Karna and Ghatotkacha: The Battle of Illusions

Verse 1 (7.176.1)

यत्तद्वैकर्तनः कर्णो राक्षसश्च घटोत्कचः । निशीथे समसज्जेतां तद्युद्धमभवत्कथम् ॥

yattadvaikartanaḥ karṇo rākṣasaśca ghaṭotkacaḥ | niśīthe samasajjetāṃ tadyuddhamabhavatkatham

That battle at midnight, in which Karna, son of Vikartana, and the rakshasa Ghatotkacha took the field against each other — how did it come about?

Verse 2 (7.176.2)

कीदृशं चाभवद्रूपं तस्य घोरस्य रक्षसः । येन वैकर्तनः कर्णः सङ्ग्रामे तेन निर्जितः ॥

kīdṛśaṃ cābhavadrūpaṃ tasya ghorasya rakṣasaḥ | yena vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ saṅgrāme tena nirjitaḥ

What was the form of that dreadful rakshasa, by whom Karna, son of Vikartana, was overcome in the fight?

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; found in the critical edition at 7.150.2a and star passage 7.150.2b*1224_01.

Verse 3 (7.176.3)

रथश्च कीदृशस्तस्य मायाः सर्वायुधानि च । किम्प्रमाणा हयास्तस्य रथकेतुर्धनुस्तथा ॥

rathaśca kīdṛśastasya māyāḥ sarvāyudhāni ca | kimpramāṇā hayāstasya rathaketurdhanustathā

And what was his chariot like, and his illusions and all his weapons? What was the size of his horses, and what were his chariot-banner and his bow like?

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.2c and 7.150.3a.

Verse 4 (7.176.4)

कीदृशं वर्म चैवास्य शिरस्त्राणं च कीदृशम् । पृष्टस्त्वमेतदाचक्ष्व कुशलो ह्यसि सञ्जय ॥

kīdṛśaṃ varma caivāsya śirastrāṇaṃ ca kīdṛśam | pṛṣṭastvametadācakṣva kuśalo hyasi sañjaya

What was his armour like, and what his helmet? Asked all this, tell it to me, Sanjaya, for you are skilled in telling.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.3c and 7.150.3e.

Verse 5 (7.176.5)

लोहिताक्षो महाकायस्ताम्रास्यो निम्नितोदरः । ऊर्ध्वरोमा हरिश्मश्रुः शङ्कुकर्णो महाहनुः ॥

lohitākṣo mahākāyastāmrāsyo nimnitodaraḥ | ūrdhvaromā hariśmaśruḥ śaṅkukarṇo mahāhanuḥ

He had red eyes and a huge body, a copper-coloured face and a sunken belly, upright hair, a tawny-green beard, ears like stakes and a great jaw.

Note on the text: Corrected लोहितोक्षो → लोहिताक्षो (misprint in Wikisource; lohitākṣa "red-eyed" is the word; the critical edition reads लोहिताक्षो).

Verse 6 (7.176.6)

आकर्णदारितास्यश्च तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रः करालवान् । सुदीर्घताम्रजिह्वोष्ठो लम्बभ्रूः स्थूलनासिकः ॥

ākarṇadāritāsyaśca tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraḥ karālavān | sudīrghatāmrajihvoṣṭho lambabhrūḥ sthūlanāsikaḥ

His mouth was split open to the ears; he had sharp fangs and terrible jutting teeth, a very long tongue and lips of copper colour, drooping brows and a thick nose.

Verse 7 (7.176.7)

नीलाङ्गो लोहितग्रीवो गिरिवर्ष्मा भयङ्करः । महाकायो महाबाहुर्महाशीर्षो महाबलः ॥

nīlāṅgo lohitagrīvo girivarṣmā bhayaṅkaraḥ | mahākāyo mahābāhurmahāśīrṣo mahābalaḥ

His limbs were dark and his neck red; he was mountain-bodied and terrifying, huge of frame, long-armed, big-headed and very strong.

Verse 8 (7.176.8)

विकृतः परुषस्पर्शो विकचोद्वृद्धपिण्डकः । स्थूलस्फिग्गूढनाभिश्च शिथिलोपचयो महान् ॥

vikṛtaḥ paruṣasparśo vikacodvṛddhapiṇḍakaḥ | sthūlasphiggūḍhanābhiśca śithilopacayo mahān

He was misshapen and rough to the touch, with a bare head and swollen limbs, with heavy buttocks, a hidden navel and loose flesh, and enormous.

Verse 9 (7.176.9)

तथैव हस्ताभरणी महामायोऽङ्गदी तथा । उरसाऽधारयन्निष्कमग्निमालां यथाऽचलः ॥

tathaiva hastābharaṇī mahāmāyo'ṅgadī tathā | urasā'dhārayanniṣkamagnimālāṃ yathā'calaḥ

He wore bracelets on his wrists and armlets, and was a great master of illusion; on his chest he bore a golden necklace-medallion like a garland of fire on a mountain.

Verse 10 (7.176.10)

तस्य हेममयं चित्रं बहुरूपाङ्गशोभितम् । तोरणप्रतिमं शुभ्रं किरीटं मूर्ध्न्यशोभत ॥

tasya hemamayaṃ citraṃ bahurūpāṅgaśobhitam | toraṇapratimaṃ śubhraṃ kirīṭaṃ mūrdhnyaśobhata

On his head shone a golden diadem, bright and white, wrought with many figures upon its parts, like an arched gateway.

Note on the text: Corrected शभितम् → शोभितम् (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition बहुरूपाङ्गशोभितम्).

Verse 11 (7.176.11)

कुण्डले बालसूर्याभे मालां हेममयीं शुभाम् । धारयन्विपुलं कांस्यं कवचं च महाप्रभम् । ताराजालनिभं राजन्पूर्णचन्द्रसमप्रभम् ॥

kuṇḍale bālasūryābhe mālāṃ hemamayīṃ śubhām | dhārayanvipulaṃ kāṃsyaṃ kavacaṃ ca mahāprabham | tārājālanibhaṃ rājanpūrṇacandrasamaprabham

He wore earrings bright as the young sun, a beautiful golden garland, and a broad armour of bronze, O king, of great splendour, like a net of stars, shining like the full moon.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; three lines are CE 7.150.10a, 7.150.10c and the star line 7.150.10d*1225_01 (Wikisource joins them in one verse).

Verse 12 (7.176.12)

कण्ठसूत्रं महच्चापि तपनीयमधारयत् । स तेन विभ्राजत वै सविद्युदिव तोयदः ॥

kaṇṭhasūtraṃ mahaccāpi tapanīyamadhārayat | sa tena vibhrājata vai savidyudiva toyadaḥ

He also wore a great necklace of refined gold, and with it he shone like a cloud with lightning in it.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are the CE star passage 7.150.10d*1225_02-03.

Verse 13 (7.176.13)

किङ्किणीशतनिर्घोषं रक्तध्वजपताकिनम् । ऋक्षचर्मावनद्धाङ्गं नल्वमात्रं महारथम् ॥

kiṅkiṇīśatanirghoṣaṃ raktadhvajapatākinam | ṛkṣacarmāvanaddhāṅgaṃ nalvamātraṃ mahāratham

He rode a great chariot resounding with the sound of a hundred bells, with red banners and flags, its sides covered with bear-hide, four hundred cubits in size.

Note on the text: Corrected निर्घोपं → निर्घोषं (misprint in Wikisource; ष printed as प). Corrected ऋक्षचर्मावनद्वाङ्गं → ऋक्षचर्मावनद्धाङ्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ध printed as व; critical edition ऋक्षचर्मावनद्धाङ्गं).

