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Drona Parva · Adhyaya 40

Abhimanyu Routs Duhshasana and Karna

Abhimanyu cuts down Duhshasana's bow and, reminding him of the insults to Yudhishthira and Bhima at the dice-game, strikes him with an arrow that sends him senseless from the field. The Pandavas and their allies roar in triumph and charge Drona's host. Duryodhana sends Karna against Abhimanyu, but Abhimanyu withstands Karna's weapons, cuts down his bow, and Karna's next brother comes to his aid as the Pandavas raise a shout.

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सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 1 (7.40.1)

ततः समभवद्युद्धं तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः । तस्मिन्काले महाबाहुः सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ | tasminkāle mahābāhuḥ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā

Then a battle began between those two lions among men. At that moment Subhadra's mighty-armed son, slayer of enemy heroes,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe) that the page prints around the interpolated lines. Adhyaya note: Wikisource's adhyaya 40 is the critical edition's 7.39 (31 verses). The page's verse numbering skips 14 and has only the second line of 15 (see the two restored verses below). The critical edition's star passages 7.39.3b*0283 (11 lines), 10b*0286_01, 10d*0288_01, 21d*0291 (9 lines) and 29d*0293_01 are not on the page; its *0284_01 and *0285_01 appear on the page as variants (verses 6 and 7). This verse and the next are the critical edition's star passage 7.39.1*0282_01–04 (placed after the saṃjaya uvāca heading of 7.39.1), not in its constituted text; this verse is *0282_01–02.

Verse 2 (7.40.2)

सशरं कार्मुकं छित्त्वा लाघवेन व्यपातयत् । दुःशासनं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः संततक्ष समन्ततः ॥

saśaraṃ kārmukaṃ chittvā lāghavena vyapātayat | duḥśāsanaṃ śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ saṃtatakṣa samantataḥ

cut the bow, arrow and all, and with a light hand threw it down, and he wounded Duhshasana on every side with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe) that the page prints around the interpolated lines. Lines 1–2 of this verse are the critical edition's star passage 7.39.1*0282_03–04; not in the constituted text.

Verse 3 (7.40.3)

शरविक्षतगात्रं तु प्रत्यमित्रमवस्थितम् । अभिमन्युः स्मयन्धीमान्दुःशासनमथाब्रवीत् ॥

śaravikṣatagātraṃ tu pratyamitramavasthitam | abhimanyuḥ smayandhīmānduḥśāsanamathābravīt

As Duhshasana stood facing him, his body torn by arrows, the wise Abhimanyu smiled and spoke to him:

अभिमन्युरुवाच · Abhimanyu said

Verse 4 (7.40.4)

दिष्ट्या पश्यामि सङ्ग्रामे मानिनं शूरमागतम् । निष्ठुरं त्यक्तधर्माणमाक्रोशनपरायणम् ॥

diṣṭyā paśyāmi saṅgrāme māninaṃ śūramāgatam | niṣṭhuraṃ tyaktadharmāṇamākrośanaparāyaṇam

By good fortune I see in the battle the proud “hero” come before me, harsh, who abandoned dharma and delights in abuse!

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā is dropped, leaving the non-word सङ्ग्रम; the critical edition reads saṃgrāme). No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech to Duhshasana begins here (introduced by verse 3) and runs to verse 11, where the page's सञ्जय heading returns; the input carried सञ्जय on. Line 1 reads शूरम् where the critical edition has śatrum; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 5 (7.40.5)

यत्सभायां त्वया राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य शृण्वतः । कोपितः परुषैर्वाक्यैर्धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

yatsabhāyāṃ tvayā rājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śṛṇvataḥ | kopitaḥ paruṣairvākyairdharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

In the assembly, in the hearing of King Dhritarashtra, you angered Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, with harsh words,

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech continues. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.39.3ac (the first two lines of its three-line verse; the automatic alignment found no match).

