamathābravīt | bhītaḥ kuntīsuto rājā rādheyasyādya vikramāt

Thus addressed, O great king, Partha spoke to Krishna, for King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, was afraid that day of Radheya's prowess.

Note on the text: Narration (Sanjaya). Line 2 explains Yudhishthira's request: the king was afraid of Karna's prowess.

Verse 30 (7.174.30)

एवं गते प्राप्तकालं कर्णानीके पुनः पुनः । भवान्व्यवस्यतु क्षिप्रं द्रवते हि वरूथिनी ॥

evaṃ gate prāptakālaṃ karṇānīke punaḥ punaḥ | bhavānvyavasyatu kṣipraṃ dravate hi varūthinī

"Things having come to this pass, the time has come to act against Karna's host, which strikes again and again; decide quickly, for the army is fleeing.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from सञ्जय (the page heading) to अर्जुन: verses 30–34 are his direct speech to Krishna, introduced in verse 29.

Verse 31 (7.174.31)

द्रोणसायकनुन्नानां भग्नानां मधुसूदन । कर्णेन त्रास्यमानानामवस्थानं न विद्यते ॥

droṇasāyakanunnānāṃ bhagnānāṃ madhusūdana | karṇena trāsyamānānāmavasthānaṃ na vidyate

For those driven by Drona's arrows, broken, and terrified by Karna, O Madhusudana, there is no standing firm.

Verse 32 (7.174.32)

पश्यामि च तथा कर्णं विचरन्तमभीतवत् । द्रवमाणान्रथोदारान्किरन्तं निशितैः शरैः ॥

paśyāmi ca tathā karṇaṃ vicarantamabhītavat | dravamāṇānrathodārānkirantaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

And I see Karna ranging as though without fear, scattering sharp arrows at the noble chariot-warriors as they flee.

Verse 33 (7.174.33)

नैनं शक्ष्यामि संसोढुं चरन्तं रणमूर्धनि । प्रत्यक्षं वृष्णिशार्दूल पादस्पर्शमिवोरगः ॥

nainaṃ śakṣyāmi saṃsoḍhuṃ carantaṃ raṇamūrdhani | pratyakṣaṃ vṛṣṇiśārdūla pādasparśamivoragaḥ

I cannot bear to see him ranging at the head of the battle before my eyes, O tiger of the Vrishnis, any more than a serpent can bear a touch of the foot.

Verse 34 (7.174.34)

स भवांस्तत्र यात्वाशु यत्र कर्णो महारथः । अहमेनं हनिष्यामि मां वैष मधुसूदन ॥

sa bhavāṃstatra yātvāśu yatra karṇo mahārathaḥ | ahamenaṃ haniṣyāmi māṃ vaiṣa madhusūdana

So go there quickly, you, to where Karna the great chariot-warrior is. I shall kill him, or he will kill me, O Madhusudana."

Note on the text: Corrected सवाम् → भवाम् (misprint in Wikisource: स सवांस्तत्र → स भवांस्तत्र; the critical edition reads sa bhavān atra).

Verse 35 (7.174.35)

पश्यामि कर्णं कौन्तेय देवराजमिवाहवे । विचरन्तं नरव्याघ्रमतिमानुषविक्रमम् ॥

paśyāmi karṇaṃ kaunteya devarājamivāhave | vicarantaṃ naravyāghramatimānuṣavikramam

I see Karna, son of Kunti, moving in the fight like the king of the gods, a tiger among men with more than human prowess.

Note on the text: The page heading is श्रीवासुदेव उवाच; the speaker is entered as वासुदेव (Krishna), as elsewhere in this parva.

Verse 36 (7.174.36)

नैतस्यान्योऽस्ति सङ्ग्रामे प्रत्युद्याता धनञ्जय । ऋते त्वां पुरुषव्याघ्र राक्षसाद्वा घटोत्कचात् ॥

naitasyānyo'sti saṅgrāme pratyudyātā dhanañjaya | ṛte tvāṃ puruṣavyāghra rākṣasādvā ghaṭotkacāt

In this battle, Dhananjaya, no one else can go out to face him, except you, O tiger among men, or the rakshasa Ghatotkacha.

