Krishna Urges Arjuna to Kill Karna

Verse 1 (8.77.1)

ततः पुनरमेयात्मा केशवोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत् । कृतसङ्कल्पमायान्तं वधे कर्णस्य भारत ॥

tataḥ punarameyātmā keśavo'rjunamabravīt | kṛtasaṅkalpamāyāntaṃ vadhe karṇasya bhārata

Then Keshava, of immeasurable spirit, spoke once more to Arjuna as he came on, resolved upon the killing of Karna, O Bharata.

Verse 2 (8.77.2)

अद्य सप्तदशाहानि वर्तमानस्य नित्यशः । विनाशस्यातिघोरस्य नरवारणवाजिनाम् ॥

adya saptadaśāhāni vartamānasya nityaśaḥ | vināśasyātighorasya naravāraṇavājinām

It is now seventeen days that this most dreadful slaughter of men, elephants and horses has gone on without pause.

Verse 3 (8.77.3)

भूत्वा हि विपुला सेना तावकानां परैः सह । अन्योन्यं समरं प्राप्य किञ्चिच्छेषा विशाम्पते ॥

bhūtvā hi vipulā senā tāvakānāṃ paraiḥ saha | anyonyaṃ samaraṃ prāpya kiñciccheṣā viśāmpate

Your side's army, O lord of the people, was vast once; having met the enemy in battle and ground itself down against it, it now has only a little left.

Verse 4 (8.77.4)

भूत्वा वै कौरवाः पार्थ प्रभूतगजवाजिनः । त्वां वै शत्रुं समासाद्य विनष्टा रणमूर्धनि ॥

bhūtvā vai kauravāḥ pārtha prabhūtagajavājinaḥ | tvāṃ vai śatruṃ samāsādya vinaṣṭā raṇamūrdhani

The Kauravas, Partha, who had so many elephants and horses, have met you as their foe and been destroyed at the very head of the battle.

Verse 5 (8.77.5)

एते ते पृथिवीपालाः सृञ्जयाश्च समागताः । त्वां समासाद्य दुर्धर्षं पाण्डवाश्च व्यवस्थिताः ॥

ete te pṛthivīpālāḥ sṛñjayāśca samāgatāḥ | tvāṃ samāsādya durdharṣaṃ pāṇḍavāśca vyavasthitāḥ

Here are the kings of the earth on your side and the gathered Srinjayas, and the Pandavas, all standing firm because they have you, the unassailable, with them.

Verse 6 (8.77.6)

पाञ्चालैः पाण्डवैर्मात्स्यैः कारूशैश्चेदिभिः सह । मगधैः पारिजातैश्च दाक्षिणात्यैः सकेरलैः । त्वया गुप्तैरमित्रघ्नैः कृतः शत्रुगणक्षयः ॥

pāñcālaiḥ pāṇḍavairmātsyaiḥ kārūśaiścedibhiḥ saha | magadhaiḥ pārijātaiśca dākṣiṇātyaiḥ sakeralaiḥ | tvayā guptairamitraghnaiḥ kṛtaḥ śatrugaṇakṣayaḥ

With the Panchalas, the Pandavas, the Matsyas, the Karushas and the Chedis, with the Magadhas, the Parijatas, the men of the south and the Keralas — guarded by you, slayer of foes, they have wrought the destruction of the enemy host.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki backtick and quote mark printed around line 2. Line 2 (मगधैः पारिजातैश्च दाक्षिणात्यैः सकेरलैः) is the CE's star passage 8.51.6b*0755_01 (māgadhaiḥ pārijātaiś ca dākṣiṇātyaiś ca keralaiḥ); lines 1 and 3 are 8.51.6a and 6c (line 1 with the vulgate reading कारूशैश्चेदिभिः सह).

Verse 7 (8.77.7)

को हि शक्तो रणे जेतुं कौरवांस्तात संयुगे । अन्यत्र पाण्डवाद्युद्धे श्वेताश्वाद्वानरध्वजात् ॥

ko hi śakto raṇe jetuṃ kauravāṃstāta saṃyuge | anyatra pāṇḍavādyuddhe śvetāśvādvānaradhvajāt

Who, dear friend, is able to conquer the Kauravas in battle, in a clash of arms — except the Pandava of the white horses and the ape banner?

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.7a (संयुगे for saṃgatān); line 2 is a vulgate variant of 8.51.7c (the CE reads anyatra pāṇḍavān yuddhe tvayā guptān mahārathān).

Verse 8 (8.77.8)

शक्तस्त्वं हि रणे जेतुं ससुरासुरमानुषान् । त्रींल्लोकान्समरे युक्तान्किं पुनः कौरवं बलम् ॥

śaktastvaṃ hi raṇe jetuṃ sasurāsuramānuṣān | trīṃllokānsamare yuktānkiṃ punaḥ kauravaṃ balam

You are able in battle to conquer gods, asuras and men, even the three worlds if they stood arrayed together; what then of the Kaurava host?

Verse 9 (8.77.9)

भगदत्तं च राजानं कोऽन्यः शक्तस्त्वया विना । जेतुं पुरुषशार्दूल योऽपि स्याद्वासवोपमः ॥

bhagadattaṃ ca rājānaṃ ko'nyaḥ śaktastvayā vinā | jetuṃ puruṣaśārdūla yo'pi syādvāsavopamaḥ

And who else but you, tiger among men, could conquer King Bhagadatta, who was the equal of Vasava himself?

Verse 10 (8.77.10)

तथेमां विपुलां सेनां गुप्तां पार्थ त्वयाऽनघ । न शेकुः पार्थिवाः सर्वे चक्षुर्भिरपि वीक्षितुम् ॥

tathemāṃ vipulāṃ senāṃ guptāṃ pārtha tvayā'nagha | na śekuḥ pārthivāḥ sarve cakṣurbhirapi vīkṣitum

So too, sinless Partha, when this vast army was guarded by you, none of the kings could even bear to look at it with their eyes.

Verse 11 (8.77.11)

तथैव सततं पार्थ रक्षिताभ्यां त्वया रणे । धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिभ्यां द्रोणभीष्मौ निपातितौ ॥

tathaiva satataṃ pārtha rakṣitābhyāṃ tvayā raṇe | dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍibhyāṃ droṇabhīṣmau nipātitau

In the same way, Partha, Drona and Bhishma were brought down by Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin, who were ever shielded by you in battle.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside शिखण्‍डिभ्यां. Line 1 is 8.51.11a and line 2 is 8.51.11c (the CE's star passage 8.51.11b*0756_01 is not in Wikisource).

Verse 12 (8.77.12)

को हि शक्तो रणे पार्थ भारतानां महारथौ । भीष्मद्रोणौ युधा जेतुं शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमौ ॥

ko hi śakto raṇe pārtha bhāratānāṃ mahārathau | bhīṣmadroṇau yudhā jetuṃ śakratulyaparākramau

For who, Partha, could conquer in battle Bhishma and Drona, those two great chariot-warriors of the Bharatas, whose valour matched Shakra's?

Verse 13 (8.77.13)

को हि शान्तनवं भीष्मं द्रोणं वैकर्तनं कृपम् । द्रौणिं च सौमदत्तिं च कृतवर्माणमेव च ॥

ko hi śāntanavaṃ bhīṣmaṃ droṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ kṛpam | drauṇiṃ ca saumadattiṃ ca kṛtavarmāṇameva ca

Who could conquer Bhishma son of Shantanu, Drona, Karna Vaikartana, Kripa, Drauni, the son of Somadatta, and Kritavarman too,

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 8.51.13 (lines a, c, e) into couplets: this row holds 13a and 13c; the next row opens with 13e.

Verse 14 (8.77.14)

सैन्धवं मद्रराजं च राजानं च सुयोधनम् । वीरान्कृतास्त्रान्समरे सर्वानेवानिवर्तिनः ॥

saindhavaṃ madrarājaṃ ca rājānaṃ ca suyodhanam | vīrānkṛtāstrānsamare sarvānevānivartinaḥ

the Saindhava, the king of the Madras and King Suyodhana — all heroes trained in weapons, never turning back in battle —

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.13e (the third line of the CE's three-line verse 13); line 2 is 8.51.14a (vulgate reading सर्वानेवानिवर्तिनः for sarvān evānuvartinaḥ).

Verse 15 (8.77.15)

अक्षौहिणीपतीनुग्रान्संहतान्युद्धदुर्मदान् । त्वामृते पुरुषव्याघ्र जेतुं शक्तः पुमानिह ॥

akṣauhiṇīpatīnugrānsaṃhatānyuddhadurmadān | tvāmṛte puruṣavyāghra jetuṃ śaktaḥ pumāniha

and the fierce lords of the akshauhinis, banded together and mad for war? Who in this world but you, tiger among men, is able to conquer them?

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.14c; line 2 is the CE's star passage 8.51.14d*0757_01.

