Karna Offers Rewards for Showing Arjuna

Verse 1 (8.32.1)

प्रयत्नेन तदा कर्णो हर्षयन्वाहिनीं तव । एकैकं समरे दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवं पर्यपृच्छत ॥

prayatnena tadā karṇo harṣayanvāhinīṃ tava | ekaikaṃ samare dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavaṃ paryapṛcchata

Then, with great effort, Karna cheered your army, and as he looked at each Pandava warrior in the battle, one after another, he questioned them:

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.1a and 1c (Wikisource प्रयत्नेन … हर्षयन्वाहिनीं for CE prayān eva … harṣayan vāhinīṃ; पर्यपृच्छत = CE paryapṛcchata; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 2 (8.32.2)

यो ममाद्य महात्मानं दर्शयेच्छ्वेतवाहनम् । तस्मै दद्यामभिप्रेतं धनं यन्मनसेच्छति ॥

yo mamādya mahātmānaṃ darśayecchvetavāhanam | tasmai dadyāmabhipretaṃ dhanaṃ yanmanasecchati

"Whoever shows me, today, the great-souled one of the white horses, I shall give him whatever wealth his heart desires.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.2a and 2c (Wikisource धनं यन्मनसेच्छति for CE varaṃ yaṃ manasecchati; variant). Speaker: the page prints no heading here, but verses 2-21 are Karna's own speech (verse 1 introduces it); given to Karna.

Verse 3 (8.32.3)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत तस्मै दद्यामहं पुनः । शकटं रत्नसम्पूर्णं यो मे ब्रूयाद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta tasmai dadyāmahaṃ punaḥ | śakaṭaṃ ratnasampūrṇaṃ yo me brūyāddhanañjayam

"If he is not content with that, I shall give him more: a wagon full of jewels, to whoever tells me where Dhananjaya is.

Note on the text: Corrected वनञ्जयम् → धनञ्जयम् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; CE dhanaṃjayam). Lines = CE 8.27.3a and 3c (Wikisource न चेत् for CE sa cet, the same refrain). CE adds star 3d*0303_01–02 (atha vā śakaṭaṃ pūrṇaṃ ratnānāṃ ṣaḍgavāyutam …), not in Wikisource.

Verse 4 (8.32.4)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् । शतं दद्यां गवां तस्मै नैत्यकं कांस्यदोहनम् ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta puruṣo'rjunadarśivān | śataṃ dadyāṃ gavāṃ tasmai naityakaṃ kāṃsyadohanam

"If the man who has seen Arjuna is not content, I shall give him a hundred cows with bronze milk-pails, yielding milk day by day.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the refrain (CE 8.27.4a, with न चेत् for स चेत्); line 2 = CE star 4b*0304_01 (śataṃ dadyāṃ gavāṃ tasmai naityakaṃ kāṃsyadohanam).

Verse 5 (8.32.5)

शतं ग्रामवरांश्चैव दद्यामर्जुनदर्शिने । तथा तस्मै पुनर्दद्यां श्वेतमश्वतरीरथम् । युक्तमञ्जनकेशीभिर्यो मे ब्रूयाद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

śataṃ grāmavarāṃścaiva dadyāmarjunadarśine | tathā tasmai punardadyāṃ śvetamaśvatarīratham | yuktamañjanakeśībhiryo me brūyāddhanañjayam

"I shall give a hundred of the best villages to the man who shows me Arjuna, and a white mule-chariot besides, yoked to dark-haired mares, to whoever tells me where Dhananjaya is.

Note on the text: Corrected वनञ्जयम् → धनञ्जयम् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; CE dhanaṃjayam). Three-line verse = CE stars 4b*0305_01, 4b*0306_01 and 4b*0306_02 (placed after 27.4b).

