Karna Reviles the Madrakas and Bahlikas

Verse 1 (8.38.1)

इति शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । उच्यमानं मया सम्यक्त्वमेकाग्रमनाः शृणु ॥

iti śalya vijānīhi hanta bhūyo bravīmi te | ucyamānaṃ mayā samyaktvamekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu

Know this, Shalya, for I tell it to you once more. Listen with a single, steady mind to what is now being said to you.

Note on the text: Corrected उन्यमानं → उच्यमानं (misprint in Wikisource; a mistyped च्य; CE ucyamānaṃ).

Verse 2 (8.38.2)

ब्राह्मणः किल नो गेहमध्यगच्छत्पुराऽतिथिः । आचारं तत्र सम्प्रेक्ष्य प्रीतो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

brāhmaṇaḥ kila no gehamadhyagacchatpurā'tithiḥ | ācāraṃ tatra samprekṣya prīto vacanamabravīt

Long ago a brahmin came to our house as a guest. Seeing how things were done there, he was pleased and spoke.

Verse 3 (8.38.3)

मया हिमवतः शृङ्गमेकेनाध्युषितं चिरम् । दृष्टाश्च बहवो देशा नानाधर्मसमावृताः ॥

mayā himavataḥ śṛṅgamekenādhyuṣitaṃ ciram | dṛṣṭāśca bahavo deśā nānādharmasamāvṛtāḥ

I lived alone for a long time on a peak of the Himalaya, and I saw many lands, each filled with its own various customs.

Verse 4 (8.38.4)

न च केन च धर्मेण विरुध्यन्ते प्रजा इमाः । सर्वाश्चाप्याचरन्धर्मं यदुक्तं वेदपारगैः ॥

na ca kena ca dharmeṇa virudhyante prajā imāḥ | sarvāścāpyācarandharmaṃ yaduktaṃ vedapāragaiḥ

Nowhere did these peoples quarrel with any dharma; all of them followed the dharma as taught by those who have mastered the Vedas.

Verse 5 (8.38.5)

अटता तु मया देशान्नानाधर्मसमाकुलान् । आगच्छता महाराज बाह्लीकेषु निशामितम् ॥

aṭatā tu mayā deśānnānādharmasamākulān | āgacchatā mahārāja bāhlīkeṣu niśāmitam

But as I travelled through lands full of different customs, O great king, this is what I noticed when I came to the Bahlikas.

Verse 6 (8.38.6)

तत्र वै ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा पुनर्भवति क्षत्रियः । वैश्यः शूद्रश्च बाह्लीकस्ततो भवति नापितः ॥

tatra vai brāhmaṇo bhūtvā punarbhavati kṣatriyaḥ | vaiśyaḥ śūdraśca bāhlīkastato bhavati nāpitaḥ

There a man who has been a brahmin becomes a kshatriya again; then a vaishya, then a shudra, and then, as a Bahlika, a barber.

Verse 7 (8.38.7)

नापितश्च ततो भूत्वा पुनर्भवति ब्राह्मणः । द्विजो भूत्वा च तत्रैव पुनर्दासोऽभिजायते ॥

nāpitaśca tato bhūtvā punarbhavati brāhmaṇaḥ | dvijo bhūtvā ca tatraiva punardāso'bhijāyate

And having been a barber, he becomes a brahmin again; and having been a twice-born there, he is born once more as a slave.

Verse 8 (8.38.8)

भवन्त्येककुले विप्राः शिष्टा ये कामचारिणः । गान्धारा मद्रकाश्चैव बाह्लीकाश्चाप्यतेजसः ॥

bhavantyekakule viprāḥ śiṣṭā ye kāmacāriṇaḥ | gāndhārā madrakāścaiva bāhlīkāścāpyatejasaḥ

In one family there are brahmins, the well-conducted, and those who live as they please: the Gandharas, the Madrakas, and the spiritless Bahlikas.