Verse 16 (8.77.16)

श्रेण्यश्च बहुलाः क्षीणाः प्रदीर्णाश्वरथद्विपाः । नानाजनपदाश्चोग्राः क्षत्रियाणाममर्षिणाम् ॥

śreṇyaśca bahulāḥ kṣīṇāḥ pradīrṇāśvarathadvipāḥ | nānājanapadāścogrāḥ kṣatriyāṇāmamarṣiṇām

Many ranks have been wiped out, with their horses, chariots and elephants torn apart; and the fierce peoples of many lands, of kshatriyas full of wrath,

Verse 17 (8.77.17)

गणाश्च दासमीयानां वसातीनां च भारत । प्राच्यानां वाटधानानां भोजानां चाभिमानिनाम् ॥

gaṇāśca dāsamīyānāṃ vasātīnāṃ ca bhārata | prācyānāṃ vāṭadhānānāṃ bhojānāṃ cābhimāninām

the hordes of the Dasamiyas and the Vasatis, O Bharata, of the Easterners, the Vatadhanas and the proud Bhojas —

Note on the text: Lines are 8.51.16a and 16c with vulgate readings (गणाश्च दासमीयानाम्, प्राच्यानाम्); the CE's star passage 8.51.16b*0758 is not in Wikisource. The page prints only a single danda at the end of this verse; the verse-end mark is supplied.

Verse 18 (8.77.18)

उदीर्णाश्वगजा सेना सर्वक्षत्रस्य भारत । त्वां समासाद्य निधनं गता भीमं च भारत ॥

udīrṇāśvagajā senā sarvakṣatrasya bhārata | tvāṃ samāsādya nidhanaṃ gatā bhīmaṃ ca bhārata

the army of all those kshatriyas, with its excited horses and elephants, O Bharata, met its end when it came up against you and Bhima.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a vulgate variant of 8.51.17a (सर्वक्षत्रस्य for brahmakṣatrasya); line 2 is a vulgate variant of 17c.

Verse 19 (8.77.19)

उग्राश्च भीमकर्माणस्तुषारा यवनाः खशाः । दार्वाभिसारा दरदाः शका माठरतङ्कणाः ॥

ugrāśca bhīmakarmāṇastuṣārā yavanāḥ khaśāḥ | dārvābhisārā daradāḥ śakā māṭharataṅkaṇāḥ

The fierce ones of terrible deeds — the Tusharas, Yavanas and Khashas, the Darvabhisaras, Daradas, Shakas, Matharas and Tankanas,

Verse 20 (8.77.20)

आन्ध्रकाश्च पुलिन्दाश्च किराताश्चोग्रविक्रमाः । म्लेच्छाश्च पर्वतीयाश्च सागरानूपवासिनः । संरम्भिणो युद्धशौण्डा बलिनो दण्डपाणयः ॥

āndhrakāśca pulindāśca kirātāścogravikramāḥ | mlecchāśca parvatīyāśca sāgarānūpavāsinaḥ | saṃrambhiṇo yuddhaśauṇḍā balino daṇḍapāṇayaḥ

the Andhrakas, Pulindas and Kiratas of fearsome prowess, the Mlecchas, the hill-peoples and the dwellers on the sea-coasts and in the marshes — furious, skilled in battle, strong, with staves in their hands.

Note on the text: Joined from two rows the input and the page print separately: the couplet (8-77-20a/b) and a lone third line (printed as 8-77-21a), which is the third line (19e, with दण्डपाणयः for dṛbdhapāṇayaḥ) of the CE's three-line verse 8.51.19 and completes its sentence; the verse-end mark after the couplet is changed to ।. The page's number for the lone line (21a) is what made the numbers appear to run backwards.

Verse 21 (8.77.21)

एते सुयोधनस्यार्थे संरब्धाः कुरुभिः सह । न शक्या युधि निर्जेतुं त्वदन्येन परन्तप ॥

ete suyodhanasyārthe saṃrabdhāḥ kurubhiḥ saha | na śakyā yudhi nirjetuṃ tvadanyena parantapa

These, enraged for Suyodhana's sake together with the Kurus, cannot be conquered in battle by anyone but you, scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: The page labels this verse 8-77-21a/b (the lone line before it is also labelled 21a), so the numbers appear to run backwards; the division itself is right.

Verse 22 (8.77.22)

एते सुयोधनस्यार्थे संरब्धाः कुरुभिः सह । न शक्या युधि निर्जेतुं त्वदन्येन परन्तप ॥

ete suyodhanasyārthe saṃrabdhāḥ kurubhiḥ saha | na śakyā yudhi nirjetuṃ tvadanyena parantapa

Scorcher of foes, these men are seething on Suyodhana's behalf along with the Kurus; none other than you can defeat them in battle.

Note on the text: Repeats the preceding verse word for word, as the page prints it (labelled 8-77-22a/b); the critical edition has this verse once (8.51.20). Kept as printed.

Verse 23 (8.77.23)

धार्तराष्ट्रमुदग्रं हि व्यूढं दृष्ट्वा महद्बलम् । यदि त्वं न भवेस्त्राता प्रतीयात्को नु मानवः ॥

dhārtarāṣṭramudagraṃ hi vyūḍhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadbalam | yadi tvaṃ na bhavestrātā pratīyātko nu mānavaḥ

Seeing the huge host of Dhritarashtra's son drawn up in tall array, what man would march against it if you were not our protector?

Verse 24 (8.77.24)

तत्सागरमिवोद्वूतं रजसा संवृतं बलम् । विदार्य पाण्डवैः क्रुद्धैस्त्वया गुप्तैर्हतं विभो ॥

tatsāgaramivodvūtaṃ rajasā saṃvṛtaṃ balam | vidārya pāṇḍavaiḥ kruddhaistvayā guptairhataṃ vibho

That army, like a surging sea veiled in dust, was torn apart by the angry Pandavas, guarded by you, O lord, and slain.

Verse 25 (8.77.25)

मागधानामधिपतिर्जयत्सेनो महाबलः । अद्य सप्तैव चाहानि हतः सङ्ख्येऽभिमन्युना ॥

māgadhānāmadhipatirjayatseno mahābalaḥ | adya saptaiva cāhāni hataḥ saṅkhye'bhimanyunā

Jayatsena, the mighty lord of the Magadhas, was slain in battle by Abhimanyu only seven days ago.

Verse 26 (8.77.26)

ततो दशसहस्राणि गजानां भीमकर्मणाम् । जघान गदया भीमस्तस्य राज्ञः परिच्छदम् ॥

tato daśasahasrāṇi gajānāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām | jaghāna gadayā bhīmastasya rājñaḥ paricchadam

Then Bhima with his mace struck down ten thousand fearsome elephants, the retinue of that king.

Note on the text: Lines are 8.51.24a and 24c; the CE's third line of this verse (24e) opens the next row.

Verse 27 (8.77.27)

तथान्येऽभिहता नागा रथाश्च शतशो बलात् । तदेवं समरे पार्थ वर्तमाने महाभये ॥

tathānye'bhihatā nāgā rathāśca śataśo balāt | tadevaṃ samare pārtha vartamāne mahābhaye

Other elephants too, and chariots by the hundred, were forcibly cut down. And so, Partha, while that great and terrible battle went on,

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.24e; line 2 is a variant of 8.51.25a (tad evaṃ samare tāta vartamāne mahābhaye).

Verse 28 (8.77.28)

भीमसेनं समासाद्य त्वां च पाण्डव कौरवाः । सवाजिरथमातङ्गा मृत्युलोकमितो गताः ॥

bhīmasenaṃ samāsādya tvāṃ ca pāṇḍava kauravāḥ | savājirathamātaṅgā mṛtyulokamito gatāḥ

the Kauravas, meeting Bhimasena and you, O Pandava, went from here to the world of death, with their horses, chariots and elephants.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.25c; line 2 is a variant of 25e (savājirathanāgāś ca mṛtyulokam ito gatāḥ).

Verse 29 (8.77.29)

तथा सेनामुखे तत्र निहते पार्थ पाण्डवैः । भीष्मः प्रासृजदुग्राणि शरतालानि मारिष ॥

tathā senāmukhe tatra nihate pārtha pāṇḍavaiḥ | bhīṣmaḥ prāsṛjadugrāṇi śaratālāni māriṣa

Then, noble sir, when the van of the army had been struck down there by the Pandavas, Bhishma loosed fearsome volleys of arrows.

Verse 30 (8.77.30)

सचेदिकाशिपाञ्चालान्करूशान्मात्स्यकेकयान् । शरैः प्रच्छाद्य निधनमनयत्परमास्त्रवित् ॥

sacedikāśipāñcālānkarūśānmātsyakekayān | śaraiḥ pracchādya nidhanamanayatparamāstravit

Master of the highest weapons, he covered the Chedis, Kashis, Panchalas, Karushas, Matsyas and Kekayas with arrows and brought them to their end.

Verse 31 (8.77.31)

तस्य चापच्युतैर्बाणैः परदेहविदारणैः । पूर्णमाकाशमभवद्रुक्मपुङ्खैरजिह्मगैः ॥

tasya cāpacyutairbāṇaiḥ paradehavidāraṇaiḥ | pūrṇamākāśamabhavadrukmapuṅkhairajihmagaiḥ

The sky was filled with the straight-flying, gold-feathered arrows shot from his bow, which tore through the bodies of his enemies.

Note on the text: Corrected पुह्खैः → पुङ्खैः (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads rukmapuṅkhair).

Verse 32 (8.77.32)

हन्याद्रथसहस्राणि एकैकेनैव मुष्टिना । लक्षं नरद्विपान्हत्वा समेतान्समहाबलान् ॥

hanyādrathasahasrāṇi ekaikenaiva muṣṭinā | lakṣaṃ naradvipānhatvā sametānsamahābalān

With each single fist he could cut down thousands of chariots; and he slew a hundred thousand assembled men and elephants, mighty as they were.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.28d*0759_01-02 (lines 01-02).

