Bhimasena Strikes Karna Senseless

Verse 1 (8.45.1)

तानभिद्रवतो दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवांस्तावकं बलम् । क्रोशतस्तव पुत्रस्य न स्म राजन्न्यवर्तत ॥

tānabhidravato dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāṃstāvakaṃ balam | krośatastava putrasya na sma rājannyavartata

Seeing the Pandavas pressing them, your army, O king, did not turn back, though your son kept crying out to it.

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Verse 2 (8.45.2)

ततः पक्षात्प्रपक्षाच्च प्रपक्षैश्चापि दक्षिणात् । उदस्तशस्त्राः कुरवो भीममभ्यद्रवन्रणे ॥

tataḥ pakṣātprapakṣācca prapakṣaiścāpi dakṣiṇāt | udastaśastrāḥ kuravo bhīmamabhyadravanraṇe

Then from the flank, from the farther flanks and from the right, the Kurus with weapons raised rushed upon Bhima in the battle.

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Verse 3 (8.45.3)

कर्णोऽपि दृष्ट्वा द्रवतो धार्तराष्ट्रान्पराङ्मुखान् । हंसवर्णान्हयाग्र्यांस्तान्प्रैषीद्यत्र वृकोदरम् ॥

karṇo'pi dṛṣṭvā dravato dhārtarāṣṭrānparāṅmukhān | haṃsavarṇānhayāgryāṃstānpraiṣīdyatra vṛkodaram

Karna too, seeing the sons of Dhritarashtra fleeing with their faces turned away, sent his swan-white, excellent horses to where Vrikodara was.

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Verse 4 (8.45.4)

ते प्रेषिता महाराज शल्येनाहवशोभिना । भीमसेनरथं प्राप्य समसज्जन्त वाजिनः ॥

te preṣitā mahārāja śalyenāhavaśobhinā | bhīmasenarathaṃ prāpya samasajjanta vājinaḥ

Driven on by Shalya, the glory of the battle, those horses, O great king, reached Bhimasena's chariot and came up against it.

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Verse 5 (8.45.5)

दृष्ट्वा कर्णं समायान्तं भीमः क्रोधसमन्वितः । मतिं दध्रे विनाशाय कर्णस्य भरतर्षभ ॥

dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ samāyāntaṃ bhīmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ | matiṃ dadhre vināśāya karṇasya bharatarṣabha

Seeing Karna approach, Bhima, filled with anger, set his mind on Karna's destruction, O best of the Bharatas.

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Verse 6 (8.45.6)

सोऽब्रवीत्सात्यकिं वीरं धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् । एनं रक्षत राजानं धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम् । संशयान्महतो मुक्तं कथं चित्प्रेक्षतो मम ॥

so'bravītsātyakiṃ vīraṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam | enaṃ rakṣata rājānaṃ dharmātmānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | saṃśayānmahato muktaṃ kathaṃ citprekṣato mama

He said to the hero Satyaki and to Dhrishtadyumna the Prishata, "Guard this king, the righteous-souled Yudhishthira, who has only just been freed from a great danger, somehow, while I looked on.

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Verse 7 (8.45.7)

अग्रतो मे कृतो राजा छिन्नसर्वपरिच्छदः । दुर्योधनस्य प्रीत्यर्थं राधेयेन दुरात्मना ॥

agrato me kṛto rājā chinnasarvaparicchadaḥ | duryodhanasya prītyarthaṃ rādheyena durātmanā

The king was made to stand before me, stripped of all his equipment, by that wicked Radheya, to please Duryodhana.

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Verse 8 (8.45.8)

अन्तमद्य करिष्यामि तस्य दुःखस्य पार्षत । हन्ता वास्मि रणे कर्णं स वा मां निहनिष्यति । संग्रामेण सुघोरेण सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि वः ॥

antamadya kariṣyāmi tasya duḥkhasya pārṣata | hantā vāsmi raṇe karṇaṃ sa vā māṃ nihaniṣyati | saṃgrāmeṇa sughoreṇa satyametadbravīmi vaḥ

Today, son of Prishata, I shall put an end to that sorrow. Either I shall kill Karna in battle, or he will kill me, in a most dreadful fight; I tell you this truly.

