Arjuna Vows to Kill Karna

Verse 1 (8.78.1)

स केशवस्य बीभत्सुः श्रुत्वा भारत भाषितम् । विशोकः संप्रहृष्टश्च क्षणेन समपद्यत ॥

sa keśavasya bībhatsuḥ śrutvā bhārata bhāṣitam | viśokaḥ saṃprahṛṣṭaśca kṣaṇena samapadyata

Hearing Keshava's words, O Bharata, Bibhatsu was freed from sorrow and filled with joy in an instant.

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Verse 2 (8.78.2)

ततो ज्यामनुमृज्याशु व्याक्षिपद्गाण्डिवं धनुः । दध्रे कर्णविनाशाय केशवं चाभ्यभाषत ॥

tato jyāmanumṛjyāśu vyākṣipadgāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ | dadhre karṇavināśāya keśavaṃ cābhyabhāṣata

Then he quickly wiped his bowstring, twanged the Gandiva bow, took it up for Karna's destruction, and spoke to Keshava.

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Verse 3 (8.78.3)

त्वया नाथेन गोविन्द ध्रुव एष जयो मम । प्रसन्नो यस्य मेऽद्य त्वं भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः ॥

tvayā nāthena govinda dhruva eṣa jayo mama | prasanno yasya me'dya tvaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ

"With you as my protector, Govinda, this victory of mine is certain, since you, the lord of what was, is and shall be, are pleased with me today.

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Verse 4 (8.78.4)

त्वत्सहायो ह्यहं कृष्ण त्रींल्लोकान्वै समागतान् । प्रापयेयं परं लोकं किमु कर्णं महारणे ॥

tvatsahāyo hyahaṃ kṛṣṇa trīṃllokānvai samāgatān | prāpayeyaṃ paraṃ lokaṃ kimu karṇaṃ mahāraṇe

With you as my helper, Krishna, I could send all three worlds, gathered together, to the world beyond; how much more Karna in this great battle.

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Verse 5 (8.78.5)

पश्यामि द्रवतीं सेनां पाञ्चालानां जनार्दन । पश्यामि कर्णं समरे विचरन्तमभीतवत् ॥

paśyāmi dravatīṃ senāṃ pāñcālānāṃ janārdana | paśyāmi karṇaṃ samare vicarantamabhītavat

I see the army of the Panchalas fleeing, Janardana; I see Karna ranging fearlessly in the battle.

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Verse 6 (8.78.6)

भार्गवास्त्रं च पश्यामि विचरन्तं समन्ततः । सृष्टं कर्णेन वार्ष्णेय शक्रेणेव महाशनिम् ॥

bhārgavāstraṃ ca paśyāmi vicarantaṃ samantataḥ | sṛṣṭaṃ karṇena vārṣṇeya śakreṇeva mahāśanim

I see, too, the Bhargava weapon ranging everywhere, loosed by Karna, O Varshneya, like a great thunderbolt hurled by Shakra.

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Verse 7 (8.78.7)

अयं खलु स संग्रामो यत्र कृष्ण मया कृतम् । कथयिष्यन्ति भूतानि यावद्भूमिर्धरिष्यति ॥

ayaṃ khalu sa saṃgrāmo yatra kṛṣṇa mayā kṛtam | kathayiṣyanti bhūtāni yāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati

This, Krishna, is the battle in which what I do will be told of among all beings for as long as the earth endures.

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Verse 8 (8.78.8)

अद्य कृष्ण विकर्णा मे कर्णं नेष्यन्ति मृत्यवे । गाण्डीवमुक्ताः क्षिण्वन्तो मम हस्तप्रचोदिताः ॥

adya kṛṣṇa vikarṇā me karṇaṃ neṣyanti mṛtyave | gāṇḍīvamuktāḥ kṣiṇvanto mama hastapracoditāḥ

Today, Krishna, my Vikarna arrows, loosed from the Gandiva and driven by my hand, destroying all before them, will carry Karna to his death.

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Verse 9 (8.78.9)

अद्य राजा धृतराष्ट्रः स्वां बुद्धिमवमंस्यते । दुर्योधनमराज्यार्हं यया राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् ॥

adya rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ svāṃ buddhimavamaṃsyate | duryodhanamarājyārhaṃ yayā rājye'bhyaṣecayat

Today King Dhritarashtra will come to despise his own judgement, by which he consecrated Duryodhana, unfit for kingship, as king.