Verse 33 (8.77.33)

गत्या दशम्या ते गत्वा जघ्नुर्वाजिरथद्विपान् । हित्वा नवगतीर्दुष्टाः स बाणानाहवेऽत्यजत् ॥

gatyā daśamyā te gatvā jaghnurvājirathadvipān | hitvā navagatīrduṣṭāḥ sa bāṇānāhave'tyajat

Going by the tenth course, those shafts struck down horses, chariots and elephants; leaving behind the nine faulty courses, he loosed his arrows in the battle.

Verse 34 (8.77.34)

दिनानि दश भीष्मेण निघ्नता तावकं बलम् । शून्याः कृता रथोपस्था हताश्च गजवाजिनः ॥

dināni daśa bhīṣmeṇa nighnatā tāvakaṃ balam | śūnyāḥ kṛtā rathopasthā hatāśca gajavājinaḥ

For ten days Bhishma, cutting down your host, left the chariot-seats empty and killed the elephants and horses.

Verse 35 (8.77.35)

दशमेऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते कृत्वा घोरं पराक्रमम् । दर्शयित्वाऽऽत्मनो रूपं रुद्रोपेन्द्रसमं युधि ॥

daśame'hani samprāpte kṛtvā ghoraṃ parākramam | darśayitvā''tmano rūpaṃ rudropendrasamaṃ yudhi

When the tenth day came, having done terrible deeds of valour and shown in the battle a form like that of Rudra and Upendra,

Note on the text: Removed the wiki backtick and quote mark printed around line 1. Line 1 is the CE's star passage 8.51.30d*0761A_01 (daśame 'hani saṃprāpte kṛtvā ghoraṃ parākramam); line 2 is 8.51.31a.

Verse 36 (8.77.36)

पाण्डवानामनीकानि प्रविगाह्य विशाम्पते । विनिघ्नन्पृथिवीपालांश्चेदिपाञ्चालकेकयान् ॥

pāṇḍavānāmanīkāni pravigāhya viśāmpate | vinighnanpṛthivīpālāṃścedipāñcālakekayān

he plunged into the Pandava ranks, O lord of the people, striking down the kings of the Chedis, Panchalas and Kekayas,

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.31c (vulgate reading, the CE has pravigāhya vyaśātayat); line 2 is 8.51.32a.

Verse 37 (8.77.37)

अहनत्पाण्डवीं सेनां रथाश्वगजसङ्कुलाम् । मज्जन्तमप्लुवे मन्दमुज्जिहीर्षुः सुयोधनम् ॥

ahanatpāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ rathāśvagajasaṅkulām | majjantamapluve mandamujjihīrṣuḥ suyodhanam

and slaughtered the Pandava army crowded with chariots, horses and elephants, wishing to lift up the foolish Suyodhana, who was sinking as if in a flood without a boat.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of 8.51.32c; line 2 is 8.51.33a.

Verse 38 (8.77.38)

तथा चरन्तं समरे तपन्तमिव भास्करम् । पदातिकोटिसाहस्राः प्रवरायुधपाणयः ॥

tathā carantaṃ samare tapantamiva bhāskaram | padātikoṭisāhasrāḥ pravarāyudhapāṇayaḥ

As he ranged the field like the blazing sun, countless thousands of millions of foot-soldiers with the best weapons in their hands —

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.33c; line 2 is the CE's star passage 8.51.33d*0762_01.

Verse 39 (8.77.39)

न शेकुः सृञ्जया द्रष्टुं तथैवान्ये महीक्षितः । विचरन्तं तथा तं तु सङ्ग्रामे जितकाशिनम् ॥

na śekuḥ sṛñjayā draṣṭuṃ tathaivānye mahīkṣitaḥ | vicarantaṃ tathā taṃ tu saṅgrāme jitakāśinam

neither the Srinjayas nor the other kings could look at him. As he moved so in the fight, victorious and proud,

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā; the CE reads saṃgrāme). Line 1 is 8.51.33e; line 2 is 8.51.34a.

Verse 40 (8.77.40)

सर्वोद्यमेन महता पाण्डवान्समभिद्रवत् । स तु विद्राव्य समरे पाण्डवान्सृञ्जयानपि । एक एव रणे भीष्म एकवीरत्वमागतः ॥

sarvodyamena mahatā pāṇḍavānsamabhidravat | sa tu vidrāvya samare pāṇḍavānsṛñjayānapi | eka eva raṇe bhīṣma ekavīratvamāgataḥ

the Pandavas rushed at him with all their might. But having routed the Pandavas and Srinjayas in the battle, Bhishma stood alone in the fight, the one hero.

Note on the text: Three lines: line 1 is a vulgate variant of 8.51.34c (पाण्डवान्समभिद्रवत् for pāṇḍavāḥ samupādravan); lines 2-3 are 8.51.35a and 35c.

Verse 41 (8.77.41)

तं शिखण्डी समासाद्य त्वया गुप्तो महाव्रतम् । जघान पुरुषव्याघ्रं शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

taṃ śikhaṇḍī samāsādya tvayā gupto mahāvratam | jaghāna puruṣavyāghraṃ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Then Shikhandin, guarded by you, came up to that man of great vows, the tiger among men, and killed him with arrows with bent joints.

Verse 42 (8.77.42)

स एष पतितः शेते शरतल्पे पितामहः । त्वां प्राप्य पुरुषव्याघ्रं वृत्रः प्राप्येव वासवम् ॥

sa eṣa patitaḥ śete śaratalpe pitāmahaḥ | tvāṃ prāpya puruṣavyāghraṃ vṛtraḥ prāpyeva vāsavam

There lies the Grandsire, fallen on his bed of arrows, having met you, tiger among men, as Vritra met Vasava.

Verse 43 (8.77.43)

द्रोणः पञ्चदिनान्युग्रो विधम्य रिपुवाहिनीम् । कृत्वा व्यूहमभेद्यं च पातयित्वा महारथान् ॥

droṇaḥ pañcadinānyugro vidhamya ripuvāhinīm | kṛtvā vyūhamabhedyaṃ ca pātayitvā mahārathān

Drona, fierce, for five days broke the enemy host, set an unbreakable array and felled great chariot-warriors,

Verse 44 (8.77.44)

जयद्रथस्य समरे कृत्वा रक्षां महारथः । अन्तकप्रतिमश्चोग्रो रात्रियुद्धेऽदहत्प्रजाः ॥

jayadrathasya samare kṛtvā rakṣāṃ mahārathaḥ | antakapratimaścogro rātriyuddhe'dahatprajāḥ

and after guarding Jayadratha in battle, that mighty one, terrible as Death himself, burned up the people in the night fight.

Verse 45 (8.77.45)

दग्ध्वा योधाञ्छरैर्वीरो भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । धृष्टद्युम्नं समासाद्य स गतः परमां गतिम् ॥

dagdhvā yodhāñcharairvīro bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ samāsādya sa gataḥ paramāṃ gatim

Having burned the warriors with his arrows, the glorious hero, son of Bharadvaja, met Dhrishtadyumna and went to the highest goal.

Verse 46 (8.77.46)

यदि वाऽद्य भवान्युद्धे सूतपुत्रमुखान्रथान् । नावारयिष्यः सङ्ग्रामे न स्म द्रोणो व्यनङ्क्ष्यत ॥

yadi vā'dya bhavānyuddhe sūtaputramukhānrathān | nāvārayiṣyaḥ saṅgrāme na sma droṇo vyanaṅkṣyata

If you had not held off, in the battle, the chariot-warriors led by the Suta's son, Drona would not have perished.

Verse 47 (8.77.47)

भवता तु बलं सर्वं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य वारितम् । ततो द्रोणो हतो युद्धे पार्षतेन धनञ्जय ॥

bhavatā tu balaṃ sarvaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya vāritam | tato droṇo hato yuddhe pārṣatena dhanañjaya

By you the whole force of Dhritarashtra's son was held back; and so, Dhananjaya, Drona was slain in the battle by the son of Prishata.

Verse 48 (8.77.48)

कश्च शक्तो रणे कर्तुं त्वदन्यः पुरुषब्रुवः । यादृशं ते कृतं पार्थ जयद्रथवधं प्रति ॥

kaśca śakto raṇe kartuṃ tvadanyaḥ puruṣabruvaḥ | yādṛśaṃ te kṛtaṃ pārtha jayadrathavadhaṃ prati

Who but you, among those who are only called men, could do in battle what you did, Partha, to bring about Jayadratha's death?

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE's star passage 8.51.43b*0764_01; line 2 is 8.51.43c. (The CE's line 43a, ka ivānyo raṇe kuryāt…, is not in Wikisource.)

Verse 49 (8.77.49)

निवार्य सेनां महतीं हत्वा शूरांश्च पार्थिवान् । निहतः सैन्धवो राजा त्वयाऽस्त्रबलतेजसा ॥

nivārya senāṃ mahatīṃ hatvā śūrāṃśca pārthivān | nihataḥ saindhavo rājā tvayā'strabalatejasā

Holding back the great army and killing brave kings, King Saindhava was slain by you through the power and fire of your weapons.