Verse 14 (7.176.14)

सर्वायुधवरोपेतमास्थितं ध्वजमालिनम् । अष्टचक्रसमायुक्तं मेघगम्भीरनिःस्वनम् ॥

sarvāyudhavaropetamāsthitaṃ dhvajamālinam | aṣṭacakrasamāyuktaṃ meghagambhīraniḥsvanam

It was furnished with the best of all weapons, hung with garlands of banners, fitted with eight wheels, and deep as a cloud in its rumbling.

Verse 15 (7.176.15)

मत्तमातङ्गसङ्काशा लोहिताक्षा विभीषणाः । कालवर्णासमायुक्ता बलवन्तः शतं हयाः ॥

mattamātaṅgasaṅkāśā lohitākṣā vibhīṣaṇāḥ | kālavarṇāsamāyuktā balavantaḥ śataṃ hayāḥ

A hundred horses drew it, strong, like rutting elephants, red-eyed and fearsome, black in colour, yoked together.

Note on the text: Corrected विभीपणाः → विभीषणाः (misprint in Wikisource; ष printed as प).

Verse 16 (7.176.16)

वहन्तो राक्षसं घोरं वालवन्तो जितश्रमाः । विपुलाभिः सटाभिस्ते हेषमाणा मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

vahanto rākṣasaṃ ghoraṃ vālavanto jitaśramāḥ | vipulābhiḥ saṭābhiste heṣamāṇā muhurmuhuḥ

Bearing that dreadful rakshasa, long-tailed and tireless, with their thick manes, they neighed again and again.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are the CE star passage 7.150.13d*1226_01-02.

Verse 17 (7.176.17)

मुखैर्नानाविधाकारैर्वेगवन्तो हयोत्तमाः । रथेऽस्य युक्ता गर्जन्तोऽवहंस्ते राक्षसाधिपम् ॥

mukhairnānāvidhākārairvegavanto hayottamāḥ | rathe'sya yuktā garjanto'vahaṃste rākṣasādhipam

Those excellent horses, swift, with faces of many kinds, yoked to his chariot, roared as they carried the lord of the rakshasas.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are the CE star passage 7.150.13d*1227_01-02. Corrected वगवन्तो → वेगवन्तो (misprint in Wikisource; missing vowel sign; critical edition star passage वेगवन्तो). Corrected गकर्जन्तो → गर्जन्तो (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; critical edition गर्जन्तो).

Verse 18 (7.176.18)

राक्षसोऽस्य विरूपाक्षः सूतो दीप्तास्यकुण्डलः । घोररूपो महाकायः करालो विकृताननः । रश्मिभिः सूर्यरश्म्याह्वैः सञ्जग्राह हयान्रणे ॥

rākṣaso'sya virūpākṣaḥ sūto dīptāsyakuṇḍalaḥ | ghorarūpo mahākāyaḥ karālo vikṛtānanaḥ | raśmibhiḥ sūryaraśmyāhvaiḥ sañjagrāha hayānraṇe

His charioteer was a rakshasa, Virupaksha, with blazing mouth and earrings, of dreadful shape, huge-bodied, fierce, with a distorted face; with reins that shone like sunbeams he held the horses in the battle.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; three lines are CE 7.150.14a, the star line 7.150.14b*1228_01 (printed in Wikisource within quote marks, which are removed) and 7.150.14c. Removed the stray wiki quote marks around the second line.

Verse 19 (7.176.19)

स तेन सहितस्तस्थावरुणेन यथा रविः । संसक्त इव चाभ्रेण यथाऽद्रिर्महता महान् ॥

sa tena sahitastasthāvaruṇena yathā raviḥ | saṃsakta iva cābhreṇa yathā'drirmahatā mahān

With him he stood like the sun with Aruna, or like a great mountain joined with a great cloud.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.14e and 7.150.15a.

Verse 20 (7.176.20)

दिवस्पृक्सुमहान्केतुः स्यन्दनेऽस्य समुच्छ्रितः । रक्तोत्तमाङ्गः क्रव्यादो गृध्रः परमभीषणः ॥

divaspṛksumahānketuḥ syandane'sya samucchritaḥ | raktottamāṅgaḥ kravyādo gṛdhraḥ paramabhīṣaṇaḥ

On his chariot rose a huge banner touching the sky, bearing a vulture, a flesh-eater, red-headed and utterly terrible.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.15c and 7.150.15e.

Verse 21 (7.176.21)

वासवाशनिनिर्घोषं दृढज्यमतिविक्षिपन् । व्यक्तं किष्कुपरीणाहं द्वादशारत्नि कार्मुकम् ॥

vāsavāśaninirghoṣaṃ dṛḍhajyamativikṣipan | vyaktaṃ kiṣkuparīṇāhaṃ dvādaśāratni kārmukam

He twanged a firm-strung bow with a sound like Indra's thunderbolt, a bow plainly twelve aratnis long and a kishku in girth.

Verse 22 (7.176.22)

रथाक्षमात्रैइषुभिः सर्वाः प्रच्छादयन्दिशः । तस्यां वीरापहारिण्यां निशायां कर्णमभ्ययात् ॥

rathākṣamātraiiṣubhiḥ sarvāḥ pracchādayandiśaḥ | tasyāṃ vīrāpahāriṇyāṃ niśāyāṃ karṇamabhyayāt

Covering all the quarters with arrows as long as chariot-axles, he advanced upon Karna in that night which carried heroes away.

Note on the text: Corrected रिपुभिः → इषुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; enemies "as long as a chariot-axle" is nonsense; the critical edition and verse 72 read इषुभिः).

Verse 23 (7.176.23)

तस्य विक्षिपतश्चापं रथे विष्टभ्य तिष्ठतः । अश्रूयत धनुर्घोषो विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः ॥

tasya vikṣipataścāpaṃ rathe viṣṭabhya tiṣṭhataḥ | aśrūyata dhanurghoṣo visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ

As he drew his bow, standing braced on his chariot, the twang of his bow was heard like the crash of a thunderbolt.

Verse 24 (7.176.24)

तेन वित्रास्यमानानि तव सैन्यानि भारत । समकम्पन्त सर्वाणि सिन्धोरिव महोर्मयः ॥

tena vitrāsyamānāni tava sainyāni bhārata | samakampanta sarvāṇi sindhoriva mahormayaḥ

Terrified by it, all your armies, O Bharata, trembled like the great waves of the ocean.

Verse 25 (7.176.25)

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य विरूपाक्षं विभीषणम् । उत्स्मयन्निव राधेयस्त्वरमाणोऽभ्यवारयत् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya virūpākṣaṃ vibhīṣaṇam | utsmayanniva rādheyastvaramāṇo'bhyavārayat

Seeing that fearsome Virupaksha rushing at him, Karna, son of Radha, as though smiling, hastened to check him.

Verse 26 (7.176.26)

ततः कर्णोऽभ्ययादेनमस्यन्नस्यन्तमन्तिकात् । मातङ्ग इव मातङ्गं यूथर्षभमिवर्षभः ॥

tataḥ karṇo'bhyayādenamasyannasyantamantikāt | mātaṅga iva mātaṅgaṃ yūtharṣabhamivarṣabhaḥ

Then Karna charged him from close at hand, shooting as he shot, like one elephant against another, like a bull against the bull that leads the herd.

