Krishna Rebukes Karna; Arjuna Kills Karna

Verse 1 (8.98.1)

अथाब्रवीद्वासुदेवो महात्मा । राधेय दिष्ट्या स्मरसीह धर्मम् । धर्मे हि बद्धाः सततं हि पार्थास् । तेभ्यस्ततो वृद्धिमसौ ददाति ॥

athābravīdvāsudevo mahātmā | rādheya diṣṭyā smarasīha dharmam | dharme hi baddhāḥ satataṃ hi pārthās | tebhyastato vṛddhimasau dadāti

Then the great-souled Vasudeva said: "Son of Radha, it is well that you remember dharma now. The sons of Pritha have always been bound fast to dharma, and so dharma gives them increase."

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw page (a table, rows 8-98-1 to 8-98-72, all labelled with this adhyaya's own number; it is not a stray copy of another adhyaya). The input agrees with the page row for row. The page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच twice (8-98-1x and 16x), and after the colophon (which names this the 98th adhyaya) only two one-line glosses (8-98-64, 8-98-98), no second poem block. This page is the critical edition's adhyaya 8.67 (Karna's death), taken in the CE's order of 8.67.1 to 8.67.37 with its star passages and Appendix I No. 42; it ends on the star passage 8.67.37d*1171, the last lines of CE 8.67. Wikisource's page 100 resumes at CE 8.68.41. Verse 1: removed the stray backtick before धर्मे (the page's backtick and the closing quote in verse 2 enclose the star passage). Corrected बद्धा → बद्धाः (misprint in Wikisource; a nominative plural, the visarga dropped) and वृद्धिसौ → वृद्धिमसौ (misprint; म dropped; the critical edition's star passage reads vṛddhim asau). The page splits a sandhi across lines 3–4 (पार्था-- / स्तेभ्य); written here with the word completed (पार्थास् । तेभ्य). Lines 1–2 are CE 8.67.1a; lines 3–4 are the star passage 8.67.1b*1140_01–02 (CE: gṛddhāḥ for बद्धाः). Speaker: Sanjaya (line 1 narrates; Vasudeva's speech begins at line 2 and runs through verse 15).

Verse 2 (8.98.2)

धर्मादपेताः परिपन्थिनस्ते । तस्माद्गता वै कुरवो विनाशम् । प्रायेण नीचा व्यसनेषु मग्ना । निन्दन्ति दैवं न तु दुष्कृतं स्वम् ॥

dharmādapetāḥ paripanthinaste | tasmādgatā vai kuravo vināśam | prāyeṇa nīcā vyasaneṣu magnā | nindanti daivaṃ na tu duṣkṛtaṃ svam

Those who have fallen away from dharma are its adversaries, and for that reason the Kurus have gone to ruin. For the most part the base, once sunk in misfortune, blame fate and not their own misdeeds.

Note on the text: Removed the stray quote mark after विनाशम् (it closes the star passage opened by the backtick in verse 1). Lines 1–2 are the star passage 8.67.1b*1140_03–04 (CE: paribaddhalobhāḥ for परिपन्थिनः); lines 3–4 are CE 8.67.1c (CE: kukṛtaṃ na tat tat for न तु दुष्कृतं स्वम्). Unheaded speech of Vasudeva (Krishna), continuing.

Verse 3 (8.98.3)

कृष्णां सभां कर्ण यदेकवस्त्राम् । आनीतवांस्त्वं च सुयोधनश्च । दुःशासनः शकुनिः सौबलश्च । धर्मस्तदा ते रुचितो न कस्मात् ॥

kṛṣṇāṃ sabhāṃ karṇa yadekavastrām | ānītavāṃstvaṃ ca suyodhanaśca | duḥśāsanaḥ śakuniḥ saubalaśca | dharmastadā te rucito na kasmāt

When you, Karna, together with Suyodhana, Duhshasana and Shakuni son of Subala, brought Draupadi into the assembly in a single garment, why did dharma not please you then?

Note on the text: A variant of CE 8.67.2 (the CE reads yad draupadīm ekavastrāṃ sabhāyām … na te karṇa pratyabhāt tatra dharmaḥ); the automatic alignment found no match. The page splits a sandhi across two lines (यदेकवस्त्रा-- / मानीत…); written here with the word completed. Unheaded speech of Vasudeva (Krishna).

Verse 4 (8.98.4)

यदा सभायां राजानमनक्षज्ञं युधिष्ठिरम् । आनीय जितवन्तो वै क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

yadā sabhāyāṃ rājānamanakṣajñaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | ānīya jitavanto vai kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

When you brought King Yudhishthira, who was unskilled at dice, into the assembly and defeated him, where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: A variant of CE 8.67.3a, c (the CE reads yadā sabhāyāṃ kaunteyam anakṣajñaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram … akṣajñaḥ śakunir jetā tadā dharmaḥ kva te gataḥ); the automatic alignment found no match. Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 5 (8.98.5)

वनवासे व्यतीते च कर्ण वर्षे त्रयोदशे । न प्रयच्छसि यद्राज्यं क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

vanavāse vyatīte ca karṇa varṣe trayodaśe | na prayacchasi yadrājyaṃ kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

When the exile in the forest was over, Karna, and the thirteenth year had passed, and you would not give back the kingdom, where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.3d*1144_01–02 in the critical edition (printed after 8.67.3d). Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 6 (8.98.6)

यद्भीमसेनं सर्पैश्च विषयुक्तैश्च भोजनैः । आचरत्त्वन्मते राजा क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

yadbhīmasenaṃ sarpaiśca viṣayuktaiśca bhojanaiḥ | ācarattvanmate rājā kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

When the king (Duryodhana), following your counsel, dealt with Bhimasena by means of serpents and poisoned food, where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.3d*1142_01–02 in the critical edition. Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 7 (8.98.7)

यद्वारणावते पार्थान्सुप्ताञ्जतुगृहे तदा । हन्तुकामास्तदा यूयं क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

yadvāraṇāvate pārthānsuptāñjatugṛhe tadā | hantukāmāstadā yūyaṃ kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

When you all, at Varanavata, wished to kill the sons of Pritha as they slept in the house of lac, where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.3d*1143_01–02 in the critical edition (CE line 2: ādīpayas tvaṃ rādheya, where the page reads हन्तुकामास्तदा यूयं). Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 8 (8.98.8)

यदा रजस्वलां कृष्णां दुःशासनवशे स्थिताम् । सभायां प्राहसः कर्ण क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

yadā rajasvalāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ duḥśāsanavaśe sthitām | sabhāyāṃ prāhasaḥ karṇa kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

When Draupadi, in her season, stood in Duhshasana's power, and you laughed at her in the assembly, Karna, where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.4a, c. Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 9 (8.98.9)

यदनार्यैः पुरा कृष्णां क्लिश्यमानामनागसम् । उपप्रेक्षसि राधेय क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

yadanāryaiḥ purā kṛṣṇāṃ kliśyamānāmanāgasam | upaprekṣasi rādheya kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

When the guiltless Draupadi was being tormented in the past by ignoble men and you looked on, son of Radha, where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Line 1 = star passage 8.67.4d*1145_01; line 2 = 8.67.4d*1145_04 (the refrain), so the page runs the CE star passage 1145 in two pieces (verses 9 and 10). Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 10 (8.98.10)

