Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.95
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8.95.1
तौ शङ्खभेरीनिनदे समृद्धे ।
समीयतुः श्वेतहयौ नराग्र्यौ।
वैकर्तनः सूतपुत्रोऽर्जुनश्च ।
दुर्मन्त्रिते ते ससुतस्य राजन् ॥ ८.९५.१ ॥
Amid the swelling din of conches and kettledrums, those two foremost of men, white-horsed, Karṇa son of Vikartana and Arjuna, came face to face. O king, this is the fruit of the evil counsel of you and your sons.
8.95.2
आशीविषावग्निमिवोत्सृजन्तौ ।
तथा मुखाभ्यामभिनिः श्वसन्तौ।
यशस्विनौ जज्वलतुर्मृधे तदा ।
घृतावसिक्ताविव हव्यवाहौ ॥ ८.९५.२ ॥
Like two venomous serpents spewing fire, breathing forth from their mouths, those two renowned heroes then blazed in battle, like two sacrificial fires sprinkled with ghee.
8.95.3
यथा गजौ हैमवतौ प्रभिन्नौ ।
प्रवृद्धदन्ताविव वासितार्थे।
तथा समाजग्मतुरुग्रवीर्यौ ।
धनञ्जयश्चाधिरथिश्च वीरौ ॥ ८.९५.३ ॥
As two rutting elephants of the Himalayas, tusks fully grown, clash in desire for a female, so did those two heroes of fierce valour, Dhanañjaya and Karṇa son of Adhiratha, come together.
8.95.4
बलाहकेनेव महाबलाहको ।
यदृच्छया वा गिरिणा यथा गिरिः।
तथा धनुर्ज्यातलनेमिनिःस्वनौ ।
समीयतुस्ताविषुवर्षवर्षिणौ ॥ ८.९५.४ ॥
Like a great storm-cloud meeting another cloud, or a mountain by chance meeting another mountain, those two, their bowstrings and bow-rims sounding, raining down a shower of arrows, came together.
8.95.5
शरास्त्रशक्त्यृष्टिगदासिसर्पौ ।
रोषानिलोद्वूतमहोर्मिमालौ।
यथाऽचलौ द्वौ चलतस्तथा तौ ।
यथाऽर्णवौ चाशु चतुर्युगान्ते ॥ ८.९५.५ ॥
Those two, with serpents of arrows, weapons, spears, lances, maces and swords, garlanded with great waves stirred by the wind of their anger, moved like two immovable mountains set in motion, and like two oceans swiftly surging at the end of the four ages.
8.95.6
प्रवृद्धशृङ्गद्रुमवीरुदोषधी ।
प्रवृद्वनानाविधनिर्झरौघौ।
यथाऽचलौ वा चलितौ महाजलै… ।
स्तथा महास्त्रैरितरेतरं हतः ॥ ८.९५.६ ॥
Like two mountains swollen with high peaks, trees, creepers and herbs, with streams of many kinds in flood, or two mountains shaken by great waters, so those two struck each other with great weapons.
8.95.7
स सन्निपातो रथयोर्महानभू… ।
त्सुरेशवैरोचनयोर्यथा पुरा।
शरैर्विनुन्नाश्वनियन्तृदेहयोः ।
सुदुःसहास्त्रैः परिभिन्नदेहयोः ॥ ८.९५.७ ॥
That great collision of the two chariots took place, as once it did between the lord of the gods and Vairocana. With arrows the horses and the charioteers' bodies were struck down, their bodies pierced by weapons very hard to bear.
8.95.8
प्रभूतपद्मोत्पलमत्स्यकच्छपौ ।
महाहदौ पक्षिगणानुनादितौ।
सुसन्निकृष्टावनिलोद्धतौ यथा ।
तथा रथौ तौ ध्वजिनौ समीयतुः ॥ ८.९५.८ ॥
Like two great lakes abounding in lotuses, water-lilies, fish and turtles, echoing with flocks of birds, drawn very close together and stirred by the wind, so those two chariots with banners came together.
8.95.9
उभौ महेन्द्रस्य समानविक्रमा… ।
वुभौ महेन्द्रप्रतिमौ महारथौ।
महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैश्च सायकै… ।
र्महेन्द्रवृत्राविव सम्प्रजघ्नतुः ॥ ८.९५.९ ॥
Both of equal valour with Mahendra, both great charioteers like Indra, with arrows like Indra's thunderbolt, they struck each other as Indra and Vṛtra did.
8.95.10
सनागपत्त्यश्वरथे उभे बले ।
विचित्रवर्माभरणाम्बरायुधे।
चकम्पतुश्चोन्नदतुश्च विस्मया… ।
द्धरा वियच्चार्जुनकर्णसङ्गमे ॥ ८.९५.१० ॥
Both armies, with elephants, foot soldiers, horses and chariots, with varied armour, ornaments, garments and weapons, trembled and cried out; in amazement the earth and the sky too, at that meeting of Arjuna and Karṇa.