Verse 27 (7.176.27)

स सन्निपातस्तुमुलस्तयोरासीद्विशाम्पते । कर्णराक्षसयो राजन्निन्द्रशम्बरयोरिव ॥

sa sannipātastumulastayorāsīdviśāmpate | karṇarākṣasayo rājannindraśambarayoriva

Tumultuous, O lord of the people, was the clash between the two, between Karna and the rakshasa, O king, like that of Indra and Shambara.

Verse 28 (7.176.28)

तौ प्रगृह्य महावेगे धनुषी भीमनिःस्वने । प्राच्छादयेतामन्योन्यं तक्षमाणौ महेषुभिः ॥

tau pragṛhya mahāvege dhanuṣī bhīmaniḥsvane | prācchādayetāmanyonyaṃ takṣamāṇau maheṣubhiḥ

Taking up their terrible-sounding bows with great force, they covered each other, hewing at each other with great arrows.

Verse 29 (7.176.29)

ततः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैरिषुभिर्नतपर्वभिः । न्यवारयेतामन्योन्यं कांस्ये निर्भिद्य वर्मणी ॥

tataḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairiṣubhirnataparvabhiḥ | nyavārayetāmanyonyaṃ kāṃsye nirbhidya varmaṇī

Then, with arrows drawn full and loosed, with smoothly bent joints, they held each other off, piercing each other's bronze armour.

Verse 30 (7.176.30)

तौ नखैरिव शार्दूलौ दन्तैरिव महाद्विपौ । रथशक्तिभिरन्योन्यं विशिखैश्च ततक्षतुः ॥

tau nakhairiva śārdūlau dantairiva mahādvipau | rathaśaktibhiranyonyaṃ viśikhaiśca tatakṣatuḥ

As two tigers with their claws, as two great elephants with their tusks, they tore at each other with chariot-spears and arrows.

Verse 31 (7.176.31)

सञ्छिन्दन्तौ च गात्राणि सन्दधानौ च सायकान् । दहन्तौ च शरोल्काभिर्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यौ च बभूवतुः ॥

sañchindantau ca gātrāṇi sandadhānau ca sāyakān | dahantau ca śarolkābhirduṣprekṣyau ca babhūvatuḥ

Cutting through each other's limbs, fitting arrows to their bows, burning each other with flames of arrows, they became hard to look upon.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.26a and the star line 7.150.26d*1229_01 (CE 7.150.26c is not in Wikisource).

Verse 32 (7.176.32)

तौ तु विक्षतसर्वाङ्गौ रुधिरौघपरिप्लुतौ । विभ्राजेतां यथा वारि स्रवन्तौ गैरिकाचलौ ॥

tau tu vikṣatasarvāṅgau rudhiraughapariplutau | vibhrājetāṃ yathā vāri sravantau gairikācalau

With all their limbs wounded, drenched in floods of blood, they shone like two mountains of red ochre with streams running down.

Verse 33 (7.176.33)

तौ शराग्रविनुन्नाङ्गौ निर्भिन्दन्तौ परस्परम् । नाकम्पयेतामन्योन्यं यतमानौ महाद्युती ॥

tau śarāgravinunnāṅgau nirbhindantau parasparam | nākampayetāmanyonyaṃ yatamānau mahādyutī

Their limbs pierced by arrow-points, piercing each other, those two radiant ones strove on, and neither made the other waver.

Verse 34 (7.176.34)

तत्प्रवृत्तं निशायुद्धं चिरं सममिवाभवत् । प्राणयोर्दीव्यतो राजन्कर्णराक्षसयोर्मृधे ॥

tatpravṛttaṃ niśāyuddhaṃ ciraṃ samamivābhavat | prāṇayordīvyato rājankarṇarākṣasayormṛdhe

That night battle went on for a long while as though evenly matched, O king, as Karna and the rakshasa staked their lives in the fight.

Verse 35 (7.176.35)

तस्य सन्दधतस्तीक्ष्णाञ्छरांश्चासक्तमस्यतः । धनुर्घोषेण वित्रस्ताः स्वे परे च तदाऽभवन् ॥

tasya sandadhatastīkṣṇāñcharāṃścāsaktamasyataḥ | dhanurghoṣeṇa vitrastāḥ sve pare ca tadā'bhavan

As he fitted sharp arrows and loosed them without pause, his own side and the enemy alike were terrified by the twang of his bow.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.30a and 7.150.30c.

Verse 36 (7.176.36)

घटोत्कचं यदा कर्णो विशेषयति नो नृप । ततः प्रादुष्करोद्दिव्यमस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वरः ॥

ghaṭotkacaṃ yadā karṇo viśeṣayati no nṛpa | tataḥ prāduṣkaroddivyamastramastravidāṃ varaḥ

When, O king, Karna could not surpass Ghatotkacha, that best of those who know weapons then brought forth a divine weapon.

Note on the text: The automatic match to 7.154.18 is a different passage; the lines are CE 7.150.30e and 7.150.31a.

Verse 37 (7.176.37)

कर्णेन सन्धितं दृष्ट्वा दिव्यमस्त्रं घटोत्कचः । प्रादुश्चक्रे महामायां राक्षसीं पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

karṇena sandhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā divyamastraṃ ghaṭotkacaḥ | prāduścakre mahāmāyāṃ rākṣasīṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ

Seeing Karna fit the divine weapon to his bow, Ghatotkacha, the Pandava prince, put forth a mighty rakshasa illusion.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.31c and 7.150.31e (Wikisource has राक्षसीं for CE rākṣasaḥ).

Verse 38 (7.176.38)

शूलमुद्गरधारिण्या शैलपादपहस्तया । रक्षसां घोररूपाणां महत्या सेनया वृतः ॥

śūlamudgaradhāriṇyā śailapādapahastayā | rakṣasāṃ ghorarūpāṇāṃ mahatyā senayā vṛtaḥ

He was surrounded by a great host of fearsome rakshasas, bearing spears and clubs, with rocks and trees in their hands.

Verse 39 (7.176.39)

तमुद्यतमहाचापं दृष्ट्वा ते व्यथिता नृपाः । भूतान्तकमिवायान्तं कालदण्डोग्रधारिणम् ॥

tamudyatamahācāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā te vyathitā nṛpāḥ | bhūtāntakamivāyāntaṃ kāladaṇḍogradhāriṇam

Seeing him with his great bow raised, coming like Death the ender with the dreadful staff of time, those kings trembled.

Verse 40 (7.176.40)

घटोत्कचप्रयुक्तेन सिंहनादेन भीषिताः । प्रसुस्रुवुर्गजा मूत्रं विव्यथुश्च नरा भृशम् ॥

ghaṭotkacaprayuktena siṃhanādena bhīṣitāḥ | prasusruvurgajā mūtraṃ vivyathuśca narā bhṛśam

Terrified by the lion's roar that Ghatotkacha let out, elephants passed water and men trembled greatly.

Note on the text: Corrected विव्यधुश्च → विव्यथुश्च (misprint in Wikisource; थ printed as ध; the sense is that the men trembled, critical edition विव्यथुः).

Verse 41 (7.176.41)

ततोऽश्मवृष्टिरत्युग्रा महत्यासीत्समन्ततः । अर्धरात्रेऽधिकबलैर्विमुक्ता रक्षसां बलैः ॥

tato'śmavṛṣṭiratyugrā mahatyāsītsamantataḥ | ardharātre'dhikabalairvimuktā rakṣasāṃ balaiḥ

Then a terrible rain of stones fell on every side, loosed at midnight by the stronger forces of the rakshasas.