Verse 6 (7.40.6)

जयोन्मत्तेन भीमश्च बह्वबद्धं प्रभाषितः । अक्षकूटं समाश्रित्य सौबलस्यात्मनो बलम् ॥

jayonmattena bhīmaśca bahvabaddhaṃ prabhāṣitaḥ | akṣakūṭaṃ samāśritya saubalasyātmano balam

and, drunk with victory, spoke wildly and incoherently to Bhima, relying on the dice-trick, the strength of Subala's son, one of your own.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech continues. Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.39.3e (variant प्रभाषितः for prabhāṣatā); line 2 corresponds to its star passages 7.39.3b*0283_01 and 3f*0284_01 (akṣakūṭaṃ samāśritya …), with a variant ending (सौबलस्यात्मनो बलम्). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 7 (7.40.7)

तत्त्वयेदमनुप्राप्तं तस्य कोपान्महात्मनः । परवित्तापहारस्य क्रोधस्याप्रशमस्य च ॥

tattvayedamanuprāptaṃ tasya kopānmahātmanaḥ | paravittāpahārasya krodhasyāpraśamasya ca

this has now come upon you from the anger of that great-souled man, for your seizing of others' wealth, for your wrath that never cools,

Note on the text: Corrected कोधस्य → क्रोधस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct क्र is dropped, leaving the non-word कोध; the critical edition reads krodhasya). No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech continues. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.39.3f*0285_01 (tat tvayedam anuprāptaṃ tasya kopān mahātmanaḥ); line 2 is its 7.39.4a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 8 (7.40.8)

लोभस्य ज्ञाननाशस्य द्रोहस्यात्याहितस्य च । पितॄणां मम राज्यस्य हरणस्योग्रधन्विनाम् ॥

lobhasya jñānanāśasya drohasyātyāhitasya ca | pitṝṇāṃ mama rājyasya haraṇasyogradhanvinām

for greed, for the ruin of knowledge, for treachery and ruinous wrong, and for the seizing of the kingdom of my fathers, those mighty bowmen,

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech continues. Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.39.4c and line 2 its 7.39.5a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (7.40.9)

तत्त्वयेदमनुप्राप्तं प्रकोपाद्वै महात्मनाम् । स तस्योग्रमधर्मस्य फलं प्राप्नुहि दुर्मते ॥

tattvayedamanuprāptaṃ prakopādvai mahātmanām | sa tasyogramadharmasya phalaṃ prāpnuhi durmate

this has now come upon you from the wrath of those great-souled men. Receive, wicked one, the terrible fruit of that unrighteousness.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech continues. Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 7.39.5c (tat tvām idam anuprāptaṃ tat kopād vai mahātmanām), line 2 to its 7.39.6a, both with recension variants. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 10 (7.40.10)

शासिताऽस्म्यद्य ते बाणैः सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः । अद्याहमनृणस्तस्य कोपस्य भविता रणे ॥

śāsitā'smyadya te bāṇaiḥ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ | adyāhamanṛṇastasya kopasya bhavitā raṇe

Today, in the sight of the whole army, I shall punish you with my arrows. Today in battle I shall be free of my debt to that anger.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech continues. The lines are the critical edition's 7.39.6c and 7.39.7a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 11 (7.40.11)

अमर्षितायाः कृष्णायाः काङ्क्षितस्य च मे पितुः । अद्य कौरव्य भीमस्य भवितास्म्यनृणो युधि । न हि मे मोक्ष्यसे जीवन्यदि नोत्सृजसे रणं ॥

amarṣitāyāḥ kṛṣṇāyāḥ kāṅkṣitasya ca me pituḥ | adya kauravya bhīmasya bhavitāsmyanṛṇo yudhi | na hi me mokṣyase jīvanyadi notsṛjase raṇaṃ

I shall today be quit of my debt to the outraged Draupadi and to what my father longs for; and today, descendant of Kuru, I shall be quit of my debt to Bhima in this battle. You will not escape me alive unless you abandon the fight.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Abhimanyu's speech ends here; the page's सञ्जय heading returns before the next verse. Three lines: the critical edition's 7.39.7c, 8a and 8c. The automatic alignment found no match.

सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 12 (7.40.12)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्बाणं दुःशासनान्तकम् । संदधे परवीरघ्नः कालाग्न्यनिलवर्चसम् ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhurbāṇaṃ duḥśāsanāntakam | saṃdadhe paravīraghnaḥ kālāgnyanilavarcasam

Having spoken so, the mighty-armed slayer of hostile heroes fitted to his bow an arrow that would end Duhshasana, bright as the fire and wind at the world's end.

Verse 13 (7.40.13)

तस्योरस्तूर्णमासाद्य जत्रुदेशे विभिद्य तम् । जगाम सह पुङ्खेन वल्मीकमिव पन्नगः । अथैनं पञ्चविंशत्या पुनरेव समार्पयत् ॥

tasyorastūrṇamāsādya jatrudeśe vibhidya tam | jagāma saha puṅkhena valmīkamiva pannagaḥ | athainaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā punareva samārpayat

Reaching his chest swiftly, it split him at the collarbone and sank in up to its feathers, like a serpent into an anthill. Then Abhimanyu struck him again with twenty-five arrows.

Note on the text: Three lines: the critical edition's 7.39.10a, its star passage 7.39.10b*0287_01 (jagāma saha puṅkhena valmīkam iva pannagaḥ), and 7.39.10c (variant पुनरेव for punaś caiva). The page labels them 13a, 13b, 13d. The critical edition's star lines 10b*0286_01 and 10d*0288_01 are not on the page. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 14 (7.40.14)

स गाढविद्धो व्यथितो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् । दुःशासनो महाराज कश्मलं चाविशन्महत् ॥

sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito rathopastha upāviśat | duḥśāsano mahārāja kaśmalaṃ cāviśanmahat

Deeply pierced and in agony, he sank down onto the platform of his chariot; Duhshasana, great king, was overcome by a great swoon.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (7.39.11): Wikisource has lost this verse (its numbering runs 13, then 15b — verse 14 and the first line of 15 are missing, and the sense needs them: the charioteer carries Duhshasana off, which presupposes that he has fainted). Devanagari written from the critical edition's IAST (sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito rathopastha upāviśat / duḥśāsano mahārāja kaśmalaṃ cāviśan mahat), its words kept exactly.

Verse 15 (7.40.15)

सारथिस्त्वरमाणस्तु दुःशासनमचेतसम् । रणमध्यादपोवाह सौभद्रशरपीडितम् ॥

sārathistvaramāṇastu duḥśāsanamacetasam | raṇamadhyādapovāha saubhadraśarapīḍitam

His charioteer, in haste, carried the senseless Duhshasana, tormented by the arrows of Subhadra's son, away from the middle of the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 restored from the critical edition (7.39.12a): Wikisource has lost it (the page prints only this verse's second line, labelled 15b). Devanagari written from the critical edition's IAST (sārathis tvaramāṇas tu duḥśāsanam acetasam), its words kept exactly. Line 2 is the page's own and agrees with 7.39.12cd.

Verse 16 (7.40.16)

पाण्डवा द्रौपदेयाश्च विराटश्च समीक्ष्य तम् । पाञ्चालाः केकयाश्चैव सिंहनादमथानदन् ॥

pāṇḍavā draupadeyāśca virāṭaśca samīkṣya tam | pāñcālāḥ kekayāścaiva siṃhanādamathānadan

The Pandavas, Draupadi's sons and Virata, seeing him go, together with the Panchalas and Kekayas, raised a lion's roar.

Verse 17 (7.40.17)

वादित्राणि च सर्वाणि नानालिङ्गानि सर्वशः । प्रावादयन्त संहृष्टाः पाण्डूनां तत्र सैनिकाः ॥

vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi nānāliṅgāni sarvaśaḥ | prāvādayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ tatra sainikāḥ

The Pandavas' soldiers, overjoyed, played there all their instruments of every kind.

