Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.32
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8.32.1
प्रयत्नेन तदा कर्णो हर्षयन्वाहिनीं तव ।
एकैकं समरे दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवं पर्यपृच्छत ॥ ८.३२.१ ॥
Then Karṇa, eagerly rousing your army, looked at each of the Pāṇḍavas in battle and asked.
8.32.2
यो ममाद्य महात्मानं दर्शयेच्छ्वेतवाहनम् ।
तस्मै दद्यामभिप्रेतं धनं यन्मनसेच्छति ॥ ८.३२.२ ॥
Whoever today shows me that great-souled white-horsed one, Arjuna, I will give him whatever wealth his heart desires.
8.32.3
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत तस्मै दद्यामहं पुनः ।
शकटं रत्नसम्पूर्णं यो मे ब्रूयाद्वनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.३२.३ ॥
If he does not accept that, I will give again a wagon full of jewels to whoever tells me of Vanañjaya, Arjuna.
8.32.4
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् ।
शतं दद्यां गवां तस्मै नैत्यकं कांस्यदोहनम् ॥ ८.३२.४ ॥
If that man who has seen Arjuna does not accept it, I will give him a hundred cows, whose milk is drawn daily into bronze vessels.
8.32.5
शतं ग्रामवरांश्चैव दद्यामर्जुनदर्शिने ।
तथा तस्मै पुनर्दद्यां श्वेतमश्वतरीरथम्।
युक्तमञ्जनकेशीभिर्यो मे ब्रूयाद्वनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.३२.५ ॥
To the one who shows Arjuna I will give a hundred excellent villages; and again to him I will give a chariot yoked with white mules with dark manes, to whoever tells me of Vanañjaya.
8.32.6
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् ।
अन्यं वाऽस्मै पुनर्दद्यां सौवर्णं हस्तिषङ्गवम् ॥ ८.३२.६ ॥
If that man who has seen Arjuna does not accept it, I will give him instead something else again: an excellent elephant of gold.
8.32.7
तथाप्यस्मै पुनर्दद्यां स्त्रीणां शतमलङ्कृतम् ।
श्यामानां निष्ककण्ठीनां गीतवाद्यविपश्चिताम् ॥ ८.३२.७ ॥
Even so, I would give him again a hundred women adorned, slender, wearing necklaces of gold coins, skilled in song and music.
8.32.8
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् ।
तस्मै दद्यां शतं नागाञ्शतं ग्रामाञ्शतं रथान् ॥ ८.३२.८ ॥
If that man who has seen Arjuna is not pleased with this, I would give him a hundred elephants, a hundred villages, and a hundred chariots.
8.32.9
सुवर्णस्य च मुख्यस्य हयाग्र्याणां शतं शतान् ।
ऋद्व्या गुणैः सुदान्तांश्च धुर्यवाहान्सुशिक्षितान् ॥ ८.३२.९ ॥
Also hundreds of the finest horses adorned with gold, excellent in splendour and qualities, well-trained, and well-schooled draft-horses to pull the chariot.
8.32.10
तथा सुवर्णशृङ्गीणां गोधेनूनां चतुःशतम् ।
दद्यां तस्मै सवत्सानां यो मे ब्रूयाद्वनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.३२.१० ॥
Likewise, four hundred milch cows with gold-tipped horns, together with their calves, I would give to him who brings me word of Dhanañjaya.
8.32.11
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् ।
अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां श्वेतान्पञ्चशतान्हयान् ॥ ८.३२.११ ॥
If that man who has seen Arjuna is still not pleased, I would give him another boon: five hundred white horses.
8.32.12
हेमभाण्डपरिच्छन्नान्सुमृष्टमणिभूषणान् ।
सुदान्तानपि चैवाहं दद्यामष्टादशापरान् ॥ ८.३२.१२ ॥
I myself would give eighteen other well-trained horses, covered with gold trappings and adorned with polished jewel ornaments.
8.32.13
रथं च शुभ्रं सौवर्णं दद्यां तस्मै स्वलङ्कृतम् ।
युक्तं परमकाम्भोजैर्यो मे ब्रूयाद्वनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.३२.१३ ॥
To the one who tells me of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), I would give a bright golden chariot, well adorned and yoked with the finest Kamboja horses.