Verse 6 (8.32.6)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् । अन्यं वाऽस्मै पुनर्दद्यां सौवर्णं हस्तिषङ्गवम् ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta puruṣo'rjunadarśivān | anyaṃ vā'smai punardadyāṃ sauvarṇaṃ hastiṣaṅgavam

"If the man who has seen Arjuna is not content, I shall give him yet another gift: a golden chariot with a team of six elephants.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the refrain (CE 8.27.4a / star 4b*0308_01); line 2 = CE 8.27.4c (Wikisource अन्यं वाऽस्मै for CE anyaṃ tasmai). CE star 4b*0307_01–02 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 7 (8.32.7)

तथाप्यस्मै पुनर्दद्यां स्त्रीणां शतमलङ्कृतम् । श्यामानां निष्ककण्ठीनां गीतवाद्यविपश्चिताम् ॥

tathāpyasmai punardadyāṃ strīṇāṃ śatamalaṅkṛtam | śyāmānāṃ niṣkakaṇṭhīnāṃ gītavādyavipaścitām

"And I shall give him a hundred adorned young women with gold necklaces, skilled in song and instrument.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.5a and 5c (Wikisource तथाप्यस्मै for CE tathā tasmai).

Verse 8 (8.32.8)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् । तस्मै दद्यां शतं नागाञ्शतं ग्रामाञ्शतं रथान् ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta puruṣo'rjunadarśivān | tasmai dadyāṃ śataṃ nāgāñśataṃ grāmāñśataṃ rathān

"If the man who has seen Arjuna is not content, I shall give him a hundred elephants, a hundred villages, a hundred chariots,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the refrain; two lines = CE stars 5d*0309_01–02 (placed after 27.5).

Verse 9 (8.32.9)

सुवर्णस्य च मुख्यस्य हयाग्र्याणां शतं शतान् । ऋद्ध्या गुणैः सुदान्तांश्च धुर्यवाहान्सुशिक्षितान् ॥

suvarṇasya ca mukhyasya hayāgryāṇāṃ śataṃ śatān | ṛddhyā guṇaiḥ sudāntāṃśca dhuryavāhānsuśikṣitān

"with the choicest gold and ten thousand of the best horses, abundant and excellent in qualities, well tamed, well trained draught horses,

Note on the text: Corrected ऋद्व्या → ऋद्ध्या (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the commentary gloss printed after the colophon repeats the misprint). Lines = CE stars 5d*0309_03–04 (placed after 27.5).

Verse 10 (8.32.10)

तथा सुवर्णशृङ्गीणां गोधेनूनां चतुःशतम् । दद्यां तस्मै सवत्सानां यो मे ब्रूयाद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

tathā suvarṇaśṛṅgīṇāṃ godhenūnāṃ catuḥśatam | dadyāṃ tasmai savatsānāṃ yo me brūyāddhanañjayam

"and four hundred milch cows with golden horns, each with her calf; these I shall give to whoever tells me where Dhananjaya is.

Note on the text: Corrected वनञ्जयम् → धनञ्जयम् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; CE dhanaṃjayam). Lines = CE stars 5d*0309_05–06 (placed after 27.5).

Verse 11 (8.32.11)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् । अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां श्वेतान्पञ्चशतान्हयान् ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta puruṣo'rjunadarśivān | anyadasmai varaṃ dadyāṃ śvetānpañcaśatānhayān

"If he is not content, I shall give him another gift: five hundred white horses,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.6a and 6c (Wikisource अन्यदस्मै for CE anyaṃ tasmai; refrain न चेत् for sa cet).

Verse 12 (8.32.12)

हेमभाण्डपरिच्छन्नान्सुमृष्टमणिभूषणान् । सुदान्तानपि चैवाहं दद्यामष्टादशापरान् ॥

hemabhāṇḍaparicchannānsumṛṣṭamaṇibhūṣaṇān | sudāntānapi caivāhaṃ dadyāmaṣṭādaśāparān

"covered with golden trappings and adorned with polished jewels; and eighteen more, well tamed.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.7a and 7c (Wikisource सुमृष्टमणिभूषणान् and दद्यामष्टादशापरान् for CE sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalān and dadyām aṣṭaśatān parān; variants). CE stars 7d*0310_01–02 and 7d*0311_01–03 are not in Wikisource.

Verse 13 (8.32.13)

रथं च शुभ्रं सौवर्णं दद्यां तस्मै स्वलङ्कृतम् । युक्तं परमकाम्भोजैर्यो मे ब्रूयाद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

rathaṃ ca śubhraṃ sauvarṇaṃ dadyāṃ tasmai svalaṅkṛtam | yuktaṃ paramakāmbhojairyo me brūyāddhanañjayam

"I shall give him a splendid golden chariot, finely adorned, yoked to the best Kamboja horses, to whoever tells me where Dhananjaya is.