Verse 18 (7.40.18)

अपश्यन्स्मयमानाश्च सौभद्रस्य विचेष्टितम् । अत्यन्तवैरिणं दृप्तं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुं पराजितम् ॥

apaśyansmayamānāśca saubhadrasya viceṣṭitam | atyantavairiṇaṃ dṛptaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatruṃ parājitam

Smiling, they watched the exploit of Subhadra's son, seeing their proud and implacable enemy defeated.

Verse 19 (7.40.19)

धर्ममारुतशक्राणामश्विनोः प्रतिमास्तथा । धारयन्तो ध्वजाग्रेषु द्रौपदेया महारथाः ॥

dharmamārutaśakrāṇāmaśvinoḥ pratimāstathā | dhārayanto dhvajāgreṣu draupadeyā mahārathāḥ

Draupadi's sons, great chariot-warriors, bore on the tops of their banners images of Dharma, Marut, Shakra and the two Ashvins.

Verse 20 (7.40.20)

सात्यकिश्चेकितानश्च धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ । केकया धृष्टकेतुश्च मात्स्याः पाञ्चालसृञ्जयाः ॥

sātyakiścekitānaśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau | kekayā dhṛṣṭaketuśca mātsyāḥ pāñcālasṛñjayāḥ

Satyaki, Chekitana, Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin, the Kekayas, Dhrishtaketu, the Matsyas, the Panchalas and the Srinjayas,

Verse 21 (7.40.21)

पाण्डवाश्च मुदा युक्ता युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः । अभ्यद्रवन्त त्वरिता द्रोणानीकं बिभित्सवः ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mudā yuktā yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ | abhyadravanta tvaritā droṇānīkaṃ bibhitsavaḥ

and the Pandavas too, led by Yudhishthira, full of joy, charged quickly, eager to break Drona's host.

Verse 22 (7.40.22)

ततोऽभवन्महायुद्धं त्वदीयानां परैः सह । जयमाकाङ्क्षमाणानां शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् ॥

tato'bhavanmahāyuddhaṃ tvadīyānāṃ paraiḥ saha | jayamākāṅkṣamāṇānāṃ śūrāṇāmanivartinām

Then a great battle arose between your men and the enemy, heroes who would not turn back, each longing for victory.

Verse 23 (7.40.23)

तथा तु वर्तमाने वै सङ्ग्रामेऽतिभयंकरे । दुर्योधनो महाराज राधेयमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

tathā tu vartamāne vai saṅgrāme'tibhayaṃkare | duryodhano mahārāja rādheyamidamabravīt

While that most terrifying battle went on, Duryodhana, great king, spoke these words to Radheya:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.39.19d*0289_01; line 2 is its 7.39.20a. The automatic alignment found no match.

दुर्योधन उवाच · Duryodhana said

Verse 24 (7.40.24)

पश्य दुःशासनं वीरमभिमन्युवशंगतम् । प्रतपन्तमिवादित्यं निघ्नन्तं शात्रवान्रणे ॥

paśya duḥśāsanaṃ vīramabhimanyuvaśaṃgatam | pratapantamivādityaṃ nighnantaṃ śātravānraṇe

Look at the hero Duhshasana, fallen into Abhimanyu's power, he who was blazing like the sun and cutting down his foes in battle.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; this is Duryodhana's speech to Karna (introduced by verse 22), which ends with verse 24 where the page's सञ्जय heading returns; the input carried सञ्जय on. Lines are the critical edition's 7.39.20c and 21a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 25 (7.40.25)

अथ चैते सुसंरब्धाः सिंहा इव बलोत्कटाः । सौभद्रमुद्यतास्त्रातुमभ्यधावन्त पाण्डवाः ॥

atha caite susaṃrabdhāḥ siṃhā iva balotkaṭāḥ | saubhadramudyatāstrātumabhyadhāvanta pāṇḍavāḥ

And here are these Pandavas, furious, mighty as lions, who have risen up and are rushing to protect Subhadra's son.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Duryodhana's speech ends here. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.39.21b*0290_01; line 2 is its 7.39.21c. The automatic alignment found no match.

सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 26 (7.40.26)

ततः कर्णः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैरभिमन्युं दुरासदम् । अभ्यवर्षत सङ्क्रुद्धः पुत्रस्य हितकृत्तव ॥

tataḥ karṇaḥ śaraistīkṣṇairabhimanyuṃ durāsadam | abhyavarṣata saṅkruddhaḥ putrasya hitakṛttava

Then Karna, doing good to your son, showered sharp arrows in a fury on Abhimanyu, who was hard to overcome.

Verse 27 (7.40.27)

तस्य चानुचरांस्तीक्ष्णैर्विव्याघ परमेषुभिः । अवज्ञापूर्वकं शूरः सौभद्रस्य रणाजिरे ॥

tasya cānucarāṃstīkṣṇairvivyāgha parameṣubhiḥ | avajñāpūrvakaṃ śūraḥ saubhadrasya raṇājire

And that hero pierced the attendants of Subhadra's son with excellent sharp arrows, contemptuously, on the field of battle.

Note on the text: Corrected परणाजिरे → रणाजिरे (misprint in Wikisource; an extra प; the critical edition reads raṇājire).

Verse 28 (7.40.28)

अभिमन्युस्तु राधेयं त्रिसप्तत्या शिलीमुखैः । अविध्यत्त्वरितो राजन्द्रोणं प्रेप्सुर्महामनाः ॥

abhimanyustu rādheyaṃ trisaptatyā śilīmukhaiḥ | avidhyattvarito rājandroṇaṃ prepsurmahāmanāḥ

But Abhimanyu, high-minded, eager to reach Drona, quickly pierced Radheya with seventy-three arrows, O king.

Verse 29 (7.40.29)

तं तथा नाशकत्कश्चिद्दोणाद्वारयितुं रथी । आरुजन्तं रथव्रातान्वज्रहस्तात्मजात्मजम् ॥

taṃ tathā nāśakatkaściddoṇādvārayituṃ rathī | ārujantaṃ rathavrātānvajrahastātmajātmajam

No chariot-warrior could hold him back from Drona as he crushed the hordes of chariots, that grandson of the wielder of the thunderbolt.

Verse 30 (7.40.30)

ततः कर्णो जयप्रेप्सुर्मानी सर्वधनुष्मताम् । सौभद्रं शतशोऽविध्यदुत्तमास्त्राणि दर्शयन् ॥

tataḥ karṇo jayaprepsurmānī sarvadhanuṣmatām | saubhadraṃ śataśo'vidhyaduttamāstrāṇi darśayan

Then Karna, proud among all bearers of the bow and eager for victory, pierced Subhadra's son with hundreds of arrows, displaying his best weapons.

Verse 31 (7.40.31)

सोऽस्त्रैरस्त्रविदां श्रेष्ठो रामशिष्यः प्रतापवान् । समरे शत्रुदुर्धर्षमभिमन्युमपीडयत् ॥

so'strairastravidāṃ śreṣṭho rāmaśiṣyaḥ pratāpavān | samare śatrudurdharṣamabhimanyumapīḍayat

That mighty pupil of Rama, best among those who know weapons, tormented with his weapons Abhimanyu, whom enemies find hard to withstand.

Verse 32 (7.40.32)

स तथा पीड्यमानस्तु राधेयेनास्त्रवृष्टिभिः । समरेऽमरसङ्काशः सौभद्रो न व्यशीर्यत ॥

sa tathā pīḍyamānastu rādheyenāstravṛṣṭibhiḥ | samare'marasaṅkāśaḥ saubhadro na vyaśīryata

Though tormented by Radheya's showers of weapons, Subhadra's son, godlike in the battle, did not waver.

