Why Karna Did Not Hurl the Spear at Arjuna

Verse 1 (7.183.1)

एकवीरवधे मोघा शक्तिः सूतात्मजे यदा । कस्मात्सर्वान्समुत्सृज्य स तां पार्थे न मुक्तवान् ॥

ekavīravadhe moghā śaktiḥ sūtātmaje yadā | kasmātsarvānsamutsṛjya sa tāṃ pārthe na muktavān

Since the charioteer's son's spear was spent in vain on the killing of a single hero, why did he not set all the others aside and hurl it at Partha?

Verse 2 (7.183.2)

तस्मिन्हते हता हि स्युः सर्वे पाण्डवसृञ्जयाः । एकवीरवधे कस्माद्युद्धे न जयमादधे ॥

tasminhate hatā hi syuḥ sarve pāṇḍavasṛñjayāḥ | ekavīravadhe kasmādyuddhe na jayamādadhe

Had he been slain, all the Pandavas and Srinjayas would have been slain. Why did he not win the victory in the battle by killing that one hero?

Verse 3 (7.183.3)

आहूतो न निवर्तेयमिति तस्य महाव्रतम् । स्वयं मार्गयितव्यः स सूतपुत्रेण फल्गुनः ॥

āhūto na nivarteyamiti tasya mahāvratam | svayaṃ mārgayitavyaḥ sa sūtaputreṇa phalgunaḥ

"I will not turn back when challenged" is that man's great vow; so Phalguna should have been sought out by the charioteer's son himself.

Verse 4 (7.183.4)

ततो द्वैरथमानीय फल्गुनं शक्रदत्तया । जघान न वृषा कस्मात्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

tato dvairathamānīya phalgunaṃ śakradattayā | jaghāna na vṛṣā kasmāttanmamācakṣva sañjaya

Then, having brought Phalguna to a duel of chariots, why did Vrisha not kill him with the spear given by Shakra? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected शक्तदत्तया → शक्रदत्तया (misprint in Wikisource; क्त for क्र; the critical edition reads śakradattayā, 'given by Shakra (Indra)', which the sense requires).

Verse 5 (7.183.5)

नूनं बुद्धिविहीनश्चाप्यसहायश्च मे सुतः । शत्रुभिर्व्यंसितः पापः कथं नु स जयेदरीन् ॥

nūnaṃ buddhivihīnaścāpyasahāyaśca me sutaḥ | śatrubhirvyaṃsitaḥ pāpaḥ kathaṃ nu sa jayedarīn

Surely my son is devoid of judgment and without helpers, outwitted by his enemies, wicked as he is; how could he conquer his foes?

Verse 6 (7.183.6)

या ह्यस्य परमा शक्तिर्जयस्य च परायणम् । सा शक्तिर्वासुदेवेन व्यंसिता च घटोत्कचे ॥

yā hyasya paramā śaktirjayasya ca parāyaṇam | sā śaktirvāsudevena vyaṃsitā ca ghaṭotkace

That spear, which was his highest power and the mainstay of his victory, was foiled by Vasudeva on Ghatotkacha.

Note on the text: Corrected शख्तिर् → शक्तिर् (misprint in Wikisource; ख्त for क्त; the critical edition reads śaktir).

Verse 7 (7.183.7)

कुणेर्यथा हस्तगतं हियेद्बिल्वं बलीयसा । तथा शक्तिरमोघा सा मोघीभूता घटोत्कचे ॥

kuṇeryathā hastagataṃ hiyedbilvaṃ balīyasā | tathā śaktiramoghā sā moghībhūtā ghaṭotkace

As a strong man might snatch a bilva fruit from the hand of one with a crippled arm, so that unfailing spear was made futile on Ghatotkacha.

