सापतद् दशधा राजन् निकृत्ता कर्णसायकैः ॥
अस्यतः सूतपुत्रस्य मित्रार्थे चित्रयोधिनः ॥
स चर्मादत्त कौन्तेयो जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् ॥
खड्गं चान्यतरप्रेप्सुर् मृत्योर् अग्रे जयस्य वा ॥
तद् अस्य सहसा कर्णो व्यधमत् प्रहसन्न् इव ॥
स विचर्मा महाराज विरथः क्रोधमूर्छितः ॥
असिं प्रासृजद् आविध्य त्वरन् कर्णरथं प्रति ॥
स धनुः सूतपुत्रस्य छित्त्वा ज्यां च सुसंशितः ॥
अपतद् भुवि निस्त्रिंशश् च्युतः सर्प इवाम्बरात् ॥
sāpatad daśadhā rājan nikṛttā karṇasāyakaiḥ ||
asyataḥ sūtaputrasya mitrārthe citrayodhinaḥ ||
sa carmādatta kaunteyo jātarūpapariṣkṛtam ||
khaḍgaṃ cānyataraprepsur mṛtyor agre jayasya vā ||
tad asya sahasā karṇo vyadhamat prahasann iva ||
sa vicarmā mahārāja virathaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ ||
asiṃ prāsṛjad āvidhya tvaran karṇarathaṃ prati ||
sa dhanuḥ sūtaputrasya chittvā jyāṃ ca susaṃśitaḥ ||
apatad bhuvi nistriṃśaś cyutaḥ sarpa ivāmbarāt ||
It fell in ten pieces, O king, cut by the arrows of Karna, the son of the suta, who was hurling [them], wondrously fighting for the sake of a friend. He, the son of Kunti, took up a shield adorned with gold and a sword, seeking one of the two — death or victory. He, having lost his shield, O great king, chariotless, maddened with rage, hurled the sword, swinging it, hastening toward Karna's chariot. It, exceedingly sharp, having cut the bow of the son of the suta and its bowstring, fell to the ground — the sword, like a serpent fallen from the sky.
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Bhima, stripped of everything, seeks 'one of the two — death or victory': detachment from the outcome is the highest steadfastness. It is telling that Karna fights 'for the sake of a friend' (mitrarthe) — even in his fury he is moved by loyalty to Duryodhana. The verse teaches that valor on both sides is genuine: one has renounced life for the sake of truth, the other stands firm out of loyalty to a friend; and the hurled sword, though it does not strike home, still cuts the enemy's bow — desperate resolve is never wholly fruitless.