विनष्टाः पाण्डवाः कृष्णे शाश्वतं नरकं गताः । पतिमन्यं वृणीष्वेति वदंस्त्वं गजगामिनीम् । उपप्रेक्षसि राधेय क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

vinaṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇe śāśvataṃ narakaṃ gatāḥ | patimanyaṃ vṛṇīṣveti vadaṃstvaṃ gajagāminīm | upaprekṣasi rādheya kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

"The Pandavas are ruined, Draupadi; they have gone to endless hell — choose another husband": so you said to the elephant-gaited woman, and you looked on, son of Radha. Where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Three lines = star passage 8.67.4d*1145_02–04 in the critical edition. Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 11 (8.98.11)

राज्यलुब्धः पुनः कर्ण समाह्वयसि पाण्डवान् । यदा शकुनिमाश्रित्य क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

rājyalubdhaḥ punaḥ karṇa samāhvayasi pāṇḍavān | yadā śakunimāśritya kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

Greedy for the kingdom, Karna, you challenged the Pandavas once more, relying on Shakuni, as you had done before; where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.5a (line 2 is a variant of 5c: the CE reads gāndhārarājam āśritya). Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 12 (8.98.12)

यदाऽभिमन्युं बहवो युद्धे जघ्नुर्महारथाः । परिवार्य रणे बालं क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गतः ॥

yadā'bhimanyuṃ bahavo yuddhe jaghnurmahārathāḥ | parivārya raṇe bālaṃ kva te dharmastadā gataḥ

When many great chariot-warriors surrounded the boy Abhimanyu in battle and killed him, where had your dharma gone then?

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.5d*1146_01–02 in the critical edition. Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 13 (8.98.13)

यद्येष धर्मस्तत्र न विद्यते हि । किं सर्वथा तालुविशोषणेन । अद्येह धर्म्याणि विधत्स्व सूत । तथापि जीवन्न विमोक्ष्यसे हि ॥

yadyeṣa dharmastatra na vidyate hi | kiṃ sarvathā tāluviśoṣaṇena | adyeha dharmyāṇi vidhatsva sūta | tathāpi jīvanna vimokṣyase hi

If this dharma was nowhere to be found on those occasions, what use is it to parch your palate in every way? Charioteer, do your righteous deeds here and now — even so you will not escape with your life.

Note on the text: Removed the opening square bracket (the page brackets verses 13–15 as an interpolation). Star passage 8.67.5d*1147_01–04 in the critical edition (CE: adyaiva dharmāṇi vidhatsva sūta; tathāpi naivādya vimokṣyase tvam). Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 14 (8.98.14)

नलो ह्यक्षैर्निर्जितः पुष्करेण । पुनर्यशो राज्यमवाप वीर्यात् । प्राप्तास्तथा पाण्डवा बाहुवीर्यात् । सर्वैः समेताः परिवृत्तलोभाः ॥

nalo hyakṣairnirjitaḥ puṣkareṇa | punaryaśo rājyamavāpa vīryāt | prāptāstathā pāṇḍavā bāhuvīryāt | sarvaiḥ sametāḥ parivṛttalobhāḥ

Nala, defeated at dice by Pushkara, won back his fame and his kingdom by his prowess; so too the Pandavas, all together, their greed turned aside, have won theirs by the strength of their arms.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across two lines (बाहुवीर्या-- / त्सर्वैः); written here with the word completed. Star passage 8.67.5d*1147_05–08 in the critical edition (CE: punar yathā rājyam avāpa vīryāt; sarve samastāḥ). Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 15 (8.98.15)

निहत्य शत्रून्समरे प्रवृद्धान् । ससोमका राज्यमवाप्नुयुस्ते । तथा गता धार्तराष्ट्रा विनाशं । धर्माभिगुप्तैः सततं नृसिंहैः ॥

nihatya śatrūnsamare pravṛddhān | sasomakā rājyamavāpnuyuste | tathā gatā dhārtarāṣṭrā vināśaṃ | dharmābhiguptaiḥ satataṃ nṛsiṃhaiḥ

Having slain their grown and mighty foes in battle, they, with the Somakas, will win the kingdom; and the sons of Dhritarashtra will go to destruction at the hands of those lions among men, who are ever guarded by dharma.

Note on the text: Removed the closing square bracket that ends the bracketed interpolation (verses 13–15). The page splits a sandhi across two lines (प्रवृद्धा-- / न्ससोमका); written here with the word completed. Star passage 8.67.5d*1147_09–12 in the critical edition. Unheaded speech of Vasudeva.

Verse 16 (8.98.16)

एवमुक्तस्तदा कर्णो वासुदेवेन भारत । लज्जयावनतो भूत्वा नोत्तरं किञ्चिदुक्तवान् ॥

evamuktastadā karṇo vāsudevena bhārata | lajjayāvanato bhūtvā nottaraṃ kiñciduktavān

Thus addressed by Vasudeva, Karna, O Bharata, bowed his head in shame and said nothing in reply.

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.5d*1148_01–02 in the critical edition, which prints a heading saṃjaya uvāca (*1148_00) before it, as the page does (8-98-16x). Speaker: Sanjaya (narration).

Verse 17 (8.98.17)

क्रोधात्प्रस्फुरमाणौष्ठो धनुरुद्यम्य भारत । योधयामास वै पार्थं महावेगपराक्रमः ॥

krodhātprasphuramāṇauṣṭho dhanurudyamya bhārata | yodhayāmāsa vai pārthaṃ mahāvegaparākramaḥ

His lips quivering with anger, O Bharata, he raised his bow and fought Partha with great speed and might.

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.5d*1148_03–04 in the critical edition.

Verse 18 (8.98.18)

ततोऽब्रवीद्वासुदेवः फल्गुनं पुरुषर्षभम् । दिव्यास्त्रेणैव निर्भिद्य पातयस्व महाबल ॥

tato'bravīdvāsudevaḥ phalgunaṃ puruṣarṣabham | divyāstreṇaiva nirbhidya pātayasva mahābala

Then Vasudeva said to Phalguna, best of men: "Pierce him with a divine weapon and bring him down, mighty-armed one."

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.5d*1148_05–06 in the critical edition. Line 1 narrates; line 2 is Vasudeva's speech, kept with the narrator.

Verse 19 (8.98.19)

एवमुक्तस्तु देवेन क्रोधमागात्तदाऽर्जुनः । मन्युमभ्याविशद्धोरं स्मृत्वा तत्तु धनञ्जयः ॥

evamuktastu devena krodhamāgāttadā'rjunaḥ | manyumabhyāviśaddhoraṃ smṛtvā tattu dhanañjayaḥ

Urged on by the god, Arjuna then flew into a rage; remembering all that had been done, Dhananjaya was filled with dreadful fury.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 8.67.6 (the CE reads evam ukte tu rādheye vāsudevena pāṇḍavam; manyur abhyāviśat tīvraḥ smṛtvā tat tad dhanaṃjayam); the automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (8.98.20)

तस्य क्रुद्धस्य सर्वेभ्यः स्रोतोभ्यस्तेजसोऽर्चिषः । प्रादुरासंस्तदा राजंस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tasya kruddhasya sarvebhyaḥ srotobhyastejaso'rciṣaḥ | prādurāsaṃstadā rājaṃstadadbhutamivābhavat

From all the openings of his body, as he raged, flames of radiance burst forth, O king; it was a marvel.