8.95.11
भुजाः सवस्त्राङ्गुलयः समुच्छ्रिताः ।
ससिंहनादैर्हृषितैर्दिदृक्षुभिः।
यदाऽर्जुनं मत्त इव द्विपो द्विपं ।
समभ्ययादाधिरथिर्जिघांसया ॥ ८.९५.११ ॥
When Karṇa, the charioteer's son, raised his arms, fingers wrapped in cloth, roaring like a lion before the eager and exulting crowd, he advanced on Arjuna with the wish to kill him, as a maddened elephant charges another elephant.
8.95.12
उदक्रोशन्सोमकास्तत्र पार्थं ।
त्वरस्व याह्यर्जुन भिन्धि कर्णम्।
छिन्ध्यस्य मूर्धानमलं चिरेण ।
श्रद्धां च राज्याद्वृतराष्ट्रसूनोः ॥ ८.९५.१२ ॥
There the Somakas cried out to Pārtha: 'Hurry, Arjuna, go on! Pierce Karṇa, cut off his head without delay, and break the hope of the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra for the kingdom!'
8.95.13
तथाऽस्माकं बहवस्तत्र योधाः ।
कर्णं तथा याहि याहीत्यवोचन्।
जह्यर्जुनं कर्ण ततः सुदीनाः ।
पुनर्वनं यान्त्वचिराय पार्थाः ॥ ८.९५.१३ ॥
So too many of our warriors there said, 'Go on, Karṇa, go on! Slay Arjuna, Karṇa!' Then let the very dejected sons of Pṛthā soon go back to the forest again.
8.95.14
कर्णोऽथ पूर्वं दशभिः पृषत्कै… ।
र्गाण्डीवधन्वानमविध्यदाशु।
जघान तं चापि ततः किरीटी ।
शरैस्तदाष्टादशभिः सुमुक्तैः ॥ ८.९५.१४ ॥
Then Karṇa first pierced swiftly, with ten arrows…, the Gāṇḍīva-bowed one. And the diademed one struck him in turn, then with eighteen well-released arrows.
8.95.15
पुनश्च कर्णस्त्वरितोऽपि पार्थं ।
रथेषुभिस्तं दशभिर्जघान।
तं चापि पार्थो दशभिः शिताग्रैः ।
कक्ष्यान्तरे तीक्ष्णमुखैरविध्यत् ॥ ८.९५.१५ ॥
Then Karṇa, swiftly, struck Pārtha again with ten chariot-arrows.
8.95.16
कर्णस्ततो भारत साम्पराये ।
घोरेऽतिवेलं रणसंविमर्दी।
जघान पार्थं नवभिः शिताग्रैः ।
कक्ष्यान्ते नागमिव प्रभिन्नम् ॥ ८.९५.१६ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, in that dreadful battle, Karṇa, crushing the field of war, struck Pārtha with nine sharp-pointed arrows, like a rutting elephant struck at the flank.
8.95.17
ततोऽपराभ्यां युधि सूतपुत्रो ।
द्वाभ्यां क्षुराभ्यां हरिमाशुकारी।
समाजघान त्वरया महात्मा ।
यथा सुरेन्द्रं नमुचिः प्रसह्य ॥ ८.९५.१७ ॥
Then in battle, the charioteer's son, the great-souled and swift-acting one, struck the horse Hari with two razor-edged arrows, just as Namuci forcibly struck the lord of the gods.
8.95.18
तं पाण्डवः पञ्चभिरायसाग्रै… ।
राकर्णपूर्णैर्निजघान कर्णम्।
ते शोणितं तस्य पपुस्तदानीं ।
कालस्य दूता इव पार्थबाणाः ॥ ८.९५.१८ ॥
The Pāṇḍava, with five iron-tipped arrows… with shafts drawn to the ear, struck down Karṇa. Then those arrows of Pārtha drank his blood, like the messengers of Time.
8.95.19
कर्णोऽपि पार्थं सह वासुदेवं ।
समाचिनोद्भारत वत्सदन्तैः।
परस्परं तौ विशिखैः प्रमुक्तै… ।
स्ततक्षतुः सूतपुत्रोऽर्जुनश्च ॥ ८.९५.१९ ॥
Karṇa, too, covered Pārtha together with Vāsudeva, O Bhārata, with calf-tooth arrows. With arrows loosed at each other… Karṇa, the charioteer's son, and Arjuna wounded one another.
8.95.20
परस्परं छिद्रदिदृक्षया च ।
सुभीममभ्याययतुः प्ररुष्टौ ॥ ८.९५.२० ॥
Desiring to find an opening in each other, both enraged, they advanced upon one another with great terror.
8.95.21
ततोऽस्त्रमाग्नेयममित्रतापनं ।
मुमोच कर्णाय सुरेश्वरात्मजः।
धनञ्जयात्संयुगमूर्ध्नि निःसृतं ।
तदा प्रजज्वाल तदस्त्रमुत्तमम् ॥ ८.९५.२१ ॥
Then the son of the lord of the gods (Arjuna), scorcher of enemies, loosed at Karṇa the fire-weapon; and that supreme weapon, sent forth by Dhanañjaya at the head of the battle, blazed up.
