Yudhishthira Questions Arjuna About Karna

Verse 1 (8.69.1)

अथोपयातौ पृथुलोहिताक्षौ । शराचिताङ्गौ रुधिरप्रदिग्धौ । समीक्ष्य सेनाग्रनरप्रवीरौ । युधिष्ठिरो वाक्यमिदं बभाषे ॥

athopayātau pṛthulohitākṣau | śarācitāṅgau rudhirapradigdhau | samīkṣya senāgranarapravīrau | yudhiṣṭhiro vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe

Seeing those two foremost heroes of the army returning, their eyes large and red, their limbs studded with arrows and smeared with blood, Yudhishthira spoke these words.

Note on the text: Removed the square bracket that opens the verse. Removed the closing square bracket and the doubled danda (the page prints "बभाषे।।]"). The page prints the whole verse in square brackets, marking it as an addition to the vulgate text. Not in the critical edition's constituted text; its lines are star passages inserted after CE 8.46.1: lines 1-2 = 8.46.1*0644_01-02 and lines 3-4 = 8.46.1*0646_01-02 (the CE's other star passage there, *0645_01-06, is not on the page). Adhyaya notes: every verse label on this page reads 8-69-N, so it is really adhyaya 69; all 52 table rows are present in the input. After the colophon the page prints only a block of commentary glosses and manuscript variants (headed by verse number: 8-69-5, 7, 10, 13, 17, 19, 26, 38, 39, 47 and a closing line); it has no second poem block of readings, and none of it is added. Critical-edition verses of 8.46 with no counterpart on the page: 8.46.38 (nahaṃ pādau dhāvayiṣye ...), 8.46.46 (yaḥ sūtaputraḥ prahasan durātmā ...), and the star passages 8.46.1*0645, 6b*0647, 46d*0656, 47d*0657, 48d*0658.

Verse 2 (8.69.2)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो दृष्ट्वा सहितौ केशवार्जुनौ । हतमाधिरथिं मेने सङ्ख्ये गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro dṛṣṭvā sahitau keśavārjunau | hatamādhirathiṃ mene saṅkhye gāṇḍīvadhanvanā

Then Yudhishthira, seeing Keshava and Arjuna together, took it that the son of Adhiratha had been killed in the battle by the wielder of the Gandiva.

Verse 3 (8.69.3)

तावभ्यनन्दत्कौन्तेयः साम्ना परमवल्गुना । स्मितपूर्वममित्रघ्न पूजयन्भरतर्षभ ॥

tāvabhyanandatkaunteyaḥ sāmnā paramavalgunā | smitapūrvamamitraghna pūjayanbharatarṣabha

The son of Kunti welcomed them both in gentle and most charming words, smiling, and honoured them, O slayer of foes, best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected भरतर्पभ → भरतर्षभ (misprint in Wikisource; ष written as प; the critical edition reads bharatarṣabha).

Verse 4 (8.69.4)

स्वागतं देवकीपुत्र स्वागतं ते धनञ्जय । प्रियं मे दर्शनं वाढं युवयोर्नरसिंहयोः ॥

svāgataṃ devakīputra svāgataṃ te dhanañjaya | priyaṃ me darśanaṃ vāḍhaṃ yuvayornarasiṃhayoḥ

Welcome, son of Devaki; welcome to you, Dhananjaya. It is a joy to me indeed to see you two, lions among men.

Verse 5 (8.69.5)

अरिष्टयोरक्षतयोः कर्णं हत्वा महारथम् । आशीविषसमं युद्धे सर्वशस्त्रविशारदम् ॥

ariṣṭayorakṣatayoḥ karṇaṃ hatvā mahāratham | āśīviṣasamaṃ yuddhe sarvaśastraviśāradam

You come back safe and unwounded, having killed the great chariot-warrior Karna, who in battle was like a venomous snake and skilled in every weapon;

Note on the text: Corrected आशीविपसमं → आशीविषसमं (misprint in Wikisource; ष written as प; CE āśīviṣasamam). Variant of CE 8.46.4, whose line 1 reads akṣatābhyām ariṣṭābhyāṃ kathaṃ yudhya mahāratham (here: कर्णं हत्वा महारथम्); Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 6 (8.69.6)

अग्रगं धार्तराष्ट्राणां सर्वेषां शर्म वर्म च । रक्षितं वृषसेनेन सुषेणेन च धन्विना ॥

agragaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śarma varma ca | rakṣitaṃ vṛṣasenena suṣeṇena ca dhanvinā

who led the van of all the sons of Dhritarashtra and was their shield and armour, guarded by Vrishasena and the archer Sushena;

Note on the text: Corrected सुपेणेन → सुषेणेन (misprint in Wikisource; ष written as प; CE suṣeṇena).