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Verse 10 (8.78.10)

अद्य राज्यात्सुखाच्चैव श्रियो राष्ट्रात्तथा पुरात् । पुत्रेभ्यश्च महाबाहो धृतराष्ट्रो वियोक्ष्यते ॥

adya rājyātsukhāccaiva śriyo rāṣṭrāttathā purāt | putrebhyaśca mahābāho dhṛtarāṣṭro viyokṣyate

Today, O mighty-armed one, Dhritarashtra will be parted from kingdom and happiness, from fortune, from realm and city, and from his sons.

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Verse 11 (8.78.11)

अद्य दुर्योधनो राजा जीविताच्च निराशकः । भविष्यति हते कर्णे कृष्ण सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ॥

adya duryodhano rājā jīvitācca nirāśakaḥ | bhaviṣyati hate karṇe kṛṣṇa satyaṃ bravīmi te

Today, with Karna slain, King Duryodhana will give up all hope of life; I tell you this truly, Krishna.

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Verse 12 (8.78.12)

अद्य दृष्ट्वा मया कर्णं शरैर्विशकलीकृतम् । स्मरतां तव वाक्यानि शमं प्रति जनेश्वरः ॥

adya dṛṣṭvā mayā karṇaṃ śarairviśakalīkṛtam | smaratāṃ tava vākyāni śamaṃ prati janeśvaraḥ

Today, seeing Karna cut to pieces by my arrows, let the lord of men remember your words about making peace.

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Verse 13 (8.78.13)

अद्यासौ सौबलः कृष्ण ग्लहं जानातु वै शरान् । दुरोदरं च गाण्डीवं मण्डलं च रथं मम ॥

adyāsau saubalaḥ kṛṣṇa glahaṃ jānātu vai śarān | durodaraṃ ca gāṇḍīvaṃ maṇḍalaṃ ca rathaṃ mama

Today let Saubala, Krishna, learn the stake: let him know the arrows as the stake, the Gandiva as the dicing, and my chariot as the gaming-circle.

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Verse 14 (8.78.14)

योऽसौ रणे नरं नान्यं पृथिव्यामभिमन्यते । तस्याद्य सूतपुत्रस्य भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम् । गाण्डीवसृष्टा दास्यन्ति कर्णस्य परमां गतिम् ॥

yo'sau raṇe naraṃ nānyaṃ pṛthivyāmabhimanyate | tasyādya sūtaputrasya bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam | gāṇḍīvasṛṣṭā dāsyanti karṇasya paramāṃ gatim

That man who thinks no other man on earth his equal in battle: today the earth will drink the blood of that Suta's son. Loosed from the Gandiva, my arrows will give Karna his final end.

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Verse 15 (8.78.15)

अद्य तप्स्यति राधेयः पाञ्चालीं यत्तदाब्रवीत् । सभामध्ये वचः क्रूरं कुत्सयन्पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥

adya tapsyati rādheyaḥ pāñcālīṃ yattadābravīt | sabhāmadhye vacaḥ krūraṃ kutsayanpāṇḍavānprati

Today Radheya will suffer for the cruel words he spoke to Panchali in the midst of the assembly, reviling the Pandavas.

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Verse 16 (8.78.16)

ये वै षण्ढतिलास्तत्र भवितारोऽद्य ते तिलाः । हते वैकर्तने कर्णे सूतपुत्रे दुरात्मनि ॥

ye vai ṣaṇḍhatilāstatra bhavitāro'dya te tilāḥ | hate vaikartane karṇe sūtaputre durātmani

Those who were called barren sesame seeds there will today become true sesame, when Karna Vaikartana, the wicked Suta's son, is slain.

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Verse 17 (8.78.17)

अहं वः पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यस्त्रास्यामीति यदब्रवीत् । अनृतं तत्करिष्यन्ति मामका निशिताः शराः ॥

ahaṃ vaḥ pāṇḍuputrebhyastrāsyāmīti yadabravīt | anṛtaṃ tatkariṣyanti māmakā niśitāḥ śarāḥ

He who said, "I shall protect you from the sons of Pandu": my sharp arrows will make that a lie.