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Verse 9 (8.45.9)

राजानमद्य भवतां न्यासभूतं ददामि वै । अस्य संरक्षणे सर्वे यतध्वं विगतज्वराः ॥

rājānamadya bhavatāṃ nyāsabhūtaṃ dadāmi vai | asya saṃrakṣaṇe sarve yatadhvaṃ vigatajvarāḥ

I now give the king into your charge as a trust; all of you, free of anxiety, strive to guard him."

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Verse 10 (8.45.10)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुः प्रायादाधिरथिं प्रति । सिंहनादेन महता सर्वाः संनादयन्दिशः ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhuḥ prāyādādhirathiṃ prati | siṃhanādena mahatā sarvāḥ saṃnādayandiśaḥ

Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed one went toward Adhiratha's son, making all the quarters resound with a great lion-roar.

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Verse 11 (8.45.11)

दृष्ट्वा त्वरितमायान्तं भीमं युद्धाभिनन्दिनम् । सूतपुत्रमथोवाच मद्राणामीश्वरो विभुः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tvaritamāyāntaṃ bhīmaṃ yuddhābhinandinam | sūtaputramathovāca madrāṇāmīśvaro vibhuḥ

Seeing Bhima, who delights in battle, coming swiftly, the mighty lord of the Madras spoke to the Suta's son.

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Verse 12 (8.45.12)

पश्य कर्ण महाबाहुं क्रुद्धं पाण्डवनन्दनम् । दीर्घकालार्जितं क्रोधं मोक्तुकामं त्वयि ध्रुवम् ॥

paśya karṇa mahābāhuṃ kruddhaṃ pāṇḍavanandanam | dīrghakālārjitaṃ krodhaṃ moktukāmaṃ tvayi dhruvam

"Look, Karna, at the mighty-armed delight of the Pandavas, enraged; surely he means to loose upon you the anger he has gathered over a long time.

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Verse 13 (8.45.13)

ईदृशं नास्य रूपं मे दृष्टपूर्वं कदा चन । अभिमन्यौ हते कर्ण राक्षसे वा घटोत्कचे ॥

īdṛśaṃ nāsya rūpaṃ me dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kadā cana | abhimanyau hate karṇa rākṣase vā ghaṭotkace

I have never before seen him with such a look, Karna, not even when Abhimanyu was killed, or the rakshasa Ghatotkacha.

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Verse 14 (8.45.14)

त्रैलोक्यस्य समस्तस्य शक्तः क्रुद्धो निवारणे । बिभर्ति यादृशं रूपं कालाग्निसदृशं शुभम् ॥

trailokyasya samastasya śaktaḥ kruddho nivāraṇe | bibharti yādṛśaṃ rūpaṃ kālāgnisadṛśaṃ śubham

In his wrath he is able to hold back the whole of the three worlds; he bears a form splendid and yet like the fire at the end of time."

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Verse 15 (8.45.15)

इति ब्रुवति राधेयं मद्राणामीश्वरे नृप । अभ्यवर्तत वै कर्णं क्रोधदीप्तो वृकोदरः ॥

iti bruvati rādheyaṃ madrāṇāmīśvare nṛpa | abhyavartata vai karṇaṃ krodhadīpto vṛkodaraḥ

While the lord of the Madras was saying this to Radheya, O king, Vrikodara, blazing with wrath, advanced upon Karna.

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Verse 16 (8.45.16)

तथागतं तु संप्रेक्ष्य भीमं युद्धाभिनन्दिनम् । अब्रवीद्वचनं शल्यं राधेयः प्रहसन्निव ॥

tathāgataṃ tu saṃprekṣya bhīmaṃ yuddhābhinandinam | abravīdvacanaṃ śalyaṃ rādheyaḥ prahasanniva

Seeing Bhima, who delights in battle, come on in this way, Radheya spoke to Shalya, smiling as it were.

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Verse 17 (8.45.17)

यदुक्तं वचनं मेऽद्य त्वया मद्रजनेश्वर । भीमसेनं प्रति विभो तत्सत्यं नात्र संशयः ॥

yaduktaṃ vacanaṃ me'dya tvayā madrajaneśvara | bhīmasenaṃ prati vibho tatsatyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

"What you have said to me today about Bhimasena, O lord of the Madras, is true, mighty one; there is no doubt of it.

