Karna Arms and Drives Out to the Field

Verse 1 (7.2.1)

हतं भीष्ममथाधिरथिर्विदित्वा । भिन्नां नावं वारिधावत्यगाधे । सोदर्यवद्व्यसनात्सूतपुत्रः । संतारयिष्यंस्तव पुत्रस्य सेनाम् ॥

hataṃ bhīṣmamathādhirathirviditvā | bhinnāṃ nāvaṃ vāridhāvatyagādhe | sodaryavadvyasanātsūtaputraḥ | saṃtārayiṣyaṃstava putrasya senām

Learning that Bhishma was slain, Adhiratha's son, the charioteer's son — who meant to carry your son's army across, out of its calamity, as a brother would, like a broken boat in the fathomless ocean —

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.1 (similarity 0.857); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 2 (7.2.2)

श्रुत्वा तु कर्णः पुरुषेन्द्रमच्युतं । निपातितं शान्तनवं महारथम् । अथोपयायात्सहसारिकर्षणो । धनुर्धराणां प्रवरस्तदा नृप ॥

śrutvā tu karṇaḥ puruṣendramacyutaṃ | nipātitaṃ śāntanavaṃ mahāratham | athopayāyātsahasārikarṣaṇo | dhanurdharāṇāṃ pravarastadā nṛpa

hearing that the unfaltering lord of men, the great chariot-warrior, Shantanu's son, had been felled, then swiftly came up, O king — that tormentor of foes, the foremost of bowmen.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.2 (similarity 0.881); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 3 (7.2.3)

हते तु रथसत्तमे परैर्निमज्जतीं नावमिवार्णवे कुरून् । पितेव पुत्रांस्त्वरितोऽभ्ययात्ततः सन्तारयिष्यंस्तव पुत्रस्य सेनाम् ॥

hate tu rathasattame parairnimajjatīṃ nāvamivārṇave kurūn | piteva putrāṃstvarito'bhyayāttataḥ santārayiṣyaṃstava putrasya senām

When the best of chariot-warriors had been slain by the enemy, and the Kurus were sinking like a boat in the sea, he hastened up like a father to his sons, wishing to carry your son's army across.

Verse 4 (7.2.4)

सम्मृज्य दिव्यं धनुराततज्यं स रामदत्तं रिपुसङ्घहन्ता । बाणांश्च कालानलवायुकल्पानुल्लालयन्वाक्यमिदं बभाषे ॥

sammṛjya divyaṃ dhanurātatajyaṃ sa rāmadattaṃ ripusaṅghahantā | bāṇāṃśca kālānalavāyukalpānullālayanvākyamidaṃ babhāṣe

Wiping his divine bow, the gift of Rama, and drawing its string taut, that destroyer of enemy hosts, brandishing arrows as deadly as the fire of Time and the wind, spoke these words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its four lines appear there as star passage 7.2.3d*0020_01–04 (after 7.2.3). Line 3 differs slightly (CE: "kālānalatulyakalpān").

Verse 5 (7.2.5)

यस्मिन्धृतिर्बुद्धिपराक्रमौजः सत्यं स्मृतिर्वीरगुणाश्च सर्वे । अस्त्राणि दिव्यान्यथ संनतिह्रीः प्रिया च वागनसूया च भीष्मे ॥

yasmindhṛtirbuddhiparākramaujaḥ satyaṃ smṛtirvīraguṇāśca sarve | astrāṇi divyānyatha saṃnatihrīḥ priyā ca vāganasūyā ca bhīṣme

In whom — in Bhishma — dwell steadfastness, intellect, valour and vigour, truth, memory and all the heroic virtues; the divine weapons, humility and modesty, a gracious voice and freedom from malice;

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page: the verse is printed there, under the "कर्ण उवाच" heading and before the verse beginning "सदा कृतज्ञे", with no number of its own (its marker reads 5-1-4c/4d), but it was missing from the input. It corresponds to CE 7.2.4; Wikisource's wording differs in places (CE: "damaḥ satyam", "anapāyīni"), and Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 6 (7.2.6)

