Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.100
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8.100.1
शरसङ्कृत्तवर्माणं रुधिरोक्षितवक्षसम् ।
गतासुमपि राधेयं नैव लक्ष्मीर्विमुञ्चति ॥ ८.१००.१ ॥
Even though he was lifeless, his armour cut by arrows and his chest smeared with blood, Lakṣmī did not forsake the son of Rādhā.
8.100.2
तप्तजाम्बूनदनिभं बालार्कसदृशद्युतिम् ।
जीवन्तमिव तं शूरं सर्वभूतानि मेनिरे ॥ ८.१००.२ ॥
That hero, resembling heated gold and radiant like the rising sun, seemed to all creatures to be still alive.
8.100.3
हतस्यापि महाराज सूतपुत्रस्य संयुगे ।
वित्रेसुः सर्वतो योधाः सिंहस्येवेतरे मृगाः ॥ ८.१००.३ ॥
Even though the son of the charioteer had been slain in battle, O great king, the warriors on all sides trembled, as other deer tremble before a lion.
8.100.4
हतोऽपि पुरुषव्याघ्रो व्याहरन्निव लक्ष्यते ।
नाभवद्विकृतिः काचिन्मृतस्यापि महात्मनः ॥ ८.१००.४ ॥
Though slain, that tiger among men seemed as if still speaking; in the great-souled one, even in death, no change had come about.
8.100.5
चारुवेषधरं राजंश्चारुमौलिशिरोधरम् ।
तन्मुखं सूतपुत्रस्य पूर्णचन्द्रसमद्युति ॥ ८.१००.५ ॥
O king, the face of the son of the charioteer, who wore a handsome garb and a fine crown upon his head, shone with the splendour of the full moon.
8.100.6
कनकोत्तमसह्काशो ज्वलन्निव विभावसुः ।
स शान्तः पुरुषव्याघ्रः पार्थसायकवारिणा ॥ ८.१००.६ ॥
That tiger among men, resembling the finest gold and blazing like fire, was quenched by the water of Pārtha's arrows.
8.100.7
यथाऽग्निर्ज्वलनो दीप्तो जलमासाद्य शाम्यति ।
कर्णाग्निः समरे तद्वत्पार्थमेघेन शामितः ॥ ८.१००.७ ॥
As a blazing, kindled fire is quenched when it meets water, so in battle the fire of Karṇa was quenched by the cloud of Pārtha.
8.100.8
आहृत्य स यशो दीप्तं सुयुद्धेनात्मनो भुवि ।
सपुत्रः समरे कर्णः प्रशान्तः पार्थतेजसा ॥ ८.१००.८ ॥
Having won a radiant fame on earth by his own fine fight, Karṇa, together with his sons, was quieted in battle by the splendour of Pārtha.
8.100.9
प्रताप्य पाण्डवान्सर्वान्पाञ्चालानस्त्रतेजसा ।
नानाभरणवान्रजंस्तप्तजाम्बूनदप्रभः ॥ ८.१००.९ ॥
Having scorched all the Pāṇḍavas and the Pāñcālas with the power of his weapons, adorned with many ornaments, O king, radiant like molten gold of the Jāmbūnada kind.
8.100.10
वर्षित्वा शरवर्षाणि प्रताप्य रिपुवाहिनीम् ।
श्रीमानिव सहस्रांशुर्ज्वलन्सर्वान्प्रताप्य च।
हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णः पादपोऽङ्कुरवानिव ॥ ८.१००.१० ॥
Having rained down showers of arrows and scorched the enemy army, blazing like the glorious thousand-rayed sun and scorching everyone, Karṇa, son of Vikartana, was slain, like a tree with its sprouts.
8.100.11
ददानीत्येव यः प्रादान्न नास्तीत्यर्थितोऽवदत् ।
सद्ध्यः सदा सत्पुरुषः स हतो द्वैरथे वृषा ॥ ८.१००.११ ॥
He who, when asked, would only say "I will give," never saying "there is none"; the good man ever ready to give — that bull was slain in single combat.