Verse 9 (8.38.9)

एतन्मया श्रुतं तत्र धर्मसङ्करकारकम् । कृत्स्नामटित्वा पृथिवीं बाह्लीकेषु विपर्ययः ॥

etanmayā śrutaṃ tatra dharmasaṅkarakārakam | kṛtsnāmaṭitvā pṛthivīṃ bāhlīkeṣu viparyayaḥ

This I heard there, a cause of the mixing of the dharmas: having wandered over the whole earth, I found that among the Bahlikas everything is turned upside down.

Verse 10 (8.38.10)

इति शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । यदप्यन्योऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं बाह्लीकानां विकुत्सितं ॥

iti śalya vijānīhi hanta bhūyo bravīmi te | yadapyanyo'bravīdvākyaṃ bāhlīkānāṃ vikutsitaṃ

Know this, Shalya, and hear me say it again: here is what another man once said in contempt of the Bahlikas.

Verse 11 (8.38.11)

आनीयेहाक्षता काचिदारट्टात्किल दस्युभिः । अधर्मतश्चोपयाता सा तानभ्यशपत्ततः ॥

ānīyehākṣatā kācidāraṭṭātkila dasyubhiḥ | adharmataścopayātā sā tānabhyaśapattataḥ

It is said that a certain woman, unviolated, was brought here from Aratta by bandits and unlawfully taken; she then cursed them.

Verse 12 (8.38.12)

बालां बन्धुमतीं यन्मामधर्मेणोपगच्छथ । तस्मात्कुमार्यः स्वैरिण्यो भविष्यन्ति कुलेषु वः ॥

bālāṃ bandhumatīṃ yanmāmadharmeṇopagacchatha | tasmātkumāryaḥ svairiṇyo bhaviṣyanti kuleṣu vaḥ

"Since you, in defiance of dharma, have taken me, a young girl with kinsfolk, the unmarried girls in your families shall go their own way as free women."

Note on the text: Speaker: the woman's curse fills the whole verse but is unheaded on the page (the input had Karna). Lines = CE 8.30.59a and 59c.

Verse 13 (8.38.13)

न चैवास्मात्प्रमोक्षध्वं घोराच्छापान्नराधमाः । तस्मात्तेषां भागहरः कथं धर्मान्वदिष्यसि ॥

na caivāsmātpramokṣadhvaṃ ghorācchāpānnarādhamāḥ | tasmātteṣāṃ bhāgaharaḥ kathaṃ dharmānvadiṣyasi

"You vilest of men will not be freed from this dreadful curse." So, Shalya, as one who takes a share of theirs, how will you speak of dharma?

Note on the text: Line 1 (the end of the woman's curse) is CE 8.30.59e; line 2 is Karna's own conclusion, a variant of the star line 8.30.59f*0392_01 (not in the constituted text). The verse is kept under Karna, whose words it ends with.

Verse 14 (8.38.14)

कुरवः सहपाञ्चालाः साल्वा मात्स्याः सनैमिशाः । कोसलाः काशपौण्ड्राश्च कालिङ्गा मागधास्तथा ॥

kuravaḥ sahapāñcālāḥ sālvā mātsyāḥ sanaimiśāḥ | kosalāḥ kāśapauṇḍrāśca kāliṅgā māgadhāstathā

The Kurus with the Panchalas, the Shalvas, the Matsyas with the Naimishas, the Koshalas, the Kashis and Paundras, the Kalingas and likewise the Magadhas,

Verse 15 (8.38.15)

चेदयश्च महाभागा धर्मं जानन्ति शाश्वतम् । नानादेशेष्वसन्तश्च प्रायो बाह्यालयानृते ॥

cedayaśca mahābhāgā dharmaṃ jānanti śāśvatam | nānādeśeṣvasantaśca prāyo bāhyālayānṛte

and the glorious Chedis know the eternal dharma; in the various other lands the ill-conducted are mostly found, save in the dwellings of the outer peoples.