Verse 7 (8.69.7)

अनुज्ञातं महावीर्यं रामेणास्त्रे सुदुर्जयम् । अग्र्यं सर्वस्य लोकस्य रथिनं लोकविश्रुतम् ॥

anujñātaṃ mahāvīryaṃ rāmeṇāstre sudurjayam | agryaṃ sarvasya lokasya rathinaṃ lokaviśrutam

who had Rama's leave in the use of weapons and was most hard to overcome in them, mighty in strength, foremost in the whole world, a charioteer famed throughout the world;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.46.6a; line 2 = the CE's star passage 8.46.6b*0648_01 (mukhyaṃ there for अग्र्यं). Not in the critical edition's main text as a whole.

Verse 8 (8.69.8)

त्रातारं धार्तराष्ट्राणां गन्तारं वाहिनीमुखे । हन्तारं परसैन्यानाममित्रगणमर्दनम् ॥

trātāraṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ gantāraṃ vāhinīmukhe | hantāraṃ parasainyānāmamitragaṇamardanam

the protector of the sons of Dhritarashtra, who went at the head of their host, the destroyer of enemy armies, the crusher of hostile bands;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.46.6c; line 2 = CE 8.46.7a.

Verse 9 (8.69.9)

दुर्योधनहिते युक्तमस्मद्दुःखाय चोद्यतम् । अप्रधृष्यं महायुद्धे देवैरपि सवासवैः ॥

duryodhanahite yuktamasmadduḥkhāya codyatam | apradhṛṣyaṃ mahāyuddhe devairapi savāsavaiḥ

devoted to Duryodhana's good, ever set on our sorrow, whom not even the gods with Vasava could overcome in a great battle;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.46.7c (with अस्मद्दुःखाय for the CE's asmadyuddhāya); line 2 = CE 8.46.8a.

Verse 10 (8.69.10)

अनलानिलयोस्तुल्यं तेजसा च बलेन च । पातालमिव गम्भीरं सुहृदां नन्दिवर्धनम् ॥

analānilayostulyaṃ tejasā ca balena ca | pātālamiva gambhīraṃ suhṛdāṃ nandivardhanam

equal to fire and wind in splendour and in strength, deep as the nether world, who increased the delight of his friends —

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.46.8c; line 2 = CE 9a (suhṛdānandavardhanam there; सुहृदां नन्दिवर्धनम् here).

Verse 11 (8.69.11)

अन्तकं मम मित्राणां हत्वा कर्णं महामृधे । दिष्ट्या युवामनुप्राप्तौ हत्वाऽसुरमिवामरौ ॥

antakaṃ mama mitrāṇāṃ hatvā karṇaṃ mahāmṛdhe | diṣṭyā yuvāmanuprāptau hatvā'suramivāmarau

Karna, who was Death to my friends — having killed him in the great battle, by good fortune you two have come back, like two immortals who have slain an asura.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.46.9c (antakaṃ mama mitrāṇām here for antakābham amitrāṇām); line 2 = CE 8.46.9e.

Verse 12 (8.69.12)

तेन युद्धमभीतेन मयाऽद्याप्यच्युतार्जुनौ । कृतं घोरं महाबाहू धृष्टद्युम्नस्य पश्यतः । अन्तकेनेव क्रुद्धेन प्रजाः सर्वा जिघांसता ॥

tena yuddhamabhītena mayā'dyāpyacyutārjunau | kṛtaṃ ghoraṃ mahābāhū dhṛṣṭadyumnasya paśyataḥ | antakeneva kruddhena prajāḥ sarvā jighāṃsatā

Today, O Achyuta and Arjuna, mighty-armed ones, I fought a dreadful battle with that fearless man, in the sight of Dhrishtadyumna — with him who, like Death in anger, wished to destroy all creatures.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.46.10a; line 2 = the CE's star passage 8.46.10b*0649_01; line 3 = CE 8.46.10c.

Verse 13 (8.69.13)

तेन केतुश्च मे च्छिन्नो हतौ च पार्ष्णिसारथी । हतवाहः कृतश्चास्मि युयुधानस्य पश्यतः ॥

tena ketuśca me cchinno hatau ca pārṣṇisārathī | hatavāhaḥ kṛtaścāsmi yuyudhānasya paśyataḥ

He cut down my banner, killed my rear-guard and my charioteer, and left me without horses while Yuyudhana looked on,

Verse 14 (8.69.14)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य यमयोर्वीरस्य च शिखण्डिनः । पश्यतां द्रौपदेयानां शतद्रोश्च महात्मनः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnasya yamayorvīrasya ca śikhaṇḍinaḥ | paśyatāṃ draupadeyānāṃ śatadrośca mahātmanaḥ

and while Dhrishtadyumna, the twins, the hero Shikhandin, the sons of Draupadi and the great-souled Shatadru looked on.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the CE (pāñcālānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ there); शतद्रोश्च महात्मनः is kept as printed.

