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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 57

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 57

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 57

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 57 of the classical Mahābhārata with 70 verses.

Total: 70 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.57.1–70 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
एते त्वां कुरवः सर्वे द्वीपमासाद्य संयुगे । विष्ठिताः पुरुषव्याघ्र त्वत्तः शरणकाङ्क्षिणः ॥
English Translation
As in a tempest the drowning sailor look forward anxiously for an island for their protection, so the whole Kaurava army is looking up to you, O foremost of men, as their saviour.
वैदेहाम्बष्ठकाम्बोजास्तथा नग्नजितस्त्वया । गान्धाराश्च यया धृत्या जिताः संख्ये सुदुर्जयाः ॥
तां धृतिं कुरु राधेय ततः प्रत्येहि पाण्डवम् । वासुदेवं च वार्ष्णेयं प्रीयमाणं किरीटिना ॥
प्रकृतिस्थो हि मे शल्य इदानीं संमतस्तथा । प्रतिभासि महाबाहो विभीश्चैव धनंजयात् ॥
English Translation
Karna said O strong-armed Shalya, you are no longer afraid of Dhananjaya and seen to be in good humour and as such you are agreeable to men.
पश्य बाह्वोर्बलं मेऽद्य शिक्षितस्य च पश्य मे । एकोऽद्य निहनिष्यामि पाण्डवानां महाचमूम् ॥
English Translation
You will witness today the tuition I have received in the tactics and stratagems of war also the strength of my arms, truly you can well count upon the extermination of this vast Pandava troops by me alone, as well upon the destruction of those two foremost of men, the two Krishnas. I am determined not to return from the battle-field without putting an end to those two mighty warriors.
कृष्णौ च पुरुषव्याघ्रौ तच्च सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते । नाहत्वा युधि तौ वीरावपयास्ये कथंचन ॥
English Translation
You will witness today the tuition I have received in the tactics and stratagems of war also the strength of my arms, truly you can well count upon the extermination of this vast Pandava troops by me alone, as well upon the destruction of those two foremost of men, the two Krishnas. I am determined not to return from the battle-field without putting an end to those two mighty warriors.
स्वप्स्ये वा निहतस्ताभ्यामसत्यो हि रणे जयः । कृतार्थो वा भविष्यामि हत्वा तावथ वा हतः ॥
English Translation
Or I would be done to death by them. There are chances in warfare and victory is always uncertain, however, whether I kill them or they kill me, I will stand true to my purpose.
नैतादृशो जातु बभूव लोके; रथोत्तमो यावदनुश्रुतं नः । तमीदृशं प्रतियोत्स्यामि पार्थं; महाहवे पश्य च पौरुषं मे ॥
English Translation
Karna said “Yes, it is told that he (Arjuna), is the foremost of all the car-warriors that was ever born in this earth, now witness my prowess, for I will fight this Partha out who is so mighty.
रथे चरत्येष रथप्रवीरः; शीघ्रैर्हयैः कौरवराजपुत्रः । स वाद्य मां नेष्यति कृच्छ्रमेत;त्कर्णस्यान्तादेतदन्ताः स्थ सर्वे ॥
English Translation
Perhaps this son of the Kuru king (Arjuna), who is being borne by white steeds will send me this day to my last account, but there will be an end of all these with my fall.
अस्वेदिनौ राजपुत्रस्य हस्ता;ववेपिनौ जातकिणौ बृहन्तौ । दृढायुधः कृतिमान्क्षिप्रहस्तो; न पाण्डवेयेन समोऽस्ति योधः ॥
English Translation
This prince is possessed of strong powerful arms that are never exhausted and do neither sweat nor shake and are marked with cicatrices, he is light-handed and well-skilled in the use of weapons and in truth, the son of Pandu is the foremost of all warriors.
गृह्णात्यनेकानपि कङ्कपत्रा;नेकं यथा तान्क्षितिपान्प्रमथ्य । ते क्रोशमात्रं निपतन्त्यमोघाः; कस्तेन योधोऽस्ति समः पृथिव्याम् ॥
English Translation
At a time he can take a number of shafts and can shoot them like one and quickly placing on the bow-string he can even send them to the distance of two miles, always hitting his mark; and who is there to match him in all the world.