Verse 8 (7.183.8)

यथा वराहस्य शुनश्च युध्यतोस् । तयोरभावे श्वपचस्य लाभः । मन्ये विद्वन्वासुदेवस्य तद्वद् । युद्धे लाभः कर्णहैडिम्बयोर्वै ॥

yathā varāhasya śunaśca yudhyatos | tayorabhāve śvapacasya lābhaḥ | manye vidvanvāsudevasya tadvad | yuddhe lābhaḥ karṇahaiḍimbayorvai

Just as, when a boar and a dog are fighting, the dog-cooker gains when both are gone, so, learned Sanjaya, I think Vasudeva's gain lies in the fight between Karna and Hidimba's son.

Note on the text: Removed the page's double hyphens (--) that split युध्यतोस्/तयोः and तद्वद्/युद्धे across lines and moved the sandhi consonants to the end of lines 1 and 3 (युध्यतोस् । तयोरभावे; तद्वद् । युद्धे), as the critical edition reads (yudhyatos; tayor abhāve; tadvad; yuddhe). The page prints four lines; CE 7.157.8 prints them as two lines with a caesura each.

Verse 9 (7.183.9)

घटोत्कचो यदि हन्याद्धि कर्णं । परो लाभः स भवेत्पाण्डवानाम् । वैकर्तनो वा यदि तं निहन्यात् । तथापि कृत्यं शक्तिनाशात्कृतं स्यात् ॥

ghaṭotkaco yadi hanyāddhi karṇaṃ | paro lābhaḥ sa bhavetpāṇḍavānām | vaikartano vā yadi taṃ nihanyāt | tathāpi kṛtyaṃ śaktināśātkṛtaṃ syāt

If Ghatotkacha should kill Karna, that would be the Pandavas' greatest gain; and if Vaikartana should kill him, even so the purpose would be served, through the loss of the spear.

Note on the text: Corrected हन्याद्वि → हन्याद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads hanyād dhi). Removed the page's double hyphens (--) that split निहन्यात्/तथापि across lines 3 and 4 and moved the त् to the end of line 3. The page prints four lines; CE 7.157.9 prints them as two lines with a caesura each.

Verse 10 (7.183.10)

इति प्राज्ञः प्रज्ञयैतद्विचिन्त्य । घटोत्कचं सूतपुत्रेण युद्धे । अघातयद्वासुदेवो नृसिंहः । प्रियं कुर्वन्पाण्डवानां हितं च ॥

iti prājñaḥ prajñayaitadvicintya | ghaṭotkacaṃ sūtaputreṇa yuddhe | aghātayadvāsudevo nṛsiṃhaḥ | priyaṃ kurvanpāṇḍavānāṃ hitaṃ ca

Having thus reflected on this with his insight, the wise Vasudeva, lion among men, had Ghatotkacha killed in battle by the charioteer's son, doing what was dear and beneficial to the Pandavas.

Note on the text: The page prints four lines; CE 7.157.10 prints them as two lines with a caesura each. Recension variants in the second and third lines (अघातयत् for CE ayodhayat; विचिन्त्य for vicārya).

Verse 11 (7.183.11)

एतच्चिकीर्षितं ज्ञात्वा कर्णे मधुनिहा नृप । नियोजयामास तदा द्वैरथे राक्षसेश्वरम् ॥

etaccikīrṣitaṃ jñātvā karṇe madhunihā nṛpa | niyojayāmāsa tadā dvairathe rākṣaseśvaram

Knowing what Karna intended, O king, the slayer of Madhu then set the lord of the rakshasas against him in a duel of chariots.

Verse 12 (7.183.12)

घटोत्कचं महावीर्यं महाबुद्धिर्जनार्दनः । अमोघाया विघातार्थं राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥

ghaṭotkacaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahābuddhirjanārdanaḥ | amoghāyā vighātārthaṃ rājandurmantrite tava

Janardana, of great wisdom, set mighty Ghatotkacha against him in order to destroy the unfailing spear — this came about, O king, through your ill-counselled plan.