Verse 15 (8.69.15)

एताञ्जित्वा महावीर्यः कर्णः शत्रुगणान्बहून् । जितवान्मां महाबाहो यतमानो महारणे ॥

etāñjitvā mahāvīryaḥ karṇaḥ śatrugaṇānbahūn | jitavānmāṃ mahābāho yatamāno mahāraṇe

Having conquered these and many throngs of enemies, mighty Karna conquered me also, O mighty-armed one, as I struggled in that great battle.

Verse 16 (8.69.16)

अनुसृत्य च मां युद्धे परुषाण्युक्तवान्बहु । तत्र तत्र युधां श्रेष्ठ परिभूय न संशयः ॥

anusṛtya ca māṃ yuddhe paruṣāṇyuktavānbahu | tatra tatra yudhāṃ śreṣṭha paribhūya na saṃśayaḥ

He pursued me in the fight and said many harsh things to me, scorning me here and there, O best of warriors; there is no doubt of it.

Verse 17 (8.69.17)

भीमसेनप्रभावात्तु यज्जीवामि धनञ्जय । बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन हते सोढुं समुत्सहे ॥

bhīmasenaprabhāvāttu yajjīvāmi dhanañjaya | bahunātra kimuktena hate soḍhuṃ samutsahe

It is only through Bhimasena's power that I am alive, Dhananjaya. What is the use of saying more? Only when he is slain shall I be able to bear it.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the CE (nāhaṃ tat soḍhum utsahe, 'I cannot bear it'); the page's own footnote 8-69-17 records the variant नाहं तं सोढुमुत्सहे (क.ङ. manuscripts). Wikisource's reading (हते सोढुं समुत्सहे) is kept and rendered as printed.

Verse 18 (8.69.18)

त्रयोदशाहं वर्षाणि यस्माद्भीतो धनञ्जय । न स्म निद्रां लभे रात्रौ न चाहनि सुखं क्वचित् ॥

trayodaśāhaṃ varṣāṇi yasmādbhīto dhanañjaya | na sma nidrāṃ labhe rātrau na cāhani sukhaṃ kvacit

For thirteen years, Dhananjaya, out of fear of him I have found no sleep by night and no happiness at any time by day.

Verse 19 (8.69.19)

तस्य द्वेषेण संयुक्तः परिदह्ये धनञ्जय । आत्मनो मरणं जानन्वाध्रीणस इव द्विजः ॥

tasya dveṣeṇa saṃyuktaḥ paridahye dhanañjaya | ātmano maraṇaṃ jānanvādhrīṇasa iva dvijaḥ

bound to him by hatred I burn, Dhananjaya, knowing my own death, like a vadhrinasa bird.

Note on the text: The CE's star passage 8.46.17d*0650_01-02 (kṛṣṇagrīvo raktaśirāḥ ... the vādhrīṇasa gloss) is not in the verse; on this page it appears only in the footnote 8-69-19.

Verse 20 (8.69.20)

तस्यायमगमत्कालश्चिन्तयानस्य मे चिरम् । कथं कर्णो मया शक्यो युद्धे क्षपयितुं भवेत् ॥

tasyāyamagamatkālaścintayānasya me ciram | kathaṃ karṇo mayā śakyo yuddhe kṣapayituṃ bhavet

All this long time has passed for me brooding on how Karna could be destroyed by me in battle.

Verse 21 (8.69.21)

जाग्रत्स्वपंश्च कौन्तेय कर्णमेव स्मराम्यहम् । पश्यामि तत्रतत्रैव कर्णभूतमिदं जगत् ॥

jāgratsvapaṃśca kaunteya karṇameva smarāmyaham | paśyāmi tatratatraiva karṇabhūtamidaṃ jagat

Waking or sleeping, son of Kunti, I think of Karna alone. Everywhere I look I see this whole world as made of Karna.

Note on the text: Corrected स्मराह्यहम् → स्मराम्यहम् (misprint in Wikisource; म्य mistyped as ह्य, leaving a non-word; the critical edition has sadā hy aham here, a different reading, so the evident word is restored).