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Verse 18 (8.78.18)

हन्ताहं पाण्डवान्सर्वान्सपुत्रानिति योऽब्रवीत् । तमद्य कर्णं हन्तास्मि मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

hantāhaṃ pāṇḍavānsarvānsaputrāniti yo'bravīt | tamadya karṇaṃ hantāsmi miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām

He who said, "I shall kill all the Pandavas along with their sons": that Karna I shall kill today, before the eyes of all the archers.

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Verse 19 (8.78.19)

यस्य वीर्ये समाश्वस्य धार्तराष्ट्रो बृहन्मनाः । अवामन्यत दुर्बुद्धिर्नित्यमस्मान्दुरात्मवान् । तमद्य कर्णं राधेयं हन्तास्मि मधुसूदन ॥

yasya vīrye samāśvasya dhārtarāṣṭro bṛhanmanāḥ | avāmanyata durbuddhirnityamasmāndurātmavān | tamadya karṇaṃ rādheyaṃ hantāsmi madhusūdana

He on whose strength the proud son of Dhritarashtra, evil-minded and foolish, relied and always looked down on us: that Radheya Karna I shall slay today, Madhusudana.

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Verse 20 (8.78.20)

अद्य कर्णे हते कृष्ण धार्तराष्ट्राः सराजकाः । विद्रवन्तु दिशो भीताः सिंहत्रस्ता मृगा इव ॥

adya karṇe hate kṛṣṇa dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sarājakāḥ | vidravantu diśo bhītāḥ siṃhatrastā mṛgā iva

Today, with Karna slain, Krishna, let the sons of Dhritarashtra and their kings flee in terror in every direction, like deer frightened by a lion.

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Verse 21 (8.78.21)

अद्य दुर्योधनो राजा पृथिवीमन्ववेक्षताम् । हते कर्णे मया संख्ये सपुत्रे ससुहृज्जने ॥

adya duryodhano rājā pṛthivīmanvavekṣatām | hate karṇe mayā saṃkhye saputre sasuhṛjjane

Today, with Karna slain by me in battle, together with his son and his friends and kinsmen, let King Duryodhana look upon the earth.

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Verse 22 (8.78.22)

अद्य कर्णं हतं दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रोऽत्यमर्षणः । जानातु मां रणे कृष्ण प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

adya karṇaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭro'tyamarṣaṇaḥ | jānātu māṃ raṇe kṛṣṇa pravaraṃ sarvadhanvinām

Today, seeing Karna slain, let the son of Dhritarashtra, so full of resentment, know me, Krishna, as the foremost of all archers in battle.

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Verse 23 (8.78.23)

अद्याहमनृणः कृष्ण भविष्यामि धनुर्भृताम् । क्रोधस्य च कुरूणां च शराणां गाण्डिवस्य च ॥

adyāhamanṛṇaḥ kṛṣṇa bhaviṣyāmi dhanurbhṛtām | krodhasya ca kurūṇāṃ ca śarāṇāṃ gāṇḍivasya ca

Today, Krishna, I shall be free of my debt to the bearers of bows, to my anger and to the Kurus, to my arrows and to the Gandiva.

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Verse 24 (8.78.24)

अद्य दुःखमहं मोक्ष्ये त्रयोदशसमार्जितम् । हत्वा कर्णं रणे कृष्ण शम्बरं मघवानिव ॥

adya duḥkhamahaṃ mokṣye trayodaśasamārjitam | hatvā karṇaṃ raṇe kṛṣṇa śambaraṃ maghavāniva

Today, by slaying Karna in battle, Krishna, I shall be rid of the sorrow stored up through thirteen years, as Maghavan was when he slew Shambara.

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Verse 25 (8.78.25)

अद्य कर्णे हते युद्धे सोमकानां महारथाः । कृतं कार्यं च मन्यन्तां मित्रकार्येप्सवो युधि ॥

adya karṇe hate yuddhe somakānāṃ mahārathāḥ | kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ ca manyantāṃ mitrakāryepsavo yudhi

Today, with Karna slain in battle, let the great chariot-warriors of the Somakas, who are eager to do their friends' work in the fight, count their task as done.

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Verse 26 (8.78.26)

न जाने च कथं प्रीतिः शैनेयस्याद्य माधव । भविष्यति हते कर्णे मयि चापि जयाधिके ॥

na jāne ca kathaṃ prītiḥ śaineyasyādya mādhava | bhaviṣyati hate karṇe mayi cāpi jayādhike

I do not know, Madhava, how great Shaineya's joy will be today, when Karna is slain and I am pre-eminent in victory.

