 | Book 1 Chapter 126
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | datte 'vakāśe puruṣair vismayotphullalocanaiḥ
viveśa raṅgaṃ vistīrṇaṃ karṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
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| 2 | sahajaṃ kavacaṃ bibhrat kuṇḍaloddyotitānanaḥ
sadhanur baddhanistriṃśaḥ pādacārīva parvataḥ
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| 3 | kanyāgarbhaḥ pṛthuyaśāḥ pṛthāyāḥ pṛthulocanaḥ
tīkṣṇāṃśor bhāskarasyāṃśaḥ karṇo 'rigaṇasūdanaḥ
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| 4 | siṃharṣabhagajendrāṇāṃ tulyavīryaparākramaḥ
dīptikāntidyutiguṇaiḥ sūryendujvalanopamaḥ
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| 5 | prāṃśuḥ kanakatālābhaḥ siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā
asaṃkhyeyaguṇaḥ śrīmān bhāskarasyātmasaṃbhavaḥ
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| 6 | sa nirīkṣya mahābāhuḥ sarvato raṅgamaṇḍalam
praṇāmaṃ droṇakṛpayor nātyādṛtam ivākarot
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| 7 | sa sāmājajanaḥ sarvo niścalaḥ sthiralocanaḥ
ko 'yam ity āgatakṣobhaḥ kautūhalaparo 'bhavat
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| 8 | so 'bravīn meghadhīreṇa svareṇa vadatāṃ varaḥ
bhrātā bhrātaram ajñātaṃ sāvitraḥ pākaśāsanim
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| 9 | pārtha yat te kṛtaṃ karma viśeṣavad ahaṃ tataḥ
kariṣye paśyatāṃ nṝṇāṃ mātmanā vismayaṃ gamaḥ
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| 10 | asamāpte tatas tasya vacane vadatāṃ vara
yantrotkṣipta iva kṣipram uttasthau sarvato janaḥ
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| 11 | prītiś ca puruṣavyāghra duryodhanam athāspṛśat
hrīś ca krodhaś ca bībhatsuṃ kṣaṇenānvaviśac ca ha
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| 12 | tato droṇābhyanujñātaḥ karṇaḥ priyaraṇaḥ sadā
yat kṛtaṃ tatra pārthena tac cakāra mahābalaḥ
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| 13 | atha duryodhanas tatra bhrātṛbhiḥ saha bhārata
karṇaṃ pariṣvajya mudā tato vacanam abravīt
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| 14 | svāgataṃ te mahābāho diṣṭyā prāpto 'si mānada
ahaṃ ca kururājyaṃ ca yatheṣṭam upabhujyatām
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| 15 | karṇa uvāca
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| 15 | kṛtaṃ sarveṇa me 'nyena sakhitvaṃ ca tvayā vṛṇe
dvandvayuddhaṃ ca pārthena kartum icchāmi bhārata
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| 16 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 16 | bhuṅkṣva bhogān mayā sārdhaṃ bandhūnāṃ priyakṛd bhava
durhṛdāṃ kuru sarveṣāṃ mūrdhni pādam ariṃdama
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| 17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 17 | tataḥ kṣiptam ivātmānaṃ matvā pārtho 'bhyabhāṣata
karṇaṃ bhrātṛsamūhasya madhye 'calam iva sthitam
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| 18 | anāhūtopasṛptānām anāhūtopajalpinām
ye lokās tān hataḥ karṇa mayā tvaṃ pratipatsyase
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| 19 | karṇa uvāca
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| 19 | raṅgo 'yaṃ sarvasāmānyaḥ kim atra tava phalguna
vīryaśreṣṭhāś ca rājanyā balaṃ dharmo 'nuvartate
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| 20 | kiṃ kṣepair durbalāśvāsaiḥ śaraiḥ kathaya bhārata
guroḥ samakṣaṃ yāvat te harāmy adya śiraḥ śaraiḥ
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| 21 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 21 | tato droṇābhyanujñātaḥ pārthaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
bhrātṛbhis tvarayāśliṣṭo raṇāyopajagāma tam
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| 22 | tato duryodhanenāpi sabhrātrā samarodyataḥ
pariṣvaktaḥ sthitaḥ karṇaḥ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ
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| 23 | tataḥ savidyutstanitaiḥ sendrāyudhapurojavaiḥ
āvṛtaṃ gaganaṃ meghair balākāpaṅktihāsibhiḥ
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| 24 | tataḥ snehād dharihayaṃ dṛṣṭvā raṅgāvalokinam
bhāskaro 'py anayan nāśaṃ samīpopagatān ghanān
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| 25 | meghacchāyopagūḍhas tu tato 'dṛśyata pāṇḍavaḥ
sūryātapaparikṣiptaḥ karṇo 'pi samadṛśyata
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| 26 | dhārtarāṣṭrā yataḥ karṇas tasmin deśe vyavasthitāḥ
bhāradvājaḥ kṛpo bhīṣmo yataḥ pārthas tato 'bhavan
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| 27 | dvidhā raṅgaḥ samabhavat strīṇāṃ dvaidham ajāyata
kuntibhojasutā mohaṃ vijñātārthā jagāma ha
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| 28 | tāṃ tathā mohasaṃpannāṃ viduraḥ sarvadharmavit
kuntīm āśvāsayām āsa prokṣyādbhiś candanokṣitaiḥ
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| 29 | tataḥ pratyāgataprāṇā tāv ubhāv api daṃśitau
putrau dṛṣṭvā susaṃtaptā nānvapadyata kiṃ cana
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| 30 | tāv udyatamahācāpau kṛpaḥ śāradvato 'bravīt
dvandvayuddhasamācāre kuśalaḥ sarvadharmavit
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| 31 | ayaṃ pṛthāyās tanayaḥ kanīyān pāṇḍunandanaḥ
kauravo bhavatā sārdhaṃ dvandvayuddhaṃ kariṣyati
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| 32 | tvam apy evaṃ mahābāho mātaraṃ pitaraṃ kulam
kathayasva narendrāṇāṃ yeṣāṃ tvaṃ kulavardhanaḥ
tato viditvā pārthas tvāṃ pratiyotsyati vā na vā
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| 33 | evam uktasya karṇasya vrīḍāvanatam ānanam
babhau varṣāmbubhiḥ klinnaṃ padmam āgalitaṃ yathā
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| 34 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 34 | ācārya trividhā yonī rājñāṃ śāstraviniścaye
tatkulīnaś ca śūraś ca senāṃ yaś ca prakarṣati
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| 35 | yady ayaṃ phalguno yuddhe nārājñā yoddhum icchati
tasmād eṣo 'ṅgaviṣaye mayā rājye 'bhiṣicyate
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| 36 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 36 | tatas tasmin kṣaṇe karṇaḥ salājakusumair ghaṭaiḥ
kāñcanaiḥ kāñcane pīṭhe mantravidbhir mahārathaḥ
abhiṣikto 'ṅgarājye sa śriyā yukto mahābalaḥ
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| 37 | sacchatravālavyajano jayaśabdāntareṇa ca
uvāca kauravaṃ rājā rājānaṃ taṃ vṛṣas tadā
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| 38 | asya rājyapradānasya sadṛśaṃ kiṃ dadāni te
prabrūhi rājaśārdūla kartā hy asmi tathā nṛpa
atyantaṃ sakhyam icchāmīty āha taṃ sa suyodhanaḥ
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| 39 | evam uktas tataḥ karṇas tatheti pratyabhāṣata
harṣāc cobhau samāśliṣya parāṃ mudam avāpatuḥ
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