Verse 22 (8.69.22)

यत्र यत्र हि गच्छामि कर्णाद्भीतो धनञ्जय । तत्र तत्र हि पश्यामि कर्णमेवाग्रतः स्थितम् ॥

yatra yatra hi gacchāmi karṇādbhīto dhanañjaya | tatra tatra hi paśyāmi karṇamevāgrataḥ sthitam

Wherever I go, Dhananjaya, afraid of Karna, there I see Karna alone standing before me.

Verse 23 (8.69.23)

सोऽहं तेनैव वीरेण समरेष्वपलायिना । सहयः सरथः पार्थ जित्वा जीवन्विसर्जितः ॥

so'haṃ tenaiva vīreṇa samareṣvapalāyinā | sahayaḥ sarathaḥ pārtha jitvā jīvanvisarjitaḥ

That same hero, who never flees from battles, defeated me, Partha, together with my horses and chariot, and let me go alive.

Verse 24 (8.69.24)

को नु मे जीवितेनार्थो राज्येनार्थो भवेत्पुनः । ममैवं विक्षतस्याद्य कर्णेनाहवशोभिना ॥

ko nu me jīvitenārtho rājyenārtho bhavetpunaḥ | mamaivaṃ vikṣatasyādya karṇenāhavaśobhinā

What use to me now is life, or again a kingdom, wounded as I am today by Karna, the ornament of the battlefield?

Verse 25 (8.69.25)

न प्राप्तपूर्वं यद्भीष्मात्कृपाद्द्रोणाच्च संयुगे । तत्प्राप्तमद्य मे युद्धे सूतपुत्रान्महारथात् ॥

na prāptapūrvaṃ yadbhīṣmātkṛpāddroṇācca saṃyuge | tatprāptamadya me yuddhe sūtaputrānmahārathāt

What I never met with before in battle from Bhishma, Kripa or Drona, that I have met with today from the Suta's son, the great chariot-warrior.

Verse 26 (8.69.26)

स त्वां पृच्छामि कौन्तेय यथा न कुशलस्तथा । तन्ममाचक्ष्व कार्त्स्न्येन यथा कर्णो हतस्त्वया ॥

sa tvāṃ pṛcchāmi kaunteya yathā na kuśalastathā | tanmamācakṣva kārtsnyena yathā karṇo hatastvayā

So I ask you, son of Kunti, since all is not well with me: tell me fully how Karna was slain by you.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends यथा न कुशलस्तथा as printed (CE: yathā hy akuśalas tathā); the page's footnote 8-69-26 gives the variant यथा नः कुशलं तथा (क.ङ.).

Verse 27 (8.69.27)

शक्रतुल्यबलो युद्धे यमतुल्यः पराक्रमे । रामतुल्यस्तथास्त्रेषु स कथं ते निषूदितः ॥

śakratulyabalo yuddhe yamatulyaḥ parākrame | rāmatulyastathāstreṣu sa kathaṃ te niṣūditaḥ

Equal to Shakra in strength in battle, equal to Yama in prowess, equal to Rama in weapons — how was he killed by you?

Verse 28 (8.69.28)

महारथसमाख्यातः सर्वयुद्धविशारदः । धनुर्धराणां प्रवरः सर्वेषां वै सदार्जुन ॥

mahārathasamākhyātaḥ sarvayuddhaviśāradaḥ | dhanurdharāṇāṃ pravaraḥ sarveṣāṃ vai sadārjuna

Renowned as a great chariot-warrior, skilled in every kind of war, ever the best of all archers, Arjuna -

Verse 29 (8.69.29)

पूजितो धृतराष्ट्रेण सपुत्रेण विशाम्पते । त्वदर्थमेव राधेयः स कथं निहतस्त्वया ॥

pūjito dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa saputreṇa viśāmpate | tvadarthameva rādheyaḥ sa kathaṃ nihatastvayā

honoured by Dhritarashtra together with his sons, O lord of men — Radheya, who stood ready for you alone. How was he killed by you?

Verse 30 (8.69.30)

धार्तराष्ट्रस्य योद्धारः सर्व एव सदार्जुन । तव मृत्युं रणे कर्णं मन्यन्ते पुरुषर्षभ ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrasya yoddhāraḥ sarva eva sadārjuna | tava mṛtyuṃ raṇe karṇaṃ manyante puruṣarṣabha

All the warriors of Dhritarashtra's son have always thought, Arjuna, that Karna would be your death in battle, O best of men.

Verse 31 (8.69.31)

स त्वया पुरुषव्याघ्र कथं युद्धे निषूदितः । तन्ममाचक्ष्व कौन्तेय यथा कर्णो हतस्त्वया ॥

sa tvayā puruṣavyāghra kathaṃ yuddhe niṣūditaḥ | tanmamācakṣva kaunteya yathā karṇo hatastvayā

How was he killed by you in battle, tiger among men? Tell me, son of Kunti, just how Karna was slain by you.