Note on the text: Corrected वनञ्जयम् → धनञ्जयम् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; CE dhanaṃjayam). Lines = CE 8.27.8a and 8c.

Verse 14 (8.32.14)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् । अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां कुञ्जराणां शतानि षट् ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta puruṣo'rjunadarśivān | anyadasmai varaṃ dadyāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ śatāni ṣaṭ

"If the man who has seen Arjuna is not content, I shall give him another gift: six hundred elephants,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the refrain (CE star 8d*0312_01 / 10a); line 2 = CE 8.27.9a (Wikisource अन्यदस्मै for CE anyaṃ tasmai). The automatic alignment (8.27.10) was wrong.

Verse 15 (8.32.15)

काञ्चनैर्विविधैर्भाण्डैराच्छन्नान्हेममालिनः । उत्पन्नानपरान्तेषु विनीतान्हस्तिशिक्षकैः ॥

kāñcanairvividhairbhāṇḍairācchannānhemamālinaḥ | utpannānaparānteṣu vinītānhastiśikṣakaiḥ

"covered with various golden trappings, wearing golden garlands, born in the western lands, and trained by elephant-trainers.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.9c and 9e.

Verse 16 (8.32.16)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् । अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां वैश्यग्रामांश्चतुर्दश ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta puruṣo'rjunadarśivān | anyadasmai varaṃ dadyāṃ vaiśyagrāmāṃścaturdaśa

"If the man who has seen Arjuna is not content, I shall give him another gift: fourteen villages of Vaishyas,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the refrain (CE 8.27.10a); line 2 = CE star 10b*0314_01 (anyaṃ tasmai varaṃ dadyāṃ vaiśyagrāmāṃś caturdaśa). CE stars 10b*0313_01–05 are not in Wikisource.

Verse 17 (8.32.17)

सुस्फीतान्धनसंयुक्तान्प्रत्यासन्नवनोदकान् । अकुतोभयान्सुसम्पन्नान्राजभोज्यांश्चतुर्दश ॥

susphītāndhanasaṃyuktānpratyāsannavanodakān | akutobhayānsusampannānrājabhojyāṃścaturdaśa

"flourishing and rich, close to forests and water, free of fear and well provided, fit for a king's enjoyment: fourteen of them.

Note on the text: Lines = CE stars 10b*0314_02–03.

Verse 18 (8.32.18)

दासीनां निष्ककण्ठीनां मागधीनां शतं तथा । प्रत्यग्रवयसां दद्यां यो मे ब्रूयाद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

dāsīnāṃ niṣkakaṇṭhīnāṃ māgadhīnāṃ śataṃ tathā | pratyagravayasāṃ dadyāṃ yo me brūyāddhanañjayam

"And a hundred young Magadhan maidservants with gold necklaces, in the first freshness of youth, to whoever tells me where Dhananjaya is.

Note on the text: Lines = CE stars 10b*0314_04–05 (Wikisource ब्रूयाद्धनञ्जयम् = CE brūyād dhanaṃjayam).

Verse 19 (8.32.19)

न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् । अन्यं तस्मै वरं दद्यां यमसौ कामयेत्स्वयम् ॥

na cettadabhimanyeta puruṣo'rjunadarśivān | anyaṃ tasmai varaṃ dadyāṃ yamasau kāmayetsvayam

"If the man who has seen Arjuna is not content, I shall give him whatever other gift he himself may wish for.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the refrain (CE star 10b*0314_06); line 2 = CE 8.27.10c (Wikisource अन्यं तस्मै वरं दद्यां यमसौ कामयेत्स्वयम्, same as CE).