Verse 42 (7.176.42)

आयसानि च चक्राणि भुशुण्ड्यः शक्तितोमराः । पतन्त्यविरलाः शूलाः शतघ्न्यः पट्टसास्तथा ॥

āyasāni ca cakrāṇi bhuśuṇḍyaḥ śaktitomarāḥ | patantyaviralāḥ śūlāḥ śataghnyaḥ paṭṭasāstathā

Iron discs, bhushundis, shaktis and tomaras, spears, shataghnis and pattasas fell thick and without pause.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner (before ड्य in भुशुण्ड्यः).

Verse 43 (7.176.43)

तदुग्रमतिरौद्रं च दृष्ट्वा युद्धं नराधिप । पुत्राश्च तव योधाश्च व्यथिता विप्रदुद्रुवुः ॥

tadugramatiraudraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ narādhipa | putrāśca tava yodhāśca vyathitā vipradudruvuḥ

Seeing that fierce and utterly terrible battle, O lord of men, your sons and your warriors fled in distress in all directions.

Verse 44 (7.176.44)

तत्रैकोऽस्त्रबलश्लाघी कर्णो मानी न विव्यथे । व्यधमच्च शरैर्मायां तां घटोत्कचनिर्मिताम् ॥

tatraiko'strabalaślāghī karṇo mānī na vivyathe | vyadhamacca śarairmāyāṃ tāṃ ghaṭotkacanirmitām

There Karna alone, proud and vaunting the strength of his weapons, did not waver, and with his arrows he shattered that illusion made by Ghatotkacha.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्रैकोऽस्तबल → तत्रैकोऽस्त्रबल (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition अस्त्रबलश्लाघी).

Verse 45 (7.176.45)

मायायां तु प्रहीणायाममर्षाच्च घटोत्कचः । विससर्ज शरान्धोरान्सूतपुत्रं त आविशन् ॥

māyāyāṃ tu prahīṇāyāmamarṣācca ghaṭotkacaḥ | visasarja śarāndhorānsūtaputraṃ ta āviśan

When his illusion was destroyed, Ghatotkacha in anger loosed terrible arrows, which entered the charioteer's son.

Note on the text: Corrected सूत पुत्रं → सूतपुत्रं (misprint in Wikisource; stray space splitting the compound).

Verse 46 (7.176.46)

ततस्ते रुधिराभ्यक्ता भित्त्वा कर्णं महाहवे । विविशुर्धरणीं बाणाः सङ्क्रुद्धा इव पन्नगाः ॥

tataste rudhirābhyaktā bhittvā karṇaṃ mahāhave | viviśurdharaṇīṃ bāṇāḥ saṅkruddhā iva pannagāḥ

Then, smeared with blood, those arrows pierced Karna in the great battle and went down into the earth like enraged serpents.

Verse 47 (7.176.47)

सूतपुत्रस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धो लघुहस्तः प्रतापवान् । घटोत्कचमतिक्रम्य बिभेद दशभिः शरैः ॥

sūtaputrastu saṅkruddho laghuhastaḥ pratāpavān | ghaṭotkacamatikramya bibheda daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

But the charioteer's son, enraged, swift of hand and mighty, went past Ghatotkacha and pierced him with ten arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्क्रद्धो → सङ्क्रुद्धो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign).

Verse 48 (7.176.48)

घटोत्कचो विनिर्भिन्नः सूतपुत्रेण मर्मसु । चक्रं दिव्यं सहस्रारमगृह्णाद्व्यथितो भृशम् ॥

ghaṭotkaco vinirbhinnaḥ sūtaputreṇa marmasu | cakraṃ divyaṃ sahasrāramagṛhṇādvyathito bhṛśam

Ghatotkacha, struck in his vital parts by the charioteer's son, in great pain took up a divine thousand-spoked discus.

Verse 49 (7.176.49)

क्षुरान्तं बालसूर्याभं मणिरत्नविभूषितम् । चिक्षेपाधिरथेः क्रुद्धो भैमसेनिर्जिघांसया ॥

kṣurāntaṃ bālasūryābhaṃ maṇiratnavibhūṣitam | cikṣepādhiratheḥ kruddho bhaimasenirjighāṃsayā

Edged with a razor, bright as the young sun, and adorned with gems and jewels — in anger, wishing to kill, the son of Bhima hurled it at the son of Adhiratha.

Verse 50 (7.176.50)

प्रविद्धमतिवेगेन विक्षिप्तं कर्णसायकैः । अभाग्यस्येव सङ्कल्पस्तन्मोघमपतद्भुवि ॥

praviddhamativegena vikṣiptaṃ karṇasāyakaiḥ | abhāgyasyeva saṅkalpastanmoghamapatadbhuvi

Driven with tremendous speed but struck aside by Karna's arrows, it fell fruitless to the ground, like the plan of an unlucky man.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रविद्वमति → प्रविद्धमति (misprint in Wikisource; ध printed as व; critical edition praviddham).

Verse 51 (7.176.51)

घटोत्कचस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धो दृष्ट्वा चक्रं निपातितम् । कर्णं प्राच्छादयद्बाणैः स्वर्भानुरिव भास्करम् ॥

ghaṭotkacastu saṅkruddho dṛṣṭvā cakraṃ nipātitam | karṇaṃ prācchādayadbāṇaiḥ svarbhānuriva bhāskaram

Seeing the discus brought down, Ghatotkacha in fury covered Karna with arrows, as Svarbhanu covers the sun.

Verse 52 (7.176.52)

सूतपुत्रस्त्वसम्भ्रान्तो रुद्रोपेन्द्रेन्द्रविक्रमः । घटोत्कचरथं तूर्णं छादयामास पत्रिभिः ॥

sūtaputrastvasambhrānto rudropendrendravikramaḥ | ghaṭotkacarathaṃ tūrṇaṃ chādayāmāsa patribhiḥ

The charioteer's son, unflustered, with the prowess of Rudra, Upendra and Indra, quickly covered Ghatotkacha's chariot with feathered arrows.

Verse 53 (7.176.53)

घटोत्कचेन क्रुद्धेन गदा हेमाङ्गदा तदा । क्षिप्ता भ्राम्य शरैः साऽपि कर्णेनाभ्याहताऽपतत् ॥

ghaṭotkacena kruddhena gadā hemāṅgadā tadā | kṣiptā bhrāmya śaraiḥ sā'pi karṇenābhyāhatā'patat

Ghatotkacha, enraged, hurled a mace with a golden armlet; whirling it round, Karna struck it with arrows, and it fell.

Verse 54 (7.176.54)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षमुत्पत्य कालमेघ इवोन्नदन् । प्रववर्ष महाकायो द्रुमवर्षं नभस्तलात् ॥

tato'ntarikṣamutpatya kālamegha ivonnadan | pravavarṣa mahākāyo drumavarṣaṃ nabhastalāt

Then the huge one rose into the sky and, roaring like a black storm cloud, rained a shower of trees down from the heavens.

Verse 55 (7.176.55)

ततो मायाविनं कर्णो भीमसेनसुतं दिवि । मार्गणैरभिविव्याध घनं सूर्य इवांशुभिः ॥

tato māyāvinaṃ karṇo bhīmasenasutaṃ divi | mārgaṇairabhivivyādha ghanaṃ sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ

Then Karna pierced the illusionist son of Bhimasena in the sky with arrows, as the sun pierces a cloud with its rays.

