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