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तं कर्णो भ्रातरश् चास्य नामृष्यन्त महारथाः ॥
ते भीमसेनं नाराचैर् जघ्नुर् आशीविषोपमैः ॥
ततः शत्रुरथं त्यक्त्वा भीमो ध्रुवरथं गतः ॥
ध्रुवं चास्यन्तम् अनिशं मुष्टिना समपोथयत् ॥
स तथा पाण्डुपुत्रेण बलिना निहतो ऽपतत् ॥
तं निहत्य महाराज भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥
जयरातरथं प्राप्य मुहुः सिंह इवानदत् ॥
जयरातम् अथाक्षिप्य नदन् सव्येन पाणिना ॥
तलेन नाशयाम् आस कर्णस्यैवाग्रतः स्थितम् ॥
taṃ karṇo bhrātaraś cāsya nāmṛṣyanta mahārathāḥ ||
te bhīmasenaṃ nārācair jaghnur āśīviṣopamaiḥ ||
tataḥ śatrurathaṃ tyaktvā bhīmo dhruvarathaṃ gataḥ ||
dhruvaṃ cāsyantam aniśaṃ muṣṭinā samapothayat ||
sa tathā pāṇḍuputreṇa balinā nihato 'patat ||
taṃ nihatya mahārāja bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ ||
jayarātarathaṃ prāpya muhuḥ siṃha ivānadat ||
jayarātam athākṣipya nadan savyena pāṇinā ||
talena nāśayām āsa karṇasyaivāgrataḥ sthitam ||
Him — Karna and his brothers, the maharathas, could not endure; they struck Bhimasena with narachas resembling serpents. Then, leaving the enemy's chariot, Bhima went to Dhruva's chariot and crushed with his fist Dhruva, who was incessantly shooting arrows. Having slain him, o great king, Bhimasena of great strength, arriving at Jayarata's chariot, roared again like a lion. Then, seizing Jayarata, roaring, he destroyed with his left palm the one who stood before Karna himself.
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Bhima strikes down foes with his bare hands — fist, palm — before the very eyes of Karna: a boldness bordering on mockery of a mighty enemy. It is telling that he strikes "before Karna himself," unafraid of him. The verse teaches that true might needs no weapon; and one who strikes down foes bare-handed before the face of his strongest enemy shows a fearlessness that turns the very body into an unconquerable weapon.