महारथो महाबाहुर् महावेगैर् महाबलः ॥
विव्याधाधिरथिर् भीमं नवभिर् निशितैः शरैः ॥
स तोत्त्रैर् इव मातङ्गो वार्यमाणः पतत्रिभिः ॥
अभ्यधावद् असंभ्रान्तः सूतपुत्रं वृकोदरः ॥
तम् आपतन्तं वेगेन रभसं पाण्डवर्षभम् ॥
कर्णः प्रत्युद्ययौ योद्धुं मत्तो मत्तम् इव द्विपम् ॥
mahāratho mahābāhur mahāvegair mahābalaḥ ||
vivyādhādhirathir bhīmaṃ navabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
sa tottrair iva mātaṅgo vāryamāṇaḥ patatribhiḥ ||
abhyadhāvad asaṃbhrāntaḥ sūtaputraṃ vṛkodaraḥ ||
tam āpatantaṃ vegena rabhasaṃ pāṇḍavarṣabham ||
karṇaḥ pratyudyayau yoddhuṃ matto mattam iva dvipam ||
The mighty-armed son of Adhiratha, a great warrior, immensely mighty with great swiftness, pierced Bhima with nine sharp arrows. He, like an elephant held back by goads — here, by feathered arrows — undismayed, charged at the son of the suta, Vrikodara. As he swooped upon him with speed, furious, that bull among the Pandavas, Karna went forth to meet him in battle, raging as against a raging elephant.
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The arrows only spur Bhima on, as goads spur an elephant: the wound, far from breaking him, only inflames the mighty spirit further. It is telling how he is called "asaṃbhrāntaḥ" — nowise dismayed: pierced by nine arrows, he loses neither step nor purpose. The verse teaches that the measure of a warrior lies not in whether he is wounded, but in whether he is shaken; one set upon his goal is not turned from the path by pain.