Verse 37 (7.174.37)

न तु तावदहं मन्ये प्राप्तकालं तवानघ । समागमं महाबाहो सूतपुत्रेण संयुगे ॥

na tu tāvadahaṃ manye prāptakālaṃ tavānagha | samāgamaṃ mahābāho sūtaputreṇa saṃyuge

But I do not think, blameless one, that the time has yet come for you to meet the charioteer's son in the fight.

Verse 38 (7.174.38)

दीप्यमाना महोल्केव तिष्ठत्यस्य हि वासवी । त्वदर्थं हि महाबाहो सूतपुत्रेण संयुगे ॥

dīpyamānā maholkeva tiṣṭhatyasya hi vāsavī | tvadarthaṃ hi mahābāho sūtaputreṇa saṃyuge

Vasava's spear stays with him, blazing like a great meteor; for your sake, O mighty-armed, against the charioteer's son in the fight,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.148.34a. Line 2 is a recension variant of CE 7.148.34c (tvadarthaṃ hi mahābāho raudrarūpaṃ bibharti ca): the page reads सूतपुत्रेण संयुगे in place of the CE's second half, as in CE star passage 7.148.34c*1204_01 (**** **** sūtaputreṇa saṃyuge). Kept.

Verse 39 (7.174.39)

रक्ष्यते शक्तिरेषा हि रौद्रं रूपं बिभर्ति च । घटोत्कचस्तु राधेयं प्रत्युद्यातु महाबलः ॥

rakṣyate śaktireṣā hi raudraṃ rūpaṃ bibharti ca | ghaṭotkacastu rādheyaṃ pratyudyātu mahābalaḥ

this spear is kept, and it bears a terrible form. Let mighty Ghatotkacha go against Radheya.

Note on the text: Corrected रौद्रां → रौद्रं (misprint in Wikisource: the feminine ending does not agree with रूपम्; the critical edition reads raudrarūpam). Line 1 combines CE star passage 7.148.34c*1204_02 (rakṣyate śaktir eṣā hi) with the second half of 34c (raudrarūpaṃ bibharti ca); line 2 is CE 7.148.35a.

Verse 40 (7.174.40)

स हि भीमेन बलिना जातः सुरपराक्रमः । तस्मिन्नस्त्राणि दिव्यानि राक्षसान्यासुराणि च ॥

sa hi bhīmena balinā jātaḥ suraparākramaḥ | tasminnastrāṇi divyāni rākṣasānyāsurāṇi ca

For he was born of mighty Bhima and has the valour of the gods; in him are divine weapons, both of the rakshasas and of the asuras.

Note on the text: Lines are CE 7.148.35c and 36a (Wikisource divides the CE's verses differently).

Verse 41 (7.174.41)

सततं चानुरक्तो वो हितैषी च घटोत्कचः । विजेष्यति रणे कर्णमिति मे नात्र संशयः ॥

satataṃ cānurakto vo hitaiṣī ca ghaṭotkacaḥ | vijeṣyati raṇe karṇamiti me nātra saṃśayaḥ

Ghatotkacha is always devoted to you and wishes you well; he will conquer Karna in the battle. Of that I have no doubt.

Note on the text: Lines are CE 7.148.36c and 36e.

