तत् तु भीमो महाराज कर्णस्य चरितं रणे ॥
नामृष्यत महेष्वासः क्रोधाद् उद्वृत्य चक्षुषी ॥
स कर्णं पञ्चविंशत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत् ॥
महीधरम् इव श्वेतं गूढपादैर् विषोल्बणैः ॥
तं विव्याध पुनर् भीमः षड्भिर् अष्टाभिर् एव च ॥
मर्मस्व् अमरविक्रान्तः सूतपुत्रं महारणे ॥
tat tu bhīmo mahārāja karṇasya caritaṃ raṇe ||
nāmṛṣyata maheṣvāsaḥ krodhād udvṛtya cakṣuṣī ||
sa karṇaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat ||
mahīdharam iva śvetaṃ gūḍhapādair viṣolbaṇaiḥ ||
taṃ vivyādha punar bhīmaḥ ṣaḍbhir aṣṭābhir eva ca ||
marmasv amaravikrāntaḥ sūtaputraṃ mahāraṇe ||
That deed of Karna's in battle Bhima, the mighty archer, could not endure, O great king, his eyes rolling with wrath. He showered Karna with twenty-five iron arrows, as a white mountain is beset by fiercely venomous, hidden-footed serpents. Again Bhima pierced him with six and then eight arrows at the vital points, equal in valor to the gods, the charioteer's son, in that great battle.
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Bhima, krodhāt udvṛtya cakṣuṣī, his eyes bulging with wrath, showers Karna with arrows: the limit of patience awakens the storm. Karna beset with arrows is likened to mahīdharaṃ śvetaṃ, a white mountain covered with serpents -- beauty within terror. It is telling that even here the epic finds a majestic beauty in wounds. The verse teaches that the steadfast man, pressed to his limit, blazes forth with all his strength: his patience is not endless, and once it is spent, his answer is crushing.