8.32.14
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् ।
अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां कुञ्जराणां शतानि षट् ॥ ८.३२.१४ ॥
If a man who has seen Arjuna does not believe this, I would give him another boon: six hundred elephants.
8.32.15
काञ्चनैर्विविधैर्भाण्डैराच्छन्नान्हेममालिनः ।
उत्पन्नानपरान्तेषु विनीतान्हस्तिशिक्षकैः ॥ ८.३२.१५ ॥
Covered with various vessels of gold, wearing golden garlands, born in the western border lands, well trained by elephant instructors.
8.32.16
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् ।
अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां वैश्यग्रामांश्चतुर्दश ॥ ८.३२.१६ ॥
If a man who has seen Arjuna does not believe this, I would give him another boon: fourteen merchant villages.
8.32.17
सुस्फीतान्धनसंयुक्तान्प्रत्यासन्नवनोदकान् ।
अकुतोभयान्सुसम्पन्नान्राजभोज्यांश्चतुर्दश ॥ ८.३२.१७ ॥
Very prosperous, endowed with wealth, with forest and water close at hand, free from fear, well provided, fit for royal enjoyment — fourteen (villages).
8.32.18
दासीनां निष्ककण्ठीनां मागधीनां शतं तथा ।
प्रत्यग्रवयसां दद्यां यो मे ब्रूयाद्धनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.३२.१८ ॥
A hundred Māgadhī maidservants wearing necklaces of gold coins, and women of fresh youth — I would give these to the one who tells me of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna).
8.32.19
न चेत्तदभिमन्येत पुरुषोऽर्जुनदर्शिवान् ।
अन्यं तस्मै वरं दद्यां यमसौ कामयेत्स्वयम् ॥ ८.३२.१९ ॥
If a man who has seen Arjuna should not accept it, I would give him some other boon, whichever he himself desires.
8.32.20
पुत्रदारान्विहायैव यदन्यद्वित्तमस्ति मे ।
तच्च तस्मै पुनर्दद्यां यद्यच्च मनसेच्छति ॥ ८.३२.२० ॥
Setting aside my sons and wives, whatever other wealth I have, and whatever he desires in his mind, I would give that to him again as well.
8.32.21
हत्वा च सहितौ कृष्णौ तयोर्वित्तानि सर्वशः ।
तस्मै दद्यामहं यो मे प्रब्रूयात्केशवार्जुनौ ॥ ८.३२.२१ ॥
Having slain both Kṛṣṇas together with all their wealth, I would give it to whoever declares to me that Keśava and Arjuna are slain.
8.32.22
एता वाचः सुबहुशः कर्ण उच्चारयन्युधि ।
दध्मौ सागरसम्भूतं सुस्वरं शङ्खमुत्तमम् ॥ ८.३२.२२ ॥
In battle, Karṇa, uttering these words again and again, blew the supreme conch, born of the ocean, sweet in sound.
8.32.23
ता वाचः सूतपुत्रस्य तथा युक्ता निशम्य तु ।
दुर्योधनो महाराज संहृष्टः सानुजोऽभवत् ॥ ८.३२.२३ ॥
O great king, having heard those fitting words of Karṇa, son of a charioteer, Duryodhana, together with his younger brothers, became greatly delighted.
8.32.24
ततो दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो मृदङ्गानां च सर्वशा ।
सिंहनादः सवादित्रः कुञ्चराणां च निःस्वनः ॥ ८.३२.२४ ॥
Then arose the roar of kettledrums and the sound of drums on all sides, the lion's roar, and the trumpeting of elephants together with the instruments.
8.32.25
प्रादुरासीत्तदा राजंस्त्वत्सैन्ये पुरुषर्षभ ।
योधानां सम्प्रहृष्टानां तथा समभवत्स्वनः ॥ ८.३२.२५ ॥
O king, bull among men, then a sound arose in your army; and the cries of the delighted warriors rose likewise.
8.32.26
तथा प्रहृष्टे सैन्ये तं प्लुवमानं महारथम् ।
विकत्थमानं च तदा राधेयमरिकर्शनम्।
मद्रराजः प्रहस्येदं वचनं प्रत्यभाषत ॥ ८.३२.२६ ॥
While the army was thus delighted, the king of the Madras smiled and addressed this speech to that great charioteer Karṇa, the son of Rādhā, tormentor of enemies, who was leaping about and boasting.