Verse 32 (8.69.32)

सोत्सेधमस्य च शिरः पश्यतां सुहृदां हृतम् । त्वया पुरुषशार्दूल सिंहेनेव यथा रुरोः ॥

sotsedhamasya ca śiraḥ paśyatāṃ suhṛdāṃ hṛtam | tvayā puruṣaśārdūla siṃheneva yathā ruroḥ

His proud head was cut off before his friends' eyes by you, tiger among men, as a lion cuts off a ruru deer's.

Verse 33 (8.69.33)

सर्वा दिशः पर्यपतत्त्वदर्थं । त्वां सूतपुत्रः समरे परीप्सन् । दित्सन्नृणां शकटं रत्नपूर्णं । कथं त्वयासौ निहतोऽद्य कर्णः ॥

sarvā diśaḥ paryapatattvadarthaṃ | tvāṃ sūtaputraḥ samare parīpsan | ditsannṛṇāṃ śakaṭaṃ ratnapūrṇaṃ | kathaṃ tvayāsau nihato'dya karṇaḥ

On your account the Suta's son rushed to every quarter, seeking to catch you in battle, meaning to give men a cartload of jewels. How was this Karna killed by you today?

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 8.46.31a (yaḥ paryupāsīt pradiśo diśaś ca ...; the wording differs); lines 3-4 = the CE's star passage 8.46.31d*0651_01-02 (ditsan nṛṇāṃ śakaṭaṃ ratnapūrṇam / kathaṃ tvayāsau nihato 'dya karṇaḥ).

Verse 34 (8.69.34)

त्वया रणे निहतः सूतपुत्रः । कच्चिच्छेते भूमितले दुरात्मा । कच्चित्कृतं मे परमं त्वयाद्य । प्रियं रणे सूतपुत्रं निहत्य ॥

tvayā raṇe nihataḥ sūtaputraḥ | kaccicchete bhūmitale durātmā | kaccitkṛtaṃ me paramaṃ tvayādya | priyaṃ raṇe sūtaputraṃ nihatya

Was the Suta's son slain by you in battle? Does that evil-minded man lie on the ground? Have you today done me the greatest kindness, by killing the Suta's son in battle?

Note on the text: Restored line 2 (कच्चिच्छेते भूमितले दुरात्मा) from the critical edition (8.46.32a, second half: kaccic chete bhūmitale durātmā): the page prints this verse with only three lines (its row is labelled 34a, 34c, 34d; the b line is missing). Lines 1, 3 and 4 correspond to CE 8.46.32a (first half) and 32c, whose halves kaccit priyaṃ me paramaṃ tvayādya / kṛtaṃ raṇe sūtaputraṃ nihatya appear here as कच्चित्कृतं ... / प्रियं रणे ... (kṛtam and priyam interchanged).

Verse 35 (8.69.35)

सर्वा दिशः पर्यपतत्त्वदर्थं । मुदान्वितो गर्वितः सूतपुत्रः । स शूरमानी समरे समेत्य । कच्चित्त्वया निहतः सूतपुत्रः ॥

sarvā diśaḥ paryapatattvadarthaṃ | mudānvito garvitaḥ sūtaputraḥ | sa śūramānī samare sametya | kaccittvayā nihataḥ sūtaputraḥ

That Suta's son, glad and proud, who rushed about on every side on your account and thought himself a hero — did he meet you in battle and fall to you?

Verse 36 (8.69.36)

राज्यं परं हस्तिगवाश्वयुक्तं । रथं दित्सुर्यः परेभ्यस्त्वदर्थे । त्वया रणे स्पर्धते यः स पापः । कच्चित्त्वया निहतः पापबुद्धिः ॥

rājyaṃ paraṃ hastigavāśvayuktaṃ | rathaṃ ditsuryaḥ parebhyastvadarthe | tvayā raṇe spardhate yaḥ sa pāpaḥ | kaccittvayā nihataḥ pāpabuddhiḥ

He who was ready to give others a mighty kingdom full of elephants, cows and horses, and a chariot, on your account, and who vies with you in battle — has that wicked, evil-minded man been slain by you?

Note on the text: Corrected त्वर्दर्थे → त्वदर्थे (misprint in Wikisource; stray र्; CE tvadarthe).

