अर्जुनेन समं युद्धं मम यौधिष्ठिरे बले ॥
अर्जुनं हि निहत्याजौ संप्राप्तं स्यात् फलं मया ॥
यशसा चापि युज्येयं निहतः सव्यसाचिना ॥
न ते जातु नशिष्यन्ति पुत्राः पञ्च यशस्विनि ॥
निरर्जुनाः सकर्णा वा सार्जुना वा हते मयि ॥
वैशंपायन उवाच
इति कर्णवचः श्रुत्वा कुन्ती दुःखात् प्रवेपती ॥
उवाच पुत्रम् आश्लिष्य कर्णं धैर्याद् अकम्पितम् ॥
एवं वै भाव्यम् एतेन क्षयं यास्यन्ति कौरवाः ॥
यथा त्वं