अतोषयत्पाण्डवेयो हुताशं; कृष्णद्वितीयोऽतिरथस्तरस्वी । लेभे चक्रं यत्र कृष्णो महात्मा; धनुर्गाण्डीवं पाण्डवः सव्यसाची ॥
English Translation
That energetic and great warrior Savyasachin, the son of Pandu, with Krishna to back him, after satisfying the deity Agni in Khandava, received as a person his bow Gandiva and the noble Krishna, his discus.
श्वेताश्वयुक्तं च सुघोषमग्र्यं; रथं महाबाहुरदीनसत्त्वः । महेषुधी चाक्षयौ दिव्यरूपौ; शस्त्राणि दिव्यानि च हव्यवाहात् ॥
English Translation
That strong-armed man with never-failing prowess, on the same occasion received from the god of fire his formidable car with those white steeds yoked on them and which rolls on with great rattle, as also his two fine celestial and inexhaustible quivers and many other celestial weapons.
तथेन्द्रलोके निजघान दैत्या;नसंख्येयान्कालकेयांश्च सर्वान् । लेभे शङ्खं देवदत्तं स्म तत्र; को नाम तेनाभ्यधिकः पृथिव्याम् ॥
English Translation
He, after destroying numberless Daityas and the Kalakeyas in the dominion of Indra, received the Devdatta conch; there is no mightier man than he in all world.
महादेवं तोषयामास चैव; साक्षात्सुयुद्धेन महानुभावः । लेभे ततः पाशुपतं सुघोरं; त्रैलोक्यसंहारकरं महास्त्रम् ॥
English Translation
High-spirited as he is, after satisfying Mahadeva in battle he received the most terrible weapon Pashuput, powerful enough to annihilate the three worlds.
पृथक्पृथग्लोकपालाः समेता; ददुर्ह्यस्त्राण्यप्रमेयाणि यस्य । यैस्ताञ्जघानाशु रणे नृसिंहा;न्स कालखञ्जानसुरान्समेतान् ॥
English Translation
When he-that first among men, exterminated all the Kalakhanja Asuras, he received from the different regents of the world many weapons of unfathomable power with which he slew them.
तथा विराटस्य पुरे समेता;न्सर्वानस्मानेकरथेन जित्वा । जहार तद्गोधनमाजिमध्ये; वस्त्राणि चादत्त महारथेभ्यः ॥
English Translation
Then in the chief city of King Virata he, all alone on a single chariot, discomfited all of us and forcibly took away the wealth of kine and the garments of all the great warriors before their very face.
तमीदृशं वीर्यगुणोपपन्नं; कृष्णद्वितीयं वरये रणाय । अनन्तवीर्येण च केशवेन; नारायणेनाप्रतिमेन गुप्तम् ॥
वर्षायुतैर्यस्य गुणा न शक्या; वक्तुं समेतैरपि सर्वलोकैः । महात्मनः शङ्खचक्रासिपाणे;र्विष्णोर्जिष्णोर्वसुदेवात्मजस्य । भयं मे वै जायते साध्वसं च; दृष्ट्वा कृष्णावेकरथे समेतौ ॥
उभौ हि शूरौ कृतिनौ दृढास्त्रौ; महारथौ संहननोपपन्नौ । एतादृशौ फल्गुनवासुदेवौ; कोऽन्यः प्रतीयान्मदृते नु शल्य ॥
English Translation
Who but myself, O Shalya, would dare face this Phalguna and Vasudeva in battle, for both of them are athletic, firm-handed, skillful in war and mighty car-warriors.
