 | Book 7 Chapter 148
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ karṇo raṇe dṛṣṭvā pārṣataṃ paravīrahā
ājaghānorasi śarair daśabhir marmabhedibhiḥ
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| 2 | prativivyādha taṃ tūrṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi māriṣa
pañcabhiḥ sāyakair hṛṣṭas tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt
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| 3 | tāv anyonyaṃ śaraiḥ saṃkhye saṃchādya sumahārathau
punaḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭair vivyadhāte parasparam
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| 4 | tataḥ pāñcālamukhyasya dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge
sārathiṃ caturaś cāśvān karṇo vivyādha sāyakaiḥ
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| 5 | kārmukapravaraṃ cāsya praciccheda śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍād apātayat
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| 6 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
gṛhītvā parighaṃ ghoraṃ karṇasyāśvān apīpiṣat
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| 7 | viddhaś ca bahubhis tena śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ
tato yudhiṣṭhirānīkaṃ padbhyām evānvavartata
āruroha rathaṃ cāpi sahadevasya māriṣa
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| 8 | karṇasyāpi rathe vāhān anyān sūto nyayojayat
śaṅkhavarṇān mahāvegān saindhavān sādhuvāhinaḥ
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| 9 | labdhalakṣyas tu rādheyaḥ pāñcālānāṃ mahārathān
abhyapīḍayad āyastaḥ śarair megha ivācalān
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| 10 | sā pīḍyamānā karṇena pāñcālānāṃ mahācamūḥ
saṃprādravat susaṃtrastā siṃhenevārditā mṛgī
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| 11 | patitās turagebhyaś ca gajebhyaś ca mahītale
rathebhyaś ca narās tūrṇam adṛśyanta tatas tataḥ
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| 12 | dhāvamānasya yodhasya kṣurapraiḥ sa mahāmṛdhe
bāhū ciccheda vai karṇaḥ śiraś caiva sakuṇḍalam
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| 13 | ūrū ciccheda cānyasya gajasthasya viśāṃ pate
vājipṛṣṭhagatasyāpi bhūmiṣṭhasya ca māriṣa
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| 14 | nājñāsiṣur dhāvamānā bahavaś ca mahārathāḥ
saṃchinnāny ātmagātrāṇi vāhanāni ca saṃyuge
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| 15 | te vadhyamānāḥ samare pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha
tṛṇapraspandanāc cāpi sūtaputraṃ sma menire
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| 16 | api svaṃ samare yodhaṃ dhāvamānaṃ vicetasaḥ
karṇam evābhyamanyanta tato bhītā dravanti te
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| 17 | tāny anīkāni bhagnāni dravamāṇāni bhārata
abhyadravad drutaṃ karṇaḥ pṛṣṭhato vikirañ śarān
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| 18 | avekṣamāṇās te 'nyonyaṃ susaṃmūḍhā vicetasaḥ
nāśaknuvann avasthātuṃ kālyamānā mahātmanā
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| 19 | karṇenābhyāhatā rājan pāñcālāḥ parameṣubhiḥ
droṇena ca diśaḥ sarvā vīkṣamāṇāḥ pradudruvuḥ
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| 20 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā svasainyaṃ prekṣya vidrutam
apayāne matiṃ kṛtvā phalgunaṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 21 | paśya karṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ dhanuṣpāṇim avasthitam
niśīthe dāruṇe kāle tapantam iva bhāskaram
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| 22 | karṇasāyakanunnānāṃ krośatām eṣa nisvanaḥ
aniśaṃ śrūyate pārtha tvadbandhūnām anāthavat
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| 23 | yathā visṛjataś cāsya saṃdadhānasya cāśugān
paśyāmi jayavikrāntaṃ kṣapayiṣyati no dhruvam
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| 24 | yad atrānantaraṃ kāryaṃ prāptakālaṃ prapaśyasi
karṇasya vadhasaṃyuktaṃ tat kuruṣva dhanaṃjaya
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| 25 | evam ukto mahābāhuḥ pārthaḥ kṛṣṇam athābravīt
bhītaḥ kuntīsuto rājā rādheyasyātivikramāt
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| 26 | evaṃ gate prāptakālaṃ karṇānīke punaḥ punaḥ
bhavān vyavasyatāṃ kṣipraṃ dravate hi varūthinī
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| 27 | droṇasāyakanunnānāṃ bhagnānāṃ madhusūdana
karṇena trāsyamānānām avasthānaṃ na vidyate
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| 28 | paśyāmi ca tathā karṇaṃ vicarantam abhītavat
dravamāṇān rathodārān kirantaṃ viśikhaiḥ śitaiḥ
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| 29 | naitad asyotsahe soḍhuṃ caritaṃ raṇamūrdhani
pratyakṣaṃ vṛṣṇiśārdūla pādasparśam ivoragaḥ
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| 30 | sa bhavān atra yātvāśu yatra karṇo mahārathaḥ
aham enaṃ vadhiṣyāmi māṃ vaiṣa madhusūdana
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| 31 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 31 | paśyāmi karṇaṃ kaunteya devarājam ivāhave
vicarantaṃ naravyāghram atimānuṣavikramam
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| 32 | naitasyānyo 'sti samare pratyudyātā dhanaṃjaya
ṛte tvāṃ puruṣavyāghra rākṣasād vā ghaṭotkacāt
