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सूतं तु सूतपुत्रस्य सुपुङ्खैर् निशितैः शरैः ॥
सुमुक्तैश् चित्रवर्माणं निर्बिभेद त्रिसप्तभिः ॥
कर्णो जाम्बूनदैर् जालैः संछन्नान् वातरंहसः ॥
विव्याध तुरगान् वीरः पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥
ततो बाणमयं जालं भीमसेनरथं प्रति ॥
कर्णेन विहितं राजन् निमेषार्धाद् अदृश्यत ॥
सरथः सध्वजस् तत्र ससूतः पाण्डवस् तदा ॥
प्राच्छाद्यत महाराज कर्णचापच्युतैः शरैः ॥
sūtaṃ tu sūtaputrasya supuṅkhair niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
sumuktaiś citravarmāṇaṃ nirbibheda trisaptabhiḥ ||
karṇo jāmbūnadair jālaiḥ saṃchannān vātaraṃhasaḥ ||
vivyādha turagān vīraḥ pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
tato bāṇamayaṃ jālaṃ bhīmasenarathaṃ prati ||
karṇena vihitaṃ rājan nimeṣārdhād adṛśyata ||
sarathaḥ sadhvajas tatra sasūtaḥ pāṇḍavas tadā ||
prācchādyata mahārāja karṇacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
And Bhima pierced Chitravarman, the charioteer of the suta's son, with twenty-one well-feathered, sharp, deftly loosed arrows. Karna, the hero, pierced Bhima's horses, covered with golden netting, swift as the wind, with five arrows each. Then, O king, a net of arrows woven by Karna appeared at Bhimasena's chariot within half a moment.
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Karna, "nimeṣārdhāt," within half a moment, envelops Bhima's chariot in a net of arrows: a swiftness bordering on illusion. It is telling that his mastery in speed seems like a wonder. The verse teaches that perfect skill appears supernatural: where the hand has reached its summit, its action is instant and untraceable, and a net of arrows arises before the eye can follow — such is the swiftness born of long-cultivated effort.