Verse 42 (7.174.42)

एवमुक्तो महाबाहुः पार्थः पुष्करलोचनः । आजुहावाथ तद्रक्षस्तच्चासीत्प्रादुरग्रतः ॥

evamukto mahābāhuḥ pārthaḥ puṣkaralocanaḥ | ājuhāvātha tadrakṣastaccāsītprāduragrataḥ

Thus addressed, the mighty-armed, lotus-eyed Partha summoned that rakshasa, and he appeared there before him.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रादुरप्रतः → प्रादुरग्रतः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads prādur agrataḥ). Line 1 reads एवमुक्तो … पार्थः ("thus addressed, Partha …") where the CE has evam uktvā mahābāhuḥ pārthaṃ puṣkaralocanaḥ ("having said this to Partha, the lotus-eyed one called …", i.e. Krishna summons the rakshasa); in this text Arjuna summons him. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 43 (7.174.43)

कवची सशरः खड्गी सधन्वा च विशाम्पते । अभिवाद्य ततः कृष्णं पाण्डवं च धनञ्जयम् । अब्रवीच्च तदा कृष्णमयमस्म्यनुशाधि माम् ॥

kavacī saśaraḥ khaḍgī sadhanvā ca viśāmpate | abhivādya tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanañjayam | abravīcca tadā kṛṣṇamayamasmyanuśādhi mām

Armoured, with arrows, sword and bow, O lord of the people, having saluted Krishna and the Pandava Dhananjaya, he said to Krishna then, "Here I am. Command me."

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गी → खड्गी (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads khaḍgī). Line 3 reads अब्रवीच्च तदा कृष्णम् for the CE's abravīt taṃ tadā hṛṣṭaḥ (recension variant); the half-line अयमस्मि अनुशाधि माम् is Ghatotkacha's own speech inside Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 44 (7.174.44)

ततस्तं मेघसङ्काशं दीप्तास्यं दीप्तकुण्डलम् । अभ्यभाषत हैडिम्बिं दाशार्हः प्रहसन्निव ॥

tatastaṃ meghasaṅkāśaṃ dīptāsyaṃ dīptakuṇḍalam | abhyabhāṣata haiḍimbiṃ dāśārhaḥ prahasanniva

Then Dasharha (Krishna), smiling as it were, addressed the son of Hidimba, who was like a cloud, with blazing face and shining earrings.

Verse 45 (7.174.45)

घटोत्कच विजानीहि यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि पुत्रक । प्राप्तो विक्रमकालोऽयं तव नान्यस्य कस्याचित् । स त्वं निमज्जतां युद्धे बन्धूनां बान्धवो भव ॥

ghaṭotkaca vijānīhi yattvāṃ vakṣyāmi putraka | prāpto vikramakālo'yaṃ tava nānyasya kasyācit | sa tvaṃ nimajjatāṃ yuddhe bandhūnāṃ bāndhavo bhava

"Ghatotkacha, my son, understand what I shall tell you. The time for your prowess has come, and for no one else's. So be a true kinsman to your kinsmen who are sinking in the battle.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 7.148.40; line 3 is a recension variant of CE 7.148.41a (sa bhavān majjamānānāṃ bandhūnāṃ tvaṃ plavo yathā).

Verse 46 (7.174.46)

यावन्ति च तवास्त्राणि सन्ति मायाश्च राक्षसीः । अद्यैव समयस्तेषां मायानां चैव राक्षस ॥

yāvanti ca tavāstrāṇi santi māyāśca rākṣasīḥ | adyaiva samayasteṣāṃ māyānāṃ caiva rākṣasa

As many weapons as you have, and the rakshasa illusions, the time for them and for your illusions, O rakshasa, is this very day.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backticks) around line 2. Line 1 corresponds to CE 7.148.41c (vividhāni tavāstrāṇi santi māyā ca rākṣasī), with a different wording; line 2 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (7.174.47)

पश्य कर्णेन हैडिम्बे पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् । काल्यमानां रणे तात सिंहेनेवेतरान्मृगान् ॥

paśya karṇena haiḍimbe pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm | kālyamānāṃ raṇe tāta siṃhenevetarānmṛgān

Look, son of Hidimba, how Karna is driving the Pandava army in the battle, my child, as a lion drives the other beasts.