सदा कृतज्ञे द्विजशत्रुघातके सनातनं चन्द्रमसीव लक्ष्मीः । स चेत्प्रशान्तः परवीरहन्ता मन्ये हतानेव च सर्ववीरान् ॥

sadā kṛtajñe dvijaśatrughātake sanātanaṃ candramasīva lakṣmīḥ | sa cetpraśāntaḥ paravīrahantā manye hatāneva ca sarvavīrān

in him, ever grateful, the slayer of the foes of the twice-born, abiding as lastingly as the brightness in the moon. If he, the destroyer of enemy heroes, has been stilled, then I consider all the warriors as good as slain.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.5 (similarity 0.722); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 7 (7.2.7)

नेह ध्रुवं किञ्चन जातु विद्यते। लोके ह्यस्मिन्कर्मणोऽनित्ययोगात् । सूर्योदये को हि विमुक्तसङ्शयो भावं कुर्वीतार्यमहाव्रते हते ॥

neha dhruvaṃ kiñcana jātu vidyate | loke hyasminkarmaṇo'nityayogāt | sūryodaye ko hi vimuktasaṅśayo bhāvaṃ kurvītāryamahāvrate hate

Nothing in this world is ever fixed, for deeds are bound up with impermanence. With the noble Mahavrata slain, who, at sunrise, could set his heart on anything free from doubt?

Note on the text: Corrected किङ्चन → किञ्चन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ् before च is a misprint for ञ्; CE किं चन). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.6 (similarity 0.894); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 8 (7.2.8)

वसुप्रभावे वसुवीर्यसंभवे गते वसूनेव वसुंधराधिपे । वसूनि पुत्रांश्च वसुंधरां तथा कुरूंश्च शोचध्वमिमां च वाहिनीम् ॥

vasuprabhāve vasuvīryasaṃbhave gate vasūneva vasuṃdharādhipe | vasūni putrāṃśca vasuṃdharāṃ tathā kurūṃśca śocadhvamimāṃ ca vāhinīm

Now that he who had the splendour of the Vasus and was born of the Vasus' energy, the lord of the earth, has gone to the Vasus themselves, mourn for wealth, for sons, for the earth, for the Kurus and for this army.

Verse 9 (7.2.9)

महाप्रभावे वरदे निपातिते लोकेश्वरे शास्तरि चामितौजसि । पराजितेषु भरतेषु दुर्मनाः कर्णो भृशं न्यश्वसदश्रु वर्तयन् ॥

mahāprabhāve varade nipātite lokeśvare śāstari cāmitaujasi | parājiteṣu bharateṣu durmanāḥ karṇo bhṛśaṃ nyaśvasadaśru vartayan

When the giver of boons, of mighty splendour, the lord and ruler of the world, of boundless vigour, had been felled, and the Bharatas defeated, Karna, dejected, breathed heavily, shedding tears.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.8 (similarity 0.885); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 10 (7.2.10)

इदं च राधेयवचो निशम्य सुताश्च राजंस्तव सैनिकाश्च ह । परस्परं चुक्रुशुरार्तिजं मुहुस्तदाश्रु नेत्रैर्मुमुचुश्च शब्दवत् ॥

idaṃ ca rādheyavaco niśamya sutāśca rājaṃstava sainikāśca ha | parasparaṃ cukruśurārtijaṃ muhustadāśru netrairmumucuśca śabdavat

Hearing these words of Radheya, your sons and your soldiers, O king, cried aloud to one another again and again in their anguish, and their tears fell audibly from their eyes.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.9 (similarity 0.889); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 11 (7.2.11)

प्रवर्तमाने तु पुनर्महाहवे विगाह्यमानासु चमूषु पार्थिवैः । अथाब्रवीद्धर्षकरं तदा वचो रथर्षभान्सर्वमहारथर्षभः ॥

pravartamāne tu punarmahāhave vigāhyamānāsu camūṣu pārthivaiḥ | athābravīddharṣakaraṃ tadā vaco ratharṣabhānsarvamahāratharṣabhaḥ

As the great battle began again and the divisions were plunged into by the kings, that bull among all great chariot-warriors spoke heartening words to the foremost of the chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Corrected रथर्पभान् → रथर्षभान् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; CE रथर्षभान्).

