ततः कर्णो हतं मत्वा वृषसेनं महारथः ॥
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः सात्यकिं प्रत्यपीडयत् ॥
पीड्यमानस् तु कर्णेन युयुधानो महारथः ॥
विव्याध बहुभिः कर्णं त्वरमाणः पुनः पुनः ॥
स कर्णं दशभिर् विद्ध्वा वृषसेनं च सप्तभिः ॥
सहस्तावापधनुषी तयोश् चिच्छेद सात्वतः ॥
ताव् अन्ये धनुषी सज्ये कृत्वा शत्रुभयंकरे ॥
युयुधानम् अविध्येतां समन्तान् निशितैः शरैः ॥
tataḥ karṇo hataṃ matvā vṛṣasenaṃ mahārathaḥ ||
putraśokābhisaṃtaptaḥ sātyakiṃ pratyapīḍayat ||
pīḍyamānas tu karṇena yuyudhāno mahārathaḥ ||
vivyādha bahubhiḥ karṇaṃ tvaramāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||
sa karṇaṃ daśabhir viddhvā vṛṣasenaṃ ca saptabhiḥ ||
sahastāvāpadhanuṣī tayoś ciccheda sātvataḥ ||
tāv anye dhanuṣī sajye kṛtvā śatrubhayaṃkare ||
yuyudhānam avidhyetāṃ samantān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
Then Karna, the great warrior, deeming Vrishasena slain, scorched by grief for his son, pressed Satyaki in return. And pressed by Karna, Yuyudhana, the great warrior, pierced Karna with many arrows, hastening again and again. He, having pierced Karna with ten arrows and Vrishasena with seven, the Sattvata [Satyaki] cut the bows with arm-guards of those two. Both, having strung other bows that struck fear into the enemy, pierced Yuyudhana from every side with sharp arrows.
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Karna, believing his son slain, fights "scorched by grief": a father's sorrow is poured into a warrior's fury. It is telling that even the greatest archer is moved not by duty alone, but by love for his son. The verse teaches that beneath a warrior's armor beats a father's heart; grief for a child can both multiply strength and cloud reason. War does not abolish parental love — it only turns that love into fresh fuel for rage and pain.