8.100.12
यस्य ब्राह्मणसात्सर्वं वित्तमासीन्महात्मनः ।
नादेयं ब्राह्मणेष्वासीद्यस्य स्वमपि जीवितम् ॥ ८.१००.१२ ॥
Whose entire wealth belonged to the brahmins, from whom nothing was to be taken, and even whose own life was (fit to be given).
8.100.13
स दातॄणां प्रियो राजन्दाता चैव मनोरथान् ।
स पार्थास्त्रविनिर्दग्धो गतः परमिकां गतिम् ॥ ८.१००.१३ ॥
He was dear to givers, O king, a giver himself, and one who fulfilled the desires of others. Burned by the weapons of the Pārtha, he has gone to the highest state.
8.100.14
यमाश्रित्याकरोद्वैरं सुतस्ते स गतो दिवम् ।
आदाय तव पुत्राणां जयाशां सर्म वर्म च ॥ ८.१००.१४ ॥
He on whom your son relied when he made enmity has gone to heaven, taking with him the hope of victory of your sons, their shelter and their armour.
8.100.15
हते च कर्णे सरितो न सस्रु… ।
र्जगाम चास्तं कलुषो दिवाकरः।
श्वेतो ग्रहश्च ज्वलितार्कवर्णो ।
यमस्य पुत्रोऽभ्युदितः स तिर्यक् ॥ ८.१००.१५ ॥
When Karṇa was slain the rivers did not flow… The sun set, dim and clouded. The white planet, and the son of Yama, blazing like the colour of the sun, rose up slanting.
8.100.16
नभश्चचालाथ ननाद चोर्वी ।
ववुश्च वाताः परुषाश्च घोराः।
दिशो बभूवुर्ज्वलिताः सधूमा ।
महार्णवाः सस्वनुश्चुक्षुभुश्च ॥ ८.१००.१६ ॥
Then the sky trembled and the earth roared. Harsh and terrible winds blew. The directions became blazing and smoky, and the great oceans resounded and were agitated.
8.100.17
सकाननाश्चाद्रिवराश्चकम्पिरे ।
प्रविव्यथुर्भूतगणाश्च मारिष।
बृहस्पतिः सम्परिवार्य रोहिणीं ।
बभूव चन्द्रार्कसमो विशाम्पते ॥ ८.१००.१७ ॥
With their forests, the finest mountains trembled, and the hosts of beings were distressed, O noble one. Bṛhaspati, encircling Rohiṇī, became like the moon and the sun, O lord of men.
8.100.18
हते कर्णे न दिशो विप्रचाराः ।
सचन्द्रार्का द्यौर्विचचाल भूमिः।
पपात चोल्का ज्वलनप्रभा च ।
निशाचरा हृष्टतरा बभूवुः ॥ ८.१००.१८ ॥
When Karṇa was slain, the quarters wandered in confusion, the sky with its moon and sun trembled, the earth quaked, blazing meteors fell like fire, and the night-wanderers became exceedingly glad.
8.100.19
शशिप्रकाशाननमर्जुनो यदा ।
जहार कर्णस्य शिरः शरेण।
ततोऽन्तरिक्षे सहसैव शब्दो ।
बभूव हाहेति सुरैर्विमुक्तः ॥ ८.१००.१९ ॥
When Arjuna, with an arrow, severed the head of Karṇa, whose face was like the moon, then suddenly in the sky a cry of 'alas, alas' rose up, released by the gods.
8.100.20
सदेवगन्धर्वमनुष्यपूजितं ।
निहत्य कर्णं रिपुमाहवेऽर्जुनः।
रराज राजन्परमेण तेजसा ।
यथा पुरा वृत्रवधे शतक्रतुः ॥ ८.१००.२० ॥
Having slain in battle the enemy Karṇa, honored by gods, gandharvas and men, Arjuna shone, O king, with supreme radiance, as Indra, the lord of a hundred sacrifices, shone long ago at the slaying of Vṛtra.