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Verse 18 (8.45.18)

एष शूरश्च वीरश्च क्रोधनश्च वृकोदरः । निरपेक्षः शरीरे च प्राणतश्च बलाधिकः ॥

eṣa śūraśca vīraśca krodhanaśca vṛkodaraḥ | nirapekṣaḥ śarīre ca prāṇataśca balādhikaḥ

This Vrikodara is brave and a hero, quick to anger, heedless of his body and life, and superior in strength.

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Verse 19 (8.45.19)

अज्ञातवासं वसता विराटनगरे तदा । द्रौपद्याः प्रियकामेन केवलं बाहुसंश्रयात् । गूढभावं समाश्रित्य कीचकः सगणो हतः ॥

ajñātavāsaṃ vasatā virāṭanagare tadā | draupadyāḥ priyakāmena kevalaṃ bāhusaṃśrayāt | gūḍhabhāvaṃ samāśritya kīcakaḥ sagaṇo hataḥ

While he lived in the city of Virata in the time of concealment, wishing only to please Draupadi, relying on nothing but his arms, he took on a hidden guise and killed Kichaka with his whole clan.

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Verse 20 (8.45.20)

सोऽद्य संग्रामशिरसि संनद्धः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । किंकरोद्यतदण्डेन मृत्युनापि व्रजेद्रणम् ॥

so'dya saṃgrāmaśirasi saṃnaddhaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | kiṃkarodyatadaṇḍena mṛtyunāpi vrajedraṇam

Today, armoured at the head of the battle and swooning with rage, he would go into the fight even against Death himself with his attendant's staff raised.

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Verse 21 (8.45.21)

चिरकालाभिलषितो ममायं तु मनोरथः । अर्जुनं समरे हन्यां मां वा हन्याद्धनंजयः । स मे कदा चिदद्यैव भवेद्भीमसमागमात् ॥

cirakālābhilaṣito mamāyaṃ tu manorathaḥ | arjunaṃ samare hanyāṃ māṃ vā hanyāddhanaṃjayaḥ | sa me kadā cidadyaiva bhavedbhīmasamāgamāt

This wish of mine, long cherished, is that I may kill Arjuna in battle, or Dhananjaya kill me. Perhaps today itself, through my meeting with Bhima, that wish may be fulfilled.

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Verse 22 (8.45.22)

निहते भीमसेने तु यदि वा विरथीकृते । अभियास्यति मां पार्थस्तन्मे साधु भविष्यति । अत्र यन्मन्यसे प्राप्तं तच्छीघ्रं संप्रधारय ॥

nihate bhīmasene tu yadi vā virathīkṛte | abhiyāsyati māṃ pārthastanme sādhu bhaviṣyati | atra yanmanyase prāptaṃ tacchīghraṃ saṃpradhāraya

If Bhimasena is killed, or even deprived of his chariot, and Partha then comes against me, that will be well for me. Decide quickly what you think right in this matter."

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Verse 23 (8.45.23)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं राधेयस्य महात्मनः । उवाच वचनं शल्यः सूतपुत्रं तथागतम् ॥

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rādheyasya mahātmanaḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ śalyaḥ sūtaputraṃ tathāgatam

Hearing these words of the great-souled Radheya, Shalya spoke to the Suta's son, who stood so.

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Verse 24 (8.45.24)

अभियासि महाबाहो भीमसेनं महाबलम् । निरस्य भीमसेनं तु ततः प्राप्स्यसि फल्गुनम् ॥

abhiyāsi mahābāho bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam | nirasya bhīmasenaṃ tu tataḥ prāpsyasi phalgunam

"Go against the mighty-armed, mighty Bhimasena; when you have thrown Bhimasena aside, you will reach Phalguna.

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Verse 25 (8.45.25)

यस्ते कामोऽभिलषितश्चिरात्प्रभृति हृद्गतः । स वै संपत्स्यते कर्ण सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

yaste kāmo'bhilaṣitaścirātprabhṛti hṛdgataḥ | sa vai saṃpatsyate karṇa satyametadbravīmi te

That wish which you have long held in your heart will surely be fulfilled, Karna; I tell you this truly."