Verse 50 (8.77.50)

आश्चर्यं सिन्धुराजस्य वधं जानन्ति पार्थिवाः । अनाश्चर्यं हि तत्त्वत्तस्त्वं हि पार्थ महारथः ॥

āścaryaṃ sindhurājasya vadhaṃ jānanti pārthivāḥ | anāścaryaṃ hi tattvattastvaṃ hi pārtha mahārathaḥ

The kings count the killing of the Sindhu king a wonder; to me it is no wonder when it comes from you, for you, Partha, are a great chariot-warrior.

Note on the text: Corrected अनाश्चार्यं → अनाश्चर्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads anāścaryaṃ).

Verse 51 (8.77.51)

त्वां हि प्राप्य रणे क्षत्रमेकाहादिति भारत । नश्यमानमहं युक्तं मन्येयमिति मे मतिः ॥

tvāṃ hi prāpya raṇe kṣatramekāhāditi bhārata | naśyamānamahaṃ yuktaṃ manyeyamiti me matiḥ

When the kshatriya order meets you in battle, Bharata, I think that its being destroyed in a single day is only to be expected.

Note on the text: Vulgate reading of 8.51.46c (नश्यमानमहं युक्तं मन्येयम्; the CE has tapyamānam asaṃyuktaṃ na bhaved iti me matiḥ).

Verse 52 (8.77.52)

सेयं पार्थ चमूर्घोरा धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संयुगे । हतसर्वस्वभूयिष्ठा भीष्मद्रोणौ हतौ यथा ॥

seyaṃ pārtha camūrghorā dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃyuge | hatasarvasvabhūyiṣṭhā bhīṣmadroṇau hatau yathā

This terrible army of Dhritarashtra's son, Partha, is stripped of almost everything in the battle, just as when Bhishma and Drona were slain.

Verse 53 (8.77.53)

शीर्णप्रवरयोधाढ्या हतवाजिरथद्विपा । हीना सूर्येन्दुनक्षत्रैर्द्यौरिवाभाति भारती ॥

śīrṇapravarayodhāḍhyā hatavājirathadvipā | hīnā sūryendunakṣatrairdyaurivābhāti bhāratī

Its finest warriors broken, its horses, chariots and elephants slain, this army of the Bharatas looks like a sky bereft of sun, moon and stars.

Verse 54 (8.77.54)

विध्वस्ता हि रणे पार्थ सेनेयं भीमविक्रम । आसुरीव महासेना देवराजपराक्रमैः ॥

vidhvastā hi raṇe pārtha seneyaṃ bhīmavikrama | āsurīva mahāsenā devarājaparākramaiḥ

This army, Partha, O you of fearful valour, has been wrecked in battle, like the great host of the asuras by the feats of the king of the gods.

Verse 55 (8.77.55)

तेषां हतावशिष्टास्तु सन्ति पञ्च महारथाः । द्रौणिश्च कृतवर्मा च कर्णो मद्राधिपः कृपः ॥

teṣāṃ hatāvaśiṣṭāstu santi pañca mahārathāḥ | drauṇiśca kṛtavarmā ca karṇo madrādhipaḥ kṛpaḥ

Of those, five great chariot-warriors remain alive: Drona's son, Kritavarman, Karna, the lord of the Madras, and Kripa.

Verse 56 (8.77.56)

तांस्त्वमद्य नरव्याघ्र हत्वा पञ्च महारथान् । हतामित्रः प्रयच्छोर्वी राज्ञे सद्वीपपत्तनाम् ॥

tāṃstvamadya naravyāghra hatvā pañca mahārathān | hatāmitraḥ prayacchorvī rājñe sadvīpapattanām

Today, tiger among men, kill those five great chariot-warriors, destroy your enemies, and give the earth with its islands and cities to the king.

Verse 57 (8.77.57)

साकाशजलपातालां सपर्वतमहावनाम् । प्रयच्छामितवीर्याय पार्थायाद्य वसुन्धराम् ॥

sākāśajalapātālāṃ saparvatamahāvanām | prayacchāmitavīryāya pārthāyādya vasundharām

I give today to Partha of boundless might this earth, with its sky, waters and nether regions, its mountains and great forests.

Verse 58 (8.77.58)

एतां पुरा विष्णुरिव हत्वा दैतेयदानवान् । प्रयच्छ मेदिनीं राज्ञे शक्रायैव हरिर्यथा ॥

etāṃ purā viṣṇuriva hatvā daiteyadānavān | prayaccha medinīṃ rājñe śakrāyaiva hariryathā

As Vishnu of old, having slain the Daityas and Danavas, gave this earth to Shakra, as Hari to Indra, so give it to the king.

Verse 59 (8.77.59)

अद्य मोदन्तु पाञ्चाला निहतेष्वरिषु त्वया । विष्णुना निहतेष्वेव दानवेयेषु देवताः ॥

adya modantu pāñcālā nihateṣvariṣu tvayā | viṣṇunā nihateṣveva dānaveyeṣu devatāḥ

Today let the Panchalas rejoice when their enemies have been killed by you, as the gods rejoiced when the Danavas were killed by Vishnu.

Verse 60 (8.77.60)

यदि वा द्विपदां श्रेष्ठं द्रोणं मानयतो गुरुम् । अश्वत्थाम्नि कृपा तेऽस्ति कृपे वाचार्यगौरवात् ॥

yadi vā dvipadāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ droṇaṃ mānayato gurum | aśvatthāmni kṛpā te'sti kṛpe vācāryagauravāt

Or if, honouring Drona, the best of men, as your teacher, you feel pity for Ashvatthama, or for Kripa out of respect for him as your teacher,

Verse 61 (8.77.61)

अत्यन्तापचितान्बन्धून्मानयन्मातृबान्धवान् । कृतवर्माणमासाद्य न नेष्यासि यमक्षयम् ॥

atyantāpacitānbandhūnmānayanmātṛbāndhavān | kṛtavarmāṇamāsādya na neṣyāsi yamakṣayam

or if, honouring those kinsmen of your mother's side whom you revere so deeply, you will not send Kritavarman to Yama's abode when you meet him,

Verse 62 (8.77.62)

भ्रातरं मातुरासाद्य शल्यं मद्रजनाधिपम् । यदि त्वमरविन्दाक्ष दयावान्न जिघाससि ॥

bhrātaraṃ māturāsādya śalyaṃ madrajanādhipam | yadi tvamaravindākṣa dayāvānna jighāsasi

or if, lotus-eyed one, you are tender-hearted and do not wish to kill Shalya, king of the Madras, your mother's brother, when you meet him —

Verse 63 (8.77.63)

एतत्ते सुकृतं कर्म नात्र किञ्चन विद्यते । वयमप्यनुजानीमो नात्र दोषोऽस्ति कश्चन ॥

etatte sukṛtaṃ karma nātra kiñcana vidyate | vayamapyanujānīmo nātra doṣo'sti kaścana

then that is a fine deed of yours, and there is nothing amiss in it; we too allow it, and there is no fault in it at all.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this verse (CE 8.51.59) before the one that corresponds to CE 8.51.58; the order differs from the critical edition.

Verse 64 (8.77.64)

इमं पापमतिं क्षुद्रमत्यन्तं पाण्डवान्प्रति । कर्णमद्य नरश्रेष्ठ जहि पार्थ शितैः शरैः ॥

imaṃ pāpamatiṃ kṣudramatyantaṃ pāṇḍavānprati | karṇamadya naraśreṣṭha jahi pārtha śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

But this evil-minded, petty Karna, so full of hostility to the Pandavas — kill him today, best of men, Partha, with your sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Follows CE 8.51.59 in Wikisource; in the critical edition this verse (8.51.58) comes first.

Verse 65 (8.77.65)

दहने यत्सपुत्राया निशि मातुस्तवानघ । द्यूतार्थे यच्च युष्मासु प्रावर्तत सुयोधनः । तस्य सर्वस्य दुष्टात्मा कर्णो वै मूलमित्युत ॥

dahane yatsaputrāyā niśi mātustavānagha | dyūtārthe yacca yuṣmāsu prāvartata suyodhanaḥ | tasya sarvasya duṣṭātmā karṇo vai mūlamityuta

As for the burning of your mother with her sons in the night, O sinless one, and everything Suyodhana set going against you over the dice — the wicked Karna is the root of all that, so they say.

Note on the text: Three lines: 8.51.60a, 60c and a vulgate variant of 60e (कर्णो वै मूलमित्युत for karṇo mūlam ihārjuna).

Verse 66 (8.77.66)

प्रोत्साहयति दुष्टात्मा धार्तराष्ट्रं सुदुर्मतिम् । समितौ गदते कर्णस्तमद्य जहि भारत ॥

protsāhayati duṣṭātmā dhārtarāṣṭraṃ sudurmatim | samitau gadate karṇastamadya jahi bhārata

That wicked man goads on Dhritarashtra's son, who is so ill-minded; in the assembly Karna boasts aloud — kill him today, Bharata.

Note on the text: Lines are 8.51.65a and 65c (the latter with गदते for garjate). Wikisource places this verse before the ones that correspond to CE 8.51.61-64.

Verse 67 (8.77.67)

यश्च युष्मासु पापं वै धार्तराष्ट्रः प्रयुक्तवान् । तस्य सर्वस्य दुर्बुद्धिः कर्णो मूलमिहार्जुन ॥

yaśca yuṣmāsu pāpaṃ vai dhārtarāṣṭraḥ prayuktavān | tasya sarvasya durbuddhiḥ karṇo mūlamihārjuna

And whatever wrong Dhritarashtra's son has done to you, the root of all of it, Arjuna, is the ill-minded Karna.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.66a; line 2 is a vulgate variant of 66c (दुर्बुद्धिः कर्णो मूलमिहार्जुन).