Verse 16 (8.38.16)

आमत्स्येभ्यः कुरुपाञ्चालसाल्वा । आनैमिशाच्चेदयो ये विशिष्टाः । धर्मं पुराणमुपजीवन्ति सन्तो । मद्रानृते पाञ्चनदांश्च जिह्मान् ॥

āmatsyebhyaḥ kurupāñcālasālvā | ānaimiśāccedayo ye viśiṣṭāḥ | dharmaṃ purāṇamupajīvanti santo | madrānṛte pāñcanadāṃśca jihmān

From the Matsyas onward, the Kurus, Panchalas and Shalvas, and from the Naimisha forest onward the foremost Chedis, the good live by the ancient dharma; but not the Madras, nor the crooked people of the Five Rivers.

Verse 17 (8.38.17)

एवं विद्वान्धर्मकथासु राजं- । स्तूष्णींभूतः शल्य भवेः सदा त्वम् । त्वं तस्य गोप्ता च जनस्य राजा । षड्भागहर्ता शुभदुष्कृतस्य ॥

evaṃ vidvāndharmakathāsu rājaṃ- | stūṣṇīṃbhūtaḥ śalya bhaveḥ sadā tvam | tvaṃ tasya goptā ca janasya rājā | ṣaḍbhāgahartā śubhaduṣkṛtasya

Knowing this, O king, you should always keep silent, Shalya, when talk turns to dharma. You are the protector and king of that people, taking a sixth share of their good and bad deeds.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 18 (8.38.18)

अथवा दुष्कृतस्य त्वं हर्ता तेषामरक्षिता । रक्षिता पुण्यभाग्राजा प्रजानां त्वं ह्यपुण्यभाक् ॥

athavā duṣkṛtasya tvaṃ hartā teṣāmarakṣitā | rakṣitā puṇyabhāgrājā prajānāṃ tvaṃ hyapuṇyabhāk

Or rather, you take their evil deeds and do not protect them. A king who protects his subjects shares in their merit, but you share only in their demerit.

Verse 19 (8.38.19)

पूज्यमाने पुरा धर्मे सर्वदेशेषु शाश्वते । धर्मं पाञ्चनदं दृष्ट्वा धिगित्याह पितामहः ॥

pūjyamāne purā dharme sarvadeśeṣu śāśvate | dharmaṃ pāñcanadaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhigityāha pitāmahaḥ

Long ago, when the eternal dharma was honoured in every land, the Grandfather saw the dharma of the Five Rivers and cried, "Shame!"

Verse 20 (8.38.20)

व्रात्यानां दाशकीयानां कृतेऽप्यशुभकर्मणाम् । ब्रह्मणा निन्दितान्धर्मान्कश्चित्सिद्धात्मकोऽब्रवीत् ॥

vrātyānāṃ dāśakīyānāṃ kṛte'pyaśubhakarmaṇām | brahmaṇā ninditāndharmānkaścitsiddhātmako'bravīt

Of the outcasts and the Dashakiyas, who did evil deeds even in the Krita age, some perfected soul spoke of dharmas condemned by Brahma.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.30.66a; line 2 is a variant of the star line 8.30.66b*0393_01 (placed after 8.30.66a; not in the constituted text).

Verse 21 (8.38.21)

इति पाञ्चनदं धर्ममवमेने पितामहः । स्वधर्मस्थेषु वर्णेषु सोऽप्येतान्नाभ्यपूजयत् ॥

iti pāñcanadaṃ dharmamavamene pitāmahaḥ | svadharmastheṣu varṇeṣu so'pyetānnābhyapūjayat

So the Grandfather despised the dharma of the Five Rivers; even among the castes that stand in their own dharma, he did not honour these people.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मवमेने → धर्ममवमेने (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped म; CE dharmam avamene). Lines = CE 8.30.66c and 66e.

Verse 22 (8.38.22)

इति शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । कल्माषपादः सरसि निमज्जन्राक्षसोऽब्रवीत् ॥

iti śalya vijānīhi hanta bhūyo bravīmi te | kalmāṣapādaḥ sarasi nimajjanrākṣaso'bravīt

Know this, Shalya, and hear me say it again: Kalmashapada, a rakshasa sinking in a lake, spoke.

Note on the text: Corrected निम?ज्जन् → निमज्जन् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray "?").