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Verse 26 (8.45.26)

एवमुक्ते ततः कर्णः शल्यं पुनरभाषत । हन्ताहमर्जुनं संख्ये मां वा हन्ता धनंजयः । युद्धे मनः समाधाय याहि याहीत्यचोदयत् ॥

evamukte tataḥ karṇaḥ śalyaṃ punarabhāṣata | hantāhamarjunaṃ saṃkhye māṃ vā hantā dhanaṃjayaḥ | yuddhe manaḥ samādhāya yāhi yāhītyacodayat

When he had been spoken to thus, Karna answered Shalya again: "I shall kill Arjuna in battle, or Dhananjaya will kill me." And setting his mind on the fight, he urged him on: "Go! Go!"

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Verse 27 (8.45.27)

ततः प्रायाद्रथेनाशु शल्यस्तत्र विशां पते । यत्र भीमो महेष्वासो व्यद्रावयत वाहिनीम् ॥

tataḥ prāyādrathenāśu śalyastatra viśāṃ pate | yatra bhīmo maheṣvāso vyadrāvayata vāhinīm

Then Shalya quickly drove his chariot, O lord of men, to where the mighty archer Bhima was routing the army.

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Verse 28 (8.45.28)

ततस्तूर्यनिनादश्च भेरीणां च महास्वनः । उदतिष्ठत राजेन्द्र कर्णभीमसमागमे ॥

tatastūryaninādaśca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaḥ | udatiṣṭhata rājendra karṇabhīmasamāgame

Then, O king of kings, as Karna and Bhima met, the blare of trumpets and the great roar of kettledrums arose.

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Verse 29 (8.45.29)

भीमसेनोऽथ संक्रुद्धस्तव सैन्यं दुरासदम् । नाराचैर्विमलैस्तीक्ष्णैर्दिशः प्राद्रावयद्बली ॥

bhīmaseno'tha saṃkruddhastava sainyaṃ durāsadam | nārācairvimalaistīkṣṇairdiśaḥ prādrāvayadbalī

Bhimasena, the mighty, in great wrath, drove your hard-to-withstand army in all directions with bright, keen iron arrows.

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Verse 30 (8.45.30)

स संनिपातस्तुमुलो भीमरूपो विशां पते । आसीद्रौद्रो महाराज कर्णपाण्डवयोर्मृधे । ततो मुहूर्ताद्राजेन्द्र पाण्डवः कर्णमाद्रवत् ॥

sa saṃnipātastumulo bhīmarūpo viśāṃ pate | āsīdraudro mahārāja karṇapāṇḍavayormṛdhe | tato muhūrtādrājendra pāṇḍavaḥ karṇamādravat

That clash was tumultuous, O lord of men, and fearful in form; it became dreadful, O great king, in the battle between Karna and the Pandava. Then after a moment, O king of kings, the Pandava rushed upon Karna.

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Verse 31 (8.45.31)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य कर्णो वैकर्तनो वृषः । आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे । पुनश्चैनममेयात्मा शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya karṇo vaikartano vṛṣaḥ | ājaghānorasi kruddho nārācena stanāntare | punaścainamameyātmā śaravarṣairavākirat

Seeing him bear down, Karna Vaikartana, the Vrisha, enraged, struck him on the chest between the breasts with a naracha, and the immeasurable one covered him again with showers of arrows.

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Verse 32 (8.45.32)

स विद्धः सूतपुत्रेण छादयामास पत्रिभिः । विव्याध निशितैः कर्ण नवभिर्नतपर्वभिः ॥

sa viddhaḥ sūtaputreṇa chādayāmāsa patribhiḥ | vivyādha niśitaiḥ karṇa navabhirnataparvabhiḥ

Pierced by the Suta's son, Bhima covered him with feathered arrows, and pierced Karna with nine sharp arrows with well-bent joints.

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Verse 33 (8.45.33)

तस्य कर्णो धनुर्मध्ये द्विधा चिच्छेद पत्रिणा । अथ तं छिन्नधन्वानमभ्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे । नाराचेन सुतीक्ष्णेन सर्वावरणभेदिना ॥

tasya karṇo dhanurmadhye dvidhā ciccheda patriṇā | atha taṃ chinnadhanvānamabhyavidhyatstanāntare | nārācena sutīkṣṇena sarvāvaraṇabhedinā

Karna cut his bow in two at the middle with an arrow, and then, his bow cut, pierced him in the chest with a very keen naracha that breaks through every armour.