Verse 12 (7.2.12)

जगत्यनित्ये सततं प्रधावति प्रचिन्तयन्नस्थिरमद्य लक्षये । भवत्सु तिष्ठत्स्विह पातितो मृधे गिरिप्रकाशः कुरुपुङ्गवः कथम् ॥

jagatyanitye satataṃ pradhāvati pracintayannasthiramadya lakṣaye | bhavatsu tiṣṭhatsviha pātito mṛdhe giriprakāśaḥ kurupuṅgavaḥ katham

In this ever-changing world everything runs on and on; as I reflect today, I see how unsteady it all is. With you standing here, how has that mountain-like bull of the Kurus been felled in battle?

Note on the text: Corrected निरिप्रकाशः → गिरिप्रकाशः (misprint in Wikisource; निरि is a misprint; CE गिरिप्रकाशः "mountain-like"). The page prints no speaker heading here, but from this verse to the end of the speech (before the next "सञ्जय उवाच") the words are Karna's address to the chariot-warriors (the CE also heads this verse "karṇa uvāca"), so the verses are given to Karna. Verses 9–11 keep the printed Sanjaya heading.

Verse 13 (7.2.13)

निपातिते शान्तनवे महारथे दिवाकरे भूतलमास्थिते यथा । न पार्थिवाः सोढुमलं धनंजयं गिरिप्रवोढारमिवानिलं द्रुमाः ॥

nipātite śāntanave mahārathe divākare bhūtalamāsthite yathā | na pārthivāḥ soḍhumalaṃ dhanaṃjayaṃ giripravoḍhāramivānilaṃ drumāḥ

With Shantanu's son, the great chariot-warrior, felled — as if the sun had come down to the earth — the kings cannot withstand Dhananjaya, as trees cannot withstand the wind that uproots mountains.

Verse 14 (7.2.14)

हतप्रधानं त्विदमार्तरूपं परैर्हतोत्साहमनाथमद्य वै । मया कुरूणां परिपाल्यमाहवे बलं यथा तेन महात्मना तथा ॥

hatapradhānaṃ tvidamārtarūpaṃ parairhatotsāhamanāthamadya vai | mayā kurūṇāṃ paripālyamāhave balaṃ yathā tena mahātmanā tathā

This army, robbed of its chief, wretched, its spirit crushed by the enemy, is today without a protector. It must be protected in battle by me for the Kurus, as it was protected by that great soul.

Note on the text: Corrected मर्या कुख्णां → मया कुरूणां (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; CE मया कुरूणाम्).

Verse 15 (7.2.15)

समाहिते चात्मनि भारमीदृशं जगत्तथाऽनित्यमिदं च लक्षये । निपातितं चाहवशौण्डमाहवे कथं नु कुर्यामहमीदृशे भयम् ॥

samāhite cātmani bhāramīdṛśaṃ jagattathā'nityamidaṃ ca lakṣaye | nipātitaṃ cāhavaśauṇḍamāhave kathaṃ nu kuryāmahamīdṛśe bhayam

Such a burden has been laid on me, and I see too that this world is impermanent. With the one who delighted in battle felled in battle, how could I show fear in such a fight?

Note on the text: Corrected माहखे → माहवे (misprint in Wikisource; ख for व; CE आहवे).

Verse 16 (7.2.16)

अहं तु तान्कुरुवृषभानजिह्मगैः प्रवेशयन्यमसदनं चरन्रणे । यशः परं जगति विभाव्य वर्तिता परैर्हतो भुवि शयिताथवा पुनः ॥

ahaṃ tu tānkuruvṛṣabhānajihmagaiḥ praveśayanyamasadanaṃ caranraṇe | yaśaḥ paraṃ jagati vibhāvya vartitā parairhato bhuvi śayitāthavā punaḥ

As I range through the battle, I shall send those bulls of the Kuru line to Yama's abode with straight-flying arrows; and either I shall live on, having won supreme renown in the world, or, slain by the enemy, I shall lie on the earth.

