Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.5
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12.5.1
आदित्कृतबलं कर्णं दृष्ट्वा राजा स मागधः ।
आह्वयद्द्वैरथेनाजौ जरासन्धो महीपतिः ॥ १२.५.१ ॥
Seeing Karṇa's strength, that king of Magadha, Jarāsandha, lord of the earth, challenged him in battle to a single-chariot duel.
12.5.2
तयोः समभवद्युद्धं दिव्यास्त्रविदुषोर्द्वयोः ।
युधि नानाप्रहरणैरन्योन्यमभिवर्षतोः ॥ १२.५.२ ॥
Between those two, both skilled in divine weapons, a battle arose, and in the fight they rained down upon each other with many kinds of weapons.
12.5.3
क्षीणबाणौ विधनुषौ भग्नखङ्गौ महीं गतौ ।
बाहुभिः समसज्जेतामुभावतिबलान्वितौ ॥ १२.५.३ ॥
With their arrows spent, their bows broken, and their swords shattered, both of them, mighty in strength, came down to the ground and grappled with their arms.
12.5.4
बाहुकण्टकयुद्धेन तस्य कर्णोऽथ युध्यतः ।
विभेदं संधिं देहस्य जरया श्लेषितस्य हि ॥ १२.५.४ ॥
As he fought in the wrestling known as 'arm-thorn', Karṇa severed the joints of his body, which had been bound together by old age.
12.5.5
स विकारं शरीरस्य दृष्ट्वा नृपतिरात्मनः ।
प्रीतोऽस्मीत्यब्रवीत्कर्णं वैरमुत्सृज्य दूरतः ॥ १२.५.५ ॥
Seeing the disfigurement of his own body, that king, abandoning enmity from afar, said to Karṇa: "I am pleased."
12.5.6
प्रीत्या ददौ स कर्णाय मालिनीं नगरीमनु ।
अङ्गेषु नरशार्दूल स राजाऽऽसीत्सपत्नजित् ॥ १२.५.६ ॥
Out of goodwill he gave Karṇa the city of Mālinī; and that conqueror of enemies, tiger among men, became king of the Aṅgas.
12.5.7
पालयामास वर्णांस्तु कर्णः परबलार्दनः ।
दुर्योधनस्यानुमते तवापि विदितं तथा ॥ १२.५.७ ॥
Karṇa, crusher of enemy armies, protected the social orders, with Duryodhana's approval, as you also know.
12.5.8
एवं शस्त्रप्रतापेन प्रथितः सोऽभवत्क्षितौ ।
त्वद्धितार्थं सुरेन्द्रेण भिक्षितो वर्मकुण्डले ॥ १२.५.८ ॥
Thus he became renowned on earth through the might of his weapons, and for your welfare the lord of the gods begged of him his armour and earrings.
12.5.9
स दिव्ये सहजे प्रादात्कुण्डले परमार्चिते ।
सहजं कवचं चापि मोहितो देवमायया ॥ १२.५.९ ॥
Deluded by divine illusion, he gave away the divine, natural earrings, highly honoured, and his natural armour as well.
12.5.10
विमुक्तः कुण्डलाभ्यां च सहजेन च वर्मणा ।
निहतो विजयेनाजौ वासुदेवस्य पश्यतः ॥ १२.५.१० ॥
Stripped of the earrings and of his natural armour, he was slain in battle by Vijaya [Arjuna] while Vāsudeva looked on.
12.5.11
ब्राह्मणस्यापि शापेन रामस्य च महात्मनः ।
कुन्त्याश्च वरदानेन मायया च शतक्रतोः ॥ १२.५.११ ॥
By the curse of a brahmin, by the curse of the great-souled Rāma, by the boon granted to Kuntī, and by the illusion of Śatakratu [Indra]—so he was slain.
12.5.12
भीष्मावमानात्सङ्ख्यायां रथानामर्धकीर्तनात् ।
शल्यतेजोवधाच्चापि वासुदेवनयेन च। ॥ १२.५.१२ ॥
Through the dishonouring of Bhīṣma, through the reckoning of the chariots as only half, through the slaying of Śalya's brilliance, and also through the strategy of Vāsudeva.
12.5.13
रुद्रस्य देवराजस्य यमस्य वरुणस्य च ।
कुबेरद्रोणयोश्चैव कृपस्य च महात्मनः ॥ १२.५.१३ ॥
Of Rudra, of Indra the king of the gods, of Yama, of Varuṇa, of Kubera and Droṇa, and of the great-souled Kṛpa (the divine weapons).
12.5.14
अस्त्राणि दिव्यान्यादाय युधि गाण्डीवधन्वना ।
हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णो दिवाकरसमद्युतिः ॥ १२.५.१४ ॥
Having taken up the divine weapons, the bow-wielder of the Gāṇḍīva killed Karṇa, son of Vikartana, whose radiance equalled the sun, in battle.
12.5.15
एवं शप्तस्तव भ्राता बहुभिश्चापि वञ्चितः ।
न शोच्यः पुरुषव्याघ्र युद्धे हि निधनं गतः ॥ १२.५.१५ ॥
Thus cursed and deceived by many, your brother, tiger among men, is not to be mourned, for he has met death in battle.