Verse 23 (8.38.23)

क्षत्रियस्य मलं भैक्ष्यं ब्राह्मणस्याश्रुतं मलम् । मलं पृथिव्या बाह्लीकाः स्त्रीणां कौतूहलं मलम् ॥

kṣatriyasya malaṃ bhaikṣyaṃ brāhmaṇasyāśrutaṃ malam | malaṃ pṛthivyā bāhlīkāḥ strīṇāṃ kautūhalaṃ malam

"Begging is the stain of a kshatriya, ignorance of the Vedas the stain of a brahmin; the Bahlikas are the stain of the earth, and idle curiosity the stain of women."

Note on the text: Speaker: the rakshasa's own words (verse 22 says he spoke), unheaded on the page; the input had Karna.

Verse 24 (8.38.24)

निमज्जमानमुद्धृत्य कश्चिद्राजा निशाचरम् । अपृच्छत्तेन चाख्यातं तच्छृणुष्व नराधिप ॥

nimajjamānamuddhṛtya kaścidrājā niśācaram | apṛcchattena cākhyātaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa

A certain king pulled the sinking night-roamer out and questioned him; hear, O lord of men, what he told.

Verse 25 (8.38.25)

मानुषाणां मलं म्लेच्छा म्लेच्छानां मुष्टिका मलम् । मुष्टिकानां मलं षण्ढाः षण्ढानां राजयाजकाः ॥

mānuṣāṇāṃ malaṃ mlecchā mlecchānāṃ muṣṭikā malam | muṣṭikānāṃ malaṃ ṣaṇḍhāḥ ṣaṇḍhānāṃ rājayājakāḥ

"The mlecchas are the filth of men; the Mushtikas are the filth of the mlecchas; eunuchs are the filth of the Mushtikas, and the priests of kings the filth of eunuchs."

Note on the text: Speaker: the rakshasa's answer to the king, unheaded on the page; the input had Karna.

Verse 26 (8.38.26)

राजयाजकयाज्यानां मद्रकाणां च यन्मलम् । तद्भवेद्वै तव मलं यद्यस्मान्न विमुञ्चसि ॥

rājayājakayājyānāṃ madrakāṇāṃ ca yanmalam | tadbhavedvai tava malaṃ yadyasmānna vimuñcasi

"Whatever is the filth of those for whom royal priests sacrifice, and of the Madrakas, that would be your filth, if you do not let us go."

Note on the text: Speaker: still the rakshasa speaking to the king, unheaded on the page (the input had Karna); the last line may also be heard as Karna applying the saying to Shalya.

Verse 27 (8.38.27)

इति रक्षोपसृष्टेषु विषवीर्यहतेषु च । विद्वद्भिर्भेषजं दृष्टं संसिद्धवचनोत्तरम् ॥

iti rakṣopasṛṣṭeṣu viṣavīryahateṣu ca | vidvadbhirbheṣajaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ saṃsiddhavacanottaram

Such is the remedy the learned have seen for those seized by rakshasas and struck down by the power of poison: words whose power is proven.

Verse 28 (8.38.28)

ब्राह्माः पञ्चालाः कौरवेयास्तु धर्म्याः । सत्या मत्स्याः शूरसेनाश्च याज्याः । प्राच्या दासा वृषला दाक्षिणात्याः । स्तेना बाह्लीकाः सङ्करा वै सुराष्ट्राः ॥

brāhmāḥ pañcālāḥ kauraveyāstu dharmyāḥ | satyā matsyāḥ śūrasenāśca yājyāḥ | prācyā dāsā vṛṣalā dākṣiṇātyāḥ | stenā bāhlīkāḥ saṅkarā vai surāṣṭrāḥ

The Panchalas are devoted to the Veda, the Kurus are righteous, the Matsyas truthful, the Shurasenas fit for sacrifice; the easterners are servants, the southerners outcasts, the Bahlikas thieves, and the Surashtrans of mixed breed.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राहयाः → ब्राह्माः (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; CE brāhmam). Corrected सङ्कार → सङ्करा (misprint in Wikisource; a misprint of the nominative plural सङ्कराः before वै; CE saṃkarā).

