 | Book 7 Chapter 108
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | atyadbhutam ahaṃ manye bhīmasenasya vikramam
yat karṇaṃ yodhayām āsa samare laghuvikramam
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| 2 | tridaśān api codyuktān sarvaśastradharān yudhi
vārayed yo raṇe karṇaḥ sayakṣāsuramānavān
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| 3 | sa kathaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhe bhrājamānam iva śriyā
nātarat saṃyuge tāta tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 4 | kathaṃ ca yuddhaṃ bhūyo 'bhūt tayoḥ prāṇadurodare
atra manye samāyatto jayo vājaya eva vā
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| 5 | karṇaṃ prāpya raṇe sūta mama putraḥ suyodhanaḥ
jetum utsahate pārthān sagovindān sasātvatān
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| 6 | śrutvā tu nirjitaṃ karṇam asakṛd bhīmakarmaṇā
bhīmasenena samare moha āviśatīva mām
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| 7 | vinaṣṭān kauravān manye mama putrasya durnayaiḥ
na hi karṇo maheṣvāsān pārthāñ jyeṣyati saṃjaya
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| 8 | kṛtavān yāni yuddhāni karṇaḥ pāṇḍusutaiḥ saha
sarvatra pāṇḍavāḥ karṇam ajayanta raṇājire
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| 9 | ajayyāḥ pāṇḍavās tāta devair api savāsavaiḥ
na ca tad budhyate mandaḥ putro duryodhano mama
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| 10 | dhanaṃ dhaneśvarasyeva hṛtvā pārthasya me sutaḥ
madhuprepsur ivābuddhiḥ prapātaṃ nāvabudhyate
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| 11 | nikṛtyā nikṛtiprajño rājyaṃ hṛtvā mahātmanām
jitān ity eva manvānaḥ pāṇḍavān avamanyate
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| 12 | putrasnehābhibhūtena mayā cāpy akṛtātmanā
dharme sthitā mahātmāno nikṛtāḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ
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| 13 | śamakāmaḥ sadā pārtho dīrghaprekṣī yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
aśakta iti manvānaiḥ putrair mama nirākṛtaḥ
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| 14 | tāni duḥkhāny anekāni viprakārāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ
hṛdi kṛtvā mahābāhur bhīmo 'yudhyata sūtajam
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| 15 | tasmān me saṃjaya brūhi karṇabhīmau yathā raṇe
ayudhyetāṃ yudhi śreṣṭhau parasparavadhaiṣiṇau
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| 16 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 16 | śṛṇu rājan yathā vṛttaḥ saṃgrāmaḥ karṇabhīmayoḥ
parasparavadhaprepsvor vane kuñjarayor iva
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| 17 | rājan vaikartano bhīmaṃ kruddhaḥ kruddham ariṃdamam
parākrāntaṃ parākramya vivyādha triṃśatā śaraiḥ
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| 18 | mahāvegaiḥ prasannāgraiḥ śātakumbhapariṣkṛtaiḥ
āhanad bharataśreṣṭha bhīmaṃ vaikartanaḥ śaraiḥ
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| 19 | tasyāsyato dhanur bhīmaś cakarta niśitais tribhiḥ
rathanīḍāc ca yantāraṃ bhallenāpātayat kṣitau
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| 20 | sa kāṅkṣan bhīmasenasya vadhaṃ vaikartano vṛṣaḥ
śaktiṃ kanakavaiḍūryacitradaṇḍāṃ parāmṛśat
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| 21 | pragṛhya ca mahāśaktiṃ kālaśaktim ivāparām
samutkṣipya ca rādheyaḥ saṃdhāya ca mahābalaḥ
cikṣepa bhīmasenāya jīvitāntakarīm iva
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| 22 | śaktiṃ visṛjya rādheyaḥ puraṃdara ivāśanim
nanāda sumahānādaṃ balavān sūtanandanaḥ
taṃ ca nādaṃ tataḥ śrutvā putrās te hṛṣitābhavan
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| 23 | tāṃ karṇabhujanirmuktām arkavaiśvānaraprabhām
śaktiṃ viyati ciccheda bhīmaḥ saptabhir āśugaiḥ
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| 24 | chittvā śaktiṃ tato bhīmo nirmuktoragasaṃnibhām
mārgamāṇa iva prāṇān sūtaputrasya māriṣa
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| 25 | prāhiṇon nava saṃrabdhaḥ śarān barhiṇavāsasaḥ
svarṇapuṅkhāñ śilādhautān yamadaṇḍopamān mṛdhe
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| 26 | karṇo 'py anyad dhanur gṛhya hemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam
vikṛṣya ca mahātejā vyasṛjat sāyakān nava
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| 27 | tān pāṇḍuputraś ciccheda navabhir nataparvabhiḥ
vasuṣeṇena nirmuktān nava rājan mahāśarān
chittvā bhīmo mahārāja nādaṃ siṃha ivānadat
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| 28 | tau vṛṣāv iva nardantau balinau vāśitāntare
śārdūlāv iva cānyonyam atyarthaṃ ca hy agarjatām
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| 29 | anyonyaṃ prajihīrṣantāv anyonyasyāntaraiṣiṇau
anyonyam abhivīkṣantau goṣṭheṣv iva maharṣabhau
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| 30 | mahāgajāv ivāsādya viṣāṇāgraiḥ parasparam
śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭair anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ
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| 31 | nirdahantau mahārāja śaravṛṣṭyā parasparam
anyonyam abhivīkṣantau kopād vivṛtalocanau
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| 32 | prahasantau tathānyonyaṃ bhartsayantau muhur muhuḥ
śaṅkhaśabdaṃ ca kurvāṇau yuyudhāte parasparam
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| 33 | tasya bhīmaḥ punaś cāpaṃ muṣṭau ciccheda māriṣa
śaṅkhavarṇāś ca tān aśvān bāṇair ninye yamakṣayam
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| 34 | tathā kṛcchragataṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ duryodhano nṛpaḥ
vepamāna iva krodhād vyādideśātha durjayam
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| 35 | gaccha durjaya rādheyaṃ purā grasati pāṇḍavaḥ
jahi tūbarakaṃ kṣipraṃ karṇasya balam ādadhat
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| 36 | evam uktas tathety uktvā tava putras tavātmajam
abhyadravad bhīmasenaṃ vyāsaktaṃ vikirañ śarān
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| 37 | sa bhīmaṃ navabhir bāṇair aśvān aṣṭabhir ardayat
ṣaḍbhiḥ sūtaṃ tribhiḥ ketuṃ punas taṃ cāpi saptabhiḥ
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| 38 | bhīmaseno 'pi saṃkruddhaḥ sāśvayantāram āśugaiḥ
durjayaṃ bhinnamarmāṇam anayad yamasādanam
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| 39 | svalaṃkṛtaṃ kṣitau kṣuṇṇaṃ ceṣṭamānaṃ yathoragam
rudann ārtas tava sutaṃ karṇaś cakre pradakṣiṇam
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| 40 | sa tu taṃ virathaṃ kṛtvā smayann atyantavairiṇam
samācinod bāṇagaṇaiḥ śataghnīm iva śaṅkubhiḥ
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| 41 | tathāpy atirathaḥ karṇo bhidyamānaḥ sma sāyakaiḥ
na jahau samare bhīmaṃ kruddharūpaṃ paraṃtapaḥ
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