Verse 17 (7.2.17)

युधिष्ठिरो धृतिमतिसत्यसत्ववान् वृकोदरो गजशततुल्यविक्रमः । तथार्जुनस्त्रिदशवरात्मजो युवा न तद्बलं सुजयमिहामरैरपि ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro dhṛtimatisatyasatvavān vṛkodaro gajaśatatulyavikramaḥ | tathārjunastridaśavarātmajo yuvā na tadbalaṃ sujayamihāmarairapi

Yudhishthira, steadfast, wise, true and strong; Vrikodara, with the might of a hundred elephants; and Arjuna, the young son of the best of the gods — that force cannot be easily conquered even by immortals.

Verse 18 (7.2.18)

यमौ रणे यत्र यमोपमौ बले ससात्यकिर्यत्र च देवकीसुतः । न तद्बलं कापुरुषोऽभ्युपेयिवान्निवर्तते मृत्युमुखादिवासुभृत् ॥

yamau raṇe yatra yamopamau bale sasātyakiryatra ca devakīsutaḥ | na tadbalaṃ kāpuruṣo'bhyupeyivānnivartate mṛtyumukhādivāsubhṛt

Where the twins are, like Yama himself in strength in battle, where Satyaki is, and the son of Devaki — a coward who approaches that force does not come back from it, as no living creature comes back from the mouth of Death.

Note on the text: Corrected भृत्युमुखा → मृत्युमुखा (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; CE मृत्युमुखाद्).

Verse 19 (7.2.19)

तपोऽभ्युदीर्णं तपसैव बाध्यते बलं बलेनैव तथा मनस्विभिः । मनश्च मे शत्रुनिवारणे ध्रुवं स्वरक्षणे चाचलवद्व्यवस्थितम् ॥

tapo'bhyudīrṇaṃ tapasaiva bādhyate balaṃ balenaiva tathā manasvibhiḥ | manaśca me śatrunivāraṇe dhruvaṃ svarakṣaṇe cācalavadvyavasthitam

Fierce austerity is overcome only by austerity, strength by strength, and so too by the resolute; and my mind, I know, is set as firmly as a mountain on holding off the enemy and on protecting my own.

Note on the text: Corrected ध्रुं → ध्रुवं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; CE ध्रुवम्).

Verse 20 (7.2.20)

एवं चैषां बाधमानः प्रभावं गत्वैवाहं ताञ्जयाम्यद्य सूत । मित्रद्रोहो मर्षणीयो न मेऽयं भग्ने सैन्ये यः समेयात्स मित्रम् ॥

evaṃ caiṣāṃ bādhamānaḥ prabhāvaṃ gatvaivāhaṃ tāñjayāmyadya sūta | mitradroho marṣaṇīyo na me'yaṃ bhagne sainye yaḥ sameyātsa mitram

So, curbing their might, I shall go to them and conquer them today, charioteer. I cannot bear this betrayal of a friend: he who stands by one when the army is broken is a true friend.

Verse 21 (7.2.21)

कर्तास्म्येतत्सत्पुरुषार्यकर्म त्यक्त्वा प्राणाननुयास्यामि भीष्मम् । सर्वान्सङ्ख्ये शत्रुसङ्घान्हनिष्ये हतस्तैर्वा वीरलोकं प्रपत्स्ये ॥

kartāsmyetatsatpuruṣāryakarma tyaktvā prāṇānanuyāsyāmi bhīṣmam | sarvānsaṅkhye śatrusaṅghānhaniṣye hatastairvā vīralokaṃ prapatsye

I shall do this deed worthy of a good and noble man: I shall give up my life and follow Bhishma. I shall kill all the hosts of enemies in battle, or, slain by them, go to the world of heroes.

Note on the text: Corrected शत्रुशङ्घान् → शत्रुसङ्घान् (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; CE शत्रुसंघान्).