Verse 29 (8.38.29)

कृतघ्नता परवित्तापहारो । मद्यपानं गुरुदारावमर्दः । वाक्पारुष्यं गोवधो रात्रिचर्या । बहिर्गेहं परवस्त्रोपभोगः ॥

kṛtaghnatā paravittāpahāro | madyapānaṃ gurudārāvamardaḥ | vākpāruṣyaṃ govadho rātricaryā | bahirgehaṃ paravastropabhogaḥ

Ingratitude, seizing the property of others, drinking liquor, defiling a teacher's wife, harsh speech, cow-slaughter, wandering by night, living outside the house, and wearing the clothes of others.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 8.30.74a (surāpānam for मद्यपानम्); lines 3–4 are the star lines 8.30.74b*0394_01–02 (placed after 8.30.74a; not in the constituted text).

Verse 30 (8.38.30)

आ पाञ्चालेभ्यः कुरवो नैमिषाश्च । मत्स्याश्चैवाप्यथ जानन्ति धर्मम् । कलिङ्गकाश्चाङ्गका मागधाश्च । शिष्टान्धर्मानुपजीवन्ति वृद्धाः ॥

ā pāñcālebhyaḥ kuravo naimiṣāśca | matsyāścaivāpyatha jānanti dharmam | kaliṅgakāścāṅgakā māgadhāśca | śiṣṭāndharmānupajīvanti vṛddhāḥ

From the Panchalas onward, the Kurus and the Naimishas, and the Matsyas too, know dharma; the Kalingas, the Angas and the Magadhas, the elders, live by the dharmas of the good.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.30.75): Wikisource prints this verse as 8-38-30f, only its last quarter (शिष्टान्धर्मानुपजीवन्ति वृद्धाः), the first three quarters being lost. Lines 1–3 are written from the CE's IAST (ā pāñcālebhyaḥ kuravo naimiṣāś ca / matsyāś caivāpy atha jānanti dharmam / kaliṅgakāś cāṅgakā māgadhāś ca) with the CE's words kept exactly; line 4 is the page's own. The input row held line 4 alone.

Verse 31 (8.38.31)

प्राचीं दिशं श्रिता देवा जातवेदःपुरोगमाः । दक्षिणा पितृभिर्गुप्ता यमेन शुभकर्मणा ॥

prācīṃ diśaṃ śritā devā jātavedaḥpurogamāḥ | dakṣiṇā pitṛbhirguptā yamena śubhakarmaṇā

The gods, led by Agni, dwell in the east; the south is guarded by the fathers and by Yama of auspicious deeds.

Verse 32 (8.38.32)

प्रतीचीं वरुणः पाति पालयन्नसुरान्बहून् । उदीचीं भगवान्सोमो ब्रह्मा च ब्राह्मणैः सह ॥

pratīcīṃ varuṇaḥ pāti pālayannasurānbahūn | udīcīṃ bhagavānsomo brahmā ca brāhmaṇaiḥ saha

Varuna guards the west, protecting many asuras; in the north are the blessed Soma, and Brahma with the brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected भगवान्सोम ब्रह्मा → भगवान्सोमो ब्रह्मा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ो sign in सोमो before ब्र; the sandhi requires it).

Verse 33 (8.38.33)

रक्षःपिशाचान्हिमवान्गुह्यकान्गन्धमादनः । ध्रुवं सर्वाणि भूतानि विष्णुः पाति सुरोत्तमः ॥

rakṣaḥpiśācānhimavānguhyakāngandhamādanaḥ | dhruvaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni viṣṇuḥ pāti surottamaḥ

The Himalaya guards the rakshasas and pishachas, Gandhamadana the guhyakas, and Vishnu, best of the gods, surely protects all beings.