Verse 37 (8.69.37)

योऽसौ नित्यं शौर्यमदेन मत्तो । विकत्थते संसदि कौरवाणाम् । प्रीत्यर्थं वै तात सुयोधनस्य । कच्चित्स पापो निहतस्त्वयाद्य ॥

yo'sau nityaṃ śauryamadena matto | vikatthate saṃsadi kauravāṇām | prītyarthaṃ vai tāta suyodhanasya | kaccitsa pāpo nihatastvayādya

He who, drunk with pride in his valour, always boasts in the assembly of the Kauravas, to please Suyodhana, my dear — has that wicked man been slain by you today?

Verse 38 (8.69.38)

कच्चित्समागम्य धनुःप्रमुक्तैः । त्वत्प्रेषितैर्लोहमयैर्विहंगैः । शेते भिन्नः पांसुषु सूतपुत्रः । कच्चिद्भग्नौ धार्तराष्ट्रस्य बाहू ॥

kaccitsamāgamya dhanuḥpramuktaiḥ | tvatpreṣitairlohamayairvihaṃgaiḥ | śete bhinnaḥ pāṃsuṣu sūtaputraḥ | kaccidbhagnau dhārtarāṣṭrasya bāhū

Having met the iron birds loosed by you from your bow, does the Suta's son lie pierced in the dust? Are the two arms of Dhritarashtra's son broken?

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (धनुःप्रमुक्तै-- । / स्त्वत्प्रेषितैर्); written here with the word-ends resolved (धनुःप्रमुक्तैः । / त्वत्प्रेषितैर्), the line division kept. Corrected भग्रौ → भग्नौ (misprint in Wikisource; न mistyped as र; CE bhagno, and the dual बाहू needs the dual भग्नौ).

Verse 39 (8.69.39)

योऽसौ सदा श्लाघते राजमध्ये । दुर्योधनं हर्षयन्दर्पयुक्तः । हन्ताऽस्मि सर्वानिति पाण्डुपुत्रान् । अहं हन्ता फल्गुनस्येति मोहात् ॥

yo'sau sadā ślāghate rājamadhye | duryodhanaṃ harṣayandarpayuktaḥ | hantā'smi sarvāniti pāṇḍuputrān | ahaṃ hantā phalgunasyeti mohāt

He who, full of arrogance, always brags among the kings, delighting Duryodhana — 'I shall kill all the sons of Pandu; I shall be the slayer of Phalguna!' — in his delusion:

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पाण्डुपुत्रा-- । / नहं); written here with the word-ends resolved (पाण्डुपुत्रान् । / अहं), the line division kept. Lines 1-2 = CE 8.46.37a; line 3 (हन्ताऽस्मि सर्वानिति पाण्डुपुत्रान्) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 4 = the first half of CE 8.46.37c (ahaṃ hantā phalgunasyeti mohāt), whose second half is not on the page.

Verse 40 (8.69.40)

कच्चिद्वचोऽस्य वितथं त्वया कृतं । यत्तत्प्रियामवदत्तात कर्णः । सभामध्ये रूक्षमनेकरूपं । धिक्पाण्डवानपतिस्त्वं हि कृष्णे ॥

kaccidvaco'sya vitathaṃ tvayā kṛtaṃ | yattatpriyāmavadattāta karṇaḥ | sabhāmadhye rūkṣamanekarūpaṃ | dhikpāṇḍavānapatistvaṃ hi kṛṣṇe

Have you made false, my dear, the words that Karna spoke to the beloved Draupadi in the midst of the assembly, harsh and of many kinds: 'Shame on the Pandavas! You, Krishna, have no husband'?

Note on the text: Corrected सभामथ्ये → सभामध्ये (misprint in Wikisource; थ for ध; CE sabhāmadhye). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its four lines are the star passage 8.46.37d*0652_01-04 (placed after 8.46.37).

Verse 41 (8.69.41)

कच्चिद्ध्रुवं शत्रुरयं महात्मा । ह्यधारयद्द्वादश यः समास्तु । कर्णो व्रतं घोरममित्रसाहो । दुर्योधनस्यार्थनिविष्टबुद्धिः ॥

kacciddhruvaṃ śatrurayaṃ mahātmā | hyadhārayaddvādaśa yaḥ samāstu | karṇo vrataṃ ghoramamitrasāho | duryodhanasyārthaniviṣṭabuddhiḥ

Is it certain — this great-souled enemy, Karna, who for twelve years held to a terrible vow, who endured his foes and whose mind was set on Duryodhana's cause -

Note on the text: Corrected कच्चिद्भुवं → कच्चिद्ध्रुवं (misprint in Wikisource; ध्रु written as भु, a broken conjunct; CE kaccid dhruvam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its four lines are the star passage 8.46.37d*0652_05-08.