Verse 13 (7.183.13)

तदैव कृतकार्या हि वयं स्याम कुरूद्वह । न रक्षेद्यदि कृष्णस्तं पार्थं कर्णान्महारथात् ॥

tadaiva kṛtakāryā hi vayaṃ syāma kurūdvaha | na rakṣedyadi kṛṣṇastaṃ pārthaṃ karṇānmahārathāt

Then and there we would have accomplished our aim, O chief of the Kurus, if Krishna had not guarded Partha from the great warrior Karna.

Verse 14 (7.183.14)

साश्वध्वजरथः सङ्ख्ये धृतराष्ट्र पतेद्भुवि । विना जनार्दनं पार्थो योगानामीश्वरं प्रभुम् ॥

sāśvadhvajarathaḥ saṅkhye dhṛtarāṣṭra patedbhuvi | vinā janārdanaṃ pārtho yogānāmīśvaraṃ prabhum

Without Janardana, the lord and master of yogas, Partha would fall to the ground in the battle, O Dhritarashtra, with his horses, flag and chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्क्ये → सङ्ख्ये (misprint in Wikisource; क्य for ख्य; the critical edition reads saṃkhye).

Verse 15 (7.183.15)

तैस्तैरुपायैर्बहुभी रक्ष्यमाणः स पार्थिव । जयत्यभिमुखः शत्रून्पार्थः कृष्णेन पालितः ॥

taistairupāyairbahubhī rakṣyamāṇaḥ sa pārthiva | jayatyabhimukhaḥ śatrūnpārthaḥ kṛṣṇena pālitaḥ

Guarded by Krishna in those many ways, O king, Partha faces his enemies and conquers them.

Verse 16 (7.183.16)

सविशेषं त्वमेयात्मा कृष्णो रक्षेन्न फल्गुनम् । हन्यात्क्षिप्रं हि कौन्तेयं शक्तिर्वृक्षमिवाशनिः ॥

saviśeṣaṃ tvameyātmā kṛṣṇo rakṣenna phalgunam | hanyātkṣipraṃ hi kaunteyaṃ śaktirvṛkṣamivāśaniḥ

Krishna, of immeasurable soul, guarded Phalguna with special care; otherwise the spear would swiftly have struck down Kaunteya, as a thunderbolt strikes a tree.

Note on the text: Recension variant: the critical edition reads saviśeṣaṃ tv amoghāyāḥ kṛṣṇo 'rakṣata pāṇḍavam / hanyāt kṣiptā hi kaunteyam…. The sense taken here is that Krishna guarded Arjuna with special care; otherwise the hurled spear would have struck him down (the page's note records the reading सविशेषात्त्वमोघायाः कृष्णोऽरक्षत पाण्डवम् for this line).

Verse 17 (7.183.17)

विरोधी च कुमन्त्री च प्राज्ञमानी ममात्मजः । यस्यैष समतिक्रान्तो वधोपायो जयं प्रति ॥

virodhī ca kumantrī ca prājñamānī mamātmajaḥ | yasyaiṣa samatikrānto vadhopāyo jayaṃ prati

My son is quarrelsome, a poor counsellor, and thinks himself wise; he let slip this means of slaying Arjuna and winning the victory.

Verse 18 (7.183.18)

स वा कर्णो महाबुद्धिः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः । न मुक्तवान्कथं सूत ताममोघां धनञ्जये ॥

sa vā karṇo mahābuddhiḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | na muktavānkathaṃ sūta tāmamoghāṃ dhanañjaye

Or that Karna, of great wisdom, best of all who bear weapons — why did he not hurl that unfailing spear at Dhananjaya, Suta?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; these two lines appear there as star passage 7.157.17d*1252_01–02 (placed after 7.157.17), word for word.

Verse 19 (7.183.19)

तवापि समतिक्रान्तमेतद्गावल्गणे कथम् । एतमर्थं महाबुद्धे यत्त्वया नावबोधितः ॥

tavāpi samatikrāntametadgāvalgaṇe katham | etamarthaṃ mahābuddhe yattvayā nāvabodhitaḥ

This slipped past you too, son of Gavalgana: why did you, of great intelligence, not point this out to him?

