Karna's Serpent Arrow and the Sinking Wheel

Verse 1 (8.97.1)

ततोऽपयाताः शरपातमात्रमवस्थिता वै कुरवो नरेन्द्र । विद्युत्प्रकाशं ददृशुः समन्ताद्धनञ्जयास्त्रं समुदीर्यमाणम् ॥

tato'payātāḥ śarapātamātramavasthitā vai kuravo narendra | vidyutprakāśaṃ dadṛśuḥ samantāddhanañjayāstraṃ samudīryamāṇam

Then the Kurus, who had drawn back and stood just beyond the reach of arrows, O lord of men, saw on every side the weapon of Dhananjaya flashing like lightning as it was loosed.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.1 (Wikisource कुरवो नरेन्द्र for CE kuravo bhinnasenāḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 2 (8.97.2)

ततोऽग्रसत्सूतपुत्रोऽर्जुनस्य वियद्गतं घोरतरं शरैस्तत् । क्रुद्धेन पार्थेन शरं विसृष्टं वधाय कर्णस्य महाविमर्दे ॥

tato'grasatsūtaputro'rjunasya viyadgataṃ ghorataraṃ śaraistat | kruddhena pārthena śaraṃ visṛṣṭaṃ vadhāya karṇasya mahāvimarde

Then the son of the charioteer swallowed up with his arrows that dreadful weapon of Arjuna which was flying through the sky, the shaft that the angry Partha had loosed for Karna's death in that great clash.

Note on the text: Line 2 is CE 8.66.2c; line 1 is a recension variant of CE 8.66.2a (tad arjunāstraṃ grasate sma vīrān …), Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 3 (8.97.3)

उदीर्यमाणं स्म कुरून्दहन्तं सुवर्णपुङ्खैर्विशिखैर्ममर्द । कर्णस्त्वमोघेष्वसनं दृढज्यं विस्फारयित्वा विसृजञ्छरौघान् ॥

udīryamāṇaṃ sma kurūndahantaṃ suvarṇapuṅkhairviśikhairmamarda | karṇastvamogheṣvasanaṃ dṛḍhajyaṃ visphārayitvā visṛjañcharaughān

Karna, stretching his strong-stringed, unfailing bow and loosing floods of arrows, crushed with gold-feathered shafts that weapon which was rising up and burning the Kurus.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.2d*1078_01–04, with its two couplets in the reverse order (line 1 = *1078_03–04, line 2 = *1078_01–02; Wikisource's viśikhair mamarda and amoghe… are recension variants, kept). Corrected कुरुन्दहन्तं → कुरून्दहन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; a short उ for ऊ; the accusative plural कुरून् is needed, CE kurūn dahantam). Corrected विसृजञ्छरौघान → विसृजञ्छरौघान् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped final halant; CE charaughān).

Verse 4 (8.97.4)

रामादुपात्तेन महामहिम्ना ह्याथर्वणेनारिविनाशनेन । तदर्जुनास्त्रं व्यघमद्दहन्तं पार्थं च वाणैर्निशितैरविध्यत् ॥

rāmādupāttena mahāmahimnā hyātharvaṇenārivināśanena | tadarjunāstraṃ vyaghamaddahantaṃ pārthaṃ ca vāṇairniśitairavidhyat

With the Atharvan weapon of immense majesty, the destroyer of foes, which he had received from Rama (Parashurama), he dispelled that burning weapon of Arjuna, and he pierced Partha too with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.3 (Wikisource पार्थं च वाणैर्निशितैरविध्यत् for CE pārthaṃ ca bāṇair niśitair nijaghne, a recension variant, kept). Corrected पार्थ च → पार्थं च (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped).

Verse 5 (8.97.5)

ततो विमर्दः सुमहान्बभूव तत्रार्जुनस्याधिरथेश्च राजन् । अन्योन्यमासादयतोः पृषत्कैर्विषाणघातैर्द्विपयोरिवाजौ ॥

tato vimardaḥ sumahānbabhūva tatrārjunasyādhiratheśca rājan | anyonyamāsādayatoḥ pṛṣatkairviṣāṇaghātairdvipayorivājau

Then, O king, a mighty clash arose between Arjuna and the son of Adhiratha, as they struck at each other with arrows, like two elephants goring each other with their tusks in battle.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.4 (line 2 ends …dvipayor ivājau where the CE has …dvipayor ivograiḥ, a recension variant, kept). Corrected सुमहान्वभूव → सुमहान्बभूव (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; वभूव is not a word, CE babhūva).

Verse 6 (8.97.6)

ततोऽस्त्रसंघातसमावृतं तदा बभूव राजंस्तुमुलं रणाजिरम् । तत्कर्णपार्थौ शरवृष्टिसङ्घैर्निरन्तरं चक्रतुरम्बरं तदा ॥

tato'strasaṃghātasamāvṛtaṃ tadā babhūva rājaṃstumulaṃ raṇājiram | tatkarṇapārthau śaravṛṣṭisaṅghairnirantaraṃ cakraturambaraṃ tadā

Then, O king, the tumultuous battlefield was covered over with masses of weapons, for Karna and Partha, with torrents of showers of arrows, filled the sky without a gap.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.4d*1079_01–04 (the same four lines recur, in a different wording, in Appendix I No. 40, 8.66.4d@040_0013–0016). Corrected य्त्कर्णपार्थै → तत्कर्णपार्थौ (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the opening and the dual ending are misprints, CE tat karṇapārthau).

Verse 7 (8.97.7)

ततो जालं वाणमयं महान्तं सर्वेऽद्राक्षुः कुरवः सोमकाश्च । नान्यं च भूतं ददृशुस्तदा ते बाणान्धकारे तुमुलेऽथ किंचित् ॥

tato jālaṃ vāṇamayaṃ mahāntaṃ sarve'drākṣuḥ kuravaḥ somakāśca | nānyaṃ ca bhūtaṃ dadṛśustadā te bāṇāndhakāre tumule'tha kiṃcit

Then all the Kurus and Somakas saw a vast net made of arrows, and in that tumultuous darkness of arrows they saw no other creature at all.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.4d*1079_05–08 (Wikisource महान्तं for CE mahāstraṃ and …तुमुलेऽथ किंचित् for …tumule ca tasmin, recension variants, kept); a parallel wording is in Appendix I No. 40, 8.66.4d@040_0017–0020.

Verse 8 (8.97.8)

तौ सन्दधानावनिशं च राजन् समस्यन्तौ चापि शराननेकान् । सन्दर्शयेतां युधि मार्गान्विचित्रान्धनुर्धरौ तौ विविधैः कृतास्त्रैः ॥

tau sandadhānāvaniśaṃ ca rājan samasyantau cāpi śarānanekān | sandarśayetāṃ yudhi mārgānvicitrāndhanurdharau tau vividhaiḥ kṛtāstraiḥ

Those two archers, O king, ceaselessly fitting and shooting off many arrows, displayed in the battle wondrous ways of fighting with their many kinds of trained weapon-skills.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 39 (printed after 8.66.4d*1080_08), lines 0001–0004 (8.66.4d@039_0001–0004; Wikisource's second line differs from the CE's dhanurdharāṇāṃ pravarau kṛtāstrau, a variant, kept). Corrected मार्गान्दिचित्रा न्धनुर्धरौ → मार्गान्विचित्रान्धनुर्धरौ (misprint in Wikisource; दि for वि and a stray space; CE mārgān vicitrān dhanurdharāṇām).

Verse 9 (8.97.9)

तयोरेवं युध्यतोराजिमध्ये सूतात्मजोऽभूदधिकः कदाचित् । पार्थः कदाचित्त्वधिकः किरीटी वीर्यास्त्रमायाबलपौरुषेण ॥

tayorevaṃ yudhyatorājimadhye sūtātmajo'bhūdadhikaḥ kadācit | pārthaḥ kadācittvadhikaḥ kirīṭī vīryāstramāyābalapauruṣeṇa

As the two fought thus in the midst of the battlefield, at one moment the charioteer's son had the upper hand, and at another the diademed Partha, in valour, weapons, magic power, strength and manliness.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 39, lines 0005–0008 (8.66.4d@039_0005–0008; Wikisource वीर्यास्त्रमायाबलपौरुषेण for CE vīryāstrasamyagbalalāghavais tu, a variant, kept).

Verse 10 (8.97.10)

दृष्ट्वा तयोस्तं युधि संप्रहारं परस्परस्यान्तरमीक्षमाणयोः । घोरं तयोर्दुर्विषहं रणेऽन्यैर्योधाः सर्वे विस्मयमभ्यगच्छन् ॥

dṛṣṭvā tayostaṃ yudhi saṃprahāraṃ parasparasyāntaramīkṣamāṇayoḥ | ghoraṃ tayordurviṣahaṃ raṇe'nyairyodhāḥ sarve vismayamabhyagacchan

Seeing that dreadful and unbearable clash between the two, who were each watching for the other's opening, all the other warriors in the battle were filled with wonder.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 39, lines 0009–0012 (8.66.4d@039_0009–0012; the first line and the end of the second differ slightly, recension variants kept).

Verse 11 (8.97.11)

ततो भूतान्यन्तरिक्षस्थितानि तौ कर्णपार्थौ प्रशशंसुर्नरेन्द्र । भोः कर्ण साध्वर्जुन साधु चेति वियत्सु वाणी श्रूयते सर्वतोऽपि ॥

tato bhūtānyantarikṣasthitāni tau karṇapārthau praśaśaṃsurnarendra | bhoḥ karṇa sādhvarjuna sādhu ceti viyatsu vāṇī śrūyate sarvato'pi

Then the beings stationed in the sky praised those two, Karna and Partha, O lord of men, and from every side in the heavens a voice was heard: "Well done, Karna! Well done, Arjuna! Bravo!"

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 39, lines 0013–0016 (8.66.4d@039_0013–0016; Wikisource's second line differs from the CE's, a variant, kept). Corrected कर्णपार्थै → कर्णपार्थौ (misprint in Wikisource; the dual accusative needs ौ; CE karṇārjunau). Corrected सर्वतोपि → सर्वतोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha).

Verse 12 (8.97.12)

तस्मिन्विमर्दे रथवाजिनागैस्तदाऽभिघातैर्दलिते हि भूतले । ततस्तु पातालतले शयानो नागोऽश्वसेनः कृतवैरोऽर्जुनेन ॥

tasminvimarde rathavājināgaistadā'bhighātairdalite hi bhūtale | tatastu pātālatale śayāno nāgo'śvasenaḥ kṛtavairo'rjunena

While in that clash the ground was being crushed under the blows of chariots, horses and elephants, the serpent Ashvasena, who bore enmity to Arjuna, lay in the nether regions.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40 (printed after No. 39, in the same place after 8.66.4d), lines 0001–0004 (8.66.4d@040_0001–0004; Wikisource's first line differs from the CE's, a variant, kept).

Verse 13 (8.97.13)

राजंस्तदा खाण्डवदाहमुक्तो विवेश कोपाद्वसुधातले यः । अथोत्पपातोर्ध्वगतिर्जवेन सन्दृश्य कर्णार्जुनयोर्विमर्दम् ॥

rājaṃstadā khāṇḍavadāhamukto viveśa kopādvasudhātale yaḥ | athotpapātordhvagatirjavena sandṛśya karṇārjunayorvimardam

He was the one who, O king, had escaped the burning of Khandava and had entered the earth in his fury. Now, seeing the clash of Karna and Arjuna, he shot upward with great speed.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40, lines 0005–0008 (8.66.4d@040_0005–0008; Wikisource's second half of line 1 differs from the CE's kṛtvā suvegaṃ vasudhātalasthaḥ, a variant, kept).

