 | Book 5 Chapter 143
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| 1 | karṇa uvāca
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| 1 | rādheyo 'ham ādhirathiḥ karṇas tvām abhivādaye
prāptā kimarthaṃ bhavatī brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te
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| 2 | kunty uvāca
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| 2 | kaunteyas tvaṃ na rādheyo na tavādhirathaḥ pitā
nāsi sūtakule jātaḥ karṇa tad viddhi me vacaḥ
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| 3 | kānīnas tvaṃ mayā jātaḥ pūrvajaḥ kukṣiṇā dhṛtaḥ
kuntibhojasya bhavane pārthas tvam asi putraka
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| 4 | prakāśakarmā tapano yo 'yaṃ devo virocanaḥ
ajījanat tvāṃ mayy eṣa karṇa śastrabhṛtāṃ varam
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| 5 | kuṇḍalī baddhakavaco devagarbhaḥ śriyā vṛtaḥ
jātas tvam asi durdharṣa mayā putra pitur gṛhe
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| 6 | sa tvaṃ bhrātṝn asaṃbuddhvā mohād yad upasevase
dhārtarāṣṭrān na tad yuktaṃ tvayi putra viśeṣataḥ
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| 7 | etad dharmaphalaṃ putra narāṇāṃ dharmaniścaye
yat tuṣyanty asya pitaro mātā cāpy ekadarśinī
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| 8 | arjunenārjitāṃ pūrvaṃ hṛtāṃ lobhād asādhubhiḥ
ācchidya dhārtarāṣṭrebhyo bhuṅkṣva yaudhiṣṭhirīṃ śriyam
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| 9 | adya paśyantu kuravaḥ karṇārjunasamāgamam
saubhrātreṇa tad ālakṣya saṃnamantām asādhavaḥ
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| 10 | karṇārjunau vai bhavatāṃ yathā rāmajanārdanau
asādhyaṃ kiṃ nu loke syād yuvayoḥ sahitātmanoḥ
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| 11 | karṇa śobhiṣyase nūnaṃ pañcabhir bhrātṛbhir vṛtaḥ
vedaiḥ parivṛto brahmā yathā vedāṅgapañcamaiḥ
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| 12 | upapanno guṇaiḥ śreṣṭho jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭheṣu bandhuṣu
sūtaputreti mā śabdaḥ pārthas tvam asi vīryavān
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