8.100.21
पताकिना भीमनिनादकेतुना ।
रथेन शङ्खस्फटिकावभासिना।
महेन्द्रवाहप्रतिमेन तावुभौ ।
महेन्द्रवीर्यप्रतिमानपौरुषौ ॥ ८.१००.२१ ॥
In a chariot with a banner whose standard roars fearsomely, gleaming like conch-shell and crystal, equal to the steeds of great Indra, those two, whose valor and manliness rival that of great Indra.
8.100.22
समानयोगाविव विष्णुवासवैः ॥ ८.१००.२२ ॥
Those two were as though of equal union with Viṣṇu and Vāsava.
8.100.23
मनांस्यरीणामुपतापयन्तौ ॥ ८.१००.२३ ॥
tormenting the minds of the enemies.
8.100.24
सुवर्णजालावततौ महास्वनौ ।
हिमावदातौ परिगृह्य पाणिमिः।
चुचुम्बतुः शङ्खवरौ नृणां वरौ ।
विघोषयन्तौ विजयं जगत्त्रये ॥ ८.१००.२४ ॥
Netted with gold, great-sounding, white as snow, the two best of men took up their excellent conches in their hands, kissed them, and proclaimed victory in the three worlds.
8.100.25
पाञ्चजन्यस्य निर्घोषो देवदत्तस्य चोभयोः ।
पृथिवीमन्तरिक्षं च दिशश्च समपूरयत् ॥ ८.१००.२५ ॥
The roar of the Pāñcajanya and of the Devadatta, both of them, filled the earth, the sky, and the quarters.
8.100.26
वित्रस्ताश्चाभवन्सर्वे कुरवो राजसत्तम ।
शूरयोः शङ्खशब्देन माधवस्यार्जुनस्य च ॥ ८.१००.२६ ॥
O best of kings, all the Kurus were terrified by the sound of the conches of the two heroes, Mādhava and Arjuna.
8.100.27
तौ शङ्खशब्देन निनादयन्तौ ।
वनानि शैलान्सरितो गुहाश्च।
वित्रासयन्तौ तव पुत्रसेनां ।
युधिष्ठिरं नन्दयितुं प्रयातौ ॥ ८.१००.२७ ॥
Making the forests, mountains, rivers and caves resound with the sound of their conches, terrifying your sons' army, the two set out to gladden Yudhiṣṭhira.
8.100.28
ततः प्रजग्मुः कुरवो जवेन ।
श्रुत्वैव शङ्खस्वनमीर्यमाणम्।
विहाय मद्राधिपतिं पतिं च ।
दुर्योधनं भारत भारतानाम् ॥ ८.१००.२८ ॥
Then the Kurus, hearing the sound of the conch being sounded, went forth swiftly, abandoning the lord of the Madras, Śalya, and their lord Duryodhana, O Bhārata, best of the Bhāratas.
8.100.29
ततो रथेनाम्बुदबृन्दनादिना ।
शरद्वहर्मध्यदिवाकरत्विषा।
धनञ्जयस्याधिरथेश्च विस्मिताः ।
प्रशंसमानाः प्रययुस्तदाऽर्जुनम् ॥ ८.१००.२९ ॥
Then, amazed by the chariot roaring like a mass of clouds and by the splendor of Dhanañjaya and Karṇa, sun-bright as the midday sun of autumn, they went forth praising Arjuna.
8.100.30
महाहवे तं बहुशोभमानं ।
धनञ्जयं योधगणैः समेताः।
तावन्वमोदंश्च जनाः प्रकामं ।
प्रभाकरावभ्युदितौ यथैव ॥ ८.१००.३० ॥
In the great battle, the people gathered with the throngs of warriors greatly applauded Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), shining brightly, as if they were two risen suns.