ऐन्द्रं पाशुपतं ब्राह्मं स्थूणाकर्णं च माधव ॥
मन्त्रास् तत्र भविष्यन्ति प्रयुक्ताः सव्यसाचिना ॥
अनुयातश् च पितरम् अधिको वा पराक्रमे ॥
ग्रावस्तोत्रं स सौभद्रः सम्यक् तत्र करिष्यति ॥
उद्गातात्र पुनर् भीमः प्रस्तोता सुमहाबलः ॥
विनदन् स नरव्याघ्रो नागानीकान्तकृद् रणे ॥
स चैव तत्र धर्मात्मा शश्वद् राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥
जपैर् होमैश् च संयुक्तो ब्रह्मत्वं कारयिष्यति ॥
शङ्खशब्दाः समुरजा भेर्यश् च मधुसूदन ॥
उत्कृष्टसिंहनादाश् च सुब्रह्मण्यो भविष्यति ॥
aindraṃ pāśupataṃ brāhmaṃ sthūṇākarṇaṃ ca mādhava ||
mantrās tatra bhaviṣyanti prayuktāḥ savyasācinā ||
anuyātaś ca pitaram adhiko vā parākrame ||
grāvastotraṃ sa saubhadraḥ samyak tatra kariṣyati ||
udgātātra punar bhīmaḥ prastotā sumahābalaḥ ||
vinadan sa naravyāghro nāgānīkāntakṛd raṇe ||
sa caiva tatra dharmātmā śaśvad rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
japair homaiś ca saṃyukto brahmatvaṃ kārayiṣyati ||
śaṅkhaśabdāḥ samurajā bheryaś ca madhusūdana ||
utkṛṣṭasiṃhanādāś ca subrahmaṇyo bhaviṣyati ||
"The weapons of Indra, Pashupati, Brahma, and Sthunakarna, released by Savyasachin, will be the mantras there, O Madhava. The son of Subhadra, following his father or even surpassing him in valor, will properly perform the hymn at the soma-stones there. Bhima again, that mighty tiger among men, roaring and breaking the ranks of elephants in battle, will be the udgatar and prastotar there. And the righteous King Yudhishthira, joined with mantras and fire offerings, will continually fulfill the office of the brahman-priest. The sounds of conches, the muraja drums, the great drums, and the loud lion-roars will be the subrahmanya call, O Madhusudana."
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Karna speaks from within a complex dharma: he acknowledges the truth Krishna has revealed, yet does not set aside his debt of gratitude to those who raised and sustained him. His image of the war as a sacrifice shows that the battle is already being lived by him as an inevitable, sacred and terrible reckoning for choices made long ago.