Verse 21 (8.98.21)

तत्समीक्ष्य ततः कर्णो ब्रह्मास्त्रेण धनञ्जयम् । अभ्यवर्षत्पुनर्यत्नमकरोद्रथसर्जने ॥

tatsamīkṣya tataḥ karṇo brahmāstreṇa dhanañjayam | abhyavarṣatpunaryatnamakarodrathasarjane

Seeing this, Karna showered Dhananjaya with the Brahma weapon, and once more exerted himself in handling his chariot.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.8a, c; the automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 22 (8.98.22)

ब्रह्मास्त्रेणैव तं पार्थो ववर्ष शरवृष्टिभिः । तदस्त्रमस्त्रेणावार्य प्रजहार च पाण्डवः ॥

brahmāstreṇaiva taṃ pārtho vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | tadastramastreṇāvārya prajahāra ca pāṇḍavaḥ

Partha in turn showered him with volleys of arrows by the very same Brahma weapon; the Pandava countered that weapon with his own and struck him.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मास्त्रेणव → ब्रह्मास्त्रेणैव and कवर्ष → ववर्ष (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped ै, and क for व; the critical edition's star passage reads brahmāstreṇaiva taṃ pārtho vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ). Line 1 = star passage 8.67.8d*1149_01; line 2 = CE 8.67.8e (the CE reads prajahārāsya pāṇḍavaḥ).

Verse 23 (8.98.23)

ततोऽन्यदस्त्रं कौन्तेयो दयितं जातवेदसः । मुमोच कर्णमुद्दिश्य तत्प्रजज्वाल तेजसा ॥

tato'nyadastraṃ kaunteyo dayitaṃ jātavedasaḥ | mumoca karṇamuddiśya tatprajajvāla tejasā

Then the son of Kunti hurled at Karna another weapon, dear to Agni, and it blazed up with fierce radiance.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.9a (line 2 differs from 9c: the CE reads prajajvāla vai bhṛśam).

Verse 24 (8.98.24)

वारुणेन ततः कर्णः शमयामास पावकम् । जीमूतैश्च दिशः सर्वाश्चक्रे तिमिरदुर्दिनाः ॥

vāruṇena tataḥ karṇaḥ śamayāmāsa pāvakam | jīmūtaiśca diśaḥ sarvāścakre timiradurdināḥ

Karna quenched that fire with the Varuna weapon, and with clouds he made all the quarters dark and gloomy as in a storm.

Note on the text: Corrected पावक्रम् → पावकम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray conjunct; the critical edition reads pāvakam).

Verse 25 (8.98.25)

पाण्डवेयस्त्वसम्भ्रान्तो वायव्यास्त्रेण वीर्यवान् । अपोवाह तदाऽभ्राणि राधेयस्य प्रपश्यतः ॥

pāṇḍaveyastvasambhrānto vāyavyāstreṇa vīryavān | apovāha tadā'bhrāṇi rādheyasya prapaśyataḥ

The Pandava, undismayed and valiant, blew those clouds away with the Vayavya weapon while the son of Radha looked on.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.11a, c.

Verse 26 (8.98.26)

ततः शरं महाघोरं ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् । आददे पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सूतपुत्रो जिघांसया ॥

tataḥ śaraṃ mahāghoraṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam | ādade pāṇḍuputrasya sūtaputro jighāṃsayā

Then, wishing to kill the son of Pandu, the charioteer's son took up a terrible arrow that blazed like fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the verse and verses 27–33 are CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0001–0002 here. Removed the opening square bracket (the page opens a bracket here and never closes it). Corrected ज्वलन्तिमिव → ज्वलन्तमिव (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition's Appendix reads jvalantam iva).

Verse 27 (8.98.27)

योज्यमाने ततस्तस्मिन्बाणे धनुषि पूजिते । चचाल पृथिवी राजन्सशैलवनकानना ॥

yojyamāne tatastasminbāṇe dhanuṣi pūjite | cacāla pṛthivī rājansaśailavanakānanā

As that arrow was being fitted to the bow he honoured, the earth shook, O king, with its mountains, forests and groves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0003–0004.

Verse 28 (8.98.28)

ववौ सशर्करो वायुर्दिशश्च रजसा वृताः । हाहाकारश्च सञ्जज्ञे सुराणां दिवि भारत ॥

vavau saśarkaro vāyurdiśaśca rajasā vṛtāḥ | hāhākāraśca sañjajñe surāṇāṃ divi bhārata

A wind laden with gravel blew, the quarters were veiled in dust, and a cry of woe rose from the gods in heaven, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected संवज्ञे → सञ्जज्ञे (misprint in Wikisource; व for ज; the critical edition's Appendix reads saṃjajñe). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0005–0006.

Verse 29 (8.98.29)

तमिषुं सन्धितं दृष्ट्वा सूतपुत्रेण मारिष । विषादं परमं जग्मुः पाण्डवा दीनचेतसः ॥

tamiṣuṃ sandhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sūtaputreṇa māriṣa | viṣādaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ pāṇḍavā dīnacetasaḥ

Seeing the arrow fitted by the charioteer's son, O lord, the Pandavas fell into deepest despair, their hearts downcast.

Note on the text: Corrected तमिगुं → तमिषुं (misprint in Wikisource; ग for ष; the critical edition's Appendix reads tam iṣuṃ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0007–0008.

Verse 30 (8.98.30)

स सायकः कर्णभुजप्रमुक्तः । शक्राशनिप्रख्यरुचिः शिताग्रः । भुजान्तरं प्राप्य धनञ्जयस्य । विवेश वल्मीकमिवोरगोत्तमः ॥

sa sāyakaḥ karṇabhujapramuktaḥ | śakrāśaniprakhyaruciḥ śitāgraḥ | bhujāntaraṃ prāpya dhanañjayasya | viveśa valmīkamivoragottamaḥ

That shaft, loosed from Karna's arm, bright as Shakra's thunderbolt and keen at the point, struck Dhananjaya in the chest and entered him as the best of serpents enters an anthill.

Note on the text: Corrected शक्राशनिग्रख्य → शक्राशनिप्रख्य (misprint in Wikisource; ग for प), मुलान्तरं → भुजान्तरं (misprint; मुलान्तर is not a word; the critical edition's Appendix reads bhujāntaram, "between the arms", i.e. the chest) and उरमोत्तमः → उरगोत्तमः (misprint; म for ग; the Appendix reads uragottamaḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0009–0012.

Verse 31 (8.98.31)

स गाढविद्धः समरे महात्मा । विधूर्णमानः श्लथहस्तगाण्डिवः । चचाल वीभत्सुरमित्रमर्दनः । क्षितेः प्रकम्पे च यथाऽचलोत्तमः ॥

sa gāḍhaviddhaḥ samare mahātmā | vidhūrṇamānaḥ ślathahastagāṇḍivaḥ | cacāla vībhatsuramitramardanaḥ | kṣiteḥ prakampe ca yathā'calottamaḥ

Deeply wounded in the battle, the great-souled Bibhatsu, crusher of his foes, reeled, his hand slack on Gandiva, and shook like the finest of mountains when the earth quakes.

Note on the text: Corrected राढविद्धः → गाढविद्धः (misprint in Wikisource; र for ग; the critical edition's Appendix reads gāḍhaviddhaḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0013–0016 (Appendix: vighūrṇamānaḥ; the page's विधूर्णमानः kept).

Verse 32 (8.98.32)

तदन्तरं प्राप्य वृषो महारथो । रथाङ्गमुर्वीगतमुज्जिहीर्षुः । रथादवप्लुत्य निगृह्य दोर्भ्यां । शशाक दैवान्न महाबलोऽपि ॥

tadantaraṃ prāpya vṛṣo mahāratho | rathāṅgamurvīgatamujjihīrṣuḥ | rathādavaplutya nigṛhya dorbhyāṃ | śaśāka daivānna mahābalo'pi

Seizing that moment, mighty Vrisha, the great chariot-warrior, wishing to lift the chariot wheel sunk in the earth, leapt down from his chariot and gripped it with both arms; but strong as he was, he could not, for fate was against him.

Note on the text: Corrected रथाङ्गसुर्वीगतम् → रथाङ्गमुर्वीगतम् (misprint in Wikisource; स for म; the critical edition's Appendix reads rathāṅgam urvīgatam). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0017–0020.

Verse 33 (8.98.33)

ततः किरीटी प्रतिलभ्य संज्ञां । जग्राह बाणं यमदण्डकल्पम् । ततोऽर्जुनः प्राञ्जलिकं महात्मा । ततोऽब्रवीद्वासुदेवोऽपि पार्थम् ॥

tataḥ kirīṭī pratilabhya saṃjñāṃ | jagrāha bāṇaṃ yamadaṇḍakalpam | tato'rjunaḥ prāñjalikaṃ mahātmā | tato'bravīdvāsudevo'pi pārtham

Then Kiriti, regaining consciousness, took up an arrow like the staff of Yama; the great-souled Arjuna took up the añjalika arrow; and then Vasudeva spoke to Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected किरीटि → किरीटी (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative of kirīṭin is किरीटी). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 42 (printed after 8.67.11d), lines 8.67.11d@042_0021–0024 (line 3: the Appendix reads dīpto 'rjunaḥ prāñjalikaṃ mahātmā, the page ततोऽर्जुनः).

Verse 34 (8.98.34)

छिन्ध्यस्य मूर्धानमरेः शरेण । न यावदारोहति वै रथं वृषः । तथैव सम्पूज्य स तद्वचः प्रभोः । ततः क्षुरं प्रज्वलितं प्रगृह्य । जघान कक्षाममलार्कवर्णाम् । महारथे रथचक्रे विमग्ने ॥

chindhyasya mūrdhānamareḥ śareṇa | na yāvadārohati vai rathaṃ vṛṣaḥ | tathaiva sampūjya sa tadvacaḥ prabhoḥ | tataḥ kṣuraṃ prajvalitaṃ pragṛhya | jaghāna kakṣāmamalārkavarṇām | mahārathe rathacakre vimagne

"Cut off this enemy's head with an arrow before Vrisha climbs back into his chariot." Honouring his lord's words in just that way, he took up a blazing razor-headed arrow and struck the elephant-rope device that gleamed with the hue of the pure sun, while the wheel of the great warrior's chariot lay sunk.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I No. 42, 8.67.11d@042_0025–0030): Wikisource prints only the last line of this verse, numbered 8-98-34f (महारथे रथचक्रे विमग्ने, = 042_0030), with its first five lines lost, which leaves Vasudeva's order to Arjuna unsaid. Lines 1–5 are restored from the Appendix, written in Devanagari from its IAST with its words kept (chindhy asya mūrdhānam areḥ śareṇa; na yāvad ārohati vai rathaṃ vṛṣaḥ; tathaiva saṃpūjya sa tad vacaḥ prabhos; tataḥ kṣuraṃ prajvalitaṃ pragṛhya; jaghāna kakṣām amalārkavarṇām); line 6 is the page's own. Lines 1–2 are Vasudeva's words, lines 3–6 narration; kept with the narrator.

Verse 35 (8.98.35)

तं हस्तिकक्षाप्रवरं सुकेतुं । सुवर्णमुक्तामणिवज्रजुष्टम् । कलाप्रकृष्टोत्तमशिल्पियत्नैः । कृतं सुरूपं तपनीयचित्रम् ॥

taṃ hastikakṣāpravaraṃ suketuṃ | suvarṇamuktāmaṇivajrajuṣṭam | kalāprakṛṣṭottamaśilpiyatnaiḥ | kṛtaṃ surūpaṃ tapanīyacitram

That excellent standard with the elephant-rope device — studded with gold, pearls, gems and diamonds, made handsome and many-hued with burnished gold by the labour of the finest craftsmen, masters of their art —

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.12a, c (variant readings throughout; similarity 0.757).

Verse 36 (8.98.36)

जयास्पदं तव सैन्यस्य नित्यम् । अमित्रवित्रासनमीड्यरूपम् । विख्यातमादित्यसुतस्य लोके । त्विषा समं पावकभानुचन्द्रैः ॥

jayāspadaṃ tava sainyasya nityam | amitravitrāsanamīḍyarūpam | vikhyātamādityasutasya loke | tviṣā samaṃ pāvakabhānucandraiḥ

the ever-present seat of victory for your army, the terror of your foes, a splendid sight, famed in the world as the banner of the Sun's son, rivalling fire, sun and moon in radiance —

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across two lines (नित्य--- / ममित्र…); written here with the word completed. Matches CE 8.67.13a, c.

Verse 37 (8.98.37)

ततः क्षुरप्रेण सुसंशितेन । सुवर्णपुङ्खेन हुताग्निवर्चसा । श्रिया ज्वलन्तं ध्वजमुन्ममाथ । महारथस्याधिरथेः किरीटी ॥

tataḥ kṣurapreṇa susaṃśitena | suvarṇapuṅkhena hutāgnivarcasā | śriyā jvalantaṃ dhvajamunmamātha | mahārathasyādhiratheḥ kirīṭī

Then Kiriti, with a keen razor-headed arrow, gold-feathered and bright as fire fed with oblations, tore down the banner of Adhiratha's son, the great warrior, blazing in its glory.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 8.67.14 (the CE reads tataḥ kṣureṇādhiratheḥ kirīṭī; suvarṇapuṅkhena śitena yattaḥ; śriyā jvalantaṃ dhvajam unmamātha); the automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 38 (8.98.38)

यशश्च दर्पश्च तथा प्रियाणि । सर्वाणि कार्याणि च तेन केतुना । साकं कुरूणां हृदयानि चापतन् । बभूव हाहेति च निःस्वनो महान् ॥

yaśaśca darpaśca tathā priyāṇi | sarvāṇi kāryāṇi ca tena ketunā | sākaṃ kurūṇāṃ hṛdayāni cāpatan | babhūva hāheti ca niḥsvano mahān

With that banner fell fame and pride, and everything that was dear and all that was to be done; the hearts of the Kurus fell with it, and a great cry of "Alas!" went up.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 8.67.15 (the CE reads yaśaś ca dharmaś ca jayaś ca māriṣa; priyāṇi sarvāṇi ca tena ketunā; tadā kurūṇāṃ hṛdayāni cāpatan).

Verse 39 (8.98.39)

दृष्ट्वा ध्वजं पातितमाशुकारिणा । कुरुप्रवीरेण निकृत्तमाहवे । नाशंसिरे सूतपुत्रस्य सर्वे । जयं तदा भारत ये त्वदीयाः ॥

dṛṣṭvā dhvajaṃ pātitamāśukāriṇā | kurupravīreṇa nikṛttamāhave | nāśaṃsire sūtaputrasya sarve | jayaṃ tadā bhārata ye tvadīyāḥ

Seeing the banner struck down, cut away in the battle by the swift-handed Kuru hero, all of yours, O Bharata, no longer hoped for victory for the charioteer's son.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वष्ट्वा → दृष्ट्वा (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for दृ). Star passage 8.67.15d*1152_01–04 in the critical edition (line 1: dṛṣṭvā dhvajaṃ taṃ patitaṃ pṛthivyām).

Verse 40 (8.98.40)

अथ त्वरन्कर्णवधाय पार्थो । महेन्द्रवज्रानलदण्डसन्निभम् । आदत्त चाथाञ्जलिकं निषङ्गात् । सहस्ररश्मेरिव रश्मिमुत्तमम् ॥

atha tvarankarṇavadhāya pārtho | mahendravajrānaladaṇḍasannibham | ādatta cāthāñjalikaṃ niṣaṅgāt | sahasraraśmeriva raśmimuttamam

Then Partha, eager for Karna's death, drew from his quiver the añjalika arrow, like the thunderbolt of Mahendra and a rod of fire, the best of rays as if of the thousand-rayed sun.

Note on the text: Corrected महेद्र → महेन्द्र (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न्; the critical edition reads mahendra). The page splits a sandhi across two lines (निषङ्गा-- / त्सहस्र…); written here with the word completed. Matches CE 8.67.16a, c.

Verse 41 (8.98.41)

मर्मच्छिदं शोणितमांसदिग्धं । वैश्वानरार्कप्रतिमं महार्हम् । नराश्वनागासुहरं त्र्यरत्निं । षड्वाजमञ्जोगतिमुग्रवेगम् ॥

marmacchidaṃ śoṇitamāṃsadigdhaṃ | vaiśvānarārkapratimaṃ mahārham | narāśvanāgāsuharaṃ tryaratniṃ | ṣaḍvājamañjogatimugravegam

Heart-piercing, smeared with blood and flesh, like fire and the sun, of great worth, taking the lives of men, horses and elephants, three cubits long, six-feathered, flying straight, terrible in its speed —

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.17a, c.

Verse 42 (8.98.42)

सहस्रनेत्राशनितुल्यवीर्यं । कालानलं व्यात्तमिवातिघोरम् । पिनाकनारायणचक्रसन्निभं । भयङ्करं प्राणभृतां विनाशनम् ॥

sahasranetrāśanitulyavīryaṃ | kālānalaṃ vyāttamivātighoram | pinākanārāyaṇacakrasannibhaṃ | bhayaṅkaraṃ prāṇabhṛtāṃ vināśanam

equal in power to the thunderbolt of the thousand-eyed Indra, dreadful as the fire of Time with gaping jaws, like Pinaka and the discus of Narayana, terrifying, the destroyer of living beings.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 8.67.18 (line 2 differs: the CE reads samānakravyādam ivātiduḥsaham).

Verse 43 (8.98.43)

जग्राह पार्थः स शरं प्रहृष्टो । यो देवसङ्घैरपि दुर्निवार्यः । सम्पूजितो यः सततं महात्मा । देवासुरान्यो विजयेन्महेषुः ॥

jagrāha pārthaḥ sa śaraṃ prahṛṣṭo | yo devasaṅghairapi durnivāryaḥ | sampūjito yaḥ satataṃ mahātmā | devāsurānyo vijayenmaheṣuḥ

Partha joyfully took up that arrow, which even hosts of gods could hardly withstand, ever honoured, the great shaft that could overcome gods and asuras.

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.18d*1154_01–04 in the critical edition (printed after 8.67.18d).

Verse 44 (8.98.44)

तं वै प्रमृष्टं प्रसमीक्ष्य युद्धे । चचाल सर्वं सचराचरं जगत् । कृत्स्नं जगत्स्वस्त्यृषयोऽभिचक्रुः । तमुद्यतं प्रेक्ष्य महाहवेषुम् ॥

taṃ vai pramṛṣṭaṃ prasamīkṣya yuddhe | cacāla sarvaṃ sacarācaraṃ jagat | kṛtsnaṃ jagatsvastyṛṣayo'bhicakruḥ | tamudyataṃ prekṣya mahāhaveṣum

Seeing that shaft lifted up in the battle, the whole world, moving and unmoving, trembled; and the sages called down blessings upon the world as they watched that great arrow raised.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across two lines (अभिचक्रु-- / स्तमुद्यतं); written here with the word completed. Star passage 8.67.18d*1154_05–08 in the critical edition (the CE reads yaṃ vai prakṛṣṭaṃ for तं वै प्रमृष्टं).

Verse 45 (8.98.45)

ततस्तु तं वै शरमप्रमेयं । गाण्डीवधन्वा धनुषि व्ययोजयत् । युक्त्वा महास्त्रेण परेण चापं । विकृष्य गाण्डीवमुवाच सत्वरम् ॥

tatastu taṃ vai śaramaprameyaṃ | gāṇḍīvadhanvā dhanuṣi vyayojayat | yuktvā mahāstreṇa pareṇa cāpaṃ | vikṛṣya gāṇḍīvamuvāca satvaram

Then the wielder of Gandiva fitted that immeasurable arrow to his bow; having joined it to a supreme great weapon and drawn Gandiva, he spoke hurriedly.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = star passage 8.67.18d*1154_09–10; lines 3–4 = CE 8.67.19a (the CE reads yuktvā mahāstreṇa pareṇa mantravid; vikṛṣya gāṇḍīvam uvāca sasvanam).

Verse 46 (8.98.46)

अयं हास्त्रप्रहितो महाशरः । शरीरहृच्चासुहरश्च दुर्हृदः । तपोऽस्ति तप्तं गुरवश्च तोषिता । मया यदीष्टं सुहुतं यदि श्रुतम् ॥

ayaṃ hāstraprahito mahāśaraḥ | śarīrahṛccāsuharaśca durhṛdaḥ | tapo'sti taptaṃ guravaśca toṣitā | mayā yadīṣṭaṃ suhutaṃ yadi śrutam

This great arrow, sent forth by the weapon's power, will take the body and the life of my wicked enemy. If I have practised austerity, if I have satisfied my elders, if what I have offered in sacrifice was well offered, if I have heard the teaching —

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 8.67.19c (ayaṃ mahāstro 'pratimo dhṛtaḥ śaraḥ; śarīrabhic cāsuharaś ca durhṛdaḥ); lines 3–4 = CE 8.67.20a (tapo 'sti taptaṃ guravaś ca toṣitā; mayā yad iṣṭaṃ suhṛdāṃ tathā śrutam). Unheaded speech of Arjuna, filling the whole verse.

Verse 47 (8.98.47)

अनेन सत्येन निहन्त्वयं शरः । सुसंहितः कर्णमरिं ममोर्जितम् । इत्यूचिवांस्तं प्रमुमोच बाणं । धनञ्जयः कर्णवधाय घोरम् ॥

anena satyena nihantvayaṃ śaraḥ | susaṃhitaḥ karṇamariṃ mamorjitam | ityūcivāṃstaṃ pramumoca bāṇaṃ | dhanañjayaḥ karṇavadhāya ghoram

"By this truth, may this well-fitted arrow slay my mighty enemy Karna." So saying, Dhananjaya loosed the dreadful arrow for Karna's death.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 8.67.20c; lines 3–4 correspond to CE 8.67.21a. Lines 1–2 are Arjuna's words, lines 3–4 narration; kept with the narrator.

Verse 48 (8.98.48)

कृत्या ह्यथर्वाङ्गिरसी प्रचोदिता । यथा तथा त्वं जहि शात्रवं मम । ब्रुवन्किरीटी तमतिप्रहृष्टः । असृजद्देवानां जयहेतुं महेषुम् ॥

kṛtyā hyatharvāṅgirasī pracoditā | yathā tathā tvaṃ jahi śātravaṃ mama | bruvankirīṭī tamatiprahṛṣṭaḥ | asṛjaddevānāṃ jayahetuṃ maheṣum

"As an Atharvangirasa spell, once sent forth, strikes its mark, so strike my enemy." Speaking thus, Kiriti, greatly delighted, loosed the great arrow that brings the gods victory.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across two lines (तमतिप्रहृष्टो-- / ऽसृजद्…); written here with the word completed. A reworking of CE 8.67.21c–22a (the CE reads kṛtyām atharvāṅgirasīm ivogrām … bruvan kirīṭī tam atiprahṛṣṭo; ayaṃ śaro me vijayāvaho 'stu); the automatic alignment found no match. Lines 1–2 are Arjuna's words, lines 3–4 narration; kept with the narrator.

Verse 49 (8.98.49)

जिघांसुरर्केन्दुसमप्रभावः । कर्णं वशी पाण्डवः क्षिप्रकारी । ततो विमुक्तो बलिना महेषुः । प्रज्वालयामास नभो दिशश्च ॥

jighāṃsurarkendusamaprabhāvaḥ | karṇaṃ vaśī pāṇḍavaḥ kṣiprakārī | tato vimukto balinā maheṣuḥ | prajvālayāmāsa nabho diśaśca

Eager to kill Karna, the self-controlled, swift-handed Pandava, radiant as sun and moon, took aim; then the great arrow, sped by that strong one, lit up the sky and all the quarters.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.67.22c (jighāṃsur arkendusamaprabhāvaḥ); lines 3–4 = star passage 8.67.22d*1156_01–02.

Verse 50 (8.98.50)

सैन्यान्यनेकानि च विप्रमोह्य । गाण्डीवमुक्तेन ततो महात्मा । तेनार्जुनस्तन्महनीयमस्य । शिरोऽहरत्सूतपुत्रस्य राजन् ॥

sainyānyanekāni ca vipramohya | gāṇḍīvamuktena tato mahātmā | tenārjunastanmahanīyamasya | śiro'haratsūtaputrasya rājan

Bewildering many hosts with the arrow loosed from Gandiva, the great-souled Arjuna took off with it, O king, that honoured head of the charioteer's son.

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.23d*1157_01–04 in the critical edition (CE: gāṇḍīvamuktair vijayena bhallaiḥ; tenārjunaḥ sannahanīyamadhyāc).

Verse 51 (8.98.51)

छिन्नं पपाताञ्जलिकेन तूर्णं । कायश्च पश्चाद्धरणीं जगाम ॥

chinnaṃ papātāñjalikena tūrṇaṃ | kāyaśca paścāddharaṇīṃ jagāma

Severed by the añjalika, it fell swiftly, and the body fell to the earth afterwards.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (star passage 8.67.23d*1158_01–02): Wikisource prints only the last line of this verse, numbered 8-98-51f (कायश्च पश्चाद्धरणीं जगाम; the CE reads kāyo 'sya paścād dharaṇīṃ jagāma), without its subject. Line 1 is restored from the critical edition's star passage 1158 (chinnaṃ papātāñjalikena tūrṇam), written in Devanagari with its words kept; line 2 is the page's own. The label 51f suggests that more lines were lost; only the line the star passage supplies has been restored.

Verse 52 (8.98.52)

तदुद्यतादित्यसमानतेजसं । शरन्नभोमध्यगभास्करोपमम् । वराङ्गमुर्व्यामपतच्चमूमुखे । दिवाकरोऽस्तादिव रक्तमण्डलः ॥

tadudyatādityasamānatejasaṃ | śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropamam | varāṅgamurvyāmapataccamūmukhe | divākaro'stādiva raktamaṇḍalaḥ

That noble head, equal in splendour to the risen sun, like the sun in the middle of the autumn sky, fell to the earth at the front of the army, like the red disc of the sun dropping from the western mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected चमुमूखे → चमूमुखे (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel lengths swapped; "at the front of the army"; the critical edition reads camūpateḥ here, a recension variant). Matches CE 8.67.24a, c otherwise.

Verse 53 (8.98.53)

ततोऽस्य देहं सततं सुखैधितं । सुरूपमत्यर्थसुखं सुगन्धि च । परेण कृच्छ्रेण शिरः समत्यजत् । गृहं महर्द्धी निवसन्निवेश्वरः ॥

tato'sya dehaṃ satataṃ sukhaidhitaṃ | surūpamatyarthasukhaṃ sugandhi ca | pareṇa kṛcchreṇa śiraḥ samatyajat | gṛhaṃ maharddhī nivasanniveśvaraḥ

Then the head, in the greatest pain, left his body, which had long been nurtured in comfort — shapely, very pleasant, fragrant — as a lord of great fortune leaves the house he has lived in.

Note on the text: Corrected महर्धीन्निवसन् → महर्द्धी निवसन् (misprint in Wikisource; महर्धीन् is not a word: द dropped from ऋद्धि and a stray न् added, "a lord of great fortune"; cf. the critical edition's maharddhīva). The page splits a sandhi across two lines (समत्यज-- / द्गृहं); written here with the word completed. A variant of CE 8.67.25 (the CE reads tad asya dehī satataṃ sukhoditaṃ … pareṇa kṛcchreṇa śarīram atyajad); the sense is that the head left the body.

Verse 54 (8.98.54)

शरैर्विभिन्नं व्यसु तत्सुवर्चसः । पपात कर्णस्य शरीरमुच्छ्रितम् । स्रवद्व्रणं गैरिकतोयविस्रवं । गिरेर्यथा वज्रहतं महाशिरः ॥

śarairvibhinnaṃ vyasu tatsuvarcasaḥ | papāta karṇasya śarīramucchritam | sravadvraṇaṃ gairikatoyavisravaṃ | gireryathā vajrahataṃ mahāśiraḥ

Pierced by arrows and lifeless, the tall body of radiant Karna fell, its wounds streaming like the red-ochre waters of a mountain, like the great peak of a mountain struck by lightning.

Note on the text: Corrected शरीमुच्छ्रितम् → शरीरमुच्छ्रितम् (misprint in Wikisource; र dropped; the critical edition reads śarīram ucchritam). Matches CE 8.67.26a, c (line 1: the CE reads vyasu tad vivarmaṇaḥ).

Verse 55 (8.98.55)

देहाच्च कर्णस्य निपातितस्य । तेजः सूर्यं खं वितत्याविवेश । तदद्भुतं सर्वमनुष्ययोधाः । संदृष्टवन्तो निहते स्म कर्णे ॥

dehācca karṇasya nipātitasya | tejaḥ sūryaṃ khaṃ vitatyāviveśa | tadadbhutaṃ sarvamanuṣyayodhāḥ | saṃdṛṣṭavanto nihate sma karṇe

From the body of the fallen Karna a radiance spread through the sky and entered the sun; all the human warriors beheld that marvel when Karna was slain.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 8.67.27 (the CE reads dehāt tu karṇasya nipātitasya; tejo dīptaṃ khaṃ vigāhyācireṇa; tad adbhutaṃ sarvamanuṣyayodhāḥ; paśyanti rājan nihate sma karṇe).

Verse 56 (8.98.56)

ततः शङ्खान्पाण्डवा दध्मुरुच्चैः । दृष्ट्वा कर्णं पातितं फल्गुनेन । तथैव कृष्णश्च धनञ्जयश्च । हृष्टौ यमौ दध्मतुर्वारिजातौ ॥

tataḥ śaṅkhānpāṇḍavā dadhmuruccaiḥ | dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ pātitaṃ phalgunena | tathaiva kṛṣṇaśca dhanañjayaśca | hṛṣṭau yamau dadhmaturvārijātau

Then the Pandavas blew their conches loudly, seeing Karna struck down by Phalguna; and likewise Krishna and Dhananjaya, delighted, blew the pair of sea-born conches.

Note on the text: Corrected हष्टौ → हृष्टौ (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ dropped; the critical edition reads hṛṣṭau). The page splits a sandhi across two lines (दध्मुरुच्चै-- / र्दृष्ट्वा); written here with the word completed. Star passage 8.67.27d*1161_01–04 in the critical edition (line 4: hṛṣṭau tadā dadhmatur āśu śaṅkhau; the page's यमौ, "twin", is taken with the two conches).

Verse 57 (8.98.57)

तं सोमकाः प्रेक्ष्य हतं शयानं । सैन्यैः सार्धं सिंहनादान्प्रचक्रुः । तूर्याणि सञ्जघ्नुरतीव हृष्टा । वासांसि चैवादुधुवुर्भुजांश्च ॥

taṃ somakāḥ prekṣya hataṃ śayānaṃ | sainyaiḥ sārdhaṃ siṃhanādānpracakruḥ | tūryāṇi sañjaghnuratīva hṛṣṭā | vāsāṃsi caivādudhuvurbhujāṃśca

The Somakas, seeing him lie slain, roared like lions along with their troops; overjoyed, they beat the drums and waved their garments and their arms.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.28a, c.

Verse 58 (8.98.58)

संवर्धयन्तश्च नरेन्द्र योधाः । पार्थं समाजग्मुरतीव हृष्टाः । बलान्विताश्चापरे ह्यप्यनृत्यन् । अन्योन्यमाश्लिष्य नदन्त ऊचुः ॥

saṃvardhayantaśca narendra yodhāḥ | pārthaṃ samājagmuratīva hṛṣṭāḥ | balānvitāścāpare hyapyanṛtyan | anyonyamāśliṣya nadanta ūcuḥ

Warriors, O king, cheering Partha on, came crowding to him in great delight; others, full of strength, danced, embraced one another, and shouted aloud,

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across two lines (ह्यप्यनृत्य-- / न्नन्योन्य…); written here with the word completed. Lines 1–2 = star passage 8.67.28d*1163_01–02; lines 3–4 = CE 8.67.28e (balānvitāś cāpy apare hy anṛtyann; anyonyam āśliṣya nadanta ūcuḥ).

Verse 59 (8.98.59)

दृष्ट्वा तु कर्णं भुवि वा विपन्नं । कृत्तं रथात्सायकैरर्जुनस्य । महानिलेनाद्रिमिवापविद्धं । यज्ञावसानेऽग्निमिव प्रशान्तम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu karṇaṃ bhuvi vā vipannaṃ | kṛttaṃ rathātsāyakairarjunasya | mahānilenādrimivāpaviddhaṃ | yajñāvasāne'gnimiva praśāntam

seeing Karna lying fallen on the ground, cut down from his chariot by Arjuna's arrows, like a mountain flung down by a mighty gale, like a fire gone quiet at the end of a sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected अपविद्वम् → अपविद्धम् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; the critical edition reads apaviddham). A variant of CE 8.67.29a, c (the CE reads dṛṣṭvā tu karṇaṃ bhuvi niṣṭanantaṃ; hataṃ rathāt sāyakenāvabhinnam).

Verse 60 (8.98.60)

तदाननं सूर्यसुतस्य राजन् । विभ्राजते पद्ममिवावनालम् । रराज कर्णस्य शिरो निकृत्तम् । अस्तंगतं भास्करस्येव बिम्बम् ॥

tadānanaṃ sūryasutasya rājan | vibhrājate padmamivāvanālam | rarāja karṇasya śiro nikṛttam | astaṃgataṃ bhāskarasyeva bimbam

That face of the Sun's son, O king, shone like a lotus on its stalk; the severed head of Karna gleamed like the orb of the sun gone down to its setting.

Note on the text: Corrected पद्मिव → पद्ममिव (misprint in Wikisource; म dropped). The page splits sandhi across lines (राज-- / न्विभ्राजते and निकृत्त-- / मस्तंगतं); written here with the words completed. Lines 1–2 = star passage 8.67.29d*1167_01–02 (tad ānanaṃ sūtapurasya rājan; vibhrājate padmam ivāpanālam); lines 3–4 = star passage 8.67.29d*1164_01–02.

Verse 61 (8.98.61)

शरैराचितसर्वाङ्गः शोणितौघपरिप्लुतः । रराज देहः कर्णस्य स्वरश्मिभिरिवांशुमान् ॥

śarairācitasarvāṅgaḥ śoṇitaughapariplutaḥ | rarāja dehaḥ karṇasya svaraśmibhirivāṃśumān

His whole body covered with arrows and drenched in streams of blood, Karna's body shone like the sun with its own rays.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.30a, c.

Verse 62 (8.98.62)

प्रताप्य सेनामामित्रीं दीप्तैः शरगभस्तिभिः । बलिनार्जुनकालेन नीतोऽस्तं कर्णभास्करः ॥

pratāpya senāmāmitrīṃ dīptaiḥ śaragabhastibhiḥ | balinārjunakālena nīto'staṃ karṇabhāskaraḥ

Having scorched the hostile army with the blazing rays of his arrows, Karna the sun was led to his setting by mighty Arjuna, who was his hour of death.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.31a, c.

Verse 63 (8.98.63)

अस्तं गच्छन्यथाऽदित्यः प्रभामादाय गच्छति । तथा जीवितमादाय कर्णस्येषुर्जगाम सः ॥

astaṃ gacchanyathā'dityaḥ prabhāmādāya gacchati | tathā jīvitamādāya karṇasyeṣurjagāma saḥ

As the setting sun departs taking its radiance with it, so that arrow went, taking Karna's life.

Note on the text: Corrected जीवितमाहाय → जीवितमादाय (misprint in Wikisource; ह for द, "taking his life"; the critical edition reads jīvitam ādāya). Matches CE 8.67.32a, c.

Verse 64 (8.98.64)

अपराह्णेऽपराह्णस्य सूतपुत्रस्य मारिष । छिन्नमञ्जलिकेनाजौ सोत्सेधमपतच्छिरः ॥

aparāhṇe'parāhṇasya sūtaputrasya māriṣa | chinnamañjalikenājau sotsedhamapatacchiraḥ

In the afternoon, O lord, on the day that was the charioteer's son's last, his head, cut off in battle by the añjalika, fell from its height.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.33a, c (the CE reads aparāhṇe parāhṇasya … sotsedham apatac chiraḥ). The page's gloss (8-98-64) explains अपराह्णस्य as "of him whose last day (this was)".

Verse 65 (8.98.65)

उपर्युपरि सैन्यानां विनिघ्नन्नितराञ्जनान् । शिरः कर्णस्य सोत्सेधमिषुः सोऽप्यहरद्द्रुतम् ॥

uparyupari sainyānāṃ vinighnannitarāñjanān | śiraḥ karṇasya sotsedhamiṣuḥ so'pyaharaddrutam

Flying over the armies, again and again striking down other men, that arrow also swiftly carried off Karna's lofty head.

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽत्सेधम् → सोत्सेधम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray avagraha; the critical edition reads sotsedham) and सोप्यहरत् → सोऽप्यहरत् (misprint; avagraha dropped; the critical edition reads so 'pāharad). A variant of CE 8.67.34 (the CE reads upary upari sainyānāṃ tasya śatros tad añjasā).

Verse 66 (8.98.66)

कर्णं तु शूरं पतितं पृथिव्यां । शराचितं शोणितदिग्धगात्रम् । दृष्ट्वा शयानं भुवि मद्रराजः । छिन्नध्वजेनाथ ययौ रथेन ॥

karṇaṃ tu śūraṃ patitaṃ pṛthivyāṃ | śarācitaṃ śoṇitadigdhagātram | dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ bhuvi madrarājaḥ | chinnadhvajenātha yayau rathena

Seeing Karna, the hero, lying fallen on the earth, pierced with arrows, his limbs smeared with blood, the king of the Madras left in his chariot, its banner cut down.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across two lines (मद्रराज-- / श्छिन्नध्वजेन); written here with the word completed. Matches CE 8.67.35a, c. The speaker heading सञ्जय उवाच printed in the CE before this verse is not on the page.

Verse 67 (8.98.67)

हते कर्णे कुरवः प्राद्रवन्त । भयार्दिता गाढविद्धाश्च सङ्ख्ये । अवेक्षमाणा मुहुरर्जुनस्य । ध्वजं महान्तं वपुषा ज्वलन्तम् ॥

hate karṇe kuravaḥ prādravanta | bhayārditā gāḍhaviddhāśca saṅkhye | avekṣamāṇā muhurarjunasya | dhvajaṃ mahāntaṃ vapuṣā jvalantam

When Karna was slain, the Kurus fled, stricken with fear and sorely wounded in the battle, looking back again and again at Arjuna's great banner, blazing in its very form.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.36a, c.

Verse 68 (8.98.68)

तच्छिरो भरतश्रेष्ठ शोभयामास मेदिनीम् । यदृच्छयेव पतितं मण्डलं चण्डदीधितेः ॥

tacchiro bharataśreṣṭha śobhayāmāsa medinīm | yadṛcchayeva patitaṃ maṇḍalaṃ caṇḍadīdhiteḥ

That head, O best of the Bharatas, adorned the earth, as though the disc of the fierce-rayed sun had fallen of its own accord.

Note on the text: Corrected चाण्डदीधितेः → चण्डदीधितेः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ा; चण्डदीधिति, "the fierce-rayed one", is the sun). Star passage 8.67.34d*1168_01–02 in the critical edition (line 1: tac chiro bharataśreṣṭha śobhayām āsa medinīm); the page places verses 68–70 (star passage 1168) after the CE's 8.67.36.

Verse 69 (8.98.69)

तं दृष्ट्वा समरविमर्दलब्धनिद्रं । दष्टोष्ठं रुधिरपरीतकातराक्षम् । राधेयं रथवरपृष्ठसन्निषण्णं । हीनांशुर्दिवसकरो मुहूर्तमासीत् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā samaravimardalabdhanidraṃ | daṣṭoṣṭhaṃ rudhiraparītakātarākṣam | rādheyaṃ rathavarapṛṣṭhasanniṣaṇṇaṃ | hīnāṃśurdivasakaro muhūrtamāsīt

Seeing Radheya, who had found sleep in the crush of battle, his lip bitten, his eyes pitiful and clouded with blood, slumped against the back of his fine chariot, the day-maker, the sun, was for a moment robbed of his rays.

Note on the text: Removed the parenthetical variant (बद्ध), an editor's alternative reading inserted in line 1 (the critical edition has samaravimardalabdhanidram). Corrected रुधिरपीरतकातराक्षम् → रुधिरपरीतकातराक्षम् (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel lengths swapped; the critical edition reads rudhiraparītakātarākṣam). Star passage 8.67.34d*1168_03–06 in the critical edition.

Verse 70 (8.98.70)

निःशब्दतूर्यं हतयोधमुख्यं । प्रशान्तदर्पं धृतराष्ट्रसैन्यम् । न शोभते सूर्यसुतेन हीनं । वृन्दं ग्रहाणामिव चन्द्रहीनम् ॥

niḥśabdatūryaṃ hatayodhamukhyaṃ | praśāntadarpaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasainyam | na śobhate sūryasutena hīnaṃ | vṛndaṃ grahāṇāmiva candrahīnam

The army of Dhritarashtra, its trumpets silent, its chief warriors slain and its pride subdued, did not shine without the Sun's son, like a cluster of planets without the moon.

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.34d*1168_07–10 in the critical edition.

Verse 71 (8.98.71)

सहस्रनेत्रप्रतिमानकर्मणः । सहस्रपत्रप्रतिमाननं शुभम् । सहस्ररश्मिर्दिवसक्षये यथा । तथाऽपतत्कर्णशिरो वसुन्धराम् ॥

sahasranetrapratimānakarmaṇaḥ | sahasrapatrapratimānanaṃ śubham | sahasraraśmirdivasakṣaye yathā | tathā'patatkarṇaśiro vasundharām

As the thousand-rayed sun at the close of day, so fell to the earth the head of Karna — he whose deeds matched those of the thousand-eyed Indra, whose fair face was like a thousand-petalled lotus.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.67.37a, c.

Verse 72 (8.98.72)

व्यूढोरस्कं कमलवदनं तप्तहेमावभासं । कर्णं दृष्ट्वा भुवि निपतितं पार्थबाणाभितप्तम् । पांसुग्रस्तं मलिनमसकृत्पुत्रमन्वीक्षमाणो । मन्दम्मन्दं व्रजति सविता मन्दिरं मन्दरश्मिः ॥

vyūḍhoraskaṃ kamalavadanaṃ taptahemāvabhāsaṃ | karṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhuvi nipatitaṃ pārthabāṇābhitaptam | pāṃsugrastaṃ malinamasakṛtputramanvīkṣamāṇo | mandammandaṃ vrajati savitā mandiraṃ mandaraśmiḥ

Seeing Karna, broad-chested, lotus-faced, gleaming like molten gold, fallen on the earth, scorched by Partha's arrows, covered in dust and soiled, the sun, gazing again and again upon his son, goes slowly, slowly to his dwelling, his rays dimmed.

Note on the text: Star passage 8.67.37d*1171_01–04 in the critical edition, its last lines; CE 8.67 ends here.