Verse 14 (8.97.14)

अयं हि कालोऽस्य दुरात्मनो वै पार्थस्य वैरप्रतियातनाय । सञ्चिन्त्य तूर्णं प्रविवेश चैव कर्णस्य राजन्शररूपधारी ॥

ayaṃ hi kālo'sya durātmano vai pārthasya vairapratiyātanāya | sañcintya tūrṇaṃ praviveśa caiva karṇasya rājanśararūpadhārī

Thinking, "This is the time to repay my enmity against this wicked Partha," he swiftly slipped in among Karna's arrows, O king, taking the form of an arrow.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40, lines 0009–0012 (8.66.4d@040_0009–0012). Corrected कालेस्य → कालोऽस्य (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha (ए for ओ); CE kālo 'sya). Corrected तूर्ण → तूर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara). Corrected शररुपधारी → शररूपधारी (misprint in Wikisource; a short उ for ऊ in रूप).

Verse 15 (8.97.15)

ततोऽस्त्रसङ्घातसमाकुलं तदा बभूव जन्यं विततांशुजालम् । तत्कर्णपार्थौ शरसङ्घवृष्टिभिर्निरन्तरं चक्रतुरंबरं तदा ॥

tato'strasaṅghātasamākulaṃ tadā babhūva janyaṃ vitatāṃśujālam | tatkarṇapārthau śarasaṅghavṛṣṭibhirnirantaraṃ cakraturaṃbaraṃ tadā

Then the battle became crowded with masses of weapons, a net of spreading rays; and Karna and Partha, with torrents of showers of arrows, filled the sky without a gap.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40, lines 0013–0016 (8.66.4d@040_0013–0016; the same four lines also occur, in a different wording, as the star passage 8.66.4d*1079_01–04, see verse 6). Corrected ततोस्रसङ्घात → ततोऽस्त्रसङ्घात (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha and a dropped त (अस्त्र)). Corrected शरसङ्घ्वृष्टिभि → शरसङ्घवृष्टिभि (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct (ङ्घ्वृ for ङ्घवृ); CE śarasaṃghavṛṣṭibhir).

Verse 16 (8.97.16)

तद्वाणजालैकमयं महान्तं सर्वेऽत्रसन्कुरवः सोमकाश्च । नान्यत्किञ्चिद्ददृशुः सम्पतद्वै बाणान्धकारे तुमुलेऽतिमात्रम् ॥

tadvāṇajālaikamayaṃ mahāntaṃ sarve'trasankuravaḥ somakāśca | nānyatkiñciddadṛśuḥ sampatadvai bāṇāndhakāre tumule'timātram

At the sight of that vast expanse made wholly of nets of arrows, all the Kurus and Somakas were terrified; in that dreadful darkness of arrows they could see nothing but the falling shafts.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40, lines 0017–0020 (8.66.4d@040_0017–0020).

Verse 17 (8.97.17)

ततस्तौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ सर्वलोकधनुर्धरौ । त्यक्तप्राणौ रणे वीरौ युद्धश्रममुपागतौ ॥

tatastau puruṣavyāghrau sarvalokadhanurdharau | tyaktaprāṇau raṇe vīrau yuddhaśramamupāgatau

Then those two tigers among men, the foremost bowmen in all the world, heroes who had given up all thought of life in the battle, were overcome by the weariness of fighting.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40, lines 0021–0022 (8.66.4d@040_0021–0022). Corrected युध्दश्रम → युद्धश्रम (misprint in Wikisource; ध्द for द्ध, a broken conjunct).

Verse 18 (8.97.18)

समुत्क्षेपैर्वीक्षमाणौ सिक्तौ चन्दनवारिणा । सवालव्यजनैर्दिव्यैर्दिविस्थैरप्सरोगणैः । शक्रसूर्यकराब्जाभ्यां प्रमार्जितमुखावुभौ ॥

samutkṣepairvīkṣamāṇau siktau candanavāriṇā | savālavyajanairdivyairdivisthairapsarogaṇaiḥ | śakrasūryakarābjābhyāṃ pramārjitamukhāvubhau

Looking around amid the upward tossings, sprinkled with sandalwood water and fanned with divine yak-tail fans by hosts of apsarases standing in heaven, the two had their faces wiped by the lotus-like hands of Shakra and Surya.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40, lines 0023–0025 (8.66.4d@040_0023–0025; Wikisource सवालव्यजनैः, yak-tail fans, for CE satālavyajanaiḥ, palm-leaf fans, a variant, kept). The page prints this verse as three lines.

Verse 19 (8.97.19)

कर्णोऽथ पार्थं न विशेषयद्यदा भृशं च पार्थेन शराभितप्तः । ततस्तु वीरः शरविक्षताङ्गो दघ्रे मनो ह्येकशयस्य तस्य ॥

karṇo'tha pārthaṃ na viśeṣayadyadā bhṛśaṃ ca pārthena śarābhitaptaḥ | tatastu vīraḥ śaravikṣatāṅgo daghre mano hyekaśayasya tasya

When Karna could not surpass Partha, but was badly scorched by Partha's arrows, then the hero, his limbs torn by the shafts, turned his mind to that one that had lain alone.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 40, lines 0026–0029 (8.66.4d@040_0026–0029; Wikisource's line 1 compresses 0026–0027, a variant, kept). Corrected कर्णोऽथ पार्थ न → कर्णोऽथ पार्थं न (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped).

Verse 20 (8.97.20)

ततो रिपुघ्नं समधत्त कर्णः सुसंचितं सर्पमुखं ज्वलन्तम् । रौद्रं शरं सन्नतमुग्रघौतं पार्थार्थमित्येव चिराभिगुप्तम् ॥

tato ripughnaṃ samadhatta karṇaḥ susaṃcitaṃ sarpamukhaṃ jvalantam | raudraṃ śaraṃ sannatamugraghautaṃ pārthārthamityeva cirābhiguptam

Then Karna fitted to his bow that foe-slaying, blazing arrow with a serpent's mouth, well laid by, terrible, sloping and keenly whetted, which he had long kept guarded with the thought, "For Partha."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.5 (Wikisource सुसंचितं and सन्नतमुग्रघौतं, and पार्थार्थमित्येव चिराभिगुप्तम्, for CE susaṃśitaṃ, saṃyati supradhautaṃ and pārthārtham atyarthacirāya guptam, recension variants, kept).

Verse 21 (8.97.21)

सदार्चितं चन्दनचूर्णशायितं सुवर्णतूणीरशयं महार्चिषम् । आकर्णपूर्णं विचकर्ष कर्णो विमोक्तुकामः शरमुग्रवेगम् ॥

sadārcitaṃ candanacūrṇaśāyitaṃ suvarṇatūṇīraśayaṃ mahārciṣam | ākarṇapūrṇaṃ vicakarṣa karṇo vimoktukāmaḥ śaramugravegam

Wishing to release it, Karna drew back to his ear that fiercely speeding arrow, ever honoured, which lay on sandalwood powder in the golden quiver and blazed with great radiance.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.66.6a (Wikisource सुवर्णतूणीरशयं for CE suvarṇanālīśayanaṃ, a variant); line 2 is a variant of the star passage 8.66.6b*1081_01–02 (ākarṇapūrṇaṃ pravikṛṣya karṇaḥ / pārthonmukhaṃ saṃdadhe tigmamanyum), not in the constituted text. Corrected आकर्णपूर्ण → आकर्णपूर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara (the word agrees with शरम्)).

Verse 22 (8.97.22)

प्रदीप्तमैरावतवंशसंभवं शिरो जिहीर्षुर्युधि सव्यसाचिनः । ततः प्रजज्वाल दिशो नभश्च उल्काश्च घोराः शतशः प्रपेतुः ॥

pradīptamairāvatavaṃśasaṃbhavaṃ śiro jihīrṣuryudhi savyasācinaḥ | tataḥ prajajvāla diśo nabhaśca ulkāśca ghorāḥ śataśaḥ prapetuḥ

Intending to cut off Savyasachin's head in the fight with that blazing arrow, born of the line of Airavata—then the quarters and the sky blazed up, and hundreds of dreadful meteors fell.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.66.6c; line 2 is a variant of the star passage 8.66.6d*1083_01–02 (tataḥ prajajvāla diśo nabhaś ca / ulkāś ca ghorāḥ sahasā nipetuḥ; Wikisource शतशः for sahasā), not in the constituted text. Corrected नमश्च → नभश्च (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; CE nabhaś ca).

Verse 23 (8.97.23)

तस्मिस्तु नागे धनुषि प्रयुक्ते हाहाकृता लोकपालाः सशक्राः ॥

tasmistu nāge dhanuṣi prayukte hāhākṛtā lokapālāḥ saśakrāḥ

When that serpent was fixed to the bow, the world-guardians, together with Shakra, cried out in dismay.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.6d*1083_03–04 (hāhākṛtāḥ sarvalokāḥ saśakrāḥ in the CE), printed on the page as a single line, which is the CE's two half-lines run together.

Verse 24 (8.97.24)

स सूतपुत्रस्तमपाङ्गदेशे अवाड्मुखं संधयति स्म रोषात् । न तं स्म जानाति महानुभावमपाङ्गदेशेऽभिनिविष्टमाजौ ॥

sa sūtaputrastamapāṅgadeśe avāḍmukhaṃ saṃdhayati sma roṣāt | na taṃ sma jānāti mahānubhāvamapāṅgadeśe'bhiniviṣṭamājau

In anger the charioteer's son took aim with it, its mouth turned downward, at the side; and in that battle he did not know the mighty being that was lodged there in the side.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.6d*1086_01–04 (placed after *1085; Wikisource अपाङ्गदेशेऽभिनिविष्टमाजौ agrees with the CE, apāṅgadeśābhiniviṣṭam ājau). Corrected महानुभावमपङ्गदेशे → महानुभावमपाङ्गदेशे (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā-sign; CE apāṅgadeśa).

Verse 25 (8.97.25)

न चापि तं बुबुधे सूतपुत्रो बाणे प्रविष्टं योगबलेन नागम् । दशशतनयनोऽहिं दृश्य बाणे प्रविष्टं निहत इति सुतो मे स्रस्तगात्रो बभूव । जलजकुसुमयोनिः श्रेष्ठभावो जितात्मा त्रिदशपतिमवोचन्मा व्यथिष्ठा जये श्रीः ॥

na cāpi taṃ bubudhe sūtaputro bāṇe praviṣṭaṃ yogabalena nāgam | daśaśatanayano'hiṃ dṛśya bāṇe praviṣṭaṃ nihata iti suto me srastagātro babhūva | jalajakusumayoniḥ śreṣṭhabhāvo jitātmā tridaśapatimavocanmā vyathiṣṭhā jaye śrīḥ

The charioteer's son did not realise that a serpent had entered the arrow by the power of yoga. Seeing the serpent lodged in the arrow, Indra of the thousand eyes thought, "My son is slain," and his limbs went slack; but the lotus-born one, of excellent nature and mastered self, said to the lord of the gods, "Do not be distressed; fortune lies in the victory."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the star passage 8.66.6d*1084_01–02, lines 2–3 are 8.66.6d*1085_01–04. The page prints it as three lines, with a stray opening bracket, which is removed. Indra's thought ("my son is slain") and Brahma's words are kept within Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 26 (8.97.26)

ततोऽब्रवीन्मद्रराजो महात्मा दृष्ट्वा कर्णं प्रहितेषुं तमुग्रम् । ग्रीवायतः कर्ण न संहितोऽयं समीक्ष्य संधत्स्व शरं परध्नम् ॥

tato'bravīnmadrarājo mahātmā dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ prahiteṣuṃ tamugram | grīvāyataḥ karṇa na saṃhito'yaṃ samīkṣya saṃdhatsva śaraṃ paradhnam

Then the great-souled king of the Madras, seeing Karna with his fierce arrow ready, said: "Karna, this one is not aimed at the neck. Look carefully, and fit an arrow that will slay the foe."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.7 (Wikisource's wording differs: दृष्ट्वा कर्ण प्रहितेषुं तमुग्रम् for CE vaikartanaṃ prekṣya hi saṃhiteṣum, and ग्रीवायतः … परध्नम् for CE na karṇa grīvām iṣur eṣa prāpsyate … śiroghnam, recension variants, kept). Shalya's words fill line 2; the verse stays with the narrator. Corrected दृष्ट्वा कर्ण → दृष्ट्वा कर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped). Corrected कर्ण न् संहितोऽयं → कर्ण न संहितोऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray halant on न (न संहितः, 'is not aimed')).