Verse 68 (8.77.68)

कर्णं हि मन्यते त्राणं नित्यमेव सुयोधनः । ततो मामपि संरब्धो निग्रहीतुं पराक्रमात् ॥

karṇaṃ hi manyate trāṇaṃ nityameva suyodhanaḥ | tato māmapi saṃrabdho nigrahītuṃ parākramāt

Suyodhana always regards Karna as his protection; and so, in his rage, he even set out to seize me by force.

Verse 69 (8.77.69)

स्थिता बुद्धिर्नरेन्द्राणां धार्तराष्ट्रस्य चोभयोः । कर्णः पार्थान्रणे सर्वान्नाशयिष्यति सायकैः ॥

sthitā buddhirnarendrāṇāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya cobhayoḥ | karṇaḥ pārthānraṇe sarvānnāśayiṣyati sāyakaiḥ

The resolve of the kings, and of Dhritarashtra's son as well, is fixed: Karna will destroy all the Parthas in battle with his arrows.

Verse 70 (8.77.70)

कर्णमाश्रित्य कौन्तेय धार्तराष्ट्रस्य विग्रहः । रुचितो भवता सार्धं जानतोऽपि बलं तव ॥

karṇamāśritya kaunteya dhārtarāṣṭrasya vigrahaḥ | rucito bhavatā sārdhaṃ jānato'pi balaṃ tava

It is on Karna that Dhritarashtra's son has relied, Kaunteya, in choosing war with you, although he knows your strength.

Verse 71 (8.77.71)

कर्णो जल्पति वै नित्यमहं पार्थान्समागतान् । वासुदेवं च दाशार्हं विजेष्यामि महारणे । समितौ वल्गते कर्णस्तमद्य जहि फल्गुन ॥

karṇo jalpati vai nityamahaṃ pārthānsamāgatān | vāsudevaṃ ca dāśārhaṃ vijeṣyāmi mahāraṇe | samitau valgate karṇastamadya jahi phalguna

Karna is forever boasting: "I shall conquer the assembled Parthas, and Vasudeva the Dasharha too, in the great battle." He brags in the assembly — kill him today, Phalguna.

Note on the text: Three lines: lines 1-2 are vulgate variants of 8.51.64a and 64c (कर्णो जल्पति…, दाशार्हं for sarājānam); line 3 is a variant of 8.51.65c (समितौ वल्गते कर्णस्तमद्य जहि फल्गुन), which Wikisource also gives, in another form, in the verse earlier on this page.

Verse 72 (8.77.72)

यच्च युष्मासु पापं वै धार्तराष्ट्रः प्रतापवान् । सभायां कृतवान्नित्यं कर्णमाश्रित्य वै पुरा ॥

yacca yuṣmāsu pāpaṃ vai dhārtarāṣṭraḥ pratāpavān | sabhāyāṃ kṛtavānnityaṃ karṇamāśritya vai purā

And all the wrong that the glorious son of Dhritarashtra did to you in the assembly in the past, constantly, relying on Karna,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of 8.51.66a (प्रतापवान्); line 2 is a variant of the CE's star passage 8.51.66b*0768_01 (sarvatrānṛjur aprājñaḥ karṇam āśritya vai purā).

Verse 73 (8.77.73)

यच्च तं धार्तराष्ट्राणां षड्भिः शूरैर्महारथैः । पश्यतां संवृतं शूरं सौभद्रमपराजितम् ॥

yacca taṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ ṣaḍbhiḥ śūrairmahārathaiḥ | paśyatāṃ saṃvṛtaṃ śūraṃ saubhadramaparājitam

and when the unvanquished hero, Subhadra's son, was surrounded by six brave great chariot-warriors of the Dhritarashtras while everyone looked on —

Note on the text: Vulgate variant of 8.51.67 (the CE reads …apaśyaṃ nihataṃ vīraṃ saubhadram ṛṣabhekṣaṇam).

Verse 74 (8.77.74)

द्रोणद्रौणिकृपान्वीरान्कम्पयानं महेषुभिः । विधमन्तमनीकानि प्रमथन्तं महारथान् ॥

droṇadrauṇikṛpānvīrānkampayānaṃ maheṣubhiḥ | vidhamantamanīkāni pramathantaṃ mahārathān

shaking heroes like Drona, Drauni and Kripa with his great arrows, scattering their ranks, crushing great chariot-warriors,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a vulgate variant of 8.51.68a (कम्पयानं महेषुभिः for kampayanto mahārathān); line 2 is a variant of 8.51.70a (vidhamantam anīkāni vyathayantaṃ mahārathān).

Verse 75 (8.77.75)

मनुष्यवाजिमातङ्गान्प्रेषयन्तं यमक्षयम् । शरैः सौभद्रमायान्तं दहन्तमरिवाहिनीम् ॥

manuṣyavājimātaṅgānpreṣayantaṃ yamakṣayam | śaraiḥ saubhadramāyāntaṃ dahantamarivāhinīm

sending men, horses and elephants to Yama's abode, Subhadra's son came on with his arrows, burning the enemy host —

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.70c; line 2 is a variant of 8.51.71a (śaraiḥ saubhadram āyastaṃ dahantam iva vāhinīm).

Verse 76 (8.77.76)

निर्मनुष्याश्च मातङ्गा विरथाश्च महारथाः । प्रद्रवन्ति स्म समरे दिशो भीताऽभिमन्यवे ॥

nirmanuṣyāśca mātaṅgā virathāśca mahārathāḥ | pradravanti sma samare diśo bhītā'bhimanyave

elephants emptied of men and great chariot-warriors left without chariots fled in all directions in the battle, terrified of Abhimanyu —

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of 8.51.68c; line 2 is the CE's star passage 8.51.68d*0769_01.

Verse 77 (8.77.77)

विगतासूंश्च तुरगान्पत्तीन्व्यायुधजीवितान् । कुर्वन्तमृषभस्कन्धं कुरुवृष्णियशस्करम् । तन्मे दहति गात्राणि सखे सत्येन ते शपे ॥

vigatāsūṃśca turagānpattīnvyāyudhajīvitān | kurvantamṛṣabhaskandhaṃ kuruvṛṣṇiyaśaskaram | tanme dahati gātrāṇi sakhe satyena te śape

making horses lifeless and foot-soldiers weaponless and lifeless, that bull-shouldered pride of the Kurus and Vrishnis — the memory burns my limbs, friend; I swear it to you by the truth.

Note on the text: Three lines: 8.51.69a, 69c and 71c (tan me dahati gātrāṇi sakhe satyena te śape).

Verse 78 (8.77.78)

यत्तदासीत्सुदुष्टात्मा कर्णो विनिहतः प्रभुः । न शक्तो ह्यभिमन्योस्तु कर्णः स्थातुं रणाग्रतः ॥

yattadāsītsuduṣṭātmā karṇo vinihataḥ prabhuḥ | na śakto hyabhimanyostu karṇaḥ sthātuṃ raṇāgrataḥ

In that fight the utterly wicked Karna, powerful though he was, was beaten down; Karna could not stand his ground in battle before Abhimanyu.

Note on the text: Vulgate variant of 8.51.72 (the CE reads yat tatrāpi ca duṣṭātmā karṇo 'bhyadruhyata prabho / aśaknuvaṃś cābhimanyoḥ karṇaḥ sthātuṃ raṇe 'grataḥ).

Verse 79 (8.77.79)

सौभद्रशरनिर्भिन्नो विसंज्ञः शोणितोक्षितः । निश्वसन्क्रोधसन्दीप्तो विमुखः सायकार्दितः ॥

saubhadraśaranirbhinno visaṃjñaḥ śoṇitokṣitaḥ | niśvasankrodhasandīpto vimukhaḥ sāyakārditaḥ

Pierced by Subhadra's son's arrows, senseless, drenched in blood, sighing, blazing with rage, turned away and tormented by shafts,

Verse 80 (8.77.80)

तस्थौ स विह्वलः सङ्ख्ये प्रहारजनितच्छविः । अपयानकृतोत्साहो निरुत्साहश्च भारत ॥

tasthau sa vihvalaḥ saṅkhye prahārajanitacchaviḥ | apayānakṛtotsāho nirutsāhaśca bhārata

he stood bewildered in the fight, his face marked by the blows; he had set his heart on flight, yet he was without spirit, Bharata.

Note on the text: Lines are vulgate variants of 8.51.74c and 74a, in reverse order.

Verse 81 (8.77.81)

दुर्योधनं रणे दृष्ट्वा लज्जमानो मुहुर्मुहुः । नापयासीत्ततः पार्थ सोऽभिमन्योर्महारणे ॥

duryodhanaṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā lajjamāno muhurmuhuḥ | nāpayāsīttataḥ pārtha so'bhimanyormahāraṇe

Seeing Duryodhana in the battle, he felt shame again and again, and so, Partha, he did not draw back from Abhimanyu in that great fight.

Note on the text: Corrected नापयासीत्तततः → नापयासीत्ततः (misprint in Wikisource; doubled syllable). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.74b*0770_01-02 (lines 01-02).

