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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 17

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 17

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 17

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 17 of the classical Mahābhārata with 121 verses.

Total: 121 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.17.1–121 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 3 of 5 (Verses 30 shown)
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज नकुलः परवीरहा । क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन कर्णस्य धनुरच्छिनत् ॥
English Translation
Thereupon, O mighty king, the highly enraged Nakula, that slayer of heroic foes, severed the bow of Karna with sharp razor-like arrows.
अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं सायकानां शतैस्त्रिभिः । आजघ्ने प्रहसन्वीरः सर्वलोकमहारथम् ॥
English Translation
Thereupon that brave warrior (the son of Pandu) smilingly struck this one (Karna), the mightiest of all car-warriors, (Karma) whose bow severed with three hundred shafts.
कर्णमभ्यर्दितं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुपुत्रेण मारिष । विस्मयं परमं जग्मू रथिनः सह दैवतैः ॥
English Translation
O sire, seeing, Karna thus crushed by the son of Pandu, all the car-warriors, along with the celestials, obtained the highest condition of astonishment.
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय कर्णो वैकर्तनस्तदा । नकुलं पञ्चभिर्बाणैर्जत्रुदेशे समार्दयत् ॥
English Translation
Then Karna, the son of Vikartana, grasping another bow, had shot upon Nakula five shafts in the shoulder-joint.
उरःस्थैरथ तैर्बाणैर्माद्रीपुत्रो व्यरोचत । स्वरश्मिभिरिवादित्यो भुवने विसृजन्प्रभाम् ॥
English Translation
Thus the son of Madri blazed with those arrows sticking to that place (in his body); even as the sun, shedding lustre on the earth, looks resplendent with his own rays.
नकुलस्तु ततः कर्णं विद्ध्वा सप्तभिरायसैः । अथास्य धनुषः कोटिं पुनश्चिच्छेद मारिष ॥
English Translation
Thereupon Nakula, indeed, after having penetrated Karna with seven impetuous arrows, once more severed one of the horns of his bow, O sire.
सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय समरे वेगवत्तरम् । नकुलस्य ततो बाणैः सर्वतोऽवारयद्दिशः ॥
English Translation
Thereupon in the field of battle he (Karna), taking up another bow, that was possessed of greater strength, closed the different points of the compass, on every side of Nakula, with his arrows.
संछाद्यमानः सहसा कर्णचापच्युतैः शरैः । चिच्छेद स शरांस्तूर्णं शरैरेव महारथः ॥
English Translation
That mighty car-warrior (Nakula), being thus suddenly closed with the arrows, shot from Karna's bow, rapidly struck down these shafts with the arrows of his own.
ततो बाणमयं जालं विततं व्योम्न्यदृश्यत । खद्योतानां गणैरेव संपतद्भिर्यथा नभः ॥
English Translation
Then that net-work of arrows, spread over the sky, looked like the firmament, covered over with innumerable fire-flies, that roved about it.
तैर्विमुक्तैः शरशतैश्छादितं गगनं तदा । शलभानां यथा व्रातैस्तद्वदासीत्समाकुलम् ॥
English Translation
Then, O ruler of earth, the welkin, covered over as it was with the hundreds of arrows shot by both of them, looked even as it was covered over with the swarms of locusts,
ते शरा हेमविकृताः संपतन्तो मुहुर्मुहुः । श्रेणीकृता अभासन्त हंसाः श्रेणीगता इव ॥
English Translation
Those arrows, that were adorned with gold, having issued forth in continuous lines, looked most handsome like the cranes flying in continuous lines (through the sky).
बाणजालावृते व्योम्नि छादिते च दिवाकरे । समसर्पत्ततो भूतं किंचिदेव विशां पते ॥
English Translation
When the firmament was thus closed with the net-work of arrows and the sun was covered over with them, none of the rovers of the sky descended upon the earth.
निरुद्धे तत्र मार्गे तु शरसंघैः समन्ततः । व्यरोचतां महाभागौ बालसूर्याविवोदितौ ॥
English Translation
While all the directions were thus closed with the shots of innumerable arrows from all sides, those two lofty-minded heroes blazed forth like two risen suns appearing at the time of universals dissolution,
कर्णचापच्युतैर्बाणैर्वध्यमानास्तु सोमकाः । अवालीयन्त राजेन्द्र वेदनार्ताः शरार्दिताः ॥
English Translation
O foremost of monarchs, having been highly oppressed with the pain and greatly crushed and slaughtered by these arrows shot from the bow of Karna, all the Somakas dicd.
नकुलस्य तथा बाणैर्वध्यमाना चमूस्तव । व्यशीर्यत दिशो राजन्वातनुन्ना इवाम्बुदाः ॥
English Translation