Verse 56 (7.176.56)

तस्य सर्वान्हयान्हत्वा सञ्छिद्य शतधा रथम् । अभ्यवर्षच्छरैः कर्णः पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ॥

tasya sarvānhayānhatvā sañchidya śatadhā ratham | abhyavarṣaccharaiḥ karṇaḥ parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

Having killed all his horses and cut his chariot into a hundred pieces, Karna rained arrows on him as Parjanya, the giver of rain, rains water.

Verse 57 (7.176.57)

न चास्यासीदनिर्भिन्नं गात्रे द्व्यङ्गुलमन्तरम् । सोऽदृश्यत मुहूर्तेन श्वाविच्छललितो यथा ॥

na cāsyāsīdanirbhinnaṃ gātre dvyaṅgulamantaram | so'dṛśyata muhūrtena śvāvicchalalito yathā

There was not two fingers' breadth of his body left unpierced; for a moment he looked like a porcupine bristling with quills.

Verse 58 (7.176.58)

न हयान्न रथं तस्य न ध्वजं न घटोत्कचम् । दृष्टवन्तः स्म समरे शरौघैरभिसंवृतम् ॥

na hayānna rathaṃ tasya na dhvajaṃ na ghaṭotkacam | dṛṣṭavantaḥ sma samare śaraughairabhisaṃvṛtam

In the battle we saw neither horses nor chariot, neither banner nor Ghatotkacha himself, so wholly was he covered by floods of arrows.

Verse 59 (7.176.59)

स तु कर्णस्य तद्दिव्यमस्त्रमस्त्रेण शातयन् । मायायुद्धेन मायावी सूतपुत्रमयोधयत् ॥

sa tu karṇasya taddivyamastramastreṇa śātayan | māyāyuddhena māyāvī sūtaputramayodhayat

But he, a master of illusion, destroying Karna's divine weapon with his own weapon, fought the charioteer's son in a battle of illusion.

Verse 60 (7.176.60)

सोऽयोधयत्तदा कर्णं मायया लाघवेन च । अलक्ष्यमाणानि दिवि शरजालानि चापतन् ॥

so'yodhayattadā karṇaṃ māyayā lāghavena ca | alakṣyamāṇāni divi śarajālāni cāpatan

He fought Karna then with illusion and with swiftness, and volleys of arrows fell unseen from the sky.

Verse 61 (7.176.61)

भैमसेनिर्महामायो मायया कुरुसत्तम । विचचार महाकायो मोहयन्निव भारत ॥

bhaimasenirmahāmāyo māyayā kurusattama | vicacāra mahākāyo mohayanniva bhārata

O best of the Kurus, the great illusionist son of Bhima moved about, huge-bodied, working his illusion as though to bewilder everyone, O Bharata.

Verse 62 (7.176.62)

स तु कृत्वा विरूपाणि वदनान्यशुभानि च । अग्रसत्सूतपुत्रस्य दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि मायया ॥

sa tu kṛtvā virūpāṇi vadanānyaśubhāni ca | agrasatsūtaputrasya divyānyastrāṇi māyayā

Making hideous and ugly faces, he swallowed the divine weapons of the charioteer's son by his illusion.

Verse 63 (7.176.63)

पुनश्चापि महाकायः सञ्छिन्नः शतधा रणे । गतसत्वो निरुत्साहः पतितः खाद्व्यदृश्यत ॥

punaścāpi mahākāyaḥ sañchinnaḥ śatadhā raṇe | gatasatvo nirutsāhaḥ patitaḥ khādvyadṛśyata

Again the huge-bodied one, cut into a hundred pieces in the battle, lifeless and spiritless, was seen falling from the sky.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.57a and 7.150.57c.

Verse 64 (7.176.64)

तं हतं मन्यमानाः स्म प्राणदन्कुरुपुङ्गवाः । अथ देहैर्नवैरन्यैर्दिक्षु सर्वास्वदृश्यत ॥

taṃ hataṃ manyamānāḥ sma prāṇadankurupuṅgavāḥ | atha dehairnavairanyairdikṣu sarvāsvadṛśyata

Thinking him slain, the chiefs of the Kurus cried out; then he appeared in all directions in other, new bodies.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.57e and 7.150.58a.

Verse 65 (7.176.65)

पुनश्चापि महाकायः शतशीर्षः शतोदरः । व्यदृश्यत महाबाहुर्मैनाक इव पर्वतः ॥

punaścāpi mahākāyaḥ śataśīrṣaḥ śatodaraḥ | vyadṛśyata mahābāhurmaināka iva parvataḥ

And again, huge-bodied, with a hundred heads and a hundred bellies, the mighty-armed one appeared like the mountain Mainaka.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.58c and 7.150.59a.

Verse 66 (7.176.66)

अङ्गुष्ठमात्रो भूत्वा च पुनरेव स राक्षसः । सागरोर्मिरिवोद्धूतस्तिर्यगूर्ध्वमवर्तत ॥

aṅguṣṭhamātro bhūtvā ca punareva sa rākṣasaḥ | sāgarormirivoddhūtastiryagūrdhvamavartata

Becoming no bigger than a thumb, that rakshasa again rose up like an ocean wave, moving crosswise and upward.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched; lines are CE 7.150.59c and 7.150.59e. Corrected वोद्वूतस् → वोद्धूतस् (misprint in Wikisource; ध printed as व; critical edition ivoddhūtaḥ).

Verse 67 (7.176.67)

वसुधां दारयित्वा च पुनरप्सु न्यमज्जत । अदृश्यत तदा तत्र पुनरुन्मज्जितोऽन्यतः ॥

vasudhāṃ dārayitvā ca punarapsu nyamajjata | adṛśyata tadā tatra punarunmajjito'nyataḥ

Splitting the earth, he plunged again into the waters, and was then seen rising from them elsewhere.

Note on the text: Corrected पुनरप्यु → पुनरप्सु (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition punar apsu).

Verse 68 (7.176.68)

सोऽवतीर्य पुनस्तस्थौ रथे हेमपरिष्कृते । क्षितिं खं च दिशश्चैव माययाऽभ्येत्य दंशितः ॥

so'vatīrya punastasthau rathe hemapariṣkṛte | kṣitiṃ khaṃ ca diśaścaiva māyayā'bhyetya daṃśitaḥ

Rising out, he stood again on a gold-adorned chariot, armoured, having filled earth, sky and the quarters with his illusion.

Verse 69 (7.176.69)

गत्वा कर्णरथाभ्याशं व्यचरत्कुण्डलाननः । प्राह वाक्यमसम्भ्रान्तः सूतपुत्रं विशाम्पते ॥

gatvā karṇarathābhyāśaṃ vyacaratkuṇḍalānanaḥ | prāha vākyamasambhrāntaḥ sūtaputraṃ viśāmpate

Going up to Karna's chariot, his earrings swinging on his face, he spoke unshaken to the charioteer's son, O lord of the people.

Verse 70 (7.176.70)

तिष्ठेदानीं क्व मे जीवन्सूतपुत्र गमिष्यसि । युद्धश्रद्धामहं तेऽद्य विनेष्यामि रणाजिरे ॥

tiṣṭhedānīṃ kva me jīvansūtaputra gamiṣyasi | yuddhaśraddhāmahaṃ te'dya vineṣyāmi raṇājire

"Stand now! Where will you go alive from me, son of a charioteer? In this field of battle I shall today put an end to your longing for fighting."

Note on the text: Corrected रमाजिरे → रणाजिरे (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition raṇājire "in the battlefield"). Ghatotkacha's own words (unheaded on the page).