Verse 27 (8.97.27)

अथाब्रवीत्क्रोधसंरक्तनेत्रो मद्राधिपं सूतपुत्रो मनस्वी । न संधत्ते द्विः शरं शल्य कर्णो न मादृशाः जिह्मयुद्धाः भवन्ति ॥

athābravītkrodhasaṃraktanetro madrādhipaṃ sūtaputro manasvī | na saṃdhatte dviḥ śaraṃ śalya karṇo na mādṛśāḥ jihmayuddhāḥ bhavanti

Then the wise son of the charioteer, his eyes red with anger, said to the lord of the Madras: "Karna does not fit an arrow twice, Shalya; men like me are not deceitful fighters."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.8 (Wikisource न मादृशा जिह्मयुद्धा भवन्ति for CE na mādṛśāḥ śāṭhyayuktā bhavanti, a recension variant, kept). Karna's words fill line 2; the verse stays with the narrator. Corrected मादृशा → मादृशाः (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga of the plural nominative is dropped). Corrected जिह्ययुध्दा → जिह्मयुद्धाः (misprint in Wikisource; ह्य for ह्म, ध्द for द्ध (broken conjunct), and a dropped visarga).

Verse 28 (8.97.28)

इतीदमुक्त्वा विससर्ज तं शरं प्रयत्नतो वर्षगणाभिपूजितम् । हतोऽसि रे फल्गुन इत्यधिक्षिपन्नुवाच चोच्चैर्गिरमूर्जितां वृषः ॥

itīdamuktvā visasarja taṃ śaraṃ prayatnato varṣagaṇābhipūjitam | hato'si re phalguna ityadhikṣipannuvāca coccairgiramūrjitāṃ vṛṣaḥ

Having said this, he loosed that arrow, which he had carefully honoured for many years, and Vrisha cried out in a loud and mighty voice, taunting, "You are slain, Phalguna!"

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.9 (Wikisource इतीदमुक्त्वा … वर्षगणाभिपूजितम् for CE tathaivam uktvā … balāhakaṃ varṣaghanābhipūjitam, and the end of line 2, recension variants, kept). Corrected इतिदमुक्त्वा → इतीदमुक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a short इ for ई (इति + इदम्)). Corrected हतोसि → हतोऽसि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha).

Verse 29 (8.97.29)

स सायकः कर्णभुजप्रसृष्टो हुताशनार्कप्रतिमः सुघोरः । गुणच्युतः कर्णधनुः प्रमुक्तो वियद्गतः प्राज्वलदन्तरिक्षे ॥

sa sāyakaḥ karṇabhujaprasṛṣṭo hutāśanārkapratimaḥ sughoraḥ | guṇacyutaḥ karṇadhanuḥ pramukto viyadgataḥ prājvaladantarikṣe

That arrow, loosed from Karna's arm, blazing like fire and the sun, most dreadful, left the string and flew from Karna's bow into the sky, shining in the heavens.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.11d*1088_01–03 (line 1 = *1088_01–02; line 2 expands *1088_03, guṇacyutaḥ prājvalad antarikṣe).

Verse 30 (8.97.30)

तमापतन्तं ज्वलितं निरीक्ष्य वियद्गतं वृष्णिकुलप्रवीरः । रथस्य चक्रं सहसा निपीड्य पञ्चाङ्गुलं मज्जयति स्म वीरः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ jvalitaṃ nirīkṣya viyadgataṃ vṛṣṇikulapravīraḥ | rathasya cakraṃ sahasā nipīḍya pañcāṅgulaṃ majjayati sma vīraḥ

Seeing it come blazing through the sky, the hero of the Vrishni line suddenly pressed down on the chariot's wheel and sank it five fingers' breadth into the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.11d*1089_01–04. Corrected मञ्जयति → मज्जयति (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज; CE majjayati).

Verse 31 (8.97.31)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षे सुमहान्निनादः संपूजनार्थं मधुसूदनस्य । दिव्याश्च वाचः सहसा बभूवुर्दिव्यानि पुष्पाण्यथ सिंहनादाः । तस्मिंस्तथा वै धरणीं निमग्ने रथे प्रयत्नान्मधुसूदनस्य ॥

tato'ntarikṣe sumahānninādaḥ saṃpūjanārthaṃ madhusūdanasya | divyāśca vācaḥ sahasā babhūvurdivyāni puṣpāṇyatha siṃhanādāḥ | tasmiṃstathā vai dharaṇīṃ nimagne rathe prayatnānmadhusūdanasya

Then in the sky there rose a mighty sound in honour of Madhusudana; there were divine voices all at once, and divine flowers, and lion-roars, as the chariot of Madhusudana, by his effort, sank into the earth.

Note on the text: Three input rows (the page prints the verse as three lines, labelled 31a, 31b, 31c) joined into one verse. Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.11d*1090_01–06. Line 2 was cut off at the start in Wikisource (it begins with a stray र्, the end of बभूवुः); restored from the critical edition (8.66.11d*1090_03): दिव्याश्च वाचः सहसा बभूवुः (divyāś ca vācaḥ sahasā babhūvur), joined with the following words by sandhi. Corrected संपूजनार्थ → संपूजनार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara).

Verse 32 (8.97.32)

ततः किरीटं बहुरत्नचित्रं जघान नागोऽर्जुनमूर्धतो बलात् । गिरेः सुजाताङ्कुरपुष्पितद्रुमं महेन्द्रवज्रं शिखरं यथोत्तमम् ॥

tataḥ kirīṭaṃ bahuratnacitraṃ jaghāna nāgo'rjunamūrdhato balāt | gireḥ sujātāṅkurapuṣpitadrumaṃ mahendravajraṃ śikharaṃ yathottamam

Then the serpent forcibly struck the crown, bright with many jewels, from Arjuna's head, as Mahendra's thunderbolt strikes the finest peak of a mountain covered with well-grown flowering trees and shoots.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.17 (Wikisource जघान for CE jahāra, a variant, kept). Wikisource places this verse before the verses that correspond to CE 8.66.12–16. Corrected वहुरत्नचित्रं → बहुरत्नचित्रं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; वहु is not a word, CE bahuratnamaṇḍitaṃ).

Verse 33 (8.97.33)

ततः किरीटं तपनीयचित्रं पार्थोत्तमाङ्गादहरत्तरस्वी । तद्धेमजालावनतं सुघोरं संप्रज्वलत्तन्निपपात भूमौ ॥

tataḥ kirīṭaṃ tapanīyacitraṃ pārthottamāṅgādaharattarasvī | taddhemajālāvanataṃ sughoraṃ saṃprajvalattannipapāta bhūmau

Then the mighty one took the gold-bright crown from Partha's head; hung with a net of gold, dreadful, blazing, it fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.15d*1094_01–04 (placed after 15c; Wikisource's first line is a variant of the CE's viśuddhajāmbūnadaratnabhūṣitaṃ, kept). Corrected पार्थोत्तमाङ्गदहरत्तरस्वी → पार्थोत्तमाङ्गादहरत्तरस्वी (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā-sign (पार्थोत्तमाङ्गात् + अहरत्); CE pārthottamāṅgād aharat tarasvī).

Verse 34 (8.97.34)

ततोऽर्जुनस्योत्तमगात्रभूषणं सुवर्णमुक्तामणिवज्रचित्रितम् । धरावियद्द्योसलिलेषु विश्रुतं बलं निसर्गोत्तममन्युभिः सदा ॥

tato'rjunasyottamagātrabhūṣaṇaṃ suvarṇamuktāmaṇivajracitritam | dharāviyaddyosalileṣu viśrutaṃ balaṃ nisargottamamanyubhiḥ sadā

Then Arjuna's supreme ornament, set with gold, pearls, gems and diamonds, famed through earth, sky, heaven and the waters—by sheer strength and by his ever-natural, supreme fury—

Note on the text: Corresponds, in a recension variant, to CE 8.66.12 (line 1 is a variant of 12a, with a half-line from 13a; line 2 renders 12a's second half, dharāviyaddyosalileṣu viśrutam, and a variant of 12c). The sentence is completed in the next verse (शरेण मूर्ध्नि प्रजहार सूतजः). Corrected धरावियद्दयोसलिलेषु → धरावियद्द्योसलिलेषु (misprint in Wikisource; द्दयो for द्द्यो, a broken conjunct; CE dharāviyaddyosalileṣu).

Verse 35 (8.97.35)

शरेण मूर्ध्नि प्रजहार सूतजो दिवाकरेन्दुज्वलनग्रहत्विषम् । सुवर्णमुक्तामणिवज्रभूषणं पुरन्दरार्थं तपसा प्रयत्नतः ॥

śareṇa mūrdhni prajahāra sūtajo divākarendujvalanagrahatviṣam | suvarṇamuktāmaṇivajrabhūṣaṇaṃ purandarārthaṃ tapasā prayatnataḥ

the charioteer's son struck on the head with an arrow; it shone like the sun, the moon, fire and the planets, adorned with gold, pearls, gems and diamonds, and had been made with effort, through austerities, for Purandara.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.13 (line 1 combines CE 12c, śareṇa mūrdhnaḥ sa jahāra sūtajaḥ, with the first half of 13a; line 2 is 13a/13c, a variant). Corrected पुरन्दरार्थ → पुरन्दरार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara).

Verse 36 (8.97.36)

स्वयं कृतं यद्विधिना स्वयंभुवा महार्हरूपं द्विषतां भयंकरम् । निजघ्नुषे देवरिपून्सुरेश्वरः स्वयं ददौ यद्धि मुदाऽर्जुनाय ॥

svayaṃ kṛtaṃ yadvidhinā svayaṃbhuvā mahārharūpaṃ dviṣatāṃ bhayaṃkaram | nijaghnuṣe devaripūnsureśvaraḥ svayaṃ dadau yaddhi mudā'rjunāya

Svayambhu the Creator had himself made it—of precious form, a terror to enemies—and the lord of the gods himself had gladly given it to Arjuna, the slayer of the gods' foes.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.14 (line 1 begins with CE 13c, svayaṃ kṛtaṃ …, and continues with 14a; line 2 is 14c, svayaṃ dadau yat sumanāḥ kirīṭine, in a variant wording). Corrected महार्हरुपं → महार्हरूपं (misprint in Wikisource; a short उ for ऊ in रूप). Corrected निजघ्नते → निजघ्नुषे (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid form; the dative of the perfect participle निजघ्नुष् is meant, CE nijaghnuṣe). Corrected यध्दि → यद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; ध्द for द्ध, a broken conjunct).

Verse 37 (8.97.37)

हरिप्रचेतोहरिवित्तगोप्तृभिः पिनाकपाशाशनिदण्डधारिभिः । सुरोत्तमैरप्यविषह्यमर्दितुं प्रसह्य नागेन जहार तद्वृषः ॥

haripracetoharivittagoptṛbhiḥ pinākapāśāśanidaṇḍadhāribhiḥ | surottamairapyaviṣahyamardituṃ prasahya nāgena jahāra tadvṛṣaḥ

That crown, which not even the foremost of the gods—Hari, Pracetas, another Hari and the Guardian of Wealth, wielders of the Pinaka, the noose, the thunderbolt and the staff—could have crushed, Vrisha forcibly carried off by means of the serpent.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.15 (line 1 is a variant of 15a, harāmbupākhaṇḍalavittagoptṛbhiḥ …; line 2 is 15c). Corrected जहार तद्वृषा → जहार तद्वृषः (misprint in Wikisource; a visarga is needed (Vṛṣa, i.e. Karna, is the subject); CE yad vṛṣaḥ).

