Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.62
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5.62.1
तथा तु पृच्छन्तमतीव पार्थं ।
वैचित्रवीर्यं तमचिन्तयित्वा।
उवाच कर्णो धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रं ।
प्रहर्षयन्संसदि कौरवाणाम् ॥ ५.६२.१ ॥
Thus, without heeding Vaicitravīrya while Pārtha was questioning him at length, Karṇa spoke to the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, gladdening him in the assembly of the Kurus.
5.62.2
मिथ्या प्रतिज्ञाय मया यदस्त्रं ।
रामात्कृतं ब्रह्ममयं पुरस्तात्।
विज्ञाय तेनास्मि तदैवमुक्त-
स्ते नान्तकाले प्रतिभास्यतीति ॥ ५.६२.२ ॥
Having falsely made a vow, I earlier obtained from Rāma that weapon consisting of sacred power. Knowing this, he then said to me: 'At the time of your death it will not come to your mind.'
5.62.3
महापराधे ह्यपि यन्न तेन ।
महर्षिणाऽहं गुरुणा च शप्तः ।
शक्तः प्रदग्धुं ह्यपि तिग्मतेजाः ।
ससागरामप्यवनिं महर्षिः ॥ ५.६२.३ ॥
Even for a great offence that great sage, my teacher, did not curse me. That sage of sharp radiance is able to burn up even the earth with its oceans.
5.62.4
प्रसादितं ह्यस्य मया मनोऽभू-
च्छुश्रूषया स्वेन च पौरुषेण
तदस्ति चास्त्रं मम सावशेषं ।
तस्मात्समर्थोऽस्मि ममैष भारः ॥ ५.६२.४ ॥
By my service and my own effort I had pleased his mind. That weapon still remains with me in part, therefore I am capable; this burden is mine.
5.62.5
निमेषमात्रात्तमृषेः प्रसाद-
मवाप्य पाञ्चालकरूशमत्स्यान्।
निहत्य पार्थान्सह पुत्रपौत्रै-
र्लोकानहं शस्त्रजितान्प्रपत्स्ये ॥ ५.६२.५ ॥
Having obtained the sage's favour in the span of a moment, I shall slay the Pañcālas, Karūṣas and Matsyas, and the sons of Pṛthā together with their sons and grandsons, and attain the worlds won by weapons.
5.62.6
पितामहस्तिष्ठतु ते समीपे ।
द्रोणश्च सर्वे च नरेन्द्रमुख्याः ।
ऋषिप्रसादेन बलेन गत्वा ।
पार्थान्हनिष्यामि ममैष भारः ॥ ५.६२.६ ॥
Let the grandfather stand near you, and Droṇa and all the chief of kings. By the sage's grace and with my strength, having gone, I shall slay the sons of Pṛthā; this burden is mine.
5.62.7
एवं ब्रुवन्तं तमुवाच भीष्मः ।
किं कत्थसे कालपरीतबुद्धे।
न कर्ण जानासि यथा प्रधाने ।
हते हताः स्युर्धृतराष्ट्रपुत्राः ॥ ५.६२.७ ॥
To him speaking thus, Bhīṣma said: 'O one whose wits are overcome by time, why do you boast? O Karṇa, do you not know that when the chief is slain, the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra will be slain?'
5.62.8
यत्खाण्डवं दाहयता कृतं हि ।
कृष्णद्वितीयेन धनञ्जयेन।
श्रुत्वैव तत्कर्म नियन्तुमात्मा ।
युक्तस्त्वया वै सहबान्धवेन ॥ ५.६२.८ ॥
That deed of Dhanañjaya, who burned Khāṇḍava with Kṛṣṇa as his second — hearing of it alone, you were compelled to restrain yourself, together with your kinsmen.
5.62.9
यां चापि शक्तिं त्रिदशाधिपस्ते ।
ददौ महात्मा भगवान्महेन्द्रः।
भस्मीकृतां तां समरे विशीर्णां ।
चक्राहतां द्रक्ष्यसि केशवेन ॥ ५.६२.९ ॥
And that shakti which the great-souled, blessed Mahendra, lord of the gods, gave you — reduced to ashes, shattered in battle, struck by the discus — you shall see, at the hands of Keśava.