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Verse 27 (8.78.27)

अहं हत्वा रणे कर्णं पुत्रं चास्य महारथम् । प्रीतिं दास्यामि भीमस्य यमयोः सात्यकेरपि ॥

ahaṃ hatvā raṇe karṇaṃ putraṃ cāsya mahāratham | prītiṃ dāsyāmi bhīmasya yamayoḥ sātyakerapi

Having killed Karna in battle, and his mighty son as well, I shall give joy to Bhima, to the twins and to Satyaki.

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Verse 28 (8.78.28)

धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिभ्यां पाञ्चालानां च माधव । अध्यानृण्यं गमिष्यामि हत्वा कर्णं महारणे ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍibhyāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca mādhava | adhyānṛṇyaṃ gamiṣyāmi hatvā karṇaṃ mahāraṇe

By killing Karna in the great battle, Madhava, I shall be free of my debt to Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin and to the Panchalas.

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Verse 29 (8.78.29)

अद्य पश्यन्तु संग्रामे धनंजयममर्षणम् । युध्यन्तं कौरवान्संख्ये पातयन्तं च सूतजम् । भवत्सकाशे वक्ष्ये च पुनरेवात्मसंस्तवम् ॥

adya paśyantu saṃgrāme dhanaṃjayamamarṣaṇam | yudhyantaṃ kauravānsaṃkhye pātayantaṃ ca sūtajam | bhavatsakāśe vakṣye ca punarevātmasaṃstavam

Today let them see the unforgiving Dhananjaya in the battle, fighting the Kauravas and felling the charioteer's son. And in your presence I shall once more sing my own praise.

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Verse 30 (8.78.30)

धनुर्वेदे मत्समो नास्ति लोके । पराक्रमे वा मम कोऽस्ति तुल्यः । को वाप्यन्यो मत्समोऽस्ति क्षमायां । तथा क्रोधे सदृशोऽन्यो न मेऽस्ति ॥

dhanurvede matsamo nāsti loke | parākrame vā mama ko'sti tulyaḥ | ko vāpyanyo matsamo'sti kṣamāyāṃ | tathā krodhe sadṛśo'nyo na me'sti

In the science of the bow there is none in the world my equal; in valour, who is there like me? Who else is my match in forbearance? And in anger there is no other like me.

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Verse 31 (8.78.31)

अहं धनुष्मानसुरान्सुरांश्च । सर्वाणि भूतानि च संगतानि । स्वबाहुवीर्याद्गमये पराभवं । मत्पौरुषं विद्धि परः परेभ्यः ॥

ahaṃ dhanuṣmānasurānsurāṃśca | sarvāṇi bhūtāni ca saṃgatāni | svabāhuvīryādgamaye parābhavaṃ | matpauruṣaṃ viddhi paraḥ parebhyaḥ

I, the bowman, by the strength of my own arms, can bring defeat upon the asuras and the gods and upon all beings gathered together; know my manhood to be beyond the highest of others.

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Verse 32 (8.78.32)

शरार्चिषा गाण्डिवेनाहमेकः । सर्वान्कुरून्बाह्लिकांश्चाभिपत्य । हिमात्यये कक्षगतो यथाग्नि- । स्तथा दहेयं सगणान्प्रसह्य ॥

śarārciṣā gāṇḍivenāhamekaḥ | sarvānkurūnbāhlikāṃścābhipatya | himātyaye kakṣagato yathāgni- | stathā daheyaṃ sagaṇānprasahya

With the flames of my arrows from the Gandiva, I alone, falling upon all the Kurus and the Bahlikas, would burn them with their hosts by force, as fire that has entered the dry brush at the end of winter burns it.

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Verse 33 (8.78.33)

पाणौ पृषत्का लिखिता ममैते । धनुश्च सव्ये निहितं सबाणम् । पादौ च मे सरथौ सध्वजौ च । न मादृशं युद्धगतं जयन्ति ॥

pāṇau pṛṣatkā likhitā mamaite | dhanuśca savye nihitaṃ sabāṇam | pādau ca me sarathau sadhvajau ca | na mādṛśaṃ yuddhagataṃ jayanti

On my hand these arrows are inscribed, on my left a bow with its arrow is set, and my feet bear the marks of a chariot and a banner; men like me, once gone into battle, are not conquered."

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