Verse 71 (7.176.71)

इत्युक्त्वा रोषताम्राक्षं रक्षः क्रूरपराक्रमम् । उत्पपातान्तरिक्षं च जहास च सुविस्तरम् । कर्णमभ्यहनच्चैव गजेन्द्रमिव केसरी ॥

ityuktvā roṣatāmrākṣaṃ rakṣaḥ krūraparākramam | utpapātāntarikṣaṃ ca jahāsa ca suvistaram | karṇamabhyahanaccaiva gajendramiva kesarī

So saying, with eyes red with rage, that rakshasa of cruel prowess leapt into the sky and laughed long and loud, and struck at Karna as a lion strikes a great elephant.

Verse 72 (7.176.72)

रथाक्षमात्रैरिषुभिरभ्यवर्षद्धटोत्कचः । रथिनामृषभं कर्णं धाराभिरिव तोयदः ॥

rathākṣamātrairiṣubhirabhyavarṣaddhaṭotkacaḥ | rathināmṛṣabhaṃ karṇaṃ dhārābhiriva toyadaḥ

Ghatotkacha rained arrows as long as chariot-axles upon Karna, the bull among charioteers, as a cloud rains in streams.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (7.150.65c): Wikisource gives this verse as the single line रथाक्षमात्रेरिषुभिरभ्यवर्षद्धटोत्कचः (CE 7.150.65a); the second line रथिनामृषभं कर्णं धाराभिरिव तोयदः is added (CE: rathinām ṛṣabhaṃ karṇaṃ dhārābhir iva toyadaḥ). Also corrected रथाक्षमात्रेरिषुभिः → रथाक्षमात्रैरिषुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel for ai).

Verse 73 (7.176.73)

शरवृष्टिं च तां कर्णो दूरात्प्राप्तामशातयत् ॥

śaravṛṣṭiṃ ca tāṃ karṇo dūrātprāptāmaśātayat

But Karna cut down that shower of arrows when it had come from afar.

Note on the text: Single line in Wikisource: it is the third line (7.150.65e) of the three-line CE verse 65, whose middle line is restored in verse 72.

Verse 74 (7.176.74)

दृष्ट्वा च विहतां मायां कर्णेन भरतर्षभ । घटोत्कचस्ततो मायां ससर्जान्तर्हितः पुनः ॥

dṛṣṭvā ca vihatāṃ māyāṃ karṇena bharatarṣabha | ghaṭotkacastato māyāṃ sasarjāntarhitaḥ punaḥ

Seeing his illusion destroyed by Karna, O best of the Bharatas, Ghatotkacha vanished and created another illusion.

Verse 75 (7.176.75)

सोऽभवद्गिरिरत्युच्चः शिखरैस्तरुसङ्कटैः । शूलप्रासासिमुसलजलप्रस्रवणो महान् ॥

so'bhavadgiriratyuccaḥ śikharaistarusaṅkaṭaiḥ | śūlaprāsāsimusalajalaprasravaṇo mahān

He became a very lofty mountain with peaks crowded with trees, a great one from which spears, lances, swords and clubs streamed down like waterfalls.

Verse 76 (7.176.76)

तमञ्जनचयप्रख्यं कर्णो दृष्ट्वा महीधरम् । प्रपातैरायुधान्युग्राण्युद्वहन्तं न चुक्षुभे ॥

tamañjanacayaprakhyaṃ karṇo dṛṣṭvā mahīdharam | prapātairāyudhānyugrāṇyudvahantaṃ na cukṣubhe

Seeing that mountain, dark as a heap of collyrium, carrying fierce weapons in its torrents, Karna did not waver.

Verse 77 (7.176.77)

स्मयन्निव ततः कर्णो दिव्यमस्त्रमुदैरयत् । ततः सोऽस्रेण शैलेन्द्रो विक्षिप्तो वै व्यनश्यत ॥

smayanniva tataḥ karṇo divyamastramudairayat | tataḥ so'sreṇa śailendro vikṣipto vai vyanaśyata

Smiling, Karna then let fly a divine weapon, and by that weapon the king of mountains was dashed away and vanished.

Verse 78 (7.176.78)

ततः स तोयदो भूत्वा नीलः सेन्द्रायुधो दिवि । अश्मवृष्टिभिरत्युग्रः सूतपुत्रमवाकिरत् ॥

tataḥ sa toyado bhūtvā nīlaḥ sendrāyudho divi | aśmavṛṣṭibhiratyugraḥ sūtaputramavākirat

Then he became a dark cloud in the sky with a rainbow, and, most fierce, showered the charioteer's son with hail of stones.

Verse 79 (7.176.79)

अथ सन्धाय वायव्यमस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वरः । व्यधमत्कालमेघं तं कर्णो वैकर्तनो वृषः ॥

atha sandhāya vāyavyamastramastravidāṃ varaḥ | vyadhamatkālameghaṃ taṃ karṇo vaikartano vṛṣaḥ

Then Karna Vaikartana, called Vrisha, best of those who know weapons, fitted the wind-weapon and blew that black cloud away.

Verse 80 (7.176.80)

स मार्गणगणैः कर्णो दिशः प्रच्छाद्य सर्वशः । जघानास्त्रं महाराज घटोत्कचसमीरितम् ॥

sa mārgaṇagaṇaiḥ karṇo diśaḥ pracchādya sarvaśaḥ | jaghānāstraṃ mahārāja ghaṭotkacasamīritam

Karna, covering all the quarters on every side with flights of arrows, destroyed the weapon sent forth by Ghatotkacha, O great king.

Verse 81 (7.176.81)

ततः प्रहस्य समरे भैमसेनिर्महाबलः । प्रादुश्चक्रे महामायां कर्णं प्रति महारथम् ॥

tataḥ prahasya samare bhaimasenirmahābalaḥ | prāduścakre mahāmāyāṃ karṇaṃ prati mahāratham

Then, laughing in the battle, the mighty son of Bhimasena put forth a great illusion against Karna, the great chariot-warrior.

Verse 82 (7.176.82)

स दृष्ट्वा पुनरायान्तं रथेन रथिनां वरम् । घटोत्कचमसम्भ्रान्तं राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृतम् ॥

sa dṛṣṭvā punarāyāntaṃ rathena rathināṃ varam | ghaṭotkacamasambhrāntaṃ rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtam

Seeing him come again on his chariot — Ghatotkacha, best of chariot-warriors, unshaken, surrounded by many rakshasas —

Verse 83 (7.176.83)

सिंहशार्दूलसदृशैर्मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमैः । गजस्थैश्च रथस्थैश्च वाजिपृष्ठगतैस्तथा । नानाशस्त्रधरैर्घोरैर्नानाकवचभूषणैः ॥

siṃhaśārdūlasadṛśairmattamātaṅgavikramaiḥ | gajasthaiśca rathasthaiśca vājipṛṣṭhagataistathā | nānāśastradharairghorairnānākavacabhūṣaṇaiḥ

rakshasas like lions and tigers, with the prowess of rutting elephants, mounted on elephants, chariots and horses, bearing weapons of many kinds, dreadful, with armour and ornaments of many kinds —

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Verse 84 (7.176.84)

वृतं घटोत्कचं क्रूरैर्मरुद्भिरिव वासवम् । दृष्ट्वा कर्णो महेष्वासो योधयामास राक्षसम् ॥

vṛtaṃ ghaṭotkacaṃ krūrairmarudbhiriva vāsavam | dṛṣṭvā karṇo maheṣvāso yodhayāmāsa rākṣasam

Ghatotkacha, surrounded by those cruel ones as Indra by the Maruts: seeing him so, Karna, the great archer, fought the rakshasa.