5.62.10
यस्ते शरः सर्पमुखो विभाति ।
सदाऽग्र्यमाल्यैर्महितः प्रयत्नात्।
स पाण्डुपुत्राभिहतः शरौघैः ।
सह त्वया यास्यति कर्ण नाशम् ॥ ५.६२.१० ॥
That serpent-faced arrow of yours, which shines, always honored with the finest garlands, carefully tended — struck by a flood of arrows from the son of Pāṇḍu, it too shall go to destruction together with you, O Karṇa.
5.62.11
बाणस्य भौमस्य च कर्ण हन्ता ।
किरीटिनं रक्षति वासुदेवः ।
यस्त्वादृशानां च वरीयसां च ।
हन्ता रिपूणां तुमुले प्रगाढे ॥ ५.६२.११ ॥
Karṇa, the slayer of Bhauma's arrow is Vāsudeva; he protects the diademed Arjuna. He is the slayer of such as you, and of the excellent foes, in the fierce tumultuous battle.
5.62.12
असंशयं वृष्णिपतिर्यथोक्त-
स्तथा च भूयांश्च ततो महात्मा।
अहं यदुक्तः परुषं तु किंचि-
त्पितामहस्तस्य फलं शृणोतु ॥ ५.६२.१२ ॥
Without doubt the lord of the Vṛṣṇis has spoken just as stated, and the great-souled one has said even more than that. Let the grandsire hear the result of whatever harsh words I have spoken.
5.62.13
न्यस्यामि शस्त्राणि न जातु सङ्ख्ये ।
पितामहो द्रक्ष्यति मां सभायाम्।
त्वयि प्रशान्ते तु मम प्रभावं ।
द्रक्ष्यन्ति सर्वे भुवि भूमिपालाः ॥ ५.६२.१३ ॥
I will never lay down my weapons in battle. The grandsire will see me in the assembly. When you have been pacified, all the kings of the earth will see my might.
5.62.14
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स महाधनुष्मान् ।
हित्वा सभां स्वं भवनं जगाम ।
भीष्मस्तु दुर्योधनमेव राजन् ।
मध्ये कुरूणां प्रहसन्नुवाच ॥ ५.६२.१४ ॥
Having spoken thus, that great archer left the assembly and went to his own abode. Then, O king, Bhīṣma, laughing in the midst of the Kurus, spoke to Duryodhana himself.
5.62.15
सत्यप्रतिज्ञः किल सूतपुत्र-
स्तथा कस भारं विषहेत कस्मात्।
व्यूहं प्रतिव्यूह्य शिरांसि भित्त्वा ।
लोकक्षयं पश्यत भीमसेनात् ॥ ५.६२.१५ ॥
Indeed the son of a charioteer, true to his vow, is so; but why and how would he bear that burden? Behold, once he has arrayed a counter-array and split the heads, the destruction of the world at the hands of Bhīmasena.
5.62.16
आवन्त्यकालिङ्गजयद्रथेषु ।
चेदिध्वजे तिष्ठति बाह्लिके च।
अहं हनिष्यामि सदा परेषां ।
सहस्रशश्चायुतशश्च योधान् ॥ ५.६२.१६ ॥
Among the Āvantyas, the Kāliṅgas, Jayadratha, the bearer of Cedi's banner and the Bāhlikas who stand there, I shall always strike down enemy warriors by the thousands and tens of thousands.
5.62.17
यदैव रामे भगवत्यनिन्द्ये ।
ब्रह्मब्रुवाणः कृतवांस्तदस्त्रम्।
तदैव धर्मश्च तषश्च नष्टं ।
वैकर्तनस्याधमपूरुषस्य ॥ ५.६२.१७ ॥
At the very moment when, speaking falsely as a Brahmin, he obtained that weapon from the blameless, venerable Rāma, dharma and austerity were lost to that base man, the son of Vikartana.
5.62.18
तथोक्तवाक्ये नृपतीन्द्र भीष्मे ।
निक्षिप्य शस्त्राणि गते च कर्णे।
वैचित्रवीर्यस्य सुतोऽल्पबुद्धि-
र्दुर्योधनः शान्तनवं बभाषे ॥ ५.६२.१८ ॥
O lord of kings, when Bhīṣma had spoken thus, and Karṇa had laid down his weapons and gone away, Duryodhana, the small-minded son of Vicitravīrya, spoke to Śāntanu's son.