Verse 38 (8.97.38)

तदुत्तमेषून्मथितं विषाहिना प्रदीप्तमर्चिष्मदतीव सुन्दरम् । पपात पार्थस्य किरीटमुत्तमं दिवाकरोऽस्तादिव पर्वताज्ज्वलन् ॥

taduttameṣūnmathitaṃ viṣāhinā pradīptamarciṣmadatīva sundaram | papāta pārthasya kirīṭamuttamaṃ divākaro'stādiva parvatājjvalan

Shattered by that best of arrows, the venomous serpent, Partha's supreme crown—blazing, radiant, exceedingly beautiful—fell like the burning sun from the mountain of its setting.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.16 (Wikisource's wording differs slightly in line 1, a variant, kept). Corrected प्रदीप्तपर्चिष्मदतीव → प्रदीप्तमर्चिष्मदतीव (misprint in Wikisource; प for म; CE pradīptam arciṣmad). Corrected दिवाकरोस्तादिव → दिवाकरोऽस्तादिव (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; CE divākaro 'stād iva).

Verse 39 (8.97.39)

महीवियद्द्योसलिलानि वायुना प्रसह्य रुग्णानि विघूर्णितानि वा । इतीव शब्दं भुवनेषु तत्तथा जना व्यवस्यन्ति दिशश्च विह्वलाः ॥

mahīviyaddyosalilāni vāyunā prasahya rugṇāni vighūrṇitāni vā | itīva śabdaṃ bhuvaneṣu tattathā janā vyavasyanti diśaśca vihvalāḥ

A roar went up through the worlds as if earth, sky, heaven and the waters were being violently shattered and whirled about by a wind; so the people judged it, and the quarters reeled in confusion.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.18 (Wikisource's wording differs slightly, a variant, kept). Corrected महीवियद्दयोसलिलानि → महीवियद्द्योसलिलानि (misprint in Wikisource; द्दयो for द्द्यो, a broken conjunct).

Verse 40 (8.97.40)

विना किरीटं शुशुभे स पार्थः श्यामो युवा शैल इव त्रिशृङ्गैः ॥

vinā kirīṭaṃ śuśubhe sa pārthaḥ śyāmo yuvā śaila iva triśṛṅgaiḥ

Without his crown Partha shone, dark and young, like a mountain with three peaks.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.19b*1095_01–02 (vinā kirīṭaṃ śuśubhe sa pārthaḥ / śyāmo yuvā śaila ivāstaśṛṅgaḥ; Wikisource त्रिशृङ्गैः for astaśṛṅgaḥ), printed as a single line.

Verse 41 (8.97.41)

ततः समुद्ग्रथ्य सितेन वाससा स्वमूर्धजानव्यथितस्तदाऽर्जुनः । बभौ सुसंपूर्णमरीचिनेन्दुना शिरोगतेनोदयपर्वतो यथा ॥

tataḥ samudgrathya sitena vāsasā svamūrdhajānavyathitastadā'rjunaḥ | babhau susaṃpūrṇamarīcinendunā śirogatenodayaparvato yathā

Then Arjuna, undismayed, bound up his hair with a white cloth, and shone like the Udaya mountain with the full-rayed moon resting on its summit.

Note on the text: Split from the input row, which had joined two verses (this one and the next) and carried the page's verse label (8-97-41b*) inside the text; the label is removed. Corresponds to CE 8.66.19 (a, c; Wikisource's wording is a variant, kept). Corrected समुद्ग्र्थ्य → समुद्ग्रथ्य (misprint in Wikisource; a misplaced र्; CE samudgrathya). Corrected स्वमूर्घजान → स्वमूर्धजान (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध (मूर्धज); CE svamūrdhajān).

Verse 42 (8.97.42)

स चापि राधेयभुजप्रमुक्तो हुताशनार्कप्रतिमद्युतिर्महान् । महोरगः कृतवैरोऽर्जुनेन किरीटमाहृत्य समुत्पपात ॥

sa cāpi rādheyabhujapramukto hutāśanārkapratimadyutirmahān | mahoragaḥ kṛtavairo'rjunena kirīṭamāhṛtya samutpapāta

And that great serpent too, loosed from Radheya's arm, shining like fire and the sun, bearing enmity toward Arjuna, flew up carrying off the crown.

Note on the text: Split from the input row, which had joined this verse to the previous one (the page prints them as two verses, 8-97-41b and 8-97-42b). Corresponds to CE 8.66.20 (Wikisource's first half of line 1 and किरीटमाहृत्य for CE kirīṭam āsādya are recension variants, kept).

Verse 43 (8.97.43)

तमुत्पतन्तं द्विपदां वरिष्ठो दृष्ट्वा वचः पार्थमुवाच कृष्णः । महोरगं पाण्डव पश्यपश्य प्रयोजितं त्वन्निधनार्थमुग्रम् ॥

tamutpatantaṃ dvipadāṃ variṣṭho dṛṣṭvā vacaḥ pārthamuvāca kṛṣṇaḥ | mahoragaṃ pāṇḍava paśyapaśya prayojitaṃ tvannidhanārthamugram

Seeing it rise, Krishna, the best of two-footed beings, said to Partha: "Look, look, O Pandava, at the great serpent, a fierce creature sent to bring about your death!"

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.21d*1112_01–04. Krishna's words fill line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 44 (8.97.44)

स एवमुक्तो मधुसूदनेन गाण्डीवधन्वा हरिमुग्रवाचा । उवाच को न्वेष ममाद्य नागः क्षयाय नागाद्गरुडस्य वक्त्रम् ॥

sa evamukto madhusūdanena gāṇḍīvadhanvā harimugravācā | uvāca ko nveṣa mamādya nāgaḥ kṣayāya nāgādgaruḍasya vaktram

Thus addressed by Madhusudana, the wielder of the Gandiva, fierce in his words, said to Hari: "Who is this serpent that, to its own ruin, comes today toward me, like a snake into the mouth of Garuda?"

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.22 (line 2 ends क्षयाय नागाद्गरुडस्य वक्त्रम् where the CE has svayaṃ ya āgād garuḍasya vaktram, a recension variant, kept). Arjuna's words fill line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 45 (8.97.45)

योऽसौ त्वया खाण्डवे चित्रभानुं संतर्पयाणेन धनुर्धरेण । वियद्गतो जननीगुप्तदेहो मत्वैकरूपं निहताऽस्य माता ॥

yo'sau tvayā khāṇḍave citrabhānuṃ saṃtarpayāṇena dhanurdhareṇa | viyadgato jananīguptadeho matvaikarūpaṃ nihatā'sya mātā

Krishna said: "He is the one who, when you were gratifying Chitrabhanu at Khandava with your bow, rose into the sky with his body shielded by his mother, thinking her to be of one form; and his mother was slain."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.23 (Wikisource's second line, जननीगुप्तदेहो मत्वैकरूपं निहताऽस्य माता, is a recension variant of the CE's bāṇanikṛttadeho hy anekarūpo nihatāsya mātā, kept). Speaker as headed on the page (कृष्ण उवाच).

Verse 46 (8.97.46)

स एष तद्वैरमनुस्मरन्वै त्वां प्रार्थयत्यात्मवधाय नूनम् । नभश्च्युतां प्रज्वलितामिवोल्कां पश्यैनमायान्तममित्रसाह ॥

sa eṣa tadvairamanusmaranvai tvāṃ prārthayatyātmavadhāya nūnam | nabhaścyutāṃ prajvalitāmivolkāṃ paśyainamāyāntamamitrasāha

"Remembering that enmity, he has surely come seeking you, to his own death. Look at him coming, O vanquisher of foes, like a blazing meteor fallen from the sky."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.23d*1114_01–04. Speaker: Krishna, continuing his headed speech.

Verse 47 (8.97.47)

ततः स जिष्णुः परिवृत्य रोषाच्चिच्छेद षड्भिर्निशितैः सुधारैः । नागं वियत्तिर्यगिवोत्पतन्तं स च्छिन्नगात्रो निपपात भूमौ ॥

tataḥ sa jiṣṇuḥ parivṛtya roṣācciccheda ṣaḍbhirniśitaiḥ sudhāraiḥ | nāgaṃ viyattiryagivotpatantaṃ sa cchinnagātro nipapāta bhūmau

Then Jishnu, turning on him in anger, cut that serpent with six keen, well-edged arrows as it flew aslant through the sky, and with its body cut apart it fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.24 (line 1 ends परिवृत्य रोषात् where the CE has parihṛtya śeṣān, a recension variant, kept). Speaker as headed on the page (सञ्जय उवाच).

Verse 48 (8.97.48)

हते च तस्मिन्भुजगे किरीटिना स्वयं विभुः पार्थिव भूतलादथ । समुज्जहाराशु पुनः पतन्तं रथं भुजाभ्यां पुरुषोत्तमस्ततः ॥

hate ca tasminbhujage kirīṭinā svayaṃ vibhuḥ pārthiva bhūtalādatha | samujjahārāśu punaḥ patantaṃ rathaṃ bhujābhyāṃ puruṣottamastataḥ

And when the serpent had been slain by Kiritin, O king, the Lord himself, Purushottama, swiftly raised with his two arms from the ground the chariot that was sinking down again.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.24d*1115_01–04 (Wikisource's wording is a variant, kept). The stray brackets printed by Wikisource (a bracket before the verse and ] after it) are removed.

Verse 49 (8.97.49)

तस्मिन्मुहूर्ते दशभिः पृषत्कैः शिलाशितैर्बर्हिणबर्हवाजितैः । विव्याघ कर्णः पुरुषप्रवीरो धनञ्जयं तिर्यगवेक्षमाणः ॥

tasminmuhūrte daśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ śilāśitairbarhiṇabarhavājitaiḥ | vivyāgha karṇaḥ puruṣapravīro dhanañjayaṃ tiryagavekṣamāṇaḥ

At that moment Karna, the foremost hero among men, glancing sideways at Dhananjaya, pierced him with ten arrows whetted on stone and fledged with peacock feathers.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.25.

Verse 50 (8.97.50)

ततोऽर्जुनो द्वादशभिः सुमुक्तैर्वराहकर्णैर्निशितैः समर्प्य । नाराचमाशीविषतुल्यवेगमाकर्णपूर्णायतमुत्ससर्ज ॥

tato'rjuno dvādaśabhiḥ sumuktairvarāhakarṇairniśitaiḥ samarpya | nārācamāśīviṣatulyavegamākarṇapūrṇāyatamutsasarja

Then Arjuna struck him with twelve well-loosed, sharp boar-eared arrows, and loosed a nārāca, as swift as a venomous snake, drawn back full-length to the ear.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.26.

Verse 51 (8.97.51)

स चित्रवर्मेषुवरो विदार्य प्राणान्निरस्यन्निव साधुमुक्तः । कर्णस्य पीत्वा रुधिरं विवेश वसुंधरां शोणितदिग्धवाजः ॥

sa citravarmeṣuvaro vidārya prāṇānnirasyanniva sādhumuktaḥ | karṇasya pītvā rudhiraṃ viveśa vasuṃdharāṃ śoṇitadigdhavājaḥ

That best of arrows, well loosed, tore through Karna's gleaming armour as if driving out his life-breaths, and, having drunk his blood, entered the earth, its feathers smeared with blood.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.27. Corrected शॊणित → शोणित (misprint in Wikisource; ॊ (a short-o sign) for ो).