Note on the text: Corrected सिंहनेवेतरान्मृगान् → सिंहेनेवेतरान्मृगान् (misprint in Wikisource: a dropped vowel sign; cf. सिंहेनेवार्दिता in verse 50). Line 1 is CE 7.148.42a; line 2 differs from the CE (yathā gāvaḥ pālena raṇamūrdhani).

Verse 48 (7.174.48)

एष कर्णो महेष्वासो मतिमान्दृढविक्रमः । पाण्डवानामनीकेषु निहन्ति क्षत्रियर्षभान् ॥

eṣa karṇo maheṣvāso matimāndṛḍhavikramaḥ | pāṇḍavānāmanīkeṣu nihanti kṣatriyarṣabhān

This is Karna, the great archer, wise and firm in valour, who is killing the bulls among the kshatriyas in the Pandava ranks.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्वानाम् → पाण्डवानाम् (misprint in Wikisource: a dropped ड; the critical edition reads pāṇḍavānām).

Verse 49 (7.174.49)

किरन्तः शरवर्षाणि महान्ति दृढधन्विनः । न शक्नुवन्त्यवस्थातुं पीड्यमानाः शरार्चिषा ॥

kirantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi mahānti dṛḍhadhanvinaḥ | na śaknuvantyavasthātuṃ pīḍyamānāḥ śarārciṣā

Even these firm bowmen, though they shower great volleys of arrows, cannot stand their ground, tormented by the flames of his arrows.

Verse 50 (7.174.50)

निशीथे सूतपुत्रेण शरवर्षेण पीडिताः । एते द्रवन्ति पाञ्चालाः सिंहेनेवार्दिता मृगाः ॥

niśīthe sūtaputreṇa śaravarṣeṇa pīḍitāḥ | ete dravanti pāñcālāḥ siṃhenevārditā mṛgāḥ

At midnight, afflicted by the charioteer's son's rain of arrows, these Panchalas flee like deer harried by a lion.

Note on the text: Corrected मृशाः → मृगाः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads mṛgāḥ). Line 2 reads सिंहेनेवार्दिता where the CE has siṃhasyeva bhayān (recension variant).

Verse 51 (7.174.51)

एतस्यैवं प्रवृद्धस्य सूतपुत्रस्य संयुगे । निषेद्धा विद्यते नान्यस्त्वामृते भीमविक्रम ॥

etasyaivaṃ pravṛddhasya sūtaputrasya saṃyuge | niṣeddhā vidyate nānyastvāmṛte bhīmavikrama

With the charioteer's son grown so strong in the fight, there is no one but you, of fearsome prowess, who can hold him back.

Verse 52 (7.174.52)

स त्वं कुरु महाबाहो कर्म युक्तमिहात्मनः । मातुलानां पितॄणां च तेजसोऽस्त्रबलस्य च ॥

sa tvaṃ kuru mahābāho karma yuktamihātmanaḥ | mātulānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tejaso'strabalasya ca

So do what is fitting for you, mighty-armed, for your maternal uncles and your fathers, for your energy and the strength of your weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected तेसजोऽस्त्रबलस्य → तेजसोऽस्त्रबलस्य (misprint in Wikisource: letters transposed; the critical edition reads tejaso 'strabalasya).

Verse 53 (7.174.53)

एतदर्थे हि हैडिम्बे पुत्रानिच्छन्ति मानवाः । कथं नस्तारयेद्दुःखात्स त्वं तारय बान्धवान् ॥

etadarthe hi haiḍimbe putrānicchanti mānavāḥ | kathaṃ nastārayedduḥkhātsa tvaṃ tāraya bāndhavān

It is for this, son of Hidimba, that men wish for sons: "How shall he rescue us from sorrow?" So rescue your kinsmen.

Verse 54 (7.174.54)

इच्छन्ति पितरः पुत्रान्स्वार्थहेतोर्घटोत्कच । इहलोकात्परे लोके तारयिष्यन्ति ये हिताः ॥

icchanti pitaraḥ putrānsvārthahetorghaṭotkaca | ihalokātpare loke tārayiṣyanti ye hitāḥ

Fathers wish for sons for their own good, Ghatotkacha: sons who, as their well-wishers, will carry them across from this world to the next.