Verse 22 (7.2.22)

संप्राक्रुष्टे रुदितस्त्रीकुमारे पराहते पौरुषे धार्तराष्ट्रे । मया कृत्यमिति जानामि सूत तस्माद्राज्ञस्त्वद्य शत्रून्विजेष्ये ॥

saṃprākruṣṭe ruditastrīkumāre parāhate pauruṣe dhārtarāṣṭre | mayā kṛtyamiti jānāmi sūta tasmādrājñastvadya śatrūnvijeṣye

Now that the women and children are weeping and crying out, and Dhritarashtra's sons have been struck in their manhood, I know the task is mine, charioteer; and so today, for the king, I shall conquer his enemies.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.21 (similarity 0.795); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 23 (7.2.23)

कुरून्रक्षन्पाण्डुपुत्राञ्जिघांसंस्त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्घोररूपे रणेऽस्मिन् । सर्वान्सङ्ख्ये शत्रुसङ्घान्निहत्य दास्याम्यहं धार्तराष्ट्राय राज्यम् ॥

kurūnrakṣanpāṇḍuputrāñjighāṃsaṃstyaktvā prāṇānghorarūpe raṇe'smin | sarvānsaṅkhye śatrusaṅghānnihatya dāsyāmyahaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāya rājyam

Protecting the Kurus, wishing to slay the sons of Pandu, giving up my life in this dreadful battle, and destroying all the enemy hosts in the fight, I shall give the kingdom to Dhritarashtra's son.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (CE 7.2.22 "dāsyāmy ahaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāya rājyam"; Wikisource has lost the end of the line ("धर्म" followed by eight x marks)): धर्मxxxxxxxx → धार्तराष्ट्राय राज्यम्. Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.22 (similarity 0.872); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 24 (7.2.24)

निबध्यतां मे कवचं विचित्रं हैमं शुभ्रं मणिरत्नावभासि । शिरस्त्राणं चार्कसमानभासं धनुः शरांश्चाग्निविषाहिकल्पान् ॥

nibadhyatāṃ me kavacaṃ vicitraṃ haimaṃ śubhraṃ maṇiratnāvabhāsi | śirastrāṇaṃ cārkasamānabhāsaṃ dhanuḥ śarāṃścāgniviṣāhikalpān

Have my wonderful golden armour fastened on me, bright and white, gleaming with gems and jewels; and bring my helmet, radiant as the sun, my bow, and arrows like fire and venomous snakes.

Note on the text: Corrected चाग्निविपाहिकल्पान् → चाग्निविषाहिकल्पान् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; CE viṣāhikalpān).

Verse 25 (7.2.25)

उपासङ्गान्षोडश योजयन्तु धनूंषि दिव्यानि तथाऽऽहरन्तु । असींश्च शक्तीश्च गदाश्च गुर्वीः शङ्खं च जाम्बूनदचित्रनालम् ॥

upāsaṅgānṣoḍaśa yojayantu dhanūṃṣi divyāni tathā''harantu | asīṃśca śaktīśca gadāśca gurvīḥ śaṅkhaṃ ca jāmbūnadacitranālam

Let sixteen quivers be fitted, and let them bring divine bows as well, swords, spears and heavy maces, and a conch adorned with Jambunada gold.

Note on the text: Corrected पोडश → षोडश (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; CE ṣoḍaśa). Corrected धनूम्पि → धनूंषि (misprint in Wikisource; misprint for धनूंषि; CE dhanūṃṣi).

Verse 26 (7.2.26)

इमां रौक्मीं नागकक्ष्यां विचित्रां ध्वजं जैत्रं दिव्यमिन्दीवराङ्कम् । श्लक्ष्णैर्वस्त्रैर्विप्रमृज्यानयन्तु चित्रां मालां चारुबद्धां सलाजाम् ॥

imāṃ raukmīṃ nāgakakṣyāṃ vicitrāṃ dhvajaṃ jaitraṃ divyamindīvarāṅkam | ślakṣṇairvastrairvipramṛjyānayantu citrāṃ mālāṃ cārubaddhāṃ salājām

Let them bring this golden, many-coloured elephant-rope, and my divine banner of victory, bright as a blue lotus, wiped clean with soft cloths, and a lovely garland neatly strung, strewn with fried grain.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.25 (similarity 0.744); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 27 (7.2.27)

अश्वानग्र्यान्पाण्डुराभ्रप्रकाशान् पुष्टान्स्नातान्मन्त्रपूताभिरद्भिः । तप्तैर्भाण्डैः काञ्चनैरभ्युपेतान् शीघ्राञ्शीघ्रं सूतपुत्रानयस्व ॥

aśvānagryānpāṇḍurābhraprakāśān puṣṭānsnātānmantrapūtābhiradbhiḥ | taptairbhāṇḍaiḥ kāñcanairabhyupetān śīghrāñśīghraṃ sūtaputrānayasva

Bring quickly, O charioteer, the finest horses, shining white like clouds, well fed and bathed with water sanctified by mantras, fitted with trappings of heated gold — swift ones, and at once.