Verse 52 (8.97.52)

ततो वृषो बाणनिपातकोपितो महोरगो दण्डविघट्टितो यथा । तदाऽऽशुकारी व्यसृजच्छरोत्तमान् महाविषः सर्प इवोत्तमं विषम् ॥

tato vṛṣo bāṇanipātakopito mahorago daṇḍavighaṭṭito yathā | tadā''śukārī vyasṛjaccharottamān mahāviṣaḥ sarpa ivottamaṃ viṣam

Then Vrisha, enraged by the falling arrow, like a great serpent struck with a stick, quickly loosed his best arrows, as a deadly serpent spits its choicest venom.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.28.

Verse 53 (8.97.53)

जनार्दनं द्वादशभिः पराभिनन्नवैर्नवत्या च शरैस्तथाऽर्जुनम् । शरेण घोरेण पुनश्च पाण्डवं विदार्य कर्णो व्यनदज्जहास च ॥

janārdanaṃ dvādaśabhiḥ parābhinannavairnavatyā ca śaraistathā'rjunam | śareṇa ghoreṇa punaśca pāṇḍavaṃ vidārya karṇo vyanadajjahāsa ca

He pierced Janardana with twelve arrows and Arjuna with ninety fresh ones; then, having torn into the Pandava again with a dreadful arrow, Karna roared and laughed.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.29.

Verse 54 (8.97.54)

तमस्य हर्षं ममृषे न पाण्डवो बिभेद मर्माणि ततोऽस्य मर्मवित् । परःशतैः पत्रिभिरिन्द्रविक्रमस्तथा यथेन्द्रो बलमोजसा रणे ॥

tamasya harṣaṃ mamṛṣe na pāṇḍavo bibheda marmāṇi tato'sya marmavit | paraḥśataiḥ patribhirindravikramastathā yathendro balamojasā raṇe

The Pandava could not bear his exultation; knowing the vital spots, he then struck Karna's vitals with more than a hundred feathered arrows, with the might of Indra, as Indra once struck Bala in battle with his full strength.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.30.

Verse 55 (8.97.55)

ततः शराणां नवतिं तदाऽर्जुनः ससर्ज कर्णेऽन्तकदण्डसंनिभाम् । तैः पत्रिभिर्विद्धतनुः स विव्यथे तथा यथा वज्रविदारितोऽचलः ॥

tataḥ śarāṇāṃ navatiṃ tadā'rjunaḥ sasarja karṇe'ntakadaṇḍasaṃnibhām | taiḥ patribhirviddhatanuḥ sa vivyathe tathā yathā vajravidārito'calaḥ

Then Arjuna loosed at Karna ninety arrows, like Death's rod; his body pierced by those arrows, Karna trembled like a mountain split by the thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.31 (line 2 is a variant of 31c, śarair bhṛśāyastatanuḥ pravivyathe …, kept).

Verse 56 (8.97.56)

मणिप्रवेकोत्तमवज्रहाटकैरलंकृतं चास्य वराङ्गभूषणम् । प्रविद्धमुर्व्यां निपपात पत्रिभिर्धनञ्जयेनोत्तमकुण्डलेऽपि च ॥

maṇipravekottamavajrahāṭakairalaṃkṛtaṃ cāsya varāṅgabhūṣaṇam | praviddhamurvyāṃ nipapāta patribhirdhanañjayenottamakuṇḍale'pi ca

His supreme head-ornament, adorned with the finest gems, diamonds and gold, was pierced by Dhananjaya's arrows and fell to the ground, as did his excellent earrings.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.32. Corrected कुण्डलेपि → कुण्डलेऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha).

Verse 57 (8.97.57)

महाधनं शिल्पिवरैः प्रयत्नतः कृतं यदस्योत्तमवर्म भास्वरम् । सुदीर्घकालेन ततोऽस्य पाण्डवः क्षणेन बाणैर्बहुधा व्यशातयत् ॥

mahādhanaṃ śilpivaraiḥ prayatnataḥ kṛtaṃ yadasyottamavarma bhāsvaram | sudīrghakālena tato'sya pāṇḍavaḥ kṣaṇena bāṇairbahudhā vyaśātayat

His excellent, shining armour of immense value, which the best artisans had made with great pains over a very long time—the Pandava shattered it in many places in an instant with his arrows.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.33.

Verse 58 (8.97.58)

तस्येषुभिः खण्डितकुण्डलोऽन्तः परिक्षतश्चाभ्यधिकं तदानीम् । सलोहिताङ्गश्रवणश्चकाशे सलोहिताङ्गश्रवणो यथा दिवि ॥

tasyeṣubhiḥ khaṇḍitakuṇḍalo'ntaḥ parikṣataścābhyadhikaṃ tadānīm | salohitāṅgaśravaṇaścakāśe salohitāṅgaśravaṇo yathā divi

With the arrows his earrings were cut away and he was then wounded still more deeply within; with limbs and ears red with blood he shone like Mars with Shravana in the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.33d*1119_01–04.

Verse 59 (8.97.59)

स तं विवर्माणमथोत्तमेषुभिः शितैश्चतुर्भिः कुपितः पराभिनत् । स विव्यथेऽत्यर्थमरिप्रताडितो यथाऽऽतुरः पित्तकफानिलज्वरैः ॥

sa taṃ vivarmāṇamathottameṣubhiḥ śitaiścaturbhiḥ kupitaḥ parābhinat | sa vivyathe'tyarthamaripratāḍito yathā''turaḥ pittakaphānilajvaraiḥ

Enraged, Arjuna then struck the armourless Karna with four sharp, excellent arrows; and Karna, beaten by his enemy, writhed in great pain, like a sick man racked by fevers of bile, phlegm and wind.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.34 (Wikisource पित्तकफानिलज्वरैः for CE pittakaphānilavraṇaiḥ, a variant, kept). Corrected विवर्माणमथोत्तपेषुभिः → विवर्माणमथोत्तमेषुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; प for म; CE athottameṣubhiḥ).

Verse 60 (8.97.60)

महाधनुर्मण्डलनिः सृतैः शितैः क्रियाप्रयत्नप्रहितैर्बलेन च । ततक्ष कर्णं बहुभिः शरोत्तमैर्बिभेद मर्मस्वपि चार्जुनस्त्वरन् ॥

mahādhanurmaṇḍalaniḥ sṛtaiḥ śitaiḥ kriyāprayatnaprahitairbalena ca | tatakṣa karṇaṃ bahubhiḥ śarottamairbibheda marmasvapi cārjunastvaran

Hastening, Arjuna cut Karna with many excellent arrows—sharp shafts that sped out of the circle of his great bow, sent with skill, effort and strength—and pierced his vital spots as well.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.35. Corrected ततक्ष कर्ण → ततक्ष कर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped).

Verse 61 (8.97.61)

दृढाहतः पत्रिभिरुग्रवेगैः पार्थेन कर्णो विविधैः शिताग्रैः । बभौ गिरिर्गैरिकधातुरक्तः क्षरन्प्रपातैरिव रक्तमम्भः ॥

dṛḍhāhataḥ patribhirugravegaiḥ pārthena karṇo vividhaiḥ śitāgraiḥ | babhau girirgairikadhāturaktaḥ kṣaranprapātairiva raktamambhaḥ

Struck hard by Partha with fierce, swift, sharp-pointed arrows of many kinds, Karna looked like a mountain reddened with ochre, pouring red water down in torrents.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.36.

Verse 62 (8.97.62)

ततोऽर्जुनः कर्णमवक्रगैर्नवैः सुवर्णपुङ्खैः सुदृढैरयस्मयैः । यमाग्निदण्डप्रतिमैः स्तनान्तरे पराभिनत्क्रौञ्चमिवाद्रिमग्निजः ॥

tato'rjunaḥ karṇamavakragairnavaiḥ suvarṇapuṅkhaiḥ sudṛḍhairayasmayaiḥ | yamāgnidaṇḍapratimaiḥ stanāntare parābhinatkrauñcamivādrimagnijaḥ

Then Arjuna pierced Karna in the chest with fresh, straight-flying, gold-feathered, strong iron arrows, like the rods of Yama and Agni, as Agni's son once split the Krauncha mountain.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 41 (printed after 8.66.19c), lines 0001–0004 (8.66.19d@041_0001–0004). The page opens the verse with a stray bracket, which is removed.

Verse 63 (8.97.63)

ततः शरावापमपास्य सूतजो धनुश्च तच्छक्रशरासनोपमम् । ततो रथस्थः स मुमोह च स्खलन् प्रशीर्णमुष्टिः सुभृशाहतः प्रभो ॥

tataḥ śarāvāpamapāsya sūtajo dhanuśca tacchakraśarāsanopamam | tato rathasthaḥ sa mumoha ca skhalan praśīrṇamuṣṭiḥ subhṛśāhataḥ prabho

Then the charioteer's son let fall his quiver and that bow like the bow of Shakra, and, standing in his chariot, staggered and fainted, his grip loosened, struck exceedingly hard, my lord.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 41, lines 0005–0008 (8.66.19d@041_0005–0008; Wikisource's second line differs from the CE's, a variant, kept).

Verse 64 (8.97.64)

न चार्जुनस्तं व्यसने तदेयिवान्निहन्तुमार्यः पुरुषव्रते स्थितः । ततस्तमिन्द्रावरजः सुसंभ्रमादुवाच किं पाण्डव हे प्रमाद्यसे ॥

na cārjunastaṃ vyasane tadeyivānnihantumāryaḥ puruṣavrate sthitaḥ | tatastamindrāvarajaḥ susaṃbhramāduvāca kiṃ pāṇḍava he pramādyase

But Arjuna, noble and steadfast in the vow of manliness, did not then set about killing him in his plight. Then, in great agitation, Indra's younger brother (Krishna) said to him, "Pandava, why are you slack?"

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 41, lines 0009–0012 (8.66.19d@041_0009–0012). Krishna's words fill the second half of line 2; the verse stays with the narrator. Corrected तदेषिवान् → तदेयिवान् (misprint in Wikisource; ष for य; CE tadeyivān).

Verse 65 (8.97.65)

नैवाहितानां सततं विपश्चितः क्षणं प्रतीक्षन्त्यपि दुर्बलीयसाम् । विशेषतोऽरीन्व्यसनेषु पण्डितो निहत्य धर्मं च यशश्च विन्दते ॥

naivāhitānāṃ satataṃ vipaścitaḥ kṣaṇaṃ pratīkṣantyapi durbalīyasām | viśeṣato'rīnvyasaneṣu paṇḍito nihatya dharmaṃ ca yaśaśca vindate

The wise never wait even a moment, at any time, in dealing with enemies, even very weak ones; and the discerning man who strikes down his foes, above all when they are in distress, wins both merit and renown.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 41, lines 0013–0016 (8.66.19d@041_0013–0016). Speaker: Krishna (Vasudeva), unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse.

Verse 66 (8.97.66)

तदेकवीरं तव चाहितं सदा त्वरस्व कर्णं सहसाऽभिमर्दितुम् । पुरा समर्थः समुपैति सूतजो भिन्धि त्वमेनं नमुचिं यथा हरिः ॥

tadekavīraṃ tava cāhitaṃ sadā tvarasva karṇaṃ sahasā'bhimarditum | purā samarthaḥ samupaiti sūtajo bhindhi tvamenaṃ namuciṃ yathā hariḥ

So hasten, at once, to crush Karna, that one hero, your constant enemy, before the charioteer's son recovers his strength and comes at you. Cleave him, as Hari once cleaved Namuchi.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 41, lines 0017–0020 (8.66.19d@041_0017–0020). Speaker: Krishna (Vasudeva), unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse. Corrected त्वरस्व कर्ण → त्वरस्व कर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped (Karna is the object of अभिमर्दितुम्, not a vocative); CE tvarasva karṇaṃ).