Verse 20 (7.183.20)

दुर्योधनस्य शकुनेर्मम दुःशासनस्य च । रात्रौ रात्रौ भवत्येषा नित्यमेव विकत्थना ॥

duryodhanasya śakunermama duḥśāsanasya ca | rātrau rātrau bhavatyeṣā nityameva vikatthanā

Night after night, always, this boast has been made by Duryodhana, Shakuni, Duhshasana and myself:

Verse 21 (7.183.21)

श्वः सर्वसैन्यानुत्सृज्य जहि कर्ण धनञ्जयम् । प्रेष्यवत्पाण्डुपाञ्चालानुपभोक्ष्यामहे ततः ॥

śvaḥ sarvasainyānutsṛjya jahi karṇa dhanañjayam | preṣyavatpāṇḍupāñcālānupabhokṣyāmahe tataḥ

"Tomorrow, Karna, set aside the whole army and kill Dhananjaya; after that we shall enjoy the Pandavas and Panchalas like servants."

Verse 22 (7.183.22)

अथवा निहते पार्थे पाण्डवान्यतमं ततः । स्थापयेद्यदि वार्ष्णेयस्तस्मात्कृष्णो हि हन्यताम् ॥

athavā nihate pārthe pāṇḍavānyatamaṃ tataḥ | sthāpayedyadi vārṣṇeyastasmātkṛṣṇo hi hanyatām

"Or, if Partha is slain and the Vrishni should set up some other one of the Pandavas, then let Krishna be killed."

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थं → पार्थे (misprint in Wikisource; the locative absolute निहते पार्थे is required; the critical edition reads nihate pārthe). Recension variants स्थापयेद्यदि वार्ष्णेयः / हन्यताम् (CE: sthāpayed yudhi vārṣṇeyas / nipātyatām).

Verse 23 (7.183.23)

कृष्णो हि मूलं पाण्डूनां पार्थः स्कन्ध इवोद्गतः । शाखा इवेतरे पार्थाः पाञ्चालाः पत्रसंज्ञिताः ॥

kṛṣṇo hi mūlaṃ pāṇḍūnāṃ pārthaḥ skandha ivodgataḥ | śākhā ivetare pārthāḥ pāñcālāḥ patrasaṃjñitāḥ

"Krishna is the root of the Pandavas, Partha the trunk that has risen from it; the other sons of Pritha are the branches, and the Panchalas are called the leaves."

Verse 24 (7.183.24)

कृष्णाश्रयाः कृष्णबलाः कृष्णनाथाश्च पाण्डवाः । कृष्णः परायणं चैषां ज्योतिषामिव चन्द्रमाः ॥

kṛṣṇāśrayāḥ kṛṣṇabalāḥ kṛṣṇanāthāśca pāṇḍavāḥ | kṛṣṇaḥ parāyaṇaṃ caiṣāṃ jyotiṣāmiva candramāḥ

"The Pandavas have Krishna as their refuge, their strength and their protector; Krishna is their final resort, as the moon is of the stars."

Verse 25 (7.183.25)

तस्मात्पर्णानि शाखाश्च स्कन्धं चोत्सृज्य सूतज । कृष्णं हि विद्धि पाण्डूनां मूलं सर्वत्र सर्वदा ॥

tasmātparṇāni śākhāśca skandhaṃ cotsṛjya sūtaja | kṛṣṇaṃ hi viddhi pāṇḍūnāṃ mūlaṃ sarvatra sarvadā

"Therefore, O son of the charioteer, leave the leaves, the branches and the trunk, and strike Krishna, the root of the Pandavas, everywhere and always."

Note on the text: Corrected विद्वि → विद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the form is the imperative viddhi, 'strike', answering the critical edition's nikṛndhi, 'cut down'). Recension variant in line 2.