Verse 82 (8.77.82)

दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं वधोपायमभिमन्योश्च पृष्टवान् । श्रुत्वा द्रोणवचः क्रूरं ततश्चिच्छेद कार्मुकम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ vadhopāyamabhimanyośca pṛṣṭavān | śrutvā droṇavacaḥ krūraṃ tataściccheda kārmukam

Looking to Drona, he asked how Abhimanyu might be killed; and when he heard Drona's cruel counsel, he cut his bow in two.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE's star passage 8.51.74b*0770_03; line 2 is a variant of 8.51.75c (द्रोणवचः for karṇo vacaḥ).

Verse 83 (8.77.83)

ततश्छिन्नायुधं तेन दृष्ट्वा पञ्च महारथाः । स चैव निकृतिप्राज्ञः प्राहिणोच्छरवृष्टिभिः ॥

tataśchinnāyudhaṃ tena dṛṣṭvā pañca mahārathāḥ | sa caiva nikṛtiprājñaḥ prāhiṇoccharavṛṣṭibhiḥ

Then, seeing him deprived of his bow by Karna, the five great chariot-warriors — and Karna himself, expert in treachery — struck him with showers of arrows.

Verse 84 (8.77.84)

प्रहसन्स तु दुष्टात्मा कर्णो राजा च कौरवः । यच्च कर्णोऽब्रवीत्कृष्णां सभायां परुषं वचः । प्रमुखे पाण्डवेयानां कुरूणां चैव पश्यताम् ॥

prahasansa tu duṣṭātmā karṇo rājā ca kauravaḥ | yacca karṇo'bravītkṛṣṇāṃ sabhāyāṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ | pramukhe pāṇḍaveyānāṃ kurūṇāṃ caiva paśyatām

Laughing, the evil-souled Karna and the Kaurava king too — and the harsh words Karna spoke to Draupadi in the assembly, before the Pandavas and in full view of the Kurus:

Note on the text: Three lines: line 1 is a variant of the CE's star passage 8.51.76d*0772_01 (prāhasat sa tu duṣṭātmā karṇaḥ sa ca suyodhanaḥ); lines 2-3 are 8.51.77a and a variant of 77c.

Verse 85 (8.77.85)

विनष्टाः पाण्डवाः कृष्णे शाश्वतं नरकं गताः । पतिमन्यं पृथुश्रोणि वृणीष्व मृदुभाषिणि ॥

vinaṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇe śāśvataṃ narakaṃ gatāḥ | patimanyaṃ pṛthuśroṇi vṛṇīṣva mṛdubhāṣiṇi

"The Pandavas are ruined, Krishna; they have gone to eternal hell. Choose another husband, broad-hipped, soft-spoken lady."

Verse 86 (8.77.86)

एषा त्वं धृतराष्ट्रस्य दासीभूता निवेशनम् । प्रविशारालपक्ष्माक्षि न सन्ति पतयस्तव ॥

eṣā tvaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dāsībhūtā niveśanam | praviśārālapakṣmākṣi na santi patayastava

"Now that you are a slave, go into Dhritarashtra's house; enter, lady with the curving lashes, for you have no husbands."

Note on the text: Lines are 8.51.79a (दासीभूता निवेशनम् for lekhābhru dhṛtarāṣṭrasya…) and 79c.

Verse 87 (8.77.87)

न पाण्डवाः प्रभवन्ति तव कृष्णे कथञ्चन । दासभार्या च पाञ्चालि स्वयं दासी च शोभने ॥

na pāṇḍavāḥ prabhavanti tava kṛṣṇe kathañcana | dāsabhāryā ca pāñcāli svayaṃ dāsī ca śobhane

"The Pandavas have no power over you at all, Krishna. You are a slave's wife, Panchali, and a slave yourself, fair one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.79d*0773_01-02 (lines 01-02).

Verse 88 (8.77.88)

अद्य दुर्योधनो राजा पृथिव्यां नृपतिः स्मृतः । सर्वे चास्य महीपाला योगक्षेममुपासते ॥

adya duryodhano rājā pṛthivyāṃ nṛpatiḥ smṛtaḥ | sarve cāsya mahīpālā yogakṣemamupāsate

"Today King Duryodhana is reckoned the lord of the earth, and all the rulers of the land wait on his welfare and safety."

Note on the text: Corrected महिपाला → महीपाला (misprint in Wikisource; short i; the star passage reads mahīpālā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.79d*0773_03-04 (lines 03-04).

Verse 89 (8.77.89)

पश्येदानीं यदा भद्रे निविष्टाः पाण्डवाः समम् । अन्योन्यं समुदीक्षन्ते धार्तराष्ट्रस्य तेजसा ॥

paśyedānīṃ yadā bhadre niviṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samam | anyonyaṃ samudīkṣante dhārtarāṣṭrasya tejasā

"Look now, good lady: the Pandavas, sitting all together, only gaze at one another, overcome by the splendour of Dhritarashtra's son."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.79d*0773_05-06 (lines 05-06).

Verse 90 (8.77.90)

व्यक्तं षण्डतिला ह्येते नरके च निमज्जिताः । प्रेष्यवच्चापि राजानमुपस्थास्यन्ति कौरवम् ॥

vyaktaṃ ṣaṇḍatilā hyete narake ca nimajjitāḥ | preṣyavaccāpi rājānamupasthāsyanti kauravam

"Plainly they are like barren sesame seeds, sunk in hell; like servants they will wait upon the Kaurava king."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.79d*0773_07-08 (lines 07-08).

Verse 91 (8.77.91)

उक्तवान्स च पापात्मा तथा परमदुर्मतिः । पापः पापवचः कर्णः पश्यतस्ते धनञ्जय ॥

uktavānsa ca pāpātmā tathā paramadurmatiḥ | pāpaḥ pāpavacaḥ karṇaḥ paśyataste dhanañjaya

So spoke that sinful soul, utterly ill-minded, that sinner of sinful speech, Karna — before your very eyes, Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected पातात्मा → पापात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; the sense and the following पापः पापवचः require पापात्मा; the CE has adharmajñaḥ). Vulgate variant of 8.51.80.

Verse 92 (8.77.92)

अस्य पापस्य तद्वाक्यं सुवर्णविकृताः शराः । शमयन्ति शिलाधौता नाशयन्तोऽस्य जीवितम् ॥

asya pāpasya tadvākyaṃ suvarṇavikṛtāḥ śarāḥ | śamayanti śilādhautā nāśayanto'sya jīvitam

Your gold-bound arrows, whetted on stone, will answer that sinner's words by destroying his life.

Note on the text: Vulgate variant of 8.51.81 (शमयन्ति … नाशयन्तोऽस्य जीवितम् for śamayantu … tvayāstā jīvitacchidaḥ).

Verse 93 (8.77.93)

अद्य कर्णं रणे ग्रस्तं पश्यन्तु कुरवस्त्वया । स्वर्गावतरणे यत्नं स्वर्गद्वारगतं यथा ॥

adya karṇaṃ raṇe grastaṃ paśyantu kuravastvayā | svargāvataraṇe yatnaṃ svargadvāragataṃ yathā

Today let the Kurus see Karna seized by you in battle, like one who has reached the gate of heaven and is struggling to descend from it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0001-0002, after 8.51.81). Lines 1-2 (line 2 reads स्वर्गद्वारगतं यथा, the CE has the variant pratapantam ivādityaṃ svargadvāragataṃ yathā).

Verse 94 (8.77.94)

अद्य ते समरे वीर्यं पश्यन्तु कुरुयोधिनः । सूतपुत्रे हते पार्थ जानन्तु त्वां महारथम् ॥

adya te samare vīryaṃ paśyantu kuruyodhinaḥ | sūtaputre hate pārtha jānantu tvāṃ mahāratham

Today let the Kuru warriors see your valour in battle; when the Suta's son is slain, Partha, let them know you for a great chariot-warrior.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0003-0004, after 8.51.81). Lines 3-4.

Verse 95 (8.77.95)

अद्य काकवला गृध्रा वायसा जम्बुकास्तथा । विप्रकर्षन्तु गात्राणि सूतपुत्रस्य मारिष ॥

adya kākavalā gṛdhrā vāyasā jambukāstathā | viprakarṣantu gātrāṇi sūtaputrasya māriṣa

Today let crows, cranes, vultures, ravens and jackals tear at the limbs of the Suta's son, noble sir.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0005-0006, after 8.51.81). Lines 5-6 (काकवला for kaṅkā valā).

Verse 96 (8.77.96)

अद्याधिरथिराक्षिप्तो निहतश्च त्वया रणे । कुरूणां शोकमाधत्तां पाण्डवानां मुदं तदा ॥

adyādhirathirākṣipto nihataśca tvayā raṇe | kurūṇāṃ śokamādhattāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mudaṃ tadā

Today let Adhiratha's son, cast down and slain by you in the battle, bring grief to the Kurus and joy to the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्वानां → पाण्डवानां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ḍ; the appendix passage reads pāṇḍavānāṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0007-0008, after 8.51.81). Lines 7-8.

Verse 97 (8.77.97)

अद्य त्वां प्रतिनन्दन्तु पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह । यथा वृत्रवधे वृत्ते देवाः सर्वे शतक्रतुम् ॥

adya tvāṃ pratinandantu pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | yathā vṛtravadhe vṛtte devāḥ sarve śatakratum

Today let the Panchalas and the Pandavas greet you with joy, as all the gods greeted Shatakratu when Vritra had been slain.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिमर्दन्तु → प्रतिनन्दन्तु (misprint in Wikisource; the appendix passage reads pratinandantu, which the sense of the comparison with the gods and Shatakratu requires). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0009-0010, after 8.51.81). Lines 9-10.