एतावहं युधि वा पातयिष्ये; मां वा कृष्णौ निहनिष्यतोऽद्य । इति ब्रुवञ्शल्यममित्रहन्ता; कर्णो रणे मेघ इवोन्ननाद ॥
अभ्येत्य पुत्रेण तवाभिनन्दितः; समेत्य चोवाच कुरुप्रवीरान् । कृपं च भोजं च महाभुजावुभौ; तथैव गान्धारनृपं सहानुजम् । गुरोः सुतं चावरजं तथात्मनः; पदातिनोऽथ द्विपसादिनोऽन्यान् ॥
निरुन्धताभिद्रवताच्युतार्जुनौ; श्रमेण संयोजयताशु सर्वतः । यथा भवद्भिर्भृशविक्षतावुभौ; सुखेन हन्यामहमद्य भूमिपाः ॥
तथेति चोक्त्वा त्वरिताः स्म तेऽर्जुनं; जिघांसवो वीरतमाः समभ्ययुः । नदीनदान्भूरिजलो महार्णवो; यथा तथा तान्समरेऽर्जुनोऽग्रसत् ॥
English Translation
“Let it be so," said they and accordingly those mighty warriors, determined to put an end to Arjuna's life all rushed towards Dhananjaya and attacked him with numberless shafts.
न संदधानो न तथा शरोत्तमा;न्प्रमुञ्चमानो रिपुभिः प्रदृश्यते । धनंजयस्तस्य शरैश्च दारिता; हताश्च पेतुर्नरवाजिकुञ्जराः ॥
English Translation
As the rivers and streams course mighty onward, but loose their forces and melt in the bosom of the unfathomable deep, so all those warriors were received by the great Arjuna. Such was the lightness of Arjuna's hands that it was impossible for his enemies to mark how he was putting his shafts on the string and how he was shooting thein out, only horses, men and elephants went down all the time in heaps, struck dead with Arjuna's shots.
शरार्चिषं गाण्डिवचारुमण्डलं; युगान्तसूर्यप्रतिमानतेजसम् । न कौरवाः शेकुरुदीक्षितुं जयं; यथा रविं व्याधितचक्षुषो जनाः ॥
English Translation
As persons with sore eyes cannot look up towards the sun so Jaya (Arjuna) whose arrows were brilliant like the rays of the all-burning sun at the end of Yuga and whose bow Gandiva formed his circular disk, could not be looked at by the Kauravas.
तमभ्यधावद्विसृजञ्शरान्कृप;स्तथैव भोजस्तव चात्मजः स्वयम् । जिघांसुभिस्तान्कुशलैः शरोत्तमा;न्महाहवे संजवितान्प्रयत्नतः । शरैः प्रचिच्छेद च पाण्डवस्त्वर;न्पराभिनद्वक्षसि च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥
English Translation
Thus attacked, the son of Pandu very quickly cut-off, all the weapons sent against him by all those skillful and mighty carwarriors and struck three arrows at the breast of each of them.
स गाण्डिवाभ्यायतपूर्णमण्डल;स्तपन्रिपूनर्जुनभास्करो बभौ । शरोग्ररश्मिः शुचिशुक्रमध्यगो; यथैव सूर्यः परिवेषगस्तथा ॥
English Translation
As the sun, in the months of Jyaistha and Ashada, shines brilliantly in the midst of his corona, so Arjuna, scorching his enemies, shone out in great relief, the full drawn Gandiva forming his corona and his shafts forming his rays.
अथाग्र्यबाणैर्दशभिर्धनंजयं; पराभिनद्द्रोणसुतोऽच्युतं त्रिभिः । चतुर्भिरश्वांश्चतुरः कपिं तथा; शरैः स नाराचवरैरवाकिरत् ॥
English Translation
Drona's son (Ashvatthama) coming forward shot ten choicest arrows against Dhananjaya, three against Krishna, four against the four horses and many other good arrows against the great ape in charge of his standard.
तथा तु तत्तत्स्फुरदात्तकार्मुकं; त्रिभिः शरैर्यन्तृशिरः क्षुरेण । हयांश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरस्त्रिभिर्ध्वजं; धनंजयो द्रौणिरथान्न्यपातयत् ॥
English Translation
In spite of these, Dhananjaya made Drona's son carless by cutting off the out-stretched bow of his foe with three shafts, killing his driver with a razor like shaft and making away with his banner with three and his four horses with four other shafts.
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