Verse 28 (7.2.28)

रथं चाग्र्यं हेममालावनद्धं रत्नैश्चित्रं सूर्यचन्द्रप्रकाशैः । द्रव्यैर्युक्तं सम्प्रहारोपपन्नैर्वाहैर्युक्तं तूर्णमावर्तयस्व ॥

rathaṃ cāgryaṃ hemamālāvanaddhaṃ ratnaiścitraṃ sūryacandraprakāśaiḥ | dravyairyuktaṃ samprahāropapannairvāhairyuktaṃ tūrṇamāvartayasva

And bring round quickly the excellent chariot, covered with a golden net, adorned with jewels that shine like the moon and sun, furnished with everything needed for battle, with its horses yoked.

Note on the text: Corrected बाहैर्युक्तं → वाहैर्युक्तं (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; CE वाहैर्युक्तम् "yoked with horses").

Verse 29 (7.2.29)

चित्राणि चापानि च वेगवन्ति ज्याश्चोत्तमाः सन्नहनोपपन्नाः । तूणांश्च पूर्णान्महतः शराणामासाद्य गात्रावरणानि चैव ॥

citrāṇi cāpāni ca vegavanti jyāścottamāḥ sannahanopapannāḥ | tūṇāṃśca pūrṇānmahataḥ śarāṇāmāsādya gātrāvaraṇāni caiva

Bring the many-coloured, swift bows, the finest bowstrings, strong and well made, quivers full of great numbers of arrows, and the coverings for the body.

Verse 30 (7.2.30)

प्रायात्रिकं चानयताशु सर्वं पूर्णं कान्त्या वीरकांस्यां च हैमम् । आनीय मालामवबध्य चाङ्गे प्रवादयन्त्वाशु जयाय भेरीः ॥

prāyātrikaṃ cānayatāśu sarvaṃ pūrṇaṃ kāntyā vīrakāṃsyāṃ ca haimam | ānīya mālāmavabadhya cāṅge pravādayantvāśu jayāya bherīḥ

Bring at once all that is needed for setting out — the golden vessel brimming with lustre, and the hero's bronze — and, when the garland has been brought and bound upon my body, let them sound the war-drums at once for victory.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.29 (similarity 0.889); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 31 (7.2.31)

प्रयाहि सूताशु यतः किरीटी वृकोदरो धर्मसुतो यमौ च । तान्वा हनिष्यामि समेत्य सङ्ख्ये भीष्मो यथैष्यामि हतो द्विषद्भिः ॥

prayāhi sūtāśu yataḥ kirīṭī vṛkodaro dharmasuto yamau ca | tānvā haniṣyāmi sametya saṅkhye bhīṣmo yathaiṣyāmi hato dviṣadbhiḥ

Drive on, charioteer, quickly, to where the diadem-wearer is, and Vrikodara, and the son of Dharma, and the twins. Either I shall meet and kill them in battle, or, slain by the enemy, I shall go the way Bhishma went.

Note on the text: Corrected मूताशु → सूताशु (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; CE सूताशु).

Verse 32 (7.2.32)

यस्मिन्राजा सत्यधृतिर्युधिष्ठिरः समास्थितो भीमसेनार्जुनौ च । वासुदेवः सात्यकिः सृंजयाश्च मन्ये बलं तदजय्यं महीपैः ॥

yasminrājā satyadhṛtiryudhiṣṭhiraḥ samāsthito bhīmasenārjunau ca | vāsudevaḥ sātyakiḥ sṛṃjayāśca manye balaṃ tadajayyaṃ mahīpaiḥ

Where King Yudhishthira, firm in truth, is stationed, and Bhimasena and Arjuna, Vasudeva, Satyaki and the Srinjayas — I deem that force unconquerable by kings.