Verse 34 (8.38.34)

इङ्गितज्ञाश्च मगधाः प्रेक्षितज्ञाश्च कोसलाः । अर्धोक्ताः कुरुपाञ्चालाः सर्वोक्ता दाक्षिणापथाः ॥

iṅgitajñāśca magadhāḥ prekṣitajñāśca kosalāḥ | ardhoktāḥ kurupāñcālāḥ sarvoktā dākṣiṇāpathāḥ

The Magadhas understand a hint, the Koshalas a glance; the Kurus and Panchalas need half a word said, and the southerners need everything said.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.30.79a and 79c (Wikisource सर्वोक्ता दाक्षिणापथाः for CE śālvāḥ kṛtsnānuśāsanāḥ; a recension variant). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 35 (8.38.35)

पार्वतीयाश्च विषया यथैव गिरयस्तथा । सर्वज्ञा यवना राजञ्शूराश्चैव विशेषतः । म्लेच्छाः स्वसंज्ञानियता नानुक्तमितरे जनाः ॥

pārvatīyāśca viṣayā yathaiva girayastathā | sarvajñā yavanā rājañśūrāścaiva viśeṣataḥ | mlecchāḥ svasaṃjñāniyatā nānuktamitare janāḥ

The mountain regions are just like their mountains; the Yavanas, O king, know everything, and the brave among them especially; the mlecchas hold to their own conventions, and other folk do not act on what has not been said.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.30.79e; lines 2–3 = CE 8.30.80a and 80c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 36 (8.38.36)

प्रतिरब्धास्तु बाह्लीका न च केचन मद्रकाः । स त्वमेतादृशः शल्य नोत्तरं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

pratirabdhāstu bāhlīkā na ca kecana madrakāḥ | sa tvametādṛśaḥ śalya nottaraṃ vaktumarhasi

The Bahlikas are stubborn, and not one of the Madrakas is any better. Being such as you are, Shalya, you have no right to answer.

Verse 37 (8.38.37)

एवं ज्ञात्वा जोषमास्स्व प्रतीपं । मा स्म क्रुद्धः पापभृतां वरिष्ठ । पूर्वं हत्वा त्वां सपुत्रं बलैश्च । पश्चाद्धंस्ये वासुदेवार्जुनौ च ॥

evaṃ jñātvā joṣamāssva pratīpaṃ | mā sma kruddhaḥ pāpabhṛtāṃ variṣṭha | pūrvaṃ hatvā tvāṃ saputraṃ balaiśca | paścāddhaṃsye vāsudevārjunau ca

Knowing this, sit quietly and do not turn against me, in anger, you best of those who bear sin. First I shall kill you with your sons and your troops, and afterwards I shall kill Vasudeva and Arjuna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.30.82d*0400_01–04 (placed after 8.30.82), word for word; the constituted verse 8.30.82 (etaj jñātvā joṣam āssva …) says the same in other words.

Verse 38 (8.38.38)

आतुराणां परित्यागः स्वदारसुतविक्रयः । अङ्गे प्रवर्तते कर्ण येषामधिपतिर्भवान् ॥

āturāṇāṃ parityāgaḥ svadārasutavikrayaḥ | aṅge pravartate karṇa yeṣāmadhipatirbhavān

Karna, the abandoning of the afflicted and the selling of one's own wives and children go on in Anga, of which you are the lord.

Verse 39 (8.38.39)

रथातिरथसङ्ख्यायां यत्त्वां भीष्मस्तदाब्रवीत् । तान्विदित्वाऽत्मनो दोषान्निर्मन्युर्भव मा क्रुधः ॥

rathātirathasaṅkhyāyāṃ yattvāṃ bhīṣmastadābravīt | tānviditvā'tmano doṣānnirmanyurbhava mā krudhaḥ

Remember what Bhishma said of you when he counted the rathas and atirathas; knowing your own faults, be free of anger and do not rage.

Verse 40 (8.38.40)

सर्वत्र ब्राह्मणाः सन्ति सन्ति सर्वत्र क्षत्रियाः । वैश्याः शूद्रास्तथा कर्ण स्त्रियः साध्व्यश्च सुव्रताः ॥

sarvatra brāhmaṇāḥ santi santi sarvatra kṣatriyāḥ | vaiśyāḥ śūdrāstathā karṇa striyaḥ sādhvyaśca suvratāḥ

Everywhere there are brahmins, everywhere there are kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras too, Karna, and women who are chaste and firm in their vows.