Verse 67 (8.97.67)

ततस्तदेवेत्यभिपूज्य सत्वरं जनार्दनं कर्णमविध्यदर्जुनः । शरोत्तमैः सर्वकुरुत्तमस्त्वरंस्तथा यथा शम्बरहा पुरा बलिम् ॥

tatastadevetyabhipūjya satvaraṃ janārdanaṃ karṇamavidhyadarjunaḥ | śarottamaiḥ sarvakuruttamastvaraṃstathā yathā śambarahā purā balim

Then, approving Janardana's word—"So be it"—Arjuna, best of all the Kurus, hastening, pierced Karna with his finest arrows, as the slayer of Shambara had once pierced Bali.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 41, lines 0021–0024 (8.66.19d@041_0021–0024; Wikisource's second line differs from the CE's, a variant, kept). Corrected त्वरं स्तथा → त्वरंस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space).

Verse 68 (8.97.68)

साश्चं तु कर्णं सरथं किरीटी समाचिनोद्भारत वत्सदन्तैः । प्रच्छादयामास दिशश्च बाणैः सर्वप्रयत्नात्तपनीयपुङ्खैः ॥

sāścaṃ tu karṇaṃ sarathaṃ kirīṭī samācinodbhārata vatsadantaiḥ | pracchādayāmāsa diśaśca bāṇaiḥ sarvaprayatnāttapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ

O Bharata, Kiritin covered Karna, with his horses and chariot, with calf-tooth arrows, and with all his effort he covered the quarters with gold-feathered shafts.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.37.

Verse 69 (8.97.69)

स वत्सदन्तैः पृथुपीनवक्षाः समाचितः सोऽधिरथिर्विभाति । सुपुष्पिताशोकपलाशशाल्मलिर्यथाऽचलश्चन्दनकाननायुतः ॥

sa vatsadantaiḥ pṛthupīnavakṣāḥ samācitaḥ so'dhirathirvibhāti | supuṣpitāśokapalāśaśālmaliryathā'calaścandanakānanāyutaḥ

Covered with the calf-tooth arrows, broad- and full-chested, the son of Adhiratha shone like a mountain thick with sandalwood forest, with blossoming ashoka, palasha and shalmali trees.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.38 (Wikisource सोऽधिरथिर्विभाति and चन्दनकाननायुतः for CE smādhirathir vibhāti and spandanacandanāyutaḥ, variants, kept).

Verse 70 (8.97.70)

शरैः शरीरे बहुभिः समर्पितैर्विभाति कर्णः समरे विशांपते । महीरुहैराचितसानुकन्दरो यथा गिरीन्द्रः स्फुटकर्णिकारवान् ॥

śaraiḥ śarīre bahubhiḥ samarpitairvibhāti karṇaḥ samare viśāṃpate | mahīruhairācitasānukandaro yathā girīndraḥ sphuṭakarṇikāravān

With many arrows lodged in his body, Karna, O lord of the people, shone in battle like the king of mountains, its slopes and caves thick with trees, abloom with karnikara blossoms.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.39 (Wikisource यथा गिरीन्द्रः स्फुटकर्णिकारवान् for CE yathā mahendraḥ śubhakarṇikāravān, a variant, kept).

Verse 71 (8.97.71)

स बाणसङ्घान्बहुधा व्यवासृजन् विभाति कर्णः शरजालरश्मिवान् । सलोहितो रक्तगभस्तिमण्डलो दिवाकरोऽस्ताभिमुखो यथा तथा ॥

sa bāṇasaṅghānbahudhā vyavāsṛjan vibhāti karṇaḥ śarajālaraśmivān | salohito raktagabhastimaṇḍalo divākaro'stābhimukho yathā tathā

Loosing volleys of arrows in many ways, Karna shone with the nets of arrows as his rays, red with blood, his disc of reddened beams like the sun when it turns toward the west.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.40. Corrected बाणस्ङ्घान् → बाणसङ्घान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray halant (स्ङ्घ for सङ्घ)). Corrected दिवाकरोऽस्ताभिमिखो → दिवाकरोऽस्ताभिमुखो (misprint in Wikisource; इ for उ in अभिमुख).

Verse 72 (8.97.72)

बाह्वन्तरादाधिरथेर्विमुक्तान् बाणान्महाहीनिव दीप्यमानान् । व्यध्वंसयन्नर्जुनवाहुमुक्ताः शराः समासाद्य दिशः शिताग्राः ॥

bāhvantarādādhirathervimuktān bāṇānmahāhīniva dīpyamānān | vyadhvaṃsayannarjunavāhumuktāḥ śarāḥ samāsādya diśaḥ śitāgrāḥ

The sharp-pointed arrows loosed from Arjuna's arms, reaching the quarters, shattered the arrows that flew from between Adhiratha's son's arms and blazed like great serpents.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.41.

Verse 73 (8.97.73)

ततः स कर्णः समवाप्य धैर्यं बाणान्विमुञ्चन्कुपिताहिकल्पान् । विव्याध पार्थं दशभिः पृषत्कैः कृष्णं च षड्भिः कुपिताहिकल्पैः ॥

tataḥ sa karṇaḥ samavāpya dhairyaṃ bāṇānvimuñcankupitāhikalpān | vivyādha pārthaṃ daśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ kṛṣṇaṃ ca ṣaḍbhiḥ kupitāhikalpaiḥ

Then Karna, recovering his composure and loosing arrows like enraged serpents, pierced Partha with ten shafts, and Krishna with six that were likewise like enraged serpents.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.41d*1120_01–04. The page opens the verse with a stray bracket, which is removed. Corrected धैर्य बाणान् → धैर्यं बाणान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara). Corrected विव्याध पार्थ → विव्याध पार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped).

Verse 74 (8.97.74)

ततः किरीटी भृशमुग्रनिःस्वनं महाशरं सर्पविषानलोपमम् । अयस्मयं रौद्रमहास्त्रसंभृतं महाहवे क्षेप्तुमना महामतिः ॥

tataḥ kirīṭī bhṛśamugraniḥsvanaṃ mahāśaraṃ sarpaviṣānalopamam | ayasmayaṃ raudramahāstrasaṃbhṛtaṃ mahāhave kṣeptumanā mahāmatiḥ

Then Kiritin, great-minded, was minded in that great battle to hurl a mighty iron arrow, fiercely loud, like serpent venom and fire, charged with a terrible great weapon.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.41d*1121_01–04 (Wikisource's wording is a variant, kept). Corrected भृशमुग्रनिः स्वनं → भृशमुग्रनिःस्वनं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space after the visarga). Corrected रौद्रमहास्रसंभृतं → रौद्रमहास्त्रसंभृतं (misprint in Wikisource; स्र for स्त्र, a dropped त).

Verse 75 (8.97.75)

कालो ह्यदृश्यो नृप विप्रशापान्निदर्शयन्कर्णवधं ब्रुवाणः । भूमिस्तु चक्रं ग्रसतीत्यवोचत्कर्णस्य तस्मिन्वधकाल आगते ॥

kālo hyadṛśyo nṛpa vipraśāpānnidarśayankarṇavadhaṃ bruvāṇaḥ | bhūmistu cakraṃ grasatītyavocatkarṇasya tasminvadhakāla āgate

Time, invisible, O king, through the Brahmin's curse, showing forth Karna's death, said, "The earth swallows the wheel," when that hour of Karna's death had come.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.41d*1122_01–04. Corrected ग्रसतीत्यवोच त्कर्णस्य → ग्रसतीत्यवोचत्कर्णस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space). Corrected तस्मिन्वघकाल → तस्मिन्वधकाल (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; CE vadhakāle).

Verse 76 (8.97.76)

न चास्य घोरं प्रतिभाति चास्त्रं यद्भार्गवोऽस्मै प्रददौ महात्मा । चक्रं च वामं ग्रसते भूमिरस्य प्राप्ते तस्मिन्वधकाले नृवीर ॥

na cāsya ghoraṃ pratibhāti cāstraṃ yadbhārgavo'smai pradadau mahātmā | cakraṃ ca vāmaṃ grasate bhūmirasya prāpte tasminvadhakāle nṛvīra

The dreadful weapon that the great-souled Bhargava had given him no longer came to his mind, and the earth swallowed his left wheel, when that hour of his death arrived, O hero among men.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is a variant of the star passage 8.66.41d*1124_01–02, line 2 is 8.66.41d*1123_03–04. Corrected धोरं → घोरं (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; CE ghoraṃ). Corrected तस्मिन्वध्काले → तस्मिन्वधकाले (misprint in Wikisource; a stray halant and a dropped vowel-sign; CE vadhakāle).

Verse 77 (8.97.77)

ततो रथो घूर्णितवान्नरेन्द्र शापात्तदा ब्राह्मणसत्तमस्य । प्राप्तं वधं शंसति चाप्यथास्त्रं प्रणश्यमानं द्विजमुख्यशापात् ॥

tato ratho ghūrṇitavānnarendra śāpāttadā brāhmaṇasattamasya | prāptaṃ vadhaṃ śaṃsati cāpyathāstraṃ praṇaśyamānaṃ dvijamukhyaśāpāt

Then, O lord of men, by the curse of that best of Brahmins the chariot reeled; and the weapon, vanishing through the curse of the foremost of the twice-born, announced that his death had come.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the star passage 8.66.41d*1123_05–06, line 2 is 8.66.41d*1124_07–08. Corrected चाप्यथास्रं → चाप्यथास्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; स्र for स्त्र, a dropped त).

Verse 78 (8.97.78)

ततश्चक्रमपतत्तस्य भूमौ स विह्वलः समरे सूतपुत्रः । सवेदिकश्चैत्य इवातिमात्रः सुपुष्पितो भूमितले निमग्नः ॥

tataścakramapatattasya bhūmau sa vihvalaḥ samare sūtaputraḥ | savedikaścaitya ivātimātraḥ supuṣpito bhūmitale nimagnaḥ

Then his wheel fell into the earth, and the charioteer's son was thrown into confusion in the battle. Sunk into the ground, he looked like a flower-laden shrine with its platform, swallowed by the earth.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.66.42a (a recension variant in the last words); line 2 is the star passage 8.66.42b*1125_01–02, not in the constituted text. Corrected ततश्च क्रमपतत् → ततश्चक्रमपतत् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space: ततः + चक्रम् (the wheel), CE tataś cakram apatat).

Verse 79 (8.97.79)

मग्ने रथे ब्राह्मणशापमूढो ह्यस्त्रं च तं मोघमिषुं च सर्पम् । अमृष्यमाणो व्यसनानि तानि हस्तौ विधुन्वन्विजगर्ह धर्मम् ॥

magne rathe brāhmaṇaśāpamūḍho hyastraṃ ca taṃ moghamiṣuṃ ca sarpam | amṛṣyamāṇo vyasanāni tāni hastau vidhunvanvijagarha dharmam

With his chariot sunk, bewildered by the Brahmin's curse, his weapon gone and his serpent-arrow wasted, unable to bear those misfortunes, he shook his hands and reproached dharma.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a loose variant of CE 8.66.42c (ghūrṇe rathe brāhmaṇasyābhiśāpād …) and the star passage 8.66.42d*1126_01–02; line 2 corresponds to CE 8.66.43a. Corrected ह्स्तौ → हस्तौ (misprint in Wikisource; a stray halant).

Verse 80 (8.97.80)

धर्मप्रधानं किल पाति धर्म इत्यब्रुवन्धर्मविदः सदैव । वयं च धर्मे प्रयताम नित्यं चर्तुं यथाशक्ति यथाश्रुतं च । स चापि निघ्नाति न पाति भक्तान् मन्ये न नित्यं परिपाति धर्मः ॥

dharmapradhānaṃ kila pāti dharma ityabruvandharmavidaḥ sadaiva | vayaṃ ca dharme prayatāma nityaṃ cartuṃ yathāśakti yathāśrutaṃ ca | sa cāpi nighnāti na pāti bhaktān manye na nityaṃ paripāti dharmaḥ

"Those who know dharma have always said, 'Dharma protects the one for whom dharma comes first.' We too always strive to practise dharma as best we can and as we have heard. Yet it strikes down even its devotees and does not protect them; I think dharma does not always protect."