Verse 33 (7.2.33)

तं चेन्मृत्युः सर्वहरोऽभिरक्षेत्सदाऽप्रमत्तः समरे किरीटिनम् । तथापि हन्तास्मि समेत्य सङ्ख्ये यास्यामि वा भीष्ममुखो यमाय ॥

taṃ cenmṛtyuḥ sarvaharo'bhirakṣetsadā'pramattaḥ samare kirīṭinam | tathāpi hantāsmi sametya saṅkhye yāsyāmi vā bhīṣmamukho yamāya

Even if all-seizing Death should ever keep guard over that diadem-wearer in battle, I shall still meet and kill him in the fight, or go to Yama with Bhishma at my head.

Verse 34 (7.2.34)

न त्वेवाहं न गमिष्यामि तेषां मध्ये शराणां तत्र चाहं ब्रवीमि । मित्रद्रुहो दुर्बलभक्तयो ये पापात्मानो न ममैते सहायाः ॥

na tvevāhaṃ na gamiṣyāmi teṣāṃ madhye śarāṇāṃ tatra cāhaṃ bravīmi | mitradruho durbalabhaktayo ye pāpātmāno na mamaite sahāyāḥ

I will never fail to go into the midst of their arrows; and there I say this: those who betray their friends, weak in loyalty, evil of soul, are no companions of mine.

Verse 35 (7.2.35)

समृद्धिमन्तं रथमुत्तमं दृढं सकूबरं हेमपरिष्कृतं शुभम् । पताकिनं वातजवैर्हयोत्तमैर्युक्तं समास्थाय ययौ जयाय ॥

samṛddhimantaṃ rathamuttamaṃ dṛḍhaṃ sakūbaraṃ hemapariṣkṛtaṃ śubham | patākinaṃ vātajavairhayottamairyuktaṃ samāsthāya yayau jayāya

He mounted his excellent chariot, strong and prosperous, with its fine pole, adorned with gold, beautiful, bearing a banner, and drawn by the best horses swift as the wind, and set out to win victory.

Verse 36 (7.2.36)

सम्पूज्यमानः कुरुभिर्महात्मा रथर्षभो देवगणैर्यथेन्द्रः । ययौ तदायोधनमुग्रधन्वा यत्रावसानं भरतर्षभस्य ॥

sampūjyamānaḥ kurubhirmahātmā ratharṣabho devagaṇairyathendraḥ | yayau tadāyodhanamugradhanvā yatrāvasānaṃ bharatarṣabhasya

Honoured by the Kurus, that great-souled bull among chariot-warriors, the fierce archer, like Indra among bands of gods, went to the battlefield where the bull of the Bharatas had come to his end.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.2.35 (similarity 0.848); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 37 (7.2.37)

वरूथिना महता सध्वजेन सुवर्णमुक्तामणिरत्नमालिना । सदश्वयुक्तेन रथेन कर्णो मेघस्वनेनार्क इवामितौजाः ॥

varūthinā mahatā sadhvajena suvarṇamuktāmaṇiratnamālinā | sadaśvayuktena rathena karṇo meghasvanenārka ivāmitaujāḥ

With his great chariot-covering, with his banner, adorned with strings of gold, pearls, gems and jewels, on his chariot drawn by fine horses and thundering like a cloud, Karna of boundless splendour shone like the sun.

Verse 38 (7.2.38)

हुताशनाभः स हुताशनप्रभे शुभः शुभे वै स्वरथे धनुर्धरः । स्थितो रराजाधिरथिर्महारथः स्वयं विमाने सुरराडिवास्थितः ॥

hutāśanābhaḥ sa hutāśanaprabhe śubhaḥ śubhe vai svarathe dhanurdharaḥ | sthito rarājādhirathirmahārathaḥ svayaṃ vimāne surarāḍivāsthitaḥ

Blazing like fire, that fair archer, standing on his fair chariot bright as fire, the great chariot-warrior, Adhiratha's son, shone like the king of the gods himself seated in his celestial car.