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| 33 | na tu tāvad ahaṃ manye prāptakālaṃ tavānagha
samāgamaṃ mahābāho sūtaputreṇa saṃyuge
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| 34 | dīpyamānā maholkeva tiṣṭhaty asya hi vāsavī
tvadarthaṃ hi mahābāho raudrarūpaṃ bibharti ca
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| 35 | ghaṭotkacas tu rādheyaṃ pratyudyātu mahābalaḥ
sa hi bhīmena balinā jātaḥ suraparākramaḥ
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| 36 | tasminn astrāṇi divyāni rākṣasāny āsurāṇi ca
satataṃ cānurakto vo hitaiṣī ca ghaṭotkacaḥ
vijeṣyati raṇe karṇam iti me nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 37 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 37 | evam uktvā mahābāhuḥ pārthaṃ puṣkaralocanaḥ
ājuhāvātha tad rakṣaḥ tac cāsīt prādur agrataḥ
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| 38 | kavacī sa śarī khaḍgī sadhanvā ca viśāṃ pate
abhivādya tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanaṃjayam
abravīt taṃ tadā hṛṣṭas tv ayam asmy anuśādhi mām
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| 39 | tatas taṃ meghasaṃkāśaṃ dīptāsyaṃ dīptakuṇḍalam
abhyabhāṣata haiḍimbaṃ dāśārhaḥ prahasann iva
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| 40 | ghaṭotkaca vijānīhi yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi putraka
prāpto vikramakālo 'yaṃ tava nānyasya kasya cit
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| 41 | sa bhavān majjamānānāṃ bandhūnāṃ tvaṃ plavo yathā
vividhāni tavāstrāṇi santi māyā ca rākṣasī
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| 42 | paśya karṇena haiḍimba pāṇḍavānām anīkinī
kālyamānā yathā gāvaḥ pālena raṇamūrdhani
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| 43 | eṣa karṇo maheṣvāso matimān dṛḍhavikramaḥ
pāṇḍavānām anīkeṣu nihanti kṣatriyarṣabhān
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| 44 | kirantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi mahānti dṛḍhadhanvinaḥ
na śaknuvanty avasthātuṃ pīḍyamānāḥ śarārciṣā
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| 45 | niśīthe sūtaputreṇa śaravarṣeṇa pīḍitāḥ
ete dravanti pāñcālāḥ siṃhasyeva bhayān mṛgāḥ
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| 46 | etasyaivaṃ pravṛddhasya sūtaputrasya saṃyuge
niṣeddhā vidyate nānyas tvad ṛte bhīmavikrama
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| 47 | sa tvaṃ kuru mahābāho karma yuktam ihātmanaḥ
mātulānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tejaso 'strabalasya ca
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| 48 | etadarthaṃ hi haiḍimba putrān icchanti mānavāḥ
kathaṃ nas tārayed duḥkhāt sa tvaṃ tāraya bāndhavān
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| 49 | tava hy astrabalaṃ bhīmaṃ māyāś ca tava dustarāḥ
saṃgrāme yudhyamānasya satataṃ bhīmanandana
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| 50 | pāṇḍavānāṃ prabhagnānāṃ karṇena śitasāyakaiḥ
majjatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭreṣu bhava pāraṃ paraṃtapa
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| 51 | rātrau hi rākṣasā bhūyo bhavanty amitavikramāḥ
balavantaḥ sudurdharṣāḥ śūrā vikrāntacāriṇaḥ
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| 52 | jahi karṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ niśīthe māyayā raṇe
pārthā droṇaṃ vadhiṣyanti dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ
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| 53 | keśavasya vacaḥ śrutvā bībhatsur api rākṣasam
abhyabhāṣata kauravya ghaṭotkacam ariṃdamam
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| 54 | ghaṭotkaca bhavāṃś caiva dīrghabāhuś ca sātyakiḥ
matau me sarvasainyeṣu bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 55 | sa bhavān yātu karṇena dvairathaṃ yudhyatāṃ niśi
sātyakiḥ pṛṣṭhagopas te bhaviṣyati mahārathaḥ
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| 56 | jahi karṇaṃ raṇe śūraṃ sātvatena sahāyavān
yathendras tārakaṃ pūrvaṃ skandena saha jaghnivān
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| 57 | ghaṭotkaca uvāca
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| 57 | alam evāsmi karṇāya droṇāyālaṃ ca sattama
anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca kṛtāstrāṇāṃ mahātmanām
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| 58 | adya dāsyāmi saṃgrāmaṃ sūtaputrāya taṃ niśi
yaṃ janāḥ saṃpravakṣyanti yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati
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| 59 | na cātra śūrān mokṣyāmi na bhītān na kṛtāñjalīn
sarvān eva vadhiṣyāmi rākṣasaṃ dharmam āsthitaḥ
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| 60 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 60 | evam uktvā mahābāhur haiḍimbaḥ paravīrahā
abhyayāt tumule karṇaṃ tava sainyaṃ vibhīṣayan
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| 61 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃkruddhaṃ dīptāsyam iva pannagam
abhyasyan parameṣvāsaḥ pratijagrāha sūtajaḥ
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| 62 | tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ karṇarākṣasayor niśi
garjato rājaśārdūla śakraprahrādayor iva
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