Verse 41 (8.38.41)

रमन्ते चोपहासेन पुरुषाः पुरुषैः सह । अन्योन्येन रताः क्षीबा देशेदेशे च मैथुनम् ॥

ramante copahāsena puruṣāḥ puruṣaiḥ saha | anyonyena ratāḥ kṣībā deśedeśe ca maithunam

Men take pleasure in jesting with other men, and, drunk, find delight in one another; in every land there is such coupling.

Verse 42 (8.38.42)

परवाच्येषु निपुणः सर्वो भवति सर्वदा । आत्मवाच्यं न जानीते जानन्नपि च मुह्यति ॥

paravācyeṣu nipuṇaḥ sarvo bhavati sarvadā | ātmavācyaṃ na jānīte jānannapi ca muhyati

Everyone is always skilled at the faults of others; he does not see his own, or, seeing them, is still deluded.

Verse 43 (8.38.43)

सर्वत्र सन्ति राजानः स्वंस्वं धर्ममनुव्रताः । दुर्मनुष्यान्निगृह्णन्ति सन्ति सर्वत्र धार्मिकाः ॥

sarvatra santi rājānaḥ svaṃsvaṃ dharmamanuvratāḥ | durmanuṣyānnigṛhṇanti santi sarvatra dhārmikāḥ

Everywhere there are kings devoted each to his own dharma, who restrain the wicked, and everywhere there are righteous people.

Note on the text: Corrected राजनः → राजानः (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative plural is राजानः). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.30.87d*0401_01–02 (placed after 8.30.87), word for word (CE rājānaḥ).

Verse 44 (8.38.44)

न कर्ण देशसामान्यात्सर्वः पापं निषेवते । यादृशाः स्वस्वभावेन देशांस्तांस्तादृशान्विदुः ॥

na karṇa deśasāmānyātsarvaḥ pāpaṃ niṣevate | yādṛśāḥ svasvabhāvena deśāṃstāṃstādṛśānviduḥ

Karna, not everyone commits sin because of the land he lives in; as people are by their own nature, so the lands they dwell in are held to be.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.30.87d*0401_03–04 (line 1 is *0401_03 exactly; line 2 is a variant of *0401_04, CE devā api na tādṛśāḥ). The CE prints saṃjaya uvāca before *0401_04; the page keeps the whole verse with Shalya.

Verse 45 (8.38.45)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा कर्णशल्याववारयत् । सखिभावेन राधेयं शल्यं सौजन्यकेन च ॥

tato duryodhano rājā karṇaśalyāvavārayat | sakhibhāvena rādheyaṃ śalyaṃ saujanyakena ca

Then King Duryodhana checked Karna and Shalya, soothing Radheya with friendship and Shalya with courtesy.

Note on the text: Corrected तततो → ततो (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled त). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.30.87d*0401_05–06 (placed after 8.30.87), a variant (CE svāñjalyakena for सौजन्यकेन).

Verse 46 (8.38.46)

ततो निवारितः कर्णो धार्तराष्ट्रेण मारिष । प्रहस्य तत्र राजेन्द्र याहि शल्येत्यचोदयत् ॥

tato nivāritaḥ karṇo dhārtarāṣṭreṇa māriṣa | prahasya tatra rājendra yāhi śalyetyacodayat

Thus restrained by Dhritarashtra's son, my lord, Karna laughed there, O king of kings, and urged Shalya on: "Drive on, Shalya!"

Note on the text: Corrected प्हहस्य → प्रहस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ह for र; CE prahasya). Corrected राजेन्द्रं यादि → राजेन्द्र याहि (misprint in Wikisource; राजेन्द्रं has a stray anusvara on a vocative, and यादि has a dropped ह for the imperative याहि; CE yāhīty acodayat). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the star line 8.30.87d*0401_07 (placed after 8.30.87), word for word; line 2 is a variant of CE 8.30.88c (punaḥ prahasya rādheyaḥ punar yāhīty acodayat).