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.66.43c (Wikisource धर्मप्रधानं … पाति धर्मः for CE dharmapradhānān abhipāti dharmaḥ, a variant), line 2 to the star passage 8.66.43d*1127_01–02, line 3 to 43e (mamāpi nimno 'dya na pāti bhaktān …, Wikisource स चापि निघ्नाति, a variant). Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse. Corrected चर्तुयथाशक्ति → चर्तुं यथाशक्ति (misprint in Wikisource; a lost word-space and dropped anusvara; CE cartuṃ yathāśakti).

Verse 81 (8.97.81)

एवं ब्रुवन्प्रस्खलिताश्वसूतो विचाल्यमानोऽर्जुनबाणपातैः । मर्माभिघाताच्छिथिलः क्रियासु पुनः पुनर्धर्ममसौ जगर्ह ॥

evaṃ bruvanpraskhalitāśvasūto vicālyamāno'rjunabāṇapātaiḥ | marmābhighātācchithilaḥ kriyāsu punaḥ punardharmamasau jagarha

Speaking thus, with his horses and charioteer stumbling, shaken by the falling of Arjuna's arrows, and slack in his actions from the blows on his vital parts, he reproached dharma again and again.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.44 (Wikisource's second line, मर्माभिघाताच्छिथिलः क्रियासु, for CE marmābhighātāc calitaḥ kriyāsu, a variant, kept). Corrected त्रियासु → क्रियासु (misprint in Wikisource; त्र for क्र; CE kriyāsu).

Verse 82 (8.97.82)

ततः शरैर्भीमतरैरविध्यत्त्रिभिराहवे । हस्ते कृष्णं तथा पार्थमभ्यविध्यच्च सप्तभिः ॥

tataḥ śarairbhīmatarairavidhyattribhirāhave | haste kṛṣṇaṃ tathā pārthamabhyavidhyacca saptabhiḥ

Then in the battle he pierced Krishna in the hand with three most terrible arrows, and he pierced Partha too with seven.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.45 (Wikisource हस्ते कृष्णं for CE haste karṇas, a variant, kept: here it is Krishna who is pierced in the hand). Corrected भीमतरैरविध्यत्रिभिराहवे → भीमतरैरविध्यत्त्रिभिराहवे (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त in the sandhi त् + त्रि; CE avidhyat tribhir).

Verse 83 (8.97.83)

ततोऽर्जुनः सप्तदश तिग्मवेगानजिह्मगान् । इन्द्राशनिसमान्घोरानसृजत्पावकोपमान् ॥

tato'rjunaḥ saptadaśa tigmavegānajihmagān | indrāśanisamānghorānasṛjatpāvakopamān

Then Arjuna loosed seventeen straight-flying arrows of keen speed, dreadful, like Indra's thunderbolt and like fire.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.46. Corrected तिग्मवेगानजिह्नगान् → तिग्मवेगानजिह्मगान् (misprint in Wikisource; ह्न for ह्म; CE ajihmagān).

Verse 84 (8.97.84)

निर्भिद्य ते भीमवेगा ह्यपतन्पृथिवीतले । कम्पितात्मा ततः कर्णः शक्त्या चेष्टामदर्शयत् ॥

nirbhidya te bhīmavegā hyapatanpṛthivītale | kampitātmā tataḥ karṇaḥ śaktyā ceṣṭāmadarśayat

Piercing through him, those terribly swift arrows fell to the ground; then Karna, shaken to the core, nonetheless made an effort as far as his strength allowed.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.47. Corrected प्रूथिवीतले → पृथिवीतले (misprint in Wikisource; a misplaced vowel sign; CE pṛthivītale).

Verse 85 (8.97.85)

बलेनाथ स संस्तभ्य ब्रह्मास्त्रं समुदैरयत् । ऐन्द्रं ततोऽर्जुनश्चापि तं दृष्ट्वाऽभ्युपमन्त्रयत् ॥

balenātha sa saṃstabhya brahmāstraṃ samudairayat | aindraṃ tato'rjunaścāpi taṃ dṛṣṭvā'bhyupamantrayat

Steadying himself by force, he then invoked the Brahma weapon; and Arjuna, seeing it, in turn invoked the weapon of Indra.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.48. Corrected ऎन्द्रं → ऐन्द्रं (misprint in Wikisource; ऎ (short e) for ऐ; CE aindrāstram).

Verse 86 (8.97.86)

गाण्डीवं ज्यां च बाणांश्च सोऽनुमन्त्र्य परंतपः । व्यसृजच्छरवर्षाणि वर्षाणीव पुरंदरः ॥

gāṇḍīvaṃ jyāṃ ca bāṇāṃśca so'numantrya paraṃtapaḥ | vyasṛjaccharavarṣāṇi varṣāṇīva puraṃdaraḥ

Having consecrated the Gandiva, its string and the arrows, that scorcher of foes loosed showers of arrows, as Purandara looses rain.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.49 (Wikisource सोऽनुमन्त्र्य परंतपः for CE anumantrya dhanaṃjayaḥ, a variant, kept). Corrected सोऽनुमत्र्य → सोऽनुमन्त्र्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न्; CE anumantrya).

Verse 87 (8.97.87)

ततस्तेजोमया वाणा रथात्पार्थस्य निःसृताः । प्रादुरासन्महावीर्याः कर्णस्य रथमन्तिकात् । स कर्णोऽग्रसदस्यास्त्रं कुर्वन्मोक्षं महारथः ॥

tatastejomayā vāṇā rathātpārthasya niḥsṛtāḥ | prādurāsanmahāvīryāḥ karṇasya rathamantikāt | sa karṇo'grasadasyāstraṃ kurvanmokṣaṃ mahārathaḥ

Then arrows full of fiery energy issued from Partha's chariot and appeared, of great power, close to Karna's chariot; and the great chariot-warrior Karna, loosing his own weapon, swallowed up that weapon of his foe.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 8.66.50; line 3 is a variant of CE 8.66.51a (tān karṇas tv agrato 'bhyastān moghāṃś cakre mahārathaḥ). Corrected निः सृताः → निःसृताः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space after the visarga).

Verse 88 (8.97.88)

ततोऽब्रवीद्वृष्णिवीरस्तस्मिन्नस्त्रे विनाशिते । विसृजास्त्रं परं पार्थ राधेयो ग्रसते शरान् ॥

tato'bravīdvṛṣṇivīrastasminnastre vināśite | visṛjāstraṃ paraṃ pārtha rādheyo grasate śarān

Then, when that weapon had been destroyed, the Vrishni hero said, "Release a higher weapon, Partha; Radheya is swallowing your arrows!"

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.66.51c, line 2 to CE 8.66.52a. Corrected तस्मिन्नस्रे → तस्मिन्नस्त्रे (misprint in Wikisource; स्र for स्त्र, a dropped त). Corrected विसृजास्रं → विसृजास्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; स्र for स्त्र, a dropped त).

Verse 89 (8.97.89)

ततो ब्रह्मास्त्रमत्युग्रं संमन्त्र्य समयोजयत् । छादयित्वा ततो बाणैः कर्णं प्रत्यस्यदर्जुनः ॥

tato brahmāstramatyugraṃ saṃmantrya samayojayat | chādayitvā tato bāṇaiḥ karṇaṃ pratyasyadarjunaḥ

Then Arjuna invoked the exceedingly fierce Brahma weapon and fitted it to his bow; and having covered Karna with arrows, he shot back at him.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.66.52c (brahmāstram arjunaś cāpi saṃmantryātha prayojayat), line 2 is a variant of CE 8.66.53a. Corrected संमत्र्य → संमन्त्र्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न्; CE saṃmantrya). Corrected समयोदयत् → समयोजयत् (misprint in Wikisource; द for ज; CE prayojayat). Corrected बाणैः कर्ण प्रत्यस्य → बाणैः कर्णं प्रत्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped).

Verse 90 (8.97.90)

द्वितीयां च तृतीयां च चतुर्थीं पञ्चमीं तथा । षष्ठीमथास्य चिच्छेद सप्तमीं च तथाऽष्टमीम् । नवमीं दशमीं चास्य तथा चैकादशीं वृषः ॥

dvitīyāṃ ca tṛtīyāṃ ca caturthīṃ pañcamīṃ tathā | ṣaṣṭhīmathāsya ciccheda saptamīṃ ca tathā'ṣṭamīm | navamīṃ daśamīṃ cāsya tathā caikādaśīṃ vṛṣaḥ

Vrisha cut Arjuna's second bowstring, and the third, the fourth, and the fifth, then the sixth, the seventh and the eighth, and the ninth, the tenth and the eleventh.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.53d*1129_01–03 (the CE's fourth line, *1129_04, is printed on the page as the next verse). The page opens the verse with a stray bracket, which is removed. Arjuna's bowstrings are meant. Corrected चतुर्थी पञ्चमीं → चतुर्थीं पञ्चमीं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped).

Verse 91 (8.97.91)

ज्याशतं शतसंधानः स कर्णो नावबुध्यते ॥

jyāśataṃ śatasaṃdhānaḥ sa karṇo nāvabudhyate

Karna, the hundred-fold shooter, did not perceive the hundred bowstrings.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.53d*1129_04, the last line of the passage whose first three lines are the previous verse; the page ends it as a separate verse (8-97-91a). Corrected स क्रर्णो → स कर्णो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र्; CE sa karṇo).

Verse 92 (8.97.92)

ततो ज्यां विनिधायान्यामभिमन्त्र्य च पाण्डवः । शरैरवाकिरत्कर्णं दीप्यमानैरिवाहिभिः ॥

tato jyāṃ vinidhāyānyāmabhimantrya ca pāṇḍavaḥ | śarairavākiratkarṇaṃ dīpyamānairivāhibhiḥ

Then the Pandava fitted another string, consecrated it, and covered Karna with arrows blazing like serpents.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.54 (Wikisource ततो ज्यां विनिधायान्याम् and दीप्यमानैरिवाहिभिः for CE tato jyām avadhāyānyām and dīpyamānaiḥ sahasraśaḥ, variants, kept). Corrected विनिधायान्यामभिमत्र्य → विनिधायान्यामभिमन्त्र्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न्). Corrected शरैरवाकिरत्कर्ण → शरैरवाकिरत्कर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped).

Verse 93 (8.97.93)

तस्य ज्याच्छेदनं कर्णो ज्यावधानं च संयुगे । नान्वबुध्यत शीघ्रत्वात्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tasya jyācchedanaṃ karṇo jyāvadhānaṃ ca saṃyuge | nānvabudhyata śīghratvāttadadbhutamivābhavat

In that battle, because of the speed, Karna did not notice either the cutting of Arjuna's bowstring or the fitting of the new one; it seemed a marvel.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.55. Corrected नान्वभुध्यत → नान्वबुध्यत (misprint in Wikisource; भ for ब; CE nānvabudhyata).

Verse 94 (8.97.94)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य प्रनिघ्नन्सव्यसाचिनः । चक्रे चाप्यधिकं पार्थात्स्ववीर्यमतिदर्शयन् ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya pranighnansavyasācinaḥ | cakre cāpyadhikaṃ pārthātsvavīryamatidarśayan

Warding off Savyasachin's weapons with his own weapons and striking them down, he displayed his own prowess so much that he made it greater than Partha's.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.56 (Wikisource अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य प्रनिघ्नन् for CE astrair astrāṇi rādheyaḥ pratyahan, a variant, kept).