Note on the text: Corrected हहलोकात् → इहलोकात् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads ihalokāt). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.148.48d*1205_01–02 (placed after 7.148.48).

Verse 55 (7.174.55)

तव ह्यत्र बलं भीमं मायाश्च तव दुस्तराः । सङ्क्रामे युध्यमानस्य सततं भीमनन्दन ॥

tava hyatra balaṃ bhīmaṃ māyāśca tava dustarāḥ | saṅkrāme yudhyamānasya satataṃ bhīmanandana

Here, O son of Bhima, you have terrible strength, and your illusions are hard to cross, as you fight in battle ever.

Verse 56 (7.174.56)

पाण्डवानां प्रभग्नानां कर्णेन निशि सायकैः । मज्जतां धार्तराष्ट्रेषु भव पारं परन्तप ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ prabhagnānāṃ karṇena niśi sāyakaiḥ | majjatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭreṣu bhava pāraṃ parantapa

For the Pandavas, shattered by Karna's arrows in the night and sinking, be the far shore among the Dhartarashtras, O scorcher of foes.

Verse 57 (7.174.57)

रात्रौ हि राक्षसा भूयो भवन्त्यमितविक्रमाः । बलवन्तः सुदुर्धर्षाः शूरा विक्रान्तचारिणः ॥

rātrau hi rākṣasā bhūyo bhavantyamitavikramāḥ | balavantaḥ sudurdharṣāḥ śūrā vikrāntacāriṇaḥ

For at night the rakshasas grow still more boundless in prowess, strong, hard to overcome, heroic and bold in their moves.

Verse 58 (7.174.58)

जहि कर्णं महेष्वासं निशीथे मायया रणे । पार्था द्रोणं वधिष्यन्ति धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः ॥

jahi karṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ niśīthe māyayā raṇe | pārthā droṇaṃ vadhiṣyanti dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ

Kill Karna, the great archer, at midnight with your illusion in the battle; the Parthas, led by Dhrishtadyumna, will kill Drona."

Note on the text: Corrected हमेष्वासम् → महेष्वासम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads maheṣvāsam).

Verse 59 (7.174.59)

केशवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा बीभत्सुरपि राक्षसम् । अभ्यभाषत कौरव्य घटोत्कचमरिन्दमम् ॥

keśavasya vacaḥ śrutvā bībhatsurapi rākṣasam | abhyabhāṣata kauravya ghaṭotkacamarindamam

Hearing Keshava's words, Bibhatsu too addressed the rakshasa, the subduer of foes, Ghatotkacha, O Kaurava.

Verse 60 (7.174.60)

घटोत्कच भवांश्चैव दीर्घबाहुश्च सात्यकिः । मतौ मे सर्वसैन्येषु भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः ॥

ghaṭotkaca bhavāṃścaiva dīrghabāhuśca sātyakiḥ | matau me sarvasainyeṣu bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ

"Ghatotkacha, you, long-armed Satyaki, and Bhimasena the Pandava are the ones I esteem above all in all the armies.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from सञ्जय (the page heading) to अर्जुन: verses 60–62 are his direct speech to Ghatotkacha, introduced in verse 59.

Verse 61 (7.174.61)

तद्भवान्यातु कर्णेन द्वैरथं युध्यतां निशि । सात्यकिः पृष्ठगोपस्ते भविष्यति महारथः ॥

tadbhavānyātu karṇena dvairathaṃ yudhyatāṃ niśi | sātyakiḥ pṛṣṭhagopaste bhaviṣyati mahārathaḥ

So go and fight Karna chariot to chariot in the night; the great chariot-warrior Satyaki will guard your back.