Verse 98 (8.77.98)

अद्य कर्णं रणे हत्वा प्राप्य चैवोत्तमं यशः । विशोको विज्वरः पार्थ भव बन्धुपुरस्कृतः ॥

adya karṇaṃ raṇe hatvā prāpya caivottamaṃ yaśaḥ | viśoko vijvaraḥ pārtha bhava bandhupuraskṛtaḥ

Having killed Karna today in battle and won the highest fame, Partha, be free of sorrow and of fever, honoured by your kinsmen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0011-0012, after 8.51.81). Lines 11-12.

Verse 99 (8.77.99)

नरसिंहवपुः कृत्वा यथा शस्तो महासुरः । हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ॥

narasiṃhavapuḥ kṛtvā yathā śasto mahāsuraḥ | hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

As the great asura, the Daitya Hiranyakashipu, was slain by the mighty Vishnu after he had taken the form of a man-lion,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0013-0014, after 8.51.81). Lines 13-14.

Verse 100 (8.77.100)

तथा त्वमपि राधेयं घोरां कृत्वा महातनुम् । जहि युद्धे महाबाहो त्रायस्व च भयात्स्वकान् ॥

tathā tvamapi rādheyaṃ ghorāṃ kṛtvā mahātanum | jahi yuddhe mahābāho trāyasva ca bhayātsvakān

so you also, taking a terrible, mighty form, kill Radheya in the fight, mighty-armed one, and save your own people from fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the CE's Appendix I passage 23 (printed in the CE file as 08,051.081d@023_0015-0016, after 8.51.81). Lines 15-16. The page numbers this verse 101 (the label 100 is skipped; the preceding verse is labelled 99).

Verse 101 (8.77.101)

कर्णं हाहाकृतं दीनं विषण्णं त्वच्छरार्दितम् । प्रपतन्तं महीं कर्णं पश्यन्तु वसुधाधिपाः ॥

karṇaṃ hāhākṛtaṃ dīnaṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ tvaccharārditam | prapatantaṃ mahīṃ karṇaṃ paśyantu vasudhādhipāḥ

Let the lords of the earth see Karna, crying out in despair, wretched, dejected and tormented by your arrows, falling to the ground.

Note on the text: Lines are vulgate variants of the CE's star passage 8.51.86b*0776_01 and of 8.51.86c.

Verse 102 (8.77.102)

तं च स्वशोणिते मग्नं शयानं पतितं भुवि । अपविद्धायुधं कर्णमद्य पश्यन्तु बान्धवाः ॥

taṃ ca svaśoṇite magnaṃ śayānaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi | apaviddhāyudhaṃ karṇamadya paśyantu bāndhavāḥ

Let his kinsmen see Karna today, drowned in his own blood, lying fallen on the ground, his weapons flung aside.

Note on the text: Corrected अपविद्धायुकधं → अपविद्धायुधं (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; the CE reads apaviddhāyudhaṃ). Vulgate variant of 8.51.87.

Verse 103 (8.77.103)

तच्चैवाद्य महद्वर्म गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः । रथोपस्थे विशीर्येत ताराराज इवाम्बरात् ॥

taccaivādya mahadvarma gāṇḍīvapreṣitaiḥ śaraiḥ | rathopasthe viśīryeta tārārāja ivāmbarāt

And let that great armour of his, struck by arrows shot from Gandiva, be shattered in the chariot-seat, like the moon falling from the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected महत्कर्म → महद्वर्म (misprint in Wikisource; क for व: the arrows shatter his armour, as the star passage reads mahad varma). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.87d*0777_01-02 (lines 01-02).

Verse 104 (8.77.104)

आशु चाद्य शरास्तस्य सम्पतन्तो महाजवैः । त्वच्छरैः सन्निकृत्ताग्रा विशीर्यन्ते महीतले ॥

āśu cādya śarāstasya sampatanto mahājavaiḥ | tvaccharaiḥ sannikṛttāgrā viśīryante mahītale

And let his arrows, rushing swiftly on, their tips cut off by your arrows, be scattered over the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.87d*0777_03-04 (lines 03-04).

Verse 105 (8.77.105)

त्वया चाद्य हते तस्य विक्रमे भरतर्षभ । विमुखाः सर्वराजानो भवन्तु गतजीविताः ॥

tvayā cādya hate tasya vikrame bharatarṣabha | vimukhāḥ sarvarājāno bhavantu gatajīvitāḥ

And when his prowess has been struck down by you today, best of the Bharatas, let all the kings turn away from him, as if the life had gone out of them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.87d*0777_05-06 (lines 05-06).

Verse 106 (8.77.106)

तथा चाधिरथौ याते प्रयान्तु कुरवो दिशः । मन्वानास्तं रथश्रेष्ठं सर्वलोकेषु धन्विनाम् ॥

tathā cādhirathau yāte prayāntu kuravo diśaḥ | manvānāstaṃ rathaśreṣṭhaṃ sarvalokeṣu dhanvinām

And when the son of Adhiratha has gone, let the Kurus flee in every direction, thinking him the best chariot-warrior among all the archers of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.87d*0777_07-08 (lines 07-08). The page reads तं where the star passage has tvām.

Verse 107 (8.77.107)

स वै चाद्य भयात्त्यक्त्वा धार्तराष्ट्रो महाचमूम् । दुर्योधनो भयोद्विग्नो द्रवतु स्वं निवेशनम् ॥

sa vai cādya bhayāttyaktvā dhārtarāṣṭro mahācamūm | duryodhano bhayodvigno dravatu svaṃ niveśanam

And let Duryodhana, Dhritarashtra's son, abandoning his great host in fear, run terrified to his own house.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.87d*0777_09-10 (lines 09-10).

Verse 108 (8.77.108)

तथा चाद्य हतं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः । क्षणेन निपतेद्भूमौ विसंज्ञो वै महीपतिः ॥

tathā cādya hataṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ | kṣaṇena nipatedbhūmau visaṃjño vai mahīpatiḥ

And let King Dhritarashtra, hearing today that he is slain, fall senseless to the ground in an instant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.87d*0777_11-12 (lines 11-12).

Verse 109 (8.77.109)

अद्य जानन्तु ते पार्थ विक्रमं सर्वयोधिनः । यदुवाच सभामध्ये परुषं भारत त्वयि ॥

adya jānantu te pārtha vikramaṃ sarvayodhinaḥ | yaduvāca sabhāmadhye paruṣaṃ bhārata tvayi

Today let all the warriors know your prowess, Partha — the answer to the harsh words he spoke to you in the midst of the assembly, Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.87d*0777_13-14 (lines 13-14).

Verse 110 (8.77.110)

यानि चान्यानि दुष्टात्मा पापानि कृतवांस्त्वयि । तान्यद्य भरतश्रेष्ठ नाशयन्तु शरास्तव ॥

yāni cānyāni duṣṭātmā pāpāni kṛtavāṃstvayi | tānyadya bharataśreṣṭha nāśayantu śarāstava

And whatever other wrongs that evil-souled man has done to you, best of the Bharatas, let your arrows destroy them today.

Note on the text: Vulgate variant of 8.51.82a and 82c.

Verse 111 (8.77.111)

शान्तिं कुरु परिक्लेशा कृष्णायाः शत्रुपातन । हत्वा शत्रुं रणेऽश्लाघ्यं गर्जन्तमतिपौरुषम् ॥

śāntiṃ kuru parikleśā kṛṣṇāyāḥ śatrupātana | hatvā śatruṃ raṇe'ślāghyaṃ garjantamatipauruṣam

Bring calm to Krishna's anguish, slayer of foes, by killing in battle the foe who roars, unworthy of praise and over-bold.

Note on the text: Corrected रणे श्लाघ्यं → रणेऽश्लाघ्यं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha, which flips the sense; the star passage reads raṇe 'ślāghyaṃ). परिक्लेशा is kept as printed (the page's commentary glosses it परिक्लेशानाम्). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.82d*0774_01-02 (lines 01-02).

Verse 112 (8.77.112)

अद्य चाधिरथिर्विद्धस्तव बाणैः समन्ततः । मन्यतां त्वां नरव्याघ्र प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

adya cādhirathirviddhastava bāṇaiḥ samantataḥ | manyatāṃ tvāṃ naravyāghra pravaraṃ sarvadhanvinām

And today let Adhiratha's son, pierced all round by your arrows, think you, tiger among men, the foremost of all archers.

Note on the text: Corrected वेद्धस्तव → विद्धस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; the star passage reads viddhas tava). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.82d*0774_03-04 (lines 03-04).

Verse 113 (8.77.113)

गाण्डीवप्रसृतान्वाणानद्य गात्रस्पृशः शरान् । यातु कर्णो रणे पार्थ श्वाविच्छललितो यथा ॥

gāṇḍīvaprasṛtānvāṇānadya gātraspṛśaḥ śarān | yātu karṇo raṇe pārtha śvāvicchalalito yathā

Touching his limbs with the arrows loosed from Gandiva, let Karna go forth in the battle today, Partha, bristling like a porcupine with its quills.

Note on the text: Corrected श्वाविच्छललतो → श्वाविच्छललितो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the star passage reads śvāvicchalalito). वाणान् is left as the variant spelling. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.82d*0774_05-06 (lines 05-06).

