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कर्ण-पर्व परमाद्भुतम्karṇa-parva paramādbhutamthe Karna-parva, most wondrous
मद्र-राजस्य सारथ्ये विनियोगःmadra-rājasya sārathye viniyogaḥthe appointment of the wise king of Madra (Shalya) as charioteer
पौराणं त्रिपुरस्य निपातनं आख्यातम्paurāṇaṃ tripurasya nipātanaṃ ākhyātamthe ancient tale of the destruction of Tripura is told
प्रयाणे परुषः संवादः कर्ण-शल्ययोःprayāṇe paruṣaḥ saṃvādaḥ karṇa-śalyayoḥon the way — the harsh quarrel of Karna and Shalya
हंस-काकीयम् आख्यानं आक्षेप-संहितम्haṃsa-kākīyam ākhyānaṃ ākṣepa-saṃhitamthe reproachful tale of the swan and the crow
अन्योन्यं क्रोधः युधिष्ठिर-किरीटिनोःanyonyaṃ krodhaḥ yudhiṣṭhira-kirīṭinoḥmutual anger between Yudhishthira and Arjuna
द्वैरथे पार्थेन कर्णः महारथः हतःdvairathe pārthena karṇaḥ mahārathaḥ hataḥin single combat Arjuna slew the great warrior Karna
अष्टमं पर्व एतत् भारत-चिन्तकैःaṣṭamaṃ parva etat bhārata-cintakaiḥsuch is the eighth parva, in the reckoning of the knowers of Bharata
एकोन-सप्ततिः अध्यायाःekona-saptatiḥ adhyāyāḥsixty-nine chapters
चत्वारि सहस्राणि नव शतानि श्लोकाःcatvāri sahasrāṇi nava śatāni ślokāḥfour thousand nine hundred verses
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The Karna-parva closes with the fall of Karna — a tragic hero whose valor and generosity were boundless yet wrongly directed. His loyalty to the wicked Duryodhana and his envy of the Pandavas doomed him: in the fateful hour his chariot wheel sank into the earth — the fruit of curses born of his own past misdeeds. Thus scripture teaches: neither courage nor generosity saves one who serves adharma and stands against the Lord's devotees. The strife between Karna and Shalya shows that the army of the wicked is torn from within, while the Pandavas are bound together by a single devotion to Krishna. And the anger between Yudhishthira and Arjuna, calmed by Krishna, reminds us that even the righteous need the Lord to keep peace among themselves.