ततो द्वात्रिंशता भल्लैर् निशितैस् तिग्मतेजनैः ॥
विव्याध समरे कर्णं भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥
अयत्नेनैव तं कर्णः शरैर् उप समाकिरत् ॥
भीमसेनं महाबाहुं सैन्धवस्य वधैषिणम् ॥
मृदुपूर्वं च राधेयो भीमम् आजाव् अयोधयत् ॥
क्रोधपूर्वं तथा भीमः पूर्ववैरम् अनुस्मरन् ॥
tato dvātriṃśatā bhallair niśitais tigmatejanaiḥ ||
vivyādha samare karṇaṃ bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān ||
ayatnenaiva taṃ karṇaḥ śarair upa samākirat ||
bhīmasenaṃ mahābāhuṃ saindhavasya vadhaiṣiṇam ||
mṛdupūrvaṃ ca rādheyo bhīmam ājāv ayodhayat ||
krodhapūrvaṃ tathā bhīmaḥ pūrvavairam anusmaran ||
Then valorous Bhimasena pierced Karna in battle with thirty-two sharp, keenly honed broad-headed arrows. Effortlessly, Karna in turn showered arrows on mighty-armed Bhimasena, who longed for the death of the Sindhu king. And Radheya fought Bhima in battle gently at first, while Bhima, remembering the old enmity, fought wrathfully from the start.
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Again "mṛdupūrvaṃ rādheyaḥ" — Karna fights gently at first: the secret vow to Kunti governs his hand, while Bhima "krodhapūrvam," is full of wrath over the past. It is telling that beneath the visible enmity lies a restrained love of kin. The verse teaches that a noble heart keeps faith with its bonds even amid strife: Karna strikes gently, remembering his promise, and this hidden faithfulness to his word raises him above the very quarrel.