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Verse 85 (7.176.85)

घटोत्कचस्ततः कर्णं विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिराशुगैः । ननाद भैरवं नादं भीषयन्सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥

ghaṭotkacastataḥ karṇaṃ viddhvā pañcabhirāśugaiḥ | nanāda bhairavaṃ nādaṃ bhīṣayansarvapārthivān

Then Ghatotkacha, having pierced Karna with five swift arrows, let out a dreadful roar, terrifying all the kings.

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Verse 86 (7.176.86)

भूयश्चाञ्जलिकेनाथ समार्गणगणं महत् । कर्णहस्तस्थितं चापं चिच्छेदाशु घटोत्कचः ॥

bhūyaścāñjalikenātha samārgaṇagaṇaṃ mahat | karṇahastasthitaṃ cāpaṃ cicchedāśu ghaṭotkacaḥ

And again, with a crescent-shaped añjalika arrow, Ghatotkacha swiftly cut down the great bow in Karna's hand, together with its volley of arrows.

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Verse 87 (7.176.87)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय दृढं भारसहं महत् । विचकर्ष बलात्कर्ण इन्द्रायुधमिवोच्छ्रितम् ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya dṛḍhaṃ bhārasahaṃ mahat | vicakarṣa balātkarṇa indrāyudhamivocchritam

Taking up another great bow, firm and able to bear a heavy strain, Karna drew it with force, like Indra's bow raised high.

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Verse 88 (7.176.88)

ततः कर्णो महाराज प्रेषयामास सायकान् । सुवर्णपुङ्खाञ्छत्रुघ्नान्खेचरान्राक्षसान्प्रति ॥

tataḥ karṇo mahārāja preṣayāmāsa sāyakān | suvarṇapuṅkhāñchatrughnānkhecarānrākṣasānprati

Then, O great king, Karna sent golden-feathered, enemy-slaying arrows against the sky-ranging rakshasas.

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Verse 89 (7.176.89)

तद्बाणैरर्दितं यूथं रक्षसां पीनवक्षसाम् । सिंहेनेवार्दितं वन्यं गजानामाकुलं कुलम् ॥

tadbāṇairarditaṃ yūthaṃ rakṣasāṃ pīnavakṣasām | siṃhenevārditaṃ vanyaṃ gajānāmākulaṃ kulam

Tormented by those arrows, the herd of broad-chested rakshasas was like a herd of wild elephants thrown into confusion by a lion.

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Verse 90 (7.176.90)

विधम्य राक्षसान्बाणैः साश्वसूतगजान्विभुः । ददाह भगवान्वह्निर्भूतानीव युगक्षये ॥

vidhamya rākṣasānbāṇaiḥ sāśvasūtagajānvibhuḥ | dadāha bhagavānvahnirbhūtānīva yugakṣaye

Having shattered the rakshasas with his arrows, with their horses, charioteers and elephants, the mighty one burned them as blessed Fire burns all beings at the end of an age.

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Verse 91 (7.176.91)

स हत्वा राक्षसीं सेनां शुशुभे सूतनन्दनः । पुरेव त्रिपुरं दग्ध्वा दिवि देवो महेश्वरः ॥

sa hatvā rākṣasīṃ senāṃ śuśubhe sūtanandanaḥ | pureva tripuraṃ dagdhvā divi devo maheśvaraḥ

Having destroyed the rakshasa army, the charioteer's son shone like the god Maheshvara after burning Tripura in the heavens.

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Verse 92 (7.176.92)

तेषु राजसहस्रेषु पाण्डवेयेषु मारिष । नैनं निरीक्षितुमपि कश्चिच्छक्नोति पार्थिव ॥

teṣu rājasahasreṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu māriṣa | nainaṃ nirīkṣitumapi kaścicchaknoti pārthiva

Among those thousands of Pandava kings, O revered one, no one could so much as look at him, O king,

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Verse 93 (7.176.93)

ऋते घटोत्कचाद्राजन्राक्षसेन्द्रान्महाबलात् । भीमवीर्यबलोपेतात्क्रुद्धाद्वैवस्वतादिव ॥

ṛte ghaṭotkacādrājanrākṣasendrānmahābalāt | bhīmavīryabalopetātkruddhādvaivasvatādiva

except Ghatotkacha, the mighty lord of the rakshasas, endowed with Bhima's valour and strength, who was like Vaivasvata, Death, in anger.

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Verse 94 (7.176.94)

तस्य क्रुद्धस्य नेत्राभ्यां पावकः समजायत । महोल्काभ्यां यथा राजन्सार्चिषः स्नेहबिन्दवः ॥

tasya kruddhasya netrābhyāṃ pāvakaḥ samajāyata | maholkābhyāṃ yathā rājansārciṣaḥ snehabindavaḥ

From the eyes of the enraged one fire sprang, like blazing drops of oil falling from two great torches, O king.

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Verse 95 (7.176.95)

तलं तलेन संहत्य सन्दश्य दशनच्छदम् । रथमास्थाय च पुनर्मायया निर्मितं तदा ॥

talaṃ talena saṃhatya sandaśya daśanacchadam | rathamāsthāya ca punarmāyayā nirmitaṃ tadā

Smacking palm against palm and biting his lip, he mounted once more a chariot made by illusion,

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Verse 96 (7.176.96)

युक्तं गजनिभैर्वाहैः पिशाचवदनैः खरैः । स सूतमब्रवीत्क्रुद्धः सूतपुत्राय मां वह ॥

yuktaṃ gajanibhairvāhaiḥ piśācavadanaiḥ kharaiḥ | sa sūtamabravītkruddhaḥ sūtaputrāya māṃ vaha

drawn by asses with faces of pishachas, big as elephants; and in anger he told his charioteer, "Carry me to the charioteer's son."

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Verse 97 (7.176.97)

स ययौ घोररूपेण रथेन रथिनां वरः । द्वैरथं सूतपुत्रेण पुनरेव विशाम्पते ॥

sa yayau ghorarūpeṇa rathena rathināṃ varaḥ | dvairathaṃ sūtaputreṇa punareva viśāmpate

That best of charioteers went on his dreadful chariot, O lord of the people, to meet the charioteer's son again in single combat from chariot to chariot.

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Verse 98 (7.176.98)

स चिक्षेप पुनः क्रुद्धः सूतपुत्राय राक्षसः । अष्टचक्रां महाघोरामशनिं रुद्रनिर्मिताम् ॥

sa cikṣepa punaḥ kruddhaḥ sūtaputrāya rākṣasaḥ | aṣṭacakrāṃ mahāghorāmaśaniṃ rudranirmitām

In anger the rakshasa hurled at the charioteer's son a terrible eight-wheeled thunderbolt made by Rudra,

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Verse 99 (7.176.99)

द्वियोजनसमुत्सेधां योजनायामविस्तराम् । आयसीं निचितां शूलैः कदम्बमिव केशरैः ॥

dviyojanasamutsedhāṃ yojanāyāmavistarām | āyasīṃ nicitāṃ śūlaiḥ kadambamiva keśaraiḥ

two yojanas high, a yojana in length and breadth, made of iron, bristling with spikes as a kadamba flower with its filaments.