Verse 95 (8.97.95)

ततः कर्णोऽर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा स्वस्यास्त्रेण च पीडितम् । अभ्यसेत्यब्रवीत्पार्थमातिष्ठास्त्रं व्रजेति च ॥

tataḥ karṇo'rjunaṃ dṛṣṭvā svasyāstreṇa ca pīḍitam | abhyasetyabravītpārthamātiṣṭhāstraṃ vrajeti ca

Then Karna, seeing Arjuna hard pressed by his own weapon, said to Partha, "Shoot back! Take up your weapon and go on!"

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.57; Wikisource's ततः कर्णोऽर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा स्वस्यास्त्रेण च पीडितम् has Karna as the speaker where the CE has tataḥ kṛṣṇo 'rjunaṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇāstreṇābhipīḍitam (Krishna), and the second line differs (…आतिष्ठास्त्रं व्रजेति च for …ātiṣṭhāstram anuttamam); Wikisource's reading is kept. The verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 96 (8.97.96)

ततोऽग्निसदृशं घोरं शरं सर्पविषोपमम् । अश्मसारमयं दिव्यमभिमन्त्र्य परंतपः । रौद्रमस्त्रं समाधाय क्षेप्तुकामः किरीटिने ॥

tato'gnisadṛśaṃ ghoraṃ śaraṃ sarpaviṣopamam | aśmasāramayaṃ divyamabhimantrya paraṃtapaḥ | raudramastraṃ samādhāya kṣeptukāmaḥ kirīṭine

Then, having consecrated a dreadful, divine arrow, fiery like serpent venom and made of the hardest iron, that scorcher of foes fixed the Raudra weapon to it, wishing to hurl it at Kiritin.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 8.66.58 (Wikisource ततोऽग्निसदृशं … शरम् … परंतपः for CE tato 'nyam agnisadṛśaṃ … dhanaṃjayaḥ, a variant); line 3 is a variant of CE 8.66.59a (raudram astraṃ samādāya kṣeptukāmaḥ kirīṭavān; Wikisource किरीटिने, 'at Kiritin'). Corrected दिव्यमभिमत्र्य → दिव्यमभिमन्त्र्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न्). Corrected रौद्रमस्रं → रौद्रमस्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; स्र for स्त्र, a dropped त). Corrected क्षेतुकामः → क्षेप्तुकामः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped प; CE kṣeptukāmaḥ).

Verse 97 (8.97.97)

ततोऽग्रसन्मही चक्रं राधेयस्य तदा नृप ॥

tato'grasanmahī cakraṃ rādheyasya tadā nṛpa

Then, O king, the earth swallowed the wheel of Radheya.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.59c (tato 'grasan mahī cakraṃ rādheyasya mahāmṛdhe; Wikisource तदा नृप for mahāmṛdhe, a variant, kept); the CE has this as a single line, as the page prints it.

Verse 98 (8.97.98)

ततोऽवतीर्य राधेयो रथादाशु समुद्यतः । चक्रं भुजाभ्यामालम्ब्य समुत्क्षेप्तुमियेष सः ॥

tato'vatīrya rādheyo rathādāśu samudyataḥ | cakraṃ bhujābhyāmālambya samutkṣeptumiyeṣa saḥ

Then Radheya swiftly leapt down from his chariot, and, gripping the wheel with both arms, tried to lift it out.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.59d*1130_01–02. Corrected राघेयो → राधेयो (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; CE rādheyo). Corrected सुमुत्क्षेप्तुमियेष → समुत्क्षेप्तुमियेष (misprint in Wikisource; सु for स; CE samutkṣeptum iyeṣa).

Verse 99 (8.97.99)

सप्तद्वीपा वसुमती सशैलवनकानना । गीर्णचक्रा समुत्क्षिप्ता कर्णेन चतुरङ्गुलम् ॥

saptadvīpā vasumatī saśailavanakānanā | gīrṇacakrā samutkṣiptā karṇena caturaṅgulam

The earth, with her seven continents, her mountains, forests and groves, which had swallowed the wheel, was raised by Karna four fingers' breadth.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.59d*1130_03–04. Corrected गीर्णाचक्रा → गीर्णचक्रा (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ā-sign; CE gīrṇacakrā). Corrected कर्णॆन → कर्णेन (misprint in Wikisource; ॆ (a short-e sign) for े).

Verse 100 (8.97.100)

ग्रस्तचक्रस्तु राधेयः क्रोधादश्रूण्यवर्तयत् । अर्जुनं वीक्ष्य संरब्धमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

grastacakrastu rādheyaḥ krodhādaśrūṇyavartayat | arjunaṃ vīkṣya saṃrabdhamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

But Radheya, his wheel swallowed, shed tears of rage; and looking at the furious Arjuna, he spoke these words.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.66.60a (grastacakras tu rādheyaḥ kopād aśrūṇy avartayat; Wikisource क्रोधात् for kopāt, a variant); line 2 is the star passage 8.66.60b*1131_01, not in the constituted text. Corrected ग्रस्तचकस्तु → ग्रस्तचक्रस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped conjunct (चक for चक्र); CE grastacakras).

Verse 101 (8.97.101)

भोभो पार्थ महेष्वास मुहूर्तं परिपालय । यावच्चक्रमिदं ग्रस्तमुद्धरामि महीतलात् ॥

bhobho pārtha maheṣvāsa muhūrtaṃ paripālaya | yāvaccakramidaṃ grastamuddharāmi mahītalāt

"Ho, ho, Partha, mighty archer, wait a moment, while I lift this swallowed wheel out of the ground."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the star passage 8.66.60b*1131_02, line 2 is 8.66.60d*1132_01. Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse. Corrected मुहूर्त परिपालय → मुहूर्तं परिपालय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara). Corrected ग्रस्तमुध्दरामि → ग्रस्तमुद्धरामि (misprint in Wikisource; ध्द for द्ध, a broken conjunct).

Verse 102 (8.97.102)

सव्यं चक्रं महीग्रस्तं दृष्ट्वा दैवादिदं मम । पार्थ कापुरुषाचीर्णमभिसन्धिं विसर्जय ॥

savyaṃ cakraṃ mahīgrastaṃ dṛṣṭvā daivādidaṃ mama | pārtha kāpuruṣācīrṇamabhisandhiṃ visarjaya

"Partha, seeing this left wheel of mine swallowed by the earth through fate, give up the design that cowards practise."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.61 (Wikisource सव्यं चक्रं महीग्रस्तम् for CE madhye cakram avagrastam, a variant, kept). Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse.

Verse 103 (8.97.103)

न त्वं कापुरुषाचीर्णं मार्गमास्थातुमर्हसि । ख्यातस्त्वमसि कौन्तेय विशिष्टो रणकर्मसु । विशिष्टतरमेव त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि पाण्डव ॥

na tvaṃ kāpuruṣācīrṇaṃ mārgamāsthātumarhasi | khyātastvamasi kaunteya viśiṣṭo raṇakarmasu | viśiṣṭatarameva tvaṃ kartumarhasi pāṇḍava

"You should not follow a path trodden by cowards. You are renowned, son of Kunti, as outstanding in the deeds of war; you ought to do what is more outstanding still, Pandava."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.66.61d*1134_01–03. Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse. The page prints the verse as three lines. Corrected कापुरुषाचीर्ण मार्गमास्थातुमर्हसि → कापुरुषाचीर्णं मार्गमास्थातुमर्हसि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara).

Verse 104 (8.97.104)

प्रकीर्णकेशे विमुखे ब्राह्मणेऽथ कृताञ्जलौ । शरणागते न्यस्तशस्त्रे याचमाने तथाऽर्जुन ॥

prakīrṇakeśe vimukhe brāhmaṇe'tha kṛtāñjalau | śaraṇāgate nyastaśastre yācamāne tathā'rjuna

"Against one whose hair is loosened, who has turned away, a Brahmin, one with joined palms, one who has come for refuge, one who has laid down his weapons, one who pleads, Arjuna—"

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.62 (Wikisource याचमाने for CE vyasanage, a variant, kept). Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse.

Verse 105 (8.97.105)

अबाणे भ्रष्टकवचे भ्रष्टभग्नायुधे तथा । न विमुञ्चन्ति शस्त्राणि शूराः साधुव्रते स्थिताः ॥

abāṇe bhraṣṭakavace bhraṣṭabhagnāyudhe tathā | na vimuñcanti śastrāṇi śūrāḥ sādhuvrate sthitāḥ

"or against one who has no arrows, whose armour has fallen, or whose weapons are fallen and broken—heroes who stand by the vow of the righteous do not hurl their weapons."

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.66.63a; line 2 is the star passage 8.66.63f*1135_01, not in the constituted text. Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse.

Verse 106 (8.97.106)

त्वं च शूरतमो लोके साधुवृत्तश्च पाण्डव । अभिज्ञो युद्धधर्माणां तस्मात्क्षममुहूर्तकम् ॥

tvaṃ ca śūratamo loke sādhuvṛttaśca pāṇḍava | abhijño yuddhadharmāṇāṃ tasmātkṣamamuhūrtakam

"And you, Pandava, are the bravest in the world, of upright conduct, and know the laws of war; therefore grant a moment's forbearance."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the star passage 8.66.63f*1135_02, line 2 a variant of 8.66.63f*1136_01 (abhijño yuddhadharmāṇāṃ tasmāt kṣama mama kṣaṇam; compare CE 63e, tvaṃ ca śūro 'si kaunteya tasmāt kṣama muhūrtakam). Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse. Corrected युध्दधर्माणां → युद्धधर्माणां (misprint in Wikisource; ध्द for द्ध, a broken conjunct).

Verse 107 (8.97.107)

दिव्यास्त्रविदमेयात्मा कार्तवीर्यसमो युधि । यावच्चक्रमिदं ग्रस्तमुद्धरामि महाभुज ॥

divyāstravidameyātmā kārtavīryasamo yudhi | yāvaccakramidaṃ grastamuddharāmi mahābhuja

"O knower of divine weapons, of immeasurable spirit, equal in battle to Kartavirya, mighty-armed one, wait while I lift this swallowed wheel out."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the star passage 8.66.63f*1137_01; line 2 is a variant of CE 8.66.64a (yāvac cakram idaṃ bhūmer uddharāmi dhanaṃjaya). Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse.

Verse 108 (8.97.108)

न मां रथस्थो भूमिष्ठं विकलं हन्तुमर्हसि । न वासुदेवात्त्वत्तो वा पाण्डवेय बिभेम्यहम् ॥

na māṃ rathastho bhūmiṣṭhaṃ vikalaṃ hantumarhasi | na vāsudevāttvatto vā pāṇḍaveya bibhemyaham

"It is not right for you, standing on a chariot, to kill me, a helpless man on the ground. I fear neither Vasudeva nor you, son of Pandu."

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.66.64c (Wikisource विकलं for CE asajjaṃ, a variant); line 2 to CE 64e. Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse. Corrected पाण्डवेयविभेम्यहम् → पाण्डवेय बिभेम्यहम् (misprint in Wikisource; वि for बि (the reduplicated बिभेमि), and the word-space after पाण्डवेय had been lost; CE pāṇḍaveya bibhemy aham).

Verse 109 (8.97.109)

त्वं हि क्षत्रियदायादो महाकुलविवर्धनः । अतस्त्वां प्रब्रवीम्येष मुहूर्तं क्षम पाण्डव ॥

tvaṃ hi kṣatriyadāyādo mahākulavivardhanaḥ | atastvāṃ prabravīmyeṣa muhūrtaṃ kṣama pāṇḍava

"For you are an heir of the Kshatriyas, one who enhances a great lineage; so I tell you this: forbear for a moment, Pandava."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.66.65 (line 1 = 65a; line 2 is a variant of 65c, smṛtvā dharmopadeśaṃ tvaṃ muhūrtaṃ kṣama pāṇḍava). Speaker: Karna, unheaded on the page; his speech fills the whole verse. Corrected मुहूर्त क्षम → मुहूर्तं क्षम (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara).