 | Book 4 Chapter 55
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| 1 | arjuna uvāca
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| 1 | karṇa yat te sabhāmadhye bahu vācā vikatthitam
na me yudhi samo 'stīti tad idaṃ pratyupasthitam
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| 2 | avocaḥ paruṣā vāco dharmam utsṛjya kevalam
idaṃ tu duṣkaraṃ manye yad idaṃ te cikīrṣitam
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| 3 | yat tvayā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ mām anāsādya kiṃ cana
tad adya kuru rādheya kurumadhye mayā saha
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| 4 | yat sabhāyāṃ sma pāñcālīṃ kliśyamānāṃ durātmabhiḥ
dṛṣṭavān asi tasyādya phalam āpnuhi kevalam
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| 5 | dharmapāśanibaddhena yan mayā marṣitaṃ purā
tasya rādheya kopasya vijayaṃ paśya me mṛdhe
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| 6 | ehi karṇa mayā sārdhaṃ pratipadyasva saṃgaram
prekṣakāḥ kuravaḥ sarve bhavantu sahasainikāḥ
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| 7 | karṇa uvāca
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| 7 | bravīṣi vācā yat pārtha karmaṇā tat samācara
atiśete hi vai vācaṃ karmeti prathitaṃ bhuvi
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| 8 | yat tvayā marṣitaṃ pūrvaṃ tad aśaktena marṣitam
iti gṛhṇāmi tat pārtha tava dṛṣṭvāparākramam
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| 9 | dharmapāśanibaddhena yadi te marṣitaṃ purā
tathaiva baddham ātmānam abaddham iva manyase
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| 10 | yadi tāvad vane vāso yathoktaś caritas tvayā
tat tvaṃ dharmārthavit kliṣṭaḥ samayaṃ bhettum icchasi
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| 11 | yadi śakraḥ svayaṃ pārtha yudhyate tava kāraṇāt
tathāpi na vyathā kā cin mama syād vikramiṣyataḥ
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| 12 | ayaṃ kaunteya kāmas te nacirāt samupasthitaḥ
yotsyase tvaṃ mayā sārdham adya drakṣyasi me balam
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| 13 | arjuna uvāca
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| 13 | idānīm eva tāvat tvam apayāto raṇān mama
tena jīvasi rādheya nihatas tv anujas tava
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| 14 | bhrātaraṃ ghātayitvā ca tyaktvā raṇaśiraś ca kaḥ
tvad anyaḥ puruṣaḥ satsu brūyād evaṃ vyavasthitaḥ
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| 15 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 15 | iti karṇaṃ bruvann eva bībhatsur aparājitaḥ
abhyayād visṛjan bāṇān kāyāvaraṇabhedinaḥ
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| 16 | pratijagrāha tān karṇaḥ śarān agniśikhopamān
śaravarṣeṇa mahatā varṣamāṇa ivāmbudaḥ
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| 17 | utpetuḥ śarajālāni ghorarūpāṇi sarvaśaḥ
avidhyad aśvān bāhvoś ca hastāvāpaṃ pṛthak pṛthak
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| 18 | so 'mṛṣyamāṇaḥ karṇasya niṣaṅgasyāvalambanam
ciccheda niśitāgreṇa śareṇa nataparvaṇā
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| 19 | upāsaṅgād upādāya karṇo bāṇān athāparān
vivyādha pāṇḍavaṃ haste tasya muṣṭir aśīryata
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| 20 | tataḥ pārtho mahābāhuḥ karṇasya dhanur acchinat
sa śaktiṃ prāhiṇot tasmai tāṃ pārtho vyadhamac charaiḥ
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| 21 | tato 'bhipetur bahavo rādheyasya padānugāḥ
tāṃś ca gāṇḍīvanirmuktaiḥ prāhiṇod yamasādanam
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| 22 | tato 'syāśvāñ śarais tīkṣṇair bībhatsur bhārasādhanaiḥ
ākarṇamuktair abhyaghnaṃs te hatāḥ prāpatan bhuvi
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| 23 | athāpareṇa bāṇena jvalitena mahābhujaḥ
vivyādha karṇaṃ kaunteyas tīkṣṇenorasi vīryavān
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| 24 | tasya bhittvā tanutrāṇaṃ kāyam abhyapatac charaḥ
tataḥ sa tamasāviṣṭo na sma kiṃ cit prajajñivān
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| 25 | sa gāḍhavedano hitvā raṇaṃ prāyād udaṅmukhaḥ
tato 'rjuna upākrośad uttaraś ca mahārathaḥ
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