Verse 26 (7.183.26)

हन्याद्यदि हि दाशार्हं कर्णो यादवनन्दनम् । कृत्स्ना वसुमती राजन्वशे तस्य न संशयः ॥

hanyādyadi hi dāśārhaṃ karṇo yādavanandanam | kṛtsnā vasumatī rājanvaśe tasya na saṃśayaḥ

"If Karna were to kill Dasharha, the delight of the Yadavas, the whole earth would be in his power, without doubt, O king."

Verse 27 (7.183.27)

यदि हि स निहतः शयीत भूमौ । यदुकुलपाण्डवनन्दनो महात्मा । ननु तव वसुधा नरेन्द्र सर्वा । सगिरिसमुद्रवना वशं व्रजेत ॥

yadi hi sa nihataḥ śayīta bhūmau | yadukulapāṇḍavanandano mahātmā | nanu tava vasudhā narendra sarvā | sagirisamudravanā vaśaṃ vrajeta

"If that great soul, the joy of the Yadu clan and of the Pandavas, were to lie slain on the ground, then surely, O lord of men, the whole earth with its mountains, oceans and forests would come into your power."

Note on the text: The page prints four lines; CE 7.157.26 prints them as two lines with a caesura each.

Verse 28 (7.183.28)

सा तु बुद्धिः कृताऽप्येवं जाग्रति त्रिदशेश्वरे । अप्रमेये हृषीकेशे युद्धकाले व्यमुह्यत ॥

sā tu buddhiḥ kṛtā'pyevaṃ jāgrati tridaśeśvare | aprameye hṛṣīkeśe yuddhakāle vyamuhyata

But that resolve, though made thus, was bewildered when the time of battle came, while the lord of the gods, the immeasurable Hrishikesha, stood watchful.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वमुह्यत → व्यमुह्यत (misprint in Wikisource; a broken prefix; the critical edition reads vyamuhyata, 'was bewildered').

Verse 29 (7.183.29)

अर्जुनं चापि राधेयात्सदा रक्षति केशवः । न ह्येनमैच्छत्प्रमुखे सौतेः स्थापयितुं रणे ॥

arjunaṃ cāpi rādheyātsadā rakṣati keśavaḥ | na hyenamaicchatpramukhe sauteḥ sthāpayituṃ raṇe

Keshava always guards Arjuna from Radheya; he never wished to station him in the battle before the charioteer's son.

Verse 30 (7.183.30)

अन्यांश्चास्मै रथोदारानुपास्थापयदच्युतः । अमोघां तां कथं शक्तिं मोघां कुर्यामिति प्रभो ॥

anyāṃścāsmai rathodārānupāsthāpayadacyutaḥ | amoghāṃ tāṃ kathaṃ śaktiṃ moghāṃ kuryāmiti prabho

Acyuta set other noble chariot-warriors before him, thinking, "How may I make that unfailing spear fail?", my lord.

Verse 31 (7.183.31)

यश्चैवं रक्षते पार्थं कर्णात्कृष्णो महामनाः । आत्मानं स कथं राजन्न रक्षेत्पुरुषोत्तमः ॥

yaścaivaṃ rakṣate pārthaṃ karṇātkṛṣṇo mahāmanāḥ | ātmānaṃ sa kathaṃ rājanna rakṣetpuruṣottamaḥ

How, O king, would Krishna of great mind, the best of men, who thus guards Partha from Karna, not guard himself?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 appear there as star passage 7.157.29d*1254_01–02 (placed after 7.157.29). Corrected पुरुपोत्तमः → पुरुषोत्तमः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the star passage reads puruṣottamaḥ).

Verse 32 (7.183.32)

परिचिन्त्य तु पश्यामि चक्रायुधमरिन्दमम् । न सोऽस्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु यो जयेत जनार्दनम् ॥

paricintya tu paśyāmi cakrāyudhamarindamam | na so'sti triṣu lokeṣu yo jayeta janārdanam

Reflecting on it, I see that no one in the three worlds can conquer Janardana, the discus-bearer, subduer of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 appear there as star passage 7.157.29d*1254_03–04 (placed after 7.157.29), word for word.