Verse 114 (8.77.114)

तं कथं कर्णमासाद्य विद्रवेयुर्महारथाः । यस्त्वेकः सर्वपाञ्चालानहन्यहनि नाशयन् । कालवच्चरते वीर पाञ्चालानां रथव्रजे ॥

taṃ kathaṃ karṇamāsādya vidraveyurmahārathāḥ | yastvekaḥ sarvapāñcālānahanyahani nāśayan | kālavaccarate vīra pāñcālānāṃ rathavraje

How is it that the great chariot-warriors scatter when they meet that Karna, who alone day after day destroys all the Panchalas and moves like Time itself among the Panchala chariot-bands, O hero?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.96d*0781_01-03 (lines 01-03). Three lines.

Verse 115 (8.77.115)

तमप्यासाद्य समरे मित्रार्थे मित्रवत्सल । तथा ज्वलन्तमस्त्रैश्च शूरं सर्वधनुष्मताम् । निर्दहन्तं समारूढं दुर्धर्षं द्रोणमञ्जसा ॥

tamapyāsādya samare mitrārthe mitravatsala | tathā jvalantamastraiśca śūraṃ sarvadhanuṣmatām | nirdahantaṃ samārūḍhaṃ durdharṣaṃ droṇamañjasā

Loving their friends, for their friends' sake they went up in battle even against Drona, blazing with weapons, the hero among all archers, invincible, who was easily burning down those who rushed upon him.

Note on the text: Three lines: line 1 is the CE's star passage 8.51.96d*0781_04 (tam apy āsādya samare mitrārthe mitravatsalāḥ); lines 2-3 are vulgate variants of 8.51.97a and 97c.

Verse 116 (8.77.116)

ते नित्यमुदिता जेतुं युधि शत्रुमरिन्दमाः । न चेदाधिरथेर्भीताः पाञ्चालाः स्युः पराङ्मुखाः ॥

te nityamuditā jetuṃ yudhi śatrumarindamāḥ | na cedādhiratherbhītāḥ pāñcālāḥ syuḥ parāṅmukhāḥ

Always eager to conquer their enemies in battle, those subduers of foes — unless they were afraid of Adhiratha's son, the Panchalas would not be turning their backs.

Note on the text: Vulgate variant of 8.51.98c (न चेदाधिरथेर्भीताः for na jātv ādhirather bhītāḥ).

Verse 117 (8.77.117)

तेषामापततां शूरः पाञ्चालानां तरस्विनाम् । आदत्तासूञ्शरैः कर्णः पतङ्गानामिवानलः ॥

teṣāmāpatatāṃ śūraḥ pāñcālānāṃ tarasvinām | ādattāsūñśaraiḥ karṇaḥ pataṅgānāmivānalaḥ

As those spirited Panchalas rush upon him, the hero Karna takes their lives with his arrows, as fire takes moths.

Verse 118 (8.77.118)

एते द्रवन्ति पाञ्चाला द्राव्यन्ते योधिभिर्ध्रुवम् । कर्णेन भरतश्रेष्ठ पश्यपश्य तथाकृतान् ॥

ete dravanti pāñcālā drāvyante yodhibhirdhruvam | karṇena bharataśreṣṭha paśyapaśya tathākṛtān

See, Bharata, how those Panchalas flee; warriors are driving them off, and it is Karna who has done it — look, look at what he has made of them!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.51.99d*0782_01-02 (lines 01-02).

Verse 119 (8.77.119)

तान्समारोहतः शूरान्मित्रार्थे त्यक्तजीवितान् । निस्तारय महाबाहो कर्णास्त्रात्पावकोपमात् ॥

tānsamārohataḥ śūrānmitrārthe tyaktajīvitān | nistāraya mahābāho karṇāstrātpāvakopamāt

Rescue them, mighty-armed one, those heroes who rush on, having given up their lives for their friend's sake, from Karna's fire-like weapon.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a vulgate variant of 8.51.100a (tāṃs tathābhimukhān vīrān mitrārthe tyaktajīvitān); line 2 is the CE's star passage 8.51.100d*0783_01.

Verse 120 (8.77.120)

अस्त्रं हि रामात्कर्णेन भार्गवादृषिसत्तमात् । यदवाप्तं तदा घोरं तस्य रूपमुदीर्यते ॥

astraṃ hi rāmātkarṇena bhārgavādṛṣisattamāt | yadavāptaṃ tadā ghoraṃ tasya rūpamudīryate

That terrible weapon which Karna obtained of old from Rama Bhargava, best of sages, now shows its form.

Note on the text: Corrected हिरामात् → हि रामात् (word-break lost in Wikisource; the CE reads astraṃ hi rāmāt).

Verse 121 (8.77.121)

तापनं सर्वसैन्यस्य घोररूपं भयानकम् । यमाश्रित्य महासेना ज्वलते स्वेन तेजसा ॥

tāpanaṃ sarvasainyasya ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam | yamāśritya mahāsenā jvalate svena tejasā

It scorches whole armies, dreadful and fearful in form; relying on it, his great army blazes with its own splendour.

Verse 122 (8.77.122)

एते चरन्ति सङ्ग्रामे कर्णचापच्युताः शराः । प्रभया इह शत्रूणां घातयन्तो जनान्प्रभो ॥

ete caranti saṅgrāme karṇacāpacyutāḥ śarāḥ | prabhayā iha śatrūṇāṃ ghātayanto janānprabho

Here the arrows loosed from Karna's bow range through the battle; by their glow, my lord, they kill the enemy's men.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.51.103a; line 2 is a variant of the CE's star passage 8.51.103d*0785_01.

Verse 123 (8.77.123)

एते भ्रमन्ति पाञ्चाला उत्क्रयन्ति च मारिष । कर्णास्त्रं समरे प्राप्य दुर्निवार्यं महात्मभिः ॥

ete bhramanti pāñcālā utkrayanti ca māriṣa | karṇāstraṃ samare prāpya durnivāryaṃ mahātmabhiḥ

Here the Panchalas, noble sir, wander about and run, having met Karna's weapon, which even the great-souled can hardly ward off.

Note on the text: Flag: उत्क्रयन्ति is not an evident word (the CE's line reads dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata); left as printed. Vulgate variant of 8.51.104.

Verse 124 (8.77.124)

एष भीमो दृढक्रोधो वृतः पार्थ समन्ततः । सृञ्जयैर्योऽजयत्कर्णं पीड्यते निशितैः शरैः ॥

eṣa bhīmo dṛḍhakrodho vṛtaḥ pārtha samantataḥ | sṛñjayairyo'jayatkarṇaṃ pīḍyate niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Here is Bhima, firm in anger, hemmed in on every side, Partha — he who with the Srinjayas defeated Karna is now being tormented by his sharp arrows.

Verse 125 (8.77.125)

पाञ्चालान्सृञ्जयांश्चैव पाण्डवांश्चैव भारत । उपेक्षितो दहेत्कर्णो रोगो देहमिवान्तकः ॥

pāñcālānsṛñjayāṃścaiva pāṇḍavāṃścaiva bhārata | upekṣito dahetkarṇo rogo dehamivāntakaḥ

Neglected, Bharata, Karna will consume the Panchalas, the Srinjayas and the Pandavas alike, as a disease consumes the body, or as Death does.

Verse 126 (8.77.126)

नान्यं त्वत्तो हि पश्यामि योधं यौधिष्ठिरे बले । यः समासाद्य राधेयं स्वस्तिमानाव्रजेद्गृहान् ॥

nānyaṃ tvatto hi paśyāmi yodhaṃ yaudhiṣṭhire bale | yaḥ samāsādya rādheyaṃ svastimānāvrajedgṛhān

I see no other warrior in Yudhishthira's army but you who, meeting Radheya, could return home safe.

Verse 127 (8.77.127)

तमद्य निशितैर्बाणैर्निहत्य भरतर्षभ । यथा प्रतिज्ञां त्वं पार्थ तीर्त्वा कीर्तिमवाप्स्यसि ॥

tamadya niśitairbāṇairnihatya bharatarṣabha | yathā pratijñāṃ tvaṃ pārtha tīrtvā kīrtimavāpsyasi

Strike him down today with your sharp arrows, best of the Bharatas; having crossed over your vow, Partha, you will win renown.

Note on the text: Corrected त्व → त्वं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the CE reads pārtha tvaṃ).

Verse 128 (8.77.128)

त्वं हि शक्तो रणे कर्णं विजेतुं सह पार्थिवैः । नान्यो युधि युधां श्रेष्ठ सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

tvaṃ hi śakto raṇe karṇaṃ vijetuṃ saha pārthivaiḥ | nānyo yudhi yudhāṃ śreṣṭha satyametadbravīmi te

You alone are able to conquer Karna in battle together with the kings; no other can, best of fighters. I tell you this truly.

Verse 129 (8.77.129)

एतत्कृत्वा महत्कर्म हत्वा कर्णं महारथम् । कृतार्थः सफलः पार्थ सुखी भव नरोत्तम ॥

etatkṛtvā mahatkarma hatvā karṇaṃ mahāratham | kṛtārthaḥ saphalaḥ pārtha sukhī bhava narottama

Having done this great deed and slain Karna the great chariot-warrior, be fulfilled, successful and happy, Partha, best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected महत्कार्म → महत्कर्म (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads mahat karma).