Verse 42 (8.69.42)

पादौ न धावे यावदहं न हन्मि । धनञ्जयं समरेषूग्रवेगम् । कच्चिद्रणे फल्गुन तं निहत्य । कच्चिद्व्रतं तस्य भग्नं त्वयाऽद्य ॥

pādau na dhāve yāvadahaṃ na hanmi | dhanañjayaṃ samareṣūgravegam | kaccidraṇe phalguna taṃ nihatya | kaccidvrataṃ tasya bhagnaṃ tvayā'dya

'I will not wash my feet until I kill Dhananjaya, so fierce in his onrush in battle' — Phalguna, have you killed him in the fight and broken that vow of his today?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its four lines are the star passage 8.46.38d*0653_01-04 (placed after CE 8.46.38, whose own text, nāhaṃ pādau dhāvayiṣye kadā cit ..., is not on the page).

Verse 43 (8.69.43)

योऽसौ कृष्णामब्रवीद्दुष्टबुद्धिः । कर्णः सभायां कुरुवीरमध्ये । किं पाण्डवांस्त्वं न जहासि कृष्णे । सुदुर्बलान्पतितान्हीनसत्वान् ॥

yo'sau kṛṣṇāmabravīdduṣṭabuddhiḥ | karṇaḥ sabhāyāṃ kuruvīramadhye | kiṃ pāṇḍavāṃstvaṃ na jahāsi kṛṣṇe | sudurbalānpatitānhīnasatvān

He who, evil-minded Karna, said to Krishna in the assembly, among the Kuru heroes: 'Why do you not leave the Pandavas, Krishna — so weak, fallen, deprived of strength?'

Verse 44 (8.69.44)

योऽसौ कर्णः प्रत्यजानात्त्वदर्थे । नाहं हत्वा सह कृष्णेन पार्थम् । इहोपयातेति स पापबुद्धिः । कच्चिच्छेते शरसम्भिन्नगात्रः ॥

yo'sau karṇaḥ pratyajānāttvadarthe | nāhaṃ hatvā saha kṛṣṇena pārtham | ihopayāteti sa pāpabuddhiḥ | kaccicchete śarasambhinnagātraḥ

And that Karna who vowed on your account, 'I shall not come back here without killing Partha along with Krishna' — does that evil-minded man lie there with his body shot through by arrows?

Verse 45 (8.69.45)

कच्चित्सङ्ग्रामो विदितो वै तवायं । समागमे सृञ्जय कौरवाणाम् । येनावस्थामीदृशीं प्रापितोऽहं । कच्चित्त्वया सोऽद्य हतो दुरात्मा ॥

kaccitsaṅgrāmo vidito vai tavāyaṃ | samāgame sṛñjaya kauravāṇām | yenāvasthāmīdṛśīṃ prāpito'haṃ | kaccittvayā so'dya hato durātmā

Is this battle known to you — this clash between the Srinjayas and the Kauravas — through which I have been brought to such a state? Have you killed that wicked man today?

Verse 46 (8.69.46)

कच्चित्त्वया तस्य सुमन्दबुद्धेः । गाण्डीवमुक्तैर्विशिखैर्ज्वलद्भिः । सकुण्डलं भानुमदुत्तमाङ्गं । कायात्प्रकृत्तं युधि सव्यसाचिन् ॥

kaccittvayā tasya sumandabuddheḥ | gāṇḍīvamuktairviśikhairjvaladbhiḥ | sakuṇḍalaṃ bhānumaduttamāṅgaṃ | kāyātprakṛttaṃ yudhi savyasācin

Have you, with blazing arrows loosed from the Gandiva, cut from his body in the fight the head of that dull-witted man, earrings and all, shining like the sun, Savyasachin?

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सुमन्दबुद्धे-- । / र्गाण्डीवमुक्तैर्); written here with the word-ends resolved (सुमन्दबुद्धेः । / गाण्डीवमुक्तैर्), the line division kept. Restored line 4 (कायात्प्रकृत्तं युधि सव्यसाचिन्) from the critical edition (8.46.42c, second half: kāyāt prakṛttaṃ yudhi savyasācin): the page ends the verse after three lines and its fourth row (46d) is empty.

Verse 47 (8.69.47)

यत्तन्मया बाणसमर्पितेन । ध्यातोऽसि कर्णस्य वधाय वीर । तन्मे त्वया कच्चिदमोघमद्य । ध्यानं कृतं कर्णनिपातनेन ॥

yattanmayā bāṇasamarpitena | dhyāto'si karṇasya vadhāya vīra | tanme tvayā kaccidamoghamadya | dhyānaṃ kṛtaṃ karṇanipātanena

When I lay pierced by arrows I thought of you, hero, for Karna's death; have you today made that thought of mine fruitful, by felling Karna?