Verse 33 (7.183.33)

ततः कृष्णं महाबाहुं सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः । पप्रच्छ रथशार्दूलः कर्णं प्रति महारथः ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ mahābāhuṃ sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ | papraccha rathaśārdūlaḥ karṇaṃ prati mahārathaḥ

Then Satyaki, truly valiant, a great chariot-warrior and tiger among charioteers, asked the mighty-armed Krishna about Karna.

Verse 34 (7.183.34)

अयं च प्रत्ययः कर्णे शक्तिश्चामितविक्रमा । किमर्थं सूतपुत्रेण न मुक्ता फल्गुने तु सा ॥

ayaṃ ca pratyayaḥ karṇe śaktiścāmitavikramā | kimarthaṃ sūtaputreṇa na muktā phalgune tu sā

Karna had this assurance, and the spear was of boundless might: why then did the charioteer's son not hurl it at Phalguna?

Note on the text: Unheaded speech of Satyaki (the page prints only the सञ्जय उवाच before verse 33); the verse is wholly his question.

Verse 35 (7.183.35)

दुःशासनश्च कर्णश्च शकुनिश्च ससैन्धवः । सततं मन्त्रयन्ति स्म दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः ॥

duḥśāsanaśca karṇaśca śakuniśca sasaindhavaḥ | satataṃ mantrayanti sma duryodhanapurogamāḥ

Duhshasana, Karna, and Shakuni with the Saindhava, led by Duryodhana, were constantly taking counsel together.

Note on the text: Corrected मसैन्धवः → ससैन्धवः (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads sasaindhavaḥ).

Verse 36 (7.183.36)

कर्ण कर्ण महेष्वास रणेऽमितपराक्रम । नान्यस्य शक्तिरेषा ते मोक्तव्या जयतां वर ॥

karṇa karṇa maheṣvāsa raṇe'mitaparākrama | nānyasya śaktireṣā te moktavyā jayatāṃ vara

"Karna, Karna, great archer of immeasurable valour in battle, best of victors: this spear of yours must not be hurled at anyone else —

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णकर्ण → कर्ण कर्ण (the repeated vocative is two words; the critical edition reads karṇa karṇa).

Verse 37 (7.183.37)

ऋते महारथात्कर्ण कुन्तीपुत्राद्धनञ्जयात् । स हि तेषामतियशा देवानामिव वासवः ॥

ṛte mahārathātkarṇa kuntīputrāddhanañjayāt | sa hi teṣāmatiyaśā devānāmiva vāsavaḥ

except at the great warrior Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, O Karna; for he is the most renowned of them, as Vasava is among the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected वनञ्जयात् → धनञ्जयात् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads dhanaṃjayāt). Recension variant in line 1 (CE: ṛte mahārathāt pārthāt kuntīputrād dhanaṃjayāt).

Verse 38 (7.183.38)

तस्मिन्विनिहते पार्थे पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयैः सह । भविष्यन्ति गतात्मानः सुरा इव निरग्नयः ॥

tasminvinihate pārthe pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha | bhaviṣyanti gatātmānaḥ surā iva niragnayaḥ

When he is slain, the Pandavas with the Srinjayas will be lifeless, like gods deprived of fire."

Verse 39 (7.183.39)

तथेति च प्रतिज्ञातं कर्णेन शिनिपुङ्गव । हृदि नित्यं च कर्णस्य वधो गाण्डीवधन्वनः ॥

tatheti ca pratijñātaṃ karṇena śinipuṅgava | hṛdi nityaṃ ca karṇasya vadho gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ

Karna promised "So be it", O best of the Shinis; and the killing of the wielder of Gandiva has always been in Karna's heart.