In the same way, O king, the army on your side, thus slain by the arrows of Nakuſa, dispersed on all sides; even as the masses of clouds are dispersed by the wind.
ते सेने वध्यमाने तु ताभ्यां दिव्यैर्महाशरैः । शरपातमपक्रम्य ततः प्रेक्षकवत्स्थिते ॥
English Translation
The two armies, being thus slaughtered by both the (above) warriors with divine arrows, possessed of great impetuosity, fled beyond the WW reach of falling shafts and stood even as they were spectators (of the battle).
प्रोत्सारिते जने तस्मिन्कर्णपाण्डवयोः शरैः । विव्याधाते महात्मानावन्योन्यं शरवृष्टिभिः ॥
English Translation
Thus when both the armies were dispersed by the arrows of Karna and the son of Pandu, these two high-minded warriors pierced each other with showers of shafts.
निदर्शयन्तौ त्वस्त्राणि दिव्यानि रणमूर्धनि । छादयन्तौ च सहसा परस्परवधैषिणौ ॥
English Translation
Most willing to kill each other, both the warriors showed their celestial weapons in the battle-field and closed each other all on a sudden (with showers of arrows).
नकुलेन शरा मुक्ताः कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः । ते तु कर्णमवच्छाद्य व्यतिष्ठन्त यथा परे ॥
English Translation
The arrows that were furnished with the Kanka, the peacock feathers and garments, shot by Nakula, after having closed the son of Suta, appeared to stay on the sky.
शरवेश्मप्रविष्टौ तौ ददृशाते न कैश्चन । चन्द्रसूर्यौ यथा राजंश्छाद्यमानौ जलागमे ॥
English Translation
O monarch, both the warriors, having entered the chambers composed of arrows, could not be seen by any persons; even as both the sun and the moon, covered over with the masses of clouds, cannot be seen by any persons.
ततः क्रुद्धो रणे कर्णः कृत्वा घोरतरं वपुः । पाण्डवं छादयामास समन्ताच्छरवृष्टिभिः ॥
English Translation
Thereupon Karna, who was highly enraged, after having assumed a very terrible look in the field of battle, shrouded the son of Pandu with showers of shafts shot from all sides,
स च्छाद्यमानः समरे सूतपुत्रेण पाण्डवः । न चकार व्यथां राजन्भास्करो जलदैर्यथा ॥
English Translation
O powerful monarch, the son Pandu, who was wholly shrouded by the son of Suta (with arrowy showers), did not feel any uneasiness; even as the sun (the giver of light), covered by the clouds, feels no pain.
ततः प्रहस्याधिरथिः शरजालानि मारिष । प्रेषयामास समरे शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
English Translation
Thereupon, O sire, the son of Adhiratha, after smiling from a time, shot forth hundreds and thousands of shafts in the field of battle.
एकच्छायमभूत्सर्वं तस्य बाणैर्महात्मनः । अभ्रच्छायेव संजज्ञे संपतद्भिः शरोत्तमैः ॥
English Translation
There (upon the field of battle) all appeared to be one continuous shade by the shafts of that lofty-minded one (Karna) even as there formed a shade of clouds by the foremost of falling arrows.
ततः कर्णो महाराज धनुश्छित्त्वा महात्मनः । सारथिं पातयामास रथनीडाद्धसन्निव ॥
English Translation
Then, O powerful monarch, Karna after having severed the bow of that high-souled one (Nakula), smilingly caused the fall of his charioteer from the car-nichi.
तथाश्वांश्चतुरश्चास्य चतुर्भिर्निशितैः शरैः । यमस्य सदनं तूर्णं प्रेषयामास भारत ॥
English Translation
Thereupon, O descendant of the Bharata race, he (Karna) sent away the four horses of him (Nakula) to the abode of Death most rapidly by means of four sharp-edged arrows.
अथास्य तं रथं तूर्णं तिलशो व्यधमच्छरैः । पताकां चक्ररक्षौ च ध्वजं खड्गं च मारिष । शतचन्द्रं ततश्चर्म सर्वोपकरणानि च ॥
English Translation
Then also he with innumerable arrows, cutoff into minute fragments his (antagonist's) celestial car, his standard, the protector of his car-wheels, his mace and sword and his shield, that was furnished with hundreds of moons, as well as his all other equipment's of war, O sire.
हताश्वो विरथश्चैव विवर्मा च विशां पते । अवतीर्य रथात्तूर्णं परिघं गृह्य विष्ठितः ॥
English Translation
O ruler of earth, losing his horse and being deprived of his car and shield, he (Nakula) immediately alighted from his car and taking up his spiked club, stood (in the field of battle).
तमुद्यतं महाघोरं परिघं तस्य सूतजः । व्यहनत्सायकै राजञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
English Translation
O monarch, the son of Suta had struck down that dreadful mace, uplifted by him, with the keenest arrows, capable of bearing the greatest strain.
व्यायुधं चैनमालक्ष्य शरैः संनतपर्वभिः । आर्दयद्बहुशः कर्णो न चैनं समपीडयत् ॥
English Translation
On seeing him (his antagonist) without any weapons, Karna afflicted him with numerous straight arrows; but he did not oppress him too severely.
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