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Verse 100 (7.176.100)

तामवप्लुत्य जग्राह कर्णो न्यस्य महद्धनुः । चिक्षेप चैनां तस्यैव स्यन्दनात्सोऽवपुप्लुवे ॥

tāmavaplutya jagrāha karṇo nyasya mahaddhanuḥ | cikṣepa caināṃ tasyaiva syandanātso'vapupluve

Karna laid down his great bow, leapt up and caught it, and hurled it back at the very chariot it came from; Ghatotkacha leapt down from his chariot.

Verse 101 (7.176.101)

साश्वसूतध्वजं यानं भस्म कृत्वा महाप्रभा । विवेश वसुधां भित्त्वा सुरास्तत्र विसिस्मियुः ॥

sāśvasūtadhvajaṃ yānaṃ bhasma kṛtvā mahāprabhā | viveśa vasudhāṃ bhittvā surāstatra visismiyuḥ

Reducing the chariot with its horses, charioteer and banner to ash, that mighty radiance split the earth and entered it, and the gods there were astonished.

Verse 102 (7.176.102)

कर्णं तु सर्वभूतानि पूजयामासुरञ्जसा । यदवप्लुत्य जग्राह देवसृष्टां महाशनिम् ॥

karṇaṃ tu sarvabhūtāni pūjayāmāsurañjasā | yadavaplutya jagrāha devasṛṣṭāṃ mahāśanim

All beings readily honoured Karna because he leapt up and seized the great thunderbolt fashioned by the gods.

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Verse 103 (7.176.103)

एवं कृत्वा रणे कर्ण आरुरोह रथं पुनः । ततो मुमोच नाराचान्सूतपुत्रः परन्तपः ॥

evaṃ kṛtvā raṇe karṇa āruroha rathaṃ punaḥ | tato mumoca nārācānsūtaputraḥ parantapaḥ

Having done this in the battle, Karna mounted his chariot again, and then the charioteer's son, scorcher of foes, loosed iron arrows.

Verse 104 (7.176.104)

अशक्यं कर्तुमन्येन सर्वभूतेषु मानद । यदकार्षीत्तदा कर्णः सङ्ग्रामे भीमदर्शने ॥

aśakyaṃ kartumanyena sarvabhūteṣu mānada | yadakārṣīttadā karṇaḥ saṅgrāme bhīmadarśane

What Karna did then in that fearful battle, O giver of honour, could not be done by anyone else among all beings.

Verse 105 (7.176.105)

स हन्यमानो नाराचैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतः । गन्धर्वनगराकारः पुनरन्तरधीयत ॥

sa hanyamāno nārācairdhārābhiriva parvataḥ | gandharvanagarākāraḥ punarantaradhīyata

Struck by the iron arrows as a mountain by streams of rain, he took the shape of a city of the gandharvas and vanished again.

Verse 106 (7.176.106)

एवं स वै महाकायो मायया लाघवेन च । अस्त्राणि तानि दिव्यानि जघान रिपुसूदनः ॥

evaṃ sa vai mahākāyo māyayā lāghavena ca | astrāṇi tāni divyāni jaghāna ripusūdanaḥ

Thus Ghatotkacha, huge-bodied slayer of foes, by illusion and by swiftness destroyed those divine weapons.

Verse 107 (7.176.107)

निहन्यमानेष्वस्त्रेषु मायया तेन रक्षसा । असम्भ्रान्तस्तदा कर्णस्तद्रक्षः प्रत्ययुध्यत ॥

nihanyamāneṣvastreṣu māyayā tena rakṣasā | asambhrāntastadā karṇastadrakṣaḥ pratyayudhyata

As his weapons were being destroyed by that rakshasa's illusion, Karna, unshaken, fought back against the rakshasa.

Verse 108 (7.176.108)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज भैमसेनिर्महाबलः । चकार बहुधाऽऽत्मानं भीषयाणो महारथान् ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja bhaimasenirmahābalaḥ | cakāra bahudhā''tmānaṃ bhīṣayāṇo mahārathān

Then, enraged, O great king, the mighty son of Bhimasena made himself manifold, terrifying the great chariot-warriors.

Verse 109 (7.176.109)

ततो दिग्भ्यः समापेतुः सिंहव्याघ्रतरक्षवः । अग्निजिह्वाश्च भुजगा विहगाश्चाप्ययोमुखाः ॥

tato digbhyaḥ samāpetuḥ siṃhavyāghratarakṣavaḥ | agnijihvāśca bhujagā vihagāścāpyayomukhāḥ

Then lions, tigers, hyenas, serpents with tongues of fire and iron-beaked birds rushed from every direction.

Verse 110 (7.176.110)

स कीर्यमाणो विशिखैः कर्णचापच्युतैः शरैः । नागराडिव दुष्प्रेक्ष्यस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

sa kīryamāṇo viśikhaiḥ karṇacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ | nāgarāḍiva duṣprekṣyastatraivāntaradhīyata

Showered with arrows shot from Karna's bow, hard to look at like a king of serpents, he vanished right there.

Verse 111 (7.176.111)

राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च यातुधानास्तथैव च । शालावृकाश्च बहवो वृकाश्च विकृताननाः ॥

rākṣasāśca piśācāśca yātudhānāstathaiva ca | śālāvṛkāśca bahavo vṛkāśca vikṛtānanāḥ

Rakshasas and pishachas, yatudhanas, jackals, and many wolves with distorted faces —

Verse 112 (7.176.112)

ते कर्णं क्षपयिष्यन्तः सर्वतः समुपाद्रवन् । अथैनं वाग्भिरुग्राभिस्त्रासयाञ्चिक्रिरे तदा ॥

te karṇaṃ kṣapayiṣyantaḥ sarvataḥ samupādravan | athainaṃ vāgbhirugrābhistrāsayāñcikrire tadā

they rushed upon Karna from every side, wishing to destroy him; and then they terrified him with fierce words.

Verse 113 (7.176.113)

उद्यतैर्बहुभिर्घोरैरायुधैः शोणितोक्षितैः । तेषामनेकैरेकैकं कर्णो विव्याध सायकैः ॥

udyatairbahubhirghorairāyudhaiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ | teṣāmanekairekaikaṃ karṇo vivyādha sāyakaiḥ

With many terrible weapons raised and wet with blood, they came on; and Karna pierced each one of them with several arrows.

Verse 114 (7.176.114)

प्रतिहत्य तु तां मायां दिव्येनास्त्रेण राक्षसीम् । आजघान हयानस्य शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

pratihatya tu tāṃ māyāṃ divyenāstreṇa rākṣasīm | ājaghāna hayānasya śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Having struck down that rakshasa illusion with a divine weapon, he killed the horses with well-bent arrows.

Verse 115 (7.176.115)

ते भग्ना विक्षताङ्गाश्च भिन्नपृष्ठाश्च सायकैः । वसुधामन्वपद्यन्त पश्यतस्तस्य रक्षसः ॥

te bhagnā vikṣatāṅgāśca bhinnapṛṣṭhāśca sāyakaiḥ | vasudhāmanvapadyanta paśyatastasya rakṣasaḥ

Broken, their limbs wounded, their backs split by the arrows, they fell to the ground before that rakshasa's very eyes.

Verse 116 (7.176.116)

स भग्नमायो हैडिम्बिः कर्णं वैकर्तनं तदा । एष ते विदधे मृत्युमित्युक्त्वान्तरधीयत ॥

sa bhagnamāyo haiḍimbiḥ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ tadā | eṣa te vidadhe mṛtyumityuktvāntaradhīyata

His illusion shattered, Haidimbi, the son of Hidimba, said to Karna Vaikartana, "Here I ordain your death," and vanished.