Verse 40 (7.183.40)

अहमेव तु राधेयं मोहयामि युधांवर । ततो नावासृजच्छक्तिं पाण्डवे श्वेतवाहने ॥

ahameva tu rādheyaṃ mohayāmi yudhāṃvara | tato nāvāsṛjacchaktiṃ pāṇḍave śvetavāhane

But I myself keep bewildering Radheya, best of fighters; and so he did not hurl the spear at the white-horsed Pandava.

Verse 41 (7.183.41)

फल्गुनस्य हि सा मृत्युरिति चिन्तयतोऽनिशम् । न निद्रा न च मे हार्षो मनसोऽस्ति युधांवर ॥

phalgunasya hi sā mṛtyuriti cintayato'niśam | na nidrā na ca me hārṣo manaso'sti yudhāṃvara

Thinking ceaselessly that the spear was Phalguna's death, I had no sleep and no gladness of mind, best of fighters.

Verse 42 (7.183.42)

घटोत्कचे व्यंसितां तु दृष्ट्वा तां शिनिपुङ्गव । मृत्योरास्यान्तरान्मुक्तं पश्याम्यद्य धनञ्जयम् ॥

ghaṭotkace vyaṃsitāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tāṃ śinipuṅgava | mṛtyorāsyāntarānmuktaṃ paśyāmyadya dhanañjayam

But now that I have seen that spear wasted on Ghatotkacha, O bull of the Shinis, I see Dhananjaya today released from the jaws of death.

Note on the text: Corrected पस्याम्यद्य → पश्याम्यद्य (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads paśyāmy adya).

Verse 43 (7.183.43)

न पिता न च मे माता न यूयं भ्रातरस्तथा । न च प्राणास्तथा रक्ष्या यथा बीभत्सुराहवे ॥

na pitā na ca me mātā na yūyaṃ bhrātarastathā | na ca prāṇāstathā rakṣyā yathā bībhatsurāhave

Neither my father, nor my mother, nor you, my brothers, nor my own life is as much to be protected as Bibhatsu in the battle.

Verse 44 (7.183.44)

त्रैलोक्यराज्याद्यत्किञ्चिद्भवेदन्यत्सुदुर्लभम् । नेच्छेयं सात्वताहं तद्विना पार्थं धनञ्जयम् ॥

trailokyarājyādyatkiñcidbhavedanyatsudurlabham | neccheyaṃ sātvatāhaṃ tadvinā pārthaṃ dhanañjayam

Even the sovereignty of the three worlds, or anything else that may be hard to obtain, I would not wish, O Satvata, without Partha Dhananjaya.

Verse 45 (7.183.45)

अतः प्रहर्षः सुमहान्युयुधानाद्य मेऽभवत् । मृतं प्रत्यागतमिव दृष्ट्वा पार्थं धनञ्जयम् ॥

ataḥ praharṣaḥ sumahānyuyudhānādya me'bhavat | mṛtaṃ pratyāgatamiva dṛṣṭvā pārthaṃ dhanañjayam

Therefore, Yuyudhana, a very great joy has come to me today, on seeing Partha Dhananjaya as if returned from the dead.

Verse 46 (7.183.46)

अतश्च प्रहितो युद्धे मया कर्णाय राक्षसः । न ह्यन्यः समरे रात्रौ शक्तः कर्णं प्रबाधितुम् ॥

ataśca prahito yuddhe mayā karṇāya rākṣasaḥ | na hyanyaḥ samare rātrau śaktaḥ karṇaṃ prabādhitum

And for this reason I sent the rakshasa against Karna in the battle; for no one else could have harassed Karna in the night fighting.

Verse 47 (7.183.47)

इति सात्यकये प्राह तदा देवकिनन्दनः । धनञ्जयहिते युक्तस्तत्प्रिये सततं रतः ॥

iti sātyakaye prāha tadā devakinandanaḥ | dhanañjayahite yuktastatpriye satataṃ rataḥ

So spoke Devaki's son to Satyaki then, intent on Dhananjaya's welfare and ever devoted to what pleased him.