Verse 48 (8.69.48)

यद्दर्पपूर्णः स सुयोधनोऽस्मान् । दिधक्षते कर्णसमाश्रयेण । कच्चित्त्वया सोऽद्य समाश्रयोऽस्य । भग्नः पराक्रम्य सुयोधनस्य ॥

yaddarpapūrṇaḥ sa suyodhano'smān | didhakṣate karṇasamāśrayeṇa | kaccittvayā so'dya samāśrayo'sya | bhagnaḥ parākramya suyodhanasya

Suyodhana, full of pride, hopes to burn us, relying on Karna; have you today by your valour broken that support of Suyodhana?

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सुयोधनोऽस्मा-- । / न्दिधक्षते); written here with the word-ends resolved (सुयोधनोऽस्मान् । / दिधक्षते), the line division kept.

Verse 49 (8.69.49)

यो नः पुरा षण्ढतिलानवोचत् । सभामध्ये कौरवाणां समक्षम् । स दुर्मतिः कच्चिदुपेत्य सङ्ख्ये । त्वया हतः सूतपुत्रोऽत्यमर्षी ॥

yo naḥ purā ṣaṇḍhatilānavocat | sabhāmadhye kauravāṇāṃ samakṣam | sa durmatiḥ kaccidupetya saṅkhye | tvayā hataḥ sūtaputro'tyamarṣī

He who once, in the midst of the assembly, before the Kauravas, called us 'empty sesame seeds' — that ill-minded, most impatient Suta's son: has he met you in battle and been killed by you?

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (षण्ढतिलानवोच-- । / त्सभामध्ये); written here with the word-ends resolved (षण्ढतिलानवोचत् । / सभामध्ये), the line division kept.

Verse 50 (8.69.50)

यः प्राहिणोत्सूतपुत्रो दुरात्मा । कृष्णां जितां सौबलेहानयेति । स मन्दबुद्धिर्निहतः प्रसह्य । वैकर्तनस्त्वद्य कच्चिन्महात्मन् ॥

yaḥ prāhiṇotsūtaputro durātmā | kṛṣṇāṃ jitāṃ saubalehānayeti | sa mandabuddhirnihataḥ prasahya | vaikartanastvadya kaccinmahātman

He who, the wicked Suta's son, sent word, 'Krishna has been won by Saubala — bring her here' — has that dull-witted son of Vikartana been forcibly killed today, great-souled one?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its four lines are the star passage 8.46.46d*0655_01-04 (placed after CE 8.46.46, whose own text, yaḥ sūtaputraḥ prahasan durātmā ..., is not on the page). Line 2 reads सौबलेहानयेति as printed (CE saubalenānayeti).

Verse 51 (8.69.51)

यः शस्त्रभृच्छ्रेष्ठतमं पृथिव्यां । पितामहं व्याक्षिपदल्पचेताः । सङ्ख्यायमानोऽर्धरथः स कच्चित् । त्वया हतोऽद्याधिरथिर्महात्मन् ॥

yaḥ śastrabhṛcchreṣṭhatamaṃ pṛthivyāṃ | pitāmahaṃ vyākṣipadalpacetāḥ | saṅkhyāyamāno'rdharathaḥ sa kaccit | tvayā hato'dyādhirathirmahātman

He who in his small-mindedness insulted the grandsire, the foremost wielder of weapons on earth, and who was counted a 'half-charioteer' — has that son of Adhiratha been killed by you today, great-souled one?

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (कच्चि-- । / त्त्वयां); written here with the word-ends resolved (कच्चित् । / त्वया), the line division kept. The stray anusvara of त्वयां is corrected → त्वया (misprint in Wikisource; CE tvayā hato). The row labels read 51a, 51b, 51d, 51d (four lines).

Verse 52 (8.69.52)

अमर्षजं निकृतिसमीरणेरितं । हृदि स्थितं ज्वलनमिमं सदा मम । हतो मया सोऽद्य समेत्य कर्ण । इति ब्रुवन्प्रशमयसेऽद्य फल्गुन ॥

amarṣajaṃ nikṛtisamīraṇeritaṃ | hṛdi sthitaṃ jvalanamimaṃ sadā mama | hato mayā so'dya sametya karṇa | iti bruvanpraśamayase'dya phalguna

This fire in my heart, born of anger and fanned by the wind of their deceit, burns in me always. By saying, 'Today I met Karna and killed him,' quench it, Phalguna.