पराजयं धार्तराष्ट्रे विजयं च युधिष्ठिरे ॥
शंसन्त इव वार्ष्णेय विविधा लोमहर्षणाः ॥
प्राजापत्यं हि नक्षत्रं ग्रहस् तीक्ष्णो महाद्युतिः ॥
शनैश्चरः पीडयति पीडयन् प्राणिनो ऽधिकम् ॥
कृत्वा चाङ्गारको वक्रं ज्येष्ठायां मधुसूदन ॥
अनुराधां प्रार्थयते मैत्रं संशमयन्न् इव ॥
नूनं महद् भयं कृष्ण कुरूणां समुपस्थितम् ॥
विशेषेण हि वार्ष्णेय चित्रां पीडयते ग्रहः ॥
सोमस्य लक्ष्म व्यावृत्तं राहुर् अर्कम् उपेष्यति ॥
दिवश् चोल्काः पतन्त्य् एताः सनिर्घाताः सकम्पनाः ॥
parājayaṃ dhārtarāṣṭre vijayaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhire ||
śaṃsanta iva vārṣṇeya vividhā lomaharṣaṇāḥ ||
prājāpatyaṃ hi nakṣatraṃ grahas tīkṣṇo mahādyutiḥ ||
śanaiścaraḥ pīḍayati pīḍayan prāṇino 'dhikam ||
kṛtvā cāṅgārako vakraṃ jyeṣṭhāyāṃ madhusūdana ||
anurādhāṃ prārthayate maitraṃ saṃśamayann iva ||
nūnaṃ mahad bhayaṃ kṛṣṇa kurūṇāṃ samupasthitam ||
viśeṣeṇa hi vārṣṇeya citrāṃ pīḍayate grahaḥ ||
somasya lakṣma vyāvṛttaṃ rāhur arkam upeṣyati ||
divaś colkāḥ patanty etāḥ sanirghātāḥ sakampanāḥ ||
"O descendant of Vrishni, various terrifying signs seem to foretell defeat for the son of Dhritarashtra and victory for Yudhishthira. The bright and fierce planet Shanaishchara oppresses the constellation of Prajapati, tormenting living beings still more. Angaraka, having moved retrograde in Jyeshtha, is heading toward Anuradha, as though seeking to pacify a friendly constellation. Without doubt, O Krishna, great fear has drawn near to the Kurus; especially, O descendant of Vrishni, the planet afflicts Chitra. The mark of the moon has become distorted, Rahu will approach the sun, and these meteors fall from the sky with thunder and tremors."
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Karna no longer argues against Krishna's truth; instead he reads the world as a field of inevitable omens. His speech joins astrological signs, prophetic dreams, and moral insight: victory follows dharma, yet his own attachment and debt of gratitude keep him from changing sides.