Verse 33 (7.40.33)

ततः शिलाशितैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भल्लैरानतपर्वभिः । छित्त्वा धनूंषि शूराणामार्जुनिः कर्णमार्दयत् ॥

tataḥ śilāśitaistīkṣṇairbhallairānataparvabhiḥ | chittvā dhanūṃṣi śūrāṇāmārjuniḥ karṇamārdayat

Then, with sharp bhalla arrows with bending joints, whetted on stone, Arjuna's son cut the bows of the warriors and pressed hard upon Karna,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.39.29ac (the first two lines of its three-line verse; the third is, after the star lines, 29e — see verse 36). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 34 (7.40.34)

धनुर्मण्डलनिर्मुक्तैः शरैराशीविषोपमैः । सच्छत्रध्वजयन्तारं साश्वमाशु स्मयन्निव ॥

dhanurmaṇḍalanirmuktaiḥ śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | sacchatradhvajayantāraṃ sāśvamāśu smayanniva

with arrows loosed from the circle of his bow, like venomous snakes, striking Karna, with his umbrella, banner, charioteer and horses, swiftly and as though smiling.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text; it appears there as the star passage 7.39.29d*0292_01–02 (after 7.39.29cd). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 35 (7.40.35)

कर्णोऽपि चास्य चिक्षेप बाणान्सन्नतपर्वणः । असम्भ्रान्तश्च तान्सर्वानगृह्णात्फल्गुनात्मजः ॥

karṇo'pi cāsya cikṣepa bāṇānsannataparvaṇaḥ | asambhrāntaśca tānsarvānagṛhṇātphalgunātmajaḥ

Karna too shot at him arrows with bending joints, but Phalguna's son, unflustered, caught them all.

Note on the text: Corrected असम्ब्रान्तश्च → असम्भ्रान्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ब्र for भ्र, leaving the non-word असम्ब्रान्त; the critical edition reads asaṃbhrānta). Not in the critical edition's constituted text; it appears there as the star passage 7.39.29d*0292_03–04. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 36 (7.40.36)

ततो मुहूर्तात्कर्णस्य बाणेनैकेन वीर्यवान् । सध्वजं कार्मुकं वीरश्छित्त्वा भूमावपातयत् ॥

tato muhūrtātkarṇasya bāṇenaikena vīryavān | sadhvajaṃ kārmukaṃ vīraśchittvā bhūmāvapātayat

Then, in a moment, with a single arrow, the valiant hero cut Karna's bow with its banner and brought it down to the ground.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.39.29d*0292_05 (its following star line *0293_01 is not on the page); line 2 is a variant of 7.39.29e (sa dhvajaṃ kārmukaṃ cāsya chittvā bhūmau nyapātayat). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 37 (7.40.37)

ततः कृच्छ्रगतं कर्णं दृष्ट्वा कर्णादनन्तरः । सौभद्रमभ्ययात्तूर्णं दृढमुद्यम्य कार्मुकम् ॥

tataḥ kṛcchragataṃ karṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇādanantaraḥ | saubhadramabhyayāttūrṇaṃ dṛḍhamudyamya kārmukam

Then, seeing Karna in distress, the warrior who stood next after Karna, raising his strong bow, quickly rushed at Subhadra's son.

Verse 38 (7.40.38)

तत उच्चुक्रुशुः पार्थास्तेषां चानुचरा जनाः । वादित्राणि च सञ्जघ्नः सौभद्रं चापि तुष्टुवुः ॥

tata uccukruśuḥ pārthāsteṣāṃ cānucarā janāḥ | vāditrāṇi ca sañjaghnaḥ saubhadraṃ cāpi tuṣṭuvuḥ

Then the Parthas and their followers raised a shout, struck up their instruments, and praised Subhadra's son.

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