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ततः कर्णस्य संक्रुद्धो भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥
चिच्छेद कार्मुकं तूर्णं सर्वोपकरणानि च ॥
जघान चतुरश् चाश्वान् सूतं च त्वरितः शरैः ॥
नाराचैर् अर्करश्म्याभैः कर्णं विव्याध चोरसि ॥
ते जग्मुर् धरणीं सर्वे कर्णं निर्भिद्य मारिष ॥
यथा हि जलदं भित्त्वा राजन् सूर्यस्य रश्मयः ॥
स वैकल्यं महत् प्राप्य छिन्नधन्वा शरार्दितः ॥
तथा पुरुषमानी स प्रत्यपायाद् रथान्तरम् ॥
tataḥ karṇasya saṃkruddho bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān ||
ciccheda kārmukaṃ tūrṇaṃ sarvopakaraṇāni ca ||
jaghāna caturaś cāśvān sūtaṃ ca tvaritaḥ śaraiḥ ||
nārācair arkaraśmyābhaiḥ karṇaṃ vivyādha corasi ||
te jagmur dharaṇīṃ sarve karṇaṃ nirbhidya māriṣa ||
yathā hi jaladaṃ bhittvā rājan sūryasya raśmayaḥ ||
sa vaikalyaṃ mahat prāpya chinnadhanvā śarārditaḥ ||
tathā puruṣamānī sa pratyapāyād rathāntaram ||
Then, enraged at Karna, Bhimasena the doughty swiftly cut his bow and all its fittings; and in haste he slew the four horses and the charioteer with arrows; with iron shafts like the rays of the sun he pierced Karna in the chest. All of them passed into the earth, O worthy one, having pierced through Karna, just as, O king, the sun's rays pass through after piercing a cloud. He, overcome by great distress, his bow cut, tormented by arrows, though a man of pride, withdrew to another chariot.
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Bhima strips Karna of his bow, his horses, his charioteer, and pierces his chest: the arrows pass through him sūryasya raśmayaḥ jaladaṃ bhittvā, like rays of the sun piercing a cloud. And proud Karna pratyapāyāt, withdraws. It is telling that even the most valiant knows the hour of defeat. The verse teaches that even the greatest knows his turn to retreat: the outcome is decided not by skill alone but by an appointed hour, and pride, however great, bends when its hour comes.