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Verse 34 (8.45.34)

सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय सूतपुत्रं वृकोदरः । राजन्मर्मसु मर्मज्ञो विद्ध्वा सुनिशितैः शरैः । ननाद बलवन्नादं कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥

so'nyatkārmukamādāya sūtaputraṃ vṛkodaraḥ | rājanmarmasu marmajño viddhvā suniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | nanāda balavannādaṃ kampayanniva rodasī

Taking up another bow, Vrikodara, who knew the vital points, pierced the Suta's son in his vitals with very sharp arrows, O king, and uttered a mighty roar, as if shaking heaven and earth.

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Verse 35 (8.45.35)

तं कर्णः पञ्चविंशत्या नाराचानां समार्दयत् । मदोत्कटं वने दृप्तमुल्काभिरिव कुञ्जरम् ॥

taṃ karṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ samārdayat | madotkaṭaṃ vane dṛptamulkābhiriva kuñjaram

Karna tormented him with twenty-five narachas, as a proud, rutting elephant in the forest is tormented with firebrands.

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Verse 36 (8.45.36)

ततः सायकभिन्नाङ्गः पाण्डवः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । संरम्भामर्षताम्राक्षः सूतपुत्रवधेच्छया ॥

tataḥ sāyakabhinnāṅgaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | saṃrambhāmarṣatāmrākṣaḥ sūtaputravadhecchayā

Then the Pandava, his limbs torn by the arrows, benumbed with anger, his eyes red with rage and impatience, wishing to kill the Suta's son,

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Verse 37 (8.45.37)

स कार्मुके महावेगं भारसाधनमुत्तमम् । गिरीणामपि भेत्तारं सायकं समयोजयत् ॥

sa kārmuke mahāvegaṃ bhārasādhanamuttamam | girīṇāmapi bhettāraṃ sāyakaṃ samayojayat

fitted to his bow an excellent arrow, of great speed, able to carry great weight, able to split even mountains.

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Verse 38 (8.45.38)

विकृष्य बलवच्चापमाकर्णादतिमारुतिः । तं मुमोच महेष्वासः क्रुद्धः कर्णजिघांसया ॥

vikṛṣya balavaccāpamākarṇādatimārutiḥ | taṃ mumoca maheṣvāsaḥ kruddhaḥ karṇajighāṃsayā

Drawing the strong bow back to his ear, the great archer, swifter than the wind, enraged, loosed it, wishing to kill Karna.

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Verse 39 (8.45.39)

स विसृष्टो बलवता बाणो वज्राशनिस्वनः । अदारयद्रणे कर्णं वज्रवेग इवाचलम् ॥

sa visṛṣṭo balavatā bāṇo vajrāśanisvanaḥ | adārayadraṇe karṇaṃ vajravega ivācalam

That arrow, loosed by the mighty one, roaring like a thunderbolt, tore Karna in the battle, as the force of a thunderbolt tears a mountain.

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Verse 40 (8.45.40)

स भीमसेनाभिहतो सूतपुत्रः कुरूद्वह । निषसाद रथोपस्थे विसंज्ञः पृतनापतिः ॥

sa bhīmasenābhihato sūtaputraḥ kurūdvaha | niṣasāda rathopasthe visaṃjñaḥ pṛtanāpatiḥ

Struck by Bhimasena, the Suta's son, O bull of the Kurus, the general of the army, sank down senseless on the platform of his chariot.

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Verse 41 (8.45.41)

ततो मद्राधिपो दृष्ट्वा विसंज्ञं सूतनन्दनम् । अपोवाह रथेनाजौ कर्णमाहवशोभिनम् ॥

tato madrādhipo dṛṣṭvā visaṃjñaṃ sūtanandanam | apovāha rathenājau karṇamāhavaśobhinam

Then the lord of the Madras, seeing the Suta's son senseless, carried Karna, the glory of the battle, away from the fight in his chariot.

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Verse 42 (8.45.42)

ततः पराजिते कर्णे धार्तराष्ट्रीं महाचमूम् । व्यद्रावयद्भीमसेनो यथेन्द्रो दानवीं चमूम् ॥

tataḥ parājite karṇe dhārtarāṣṭrīṃ mahācamūm | vyadrāvayadbhīmaseno yathendro dānavīṃ camūm

When Karna was beaten, Bhimasena routed the great host of Dhritarashtra's sons, as Indra routs the army of the Danavas.

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