Verse 20 (8.32.20)

पुत्रदारान्विहायैव यदन्यद्वित्तमस्ति मे । तच्च तस्मै पुनर्दद्यां यद्यच्च मनसेच्छति ॥

putradārānvihāyaiva yadanyadvittamasti me | tacca tasmai punardadyāṃ yadyacca manasecchati

"Setting aside my sons and wives, whatever other wealth I have, that too I shall give him, whatever his heart desires.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.11a and 11c (Wikisource पुत्रदारान्विहायैव for CE putradārān vihārāṃś ca; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 21 (8.32.21)

हत्वा च सहितौ कृष्णौ तयोर्वित्तानि सर्वशः । तस्मै दद्यामहं यो मे प्रब्रूयात्केशवार्जुनौ ॥

hatvā ca sahitau kṛṣṇau tayorvittāni sarvaśaḥ | tasmai dadyāmahaṃ yo me prabrūyātkeśavārjunau

"And when I have killed the two Krishnas together, all their wealth I shall give to the man who points out Keshava and Arjuna to me."

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.12a and 12c (identical).

Verse 22 (8.32.22)

एता वाचः सुबहुशः कर्ण उच्चारयन्युधि । दध्मौ सागरसम्भूतं सुस्वरं शङ्खमुत्तमम् ॥

etā vācaḥ subahuśaḥ karṇa uccārayanyudhi | dadhmau sāgarasambhūtaṃ susvaraṃ śaṅkhamuttamam

Uttering many such words in the battle, Karna blew his excellent, sweet-sounding conch, born of the sea.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.13a and 13c (Wikisource सुस्वरं for CE susvanaṃ). Speaker: the page prints सञ्जय उवाच here, where Karna's speech ends.

Verse 23 (8.32.23)

ता वाचः सूतपुत्रस्य तथा युक्ता निशम्य तु । दुर्योधनो महाराज संहृष्टः सानुजोऽभवत् ॥

tā vācaḥ sūtaputrasya tathā yuktā niśamya tu | duryodhano mahārāja saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sānujo'bhavat

Hearing these words of the charioteer's son, spoken in this way, Duryodhana, great king, became overjoyed, together with his brothers.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.14a and 14c (Wikisource संहृष्टः सानुजोऽभवत् for CE prahṛṣṭaḥ sānugo 'bhavat; variant).

Verse 24 (8.32.24)

ततो दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो मृदङ्गानां च सर्वशः । सिंहनादः सवादित्रः कुञ्जराणां च निःस्वनः ॥

tato dundubhinirghoṣo mṛdaṅgānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | siṃhanādaḥ savāditraḥ kuñjarāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanaḥ

Then the sound of kettledrums and drums on every side, lion-roars mingled with instruments, and the trumpeting of elephants

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वशा → सर्वशः (a dropped visarga; CE sarvaśaḥ), कुञ्चराणां → कुञ्जराणां (misprint in Wikisource; च for ज; CE kuñjarāṇāṃ). Lines = CE 8.27.15a and 15c (Wikisource दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो for CE dundubhinirghoṣo, same).

Verse 25 (8.32.25)

प्रादुरासीत्तदा राजंस्त्वत्सैन्ये पुरुषर्षभ । योधानां सम्प्रहृष्टानां तथा समभवत्स्वनः ॥

prādurāsīttadā rājaṃstvatsainye puruṣarṣabha | yodhānāṃ samprahṛṣṭānāṃ tathā samabhavatsvanaḥ

rose up then in your army, O king, bull among men, and so there arose the clamour of the delighted warriors.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.27.16a and 16c (Wikisource पुरुषर्षभ for CE bharatarṣabha; variant).

Verse 26 (8.32.26)

तथा प्रहृष्टे सैन्ये तं प्लुवमानं महारथम् । विकत्थमानं च तदा राधेयमरिकर्शनम् । मद्रराजः प्रहस्येदं वचनं प्रत्यभाषत ॥

tathā prahṛṣṭe sainye taṃ pluvamānaṃ mahāratham | vikatthamānaṃ ca tadā rādheyamarikarśanam | madrarājaḥ prahasyedaṃ vacanaṃ pratyabhāṣata

As the army rejoiced in this way, the king of the Madras laughed and made this reply to Radheya, the great chariot-fighter, tormentor of his foes, who went forward leaping and boasting:

Note on the text: Three-line verse = CE 8.27.17a, 17c and 17e (Wikisource विकत्थमानं च तदा for CE vikatthamānaṃ samare; variant). The sentence runs on into the next adhyaya (Shalya's reply).