8.95.22
समीक्ष्य कर्णो ज्वलनास्त्रमुद्यतं ।
स वारुणं तत्प्रशमार्थमाहवे।
समुत्सृजत्सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ।
स तेन वह्निं शमयाञ्चकार ॥ ८.९५.२२ ॥
Seeing the fire-weapon raised, Karṇa, the mighty son of the charioteer, released the Varuṇa weapon to quench it in battle; with it he quenched that fire.
8.95.23
वलाहकास्त्रेण दिशस्तरस्वी ।
चकार सर्वास्तिमिरेण संवृताः।
अपावहन्मेघगणांस्ततस्तान् ।
समीरणास्त्रेण समीरितेन ॥ ८.९५.२३ ॥
The swift and mighty one covered all the directions with darkness by the cloud-weapon; then, impelled by the wind-weapon, he drove away those hosts of clouds.
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ततः सोऽस्त्रं दयितं देवराज्ञः ।
प्रादुश्चक्रे वज्रममित्रतापनः।
गाण्डीवज्या विमृशंश्चातिमन्यु… ।
र्धनञ्जयः शत्रुसङ्घप्रमाथी ॥ ८.९५.२४ ॥
Then the scorcher of enemies brought forth the thunderbolt weapon, dear to the king of the gods; reflecting upon the string of the Gāṇḍīva, greatly enraged, Dhanañjaya, crusher of hosts of enemies, did so.
8.95.25
नाराचनालीकवराहकर्णा ।
गाण्डीवतः प्रादुरासन्सुतीक्ष्णाः।
सहस्रशो वज्रसमानवेगा… ।
स्ते सर्वतः पर्यधावन्त घोराः ॥ ८.९५.२५ ॥
From the Gāṇḍīva came forth the very sharp arrows called nārāca, nālīka and varāhakarṇa, by the thousand, with speed equal to the thunderbolt… those terrible arrows rushed on all sides.
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पार्थेषवः कर्णरथं विलग्ना ।
अधोमुखाः पक्षिगणा दिनान्ते।
निशानिकेतार्थमिवाशु वृक्षं ।
जग्राह तान्सूतपुत्रः पृषत्कैः ॥ ८.९५.२६ ॥
Pārtha's arrows clung to Karṇa's chariot, facing downward, as flocks of birds swiftly seize a tree at the end of the day seeking a roost for the night. The charioteer's son seized them with his arrows.
8.95.27
क्षिप्तांस्तथा पाण्डवबाणसङ्घा… ।
नमृष्यमाणस्य धनञ्जयस्य।
रणाजिरे त्वन्तकतुल्यकर्मा ।
वैकर्तनो रोषपरीतचेताः ॥ ८.९५.२७ ॥
The hosts of Pāṇḍava arrows were likewise shot. But by Dhanañjaya's intolerable onslaught, Vaikartana (Karṇa), whose deeds were like Death's, his mind seized by rage, on the battlefield…
8.95.28
ज्योतिष्प्रभां यद्वदुपागतः स… ।
न्दिवाकरो नाशयते क्षणेन।
पार्थस्य तान्बाणगणान्समग्रा… ।
न्व्यनाशयद्युध्यत एव कर्णः ॥ ८.९५.२८ ॥
As the sun, coming near the light of the luminaries, destroys it in an instant, so Karṇa, while fighting, destroyed all of Pārtha's hosts of arrows…
8.95.29
रोषात्प्रदीप्तः सुमहाविमर्दे ।
भीमस्ततोऽक्रुध्यददीनसत्वः।
पाणिं स्वपाणौ स विनिष्पिष्य रोषा… ।
दमर्षितो वाक्यमुवाच पार्थम् ॥ ८.९५.२९ ॥
Then, blazing with anger in the great mêlée, Bhīma of undaunted courage grew enraged; grinding one hand against his own hand, in wrath… unable to bear it, he spoke these words to Pārtha.
8.95.30
त्वां सूतपुत्रो नु कथं किरीटि… ।
न्रथेषुभिर्हन्ति शिताग्रधारैः।
धृत्या हि भूतानि ययाऽजयस्त्वं ।
ग्रासं ददत्खाण्डवे पावकाय ॥ ८.९५.३० ॥
How could the charioteer's son strike you, O Kirīṭin, with his arrows of keen-edged points? By the same steadfastness with which you conquered beings, you were victorious when you offered a morsel to the fire at Khāṇḍava.
8.95.31
धृत्या तया सूतपुत्रं जहि त्व… ।
महं वैनं गदया पोथयिष्ये।
समेत्य पार्थं सुनृशंसवादी ।
जीवन्नायं यास्यति कालपक्वः ॥ ८.९५.३१ ॥
With that same steadfastness, slay the charioteer's son. I will crush him with my mace. Having met Pārtha, this speaker of cruel words, ripened by time, will not go home alive.