Verse 62 (7.174.62)

जहि कर्णं रणे शूरं सात्वतेन सहायवान् । यथेन्द्रस्तारकं पूर्वं स्कन्देन सह जघ्निवान् ॥

jahi karṇaṃ raṇe śūraṃ sātvatena sahāyavān | yathendrastārakaṃ pūrvaṃ skandena saha jaghnivān

With the Satvata as your helper, kill the brave Karna in the battle, as Indra once killed Taraka together with Skanda."

Verse 63 (7.174.63)

एवमेव महाबाहो यथा वदसि मां प्रभो । त्वया नियुक्तो गच्छामि कर्णस्य वधकाङ्क्षया ॥

evameva mahābāho yathā vadasi māṃ prabho | tvayā niyukto gacchāmi karṇasya vadhakāṅkṣayā

"Just as you say, mighty-armed lord, so it shall be; appointed by you, I go, wishing to kill Karna.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Corrected बधकाङ्क्षया → वधकाङ्क्षया (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vadhakāṅkṣayā). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.148.57*1206_01–02 (placed before 7.148.57a).

Verse 64 (7.174.64)

अलमेवास्मि कर्णाय द्रोणायालं च भारत । अन्येषां क्षत्रियाणां च कृतास्त्राणां महात्मनाम् ॥

alamevāsmi karṇāya droṇāyālaṃ ca bhārata | anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca kṛtāstrāṇāṃ mahātmanām

I am a match for Karna, and for Drona, O Bharata, and for the other great-souled kshatriyas skilled in weapons.

Verse 65 (7.174.65)

अद्य दास्यामि सङ्ग्रामं सूतपुत्राय तं निशि । यं जनाः सम्प्रवक्ष्यन्ति यावद्भूमिर्धरिष्यति ॥

adya dāsyāmi saṅgrāmaṃ sūtaputrāya taṃ niśi | yaṃ janāḥ sampravakṣyanti yāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati

Tonight I shall give the charioteer's son such a battle as people will speak of for as long as the earth endures.

Verse 66 (7.174.66)

न चात्र शूरान्मोक्ष्यामि न भीतान्न कृताञ्जलीन् । सर्वानेव वधिष्यामि राक्षसं धर्ममास्थितः ॥

na cātra śūrānmokṣyāmi na bhītānna kṛtāñjalīn | sarvāneva vadhiṣyāmi rākṣasaṃ dharmamāsthitaḥ

I shall spare no one here, neither the brave, nor the frightened, nor those with joined palms; I shall kill them all, following the rakshasa way."

Verse 67 (7.174.67)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्हैडिम्बिः परवीरहा । अभ्ययात्तुमुले कर्णं तव सैन्यं विभीषयन् ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhurhaiḍimbiḥ paravīrahā | abhyayāttumule karṇaṃ tava sainyaṃ vibhīṣayan

Having spoken so, the mighty-armed son of Hidimba, slayer of enemy heroes, rushed in the tumult upon Karna, terrifying your army.

Verse 68 (7.174.68)

तमापतन्तं सङ्क्रुद्धं दीप्तास्यं दीप्तमूर्धजम् । प्रहसन्पुरुषव्याघ्रः प्रतिजग्राह सूतजः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṅkruddhaṃ dīptāsyaṃ dīptamūrdhajam | prahasanpuruṣavyāghraḥ pratijagrāha sūtajaḥ

Laughing, the charioteer's son, a tiger among men, met him as he came on enraged, with blazing face and flaming hair.

Note on the text: Both lines differ from CE 7.148.61 (dīptāsyam iva pannagam / abhyasyan parameṣvāsaḥ pratijagrāha sūtajaḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 69 (7.174.69)

तयोः समभवद्युद्धं कर्णराक्षसयोर्निशि । गर्जतो राजशार्दूल शक्रप्रह्लादयोरिव ॥

tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ karṇarākṣasayorniśi | garjato rājaśārdūla śakraprahlādayoriva

Then the battle between Karna and the rakshasa raged in the night, as they roared, O tiger among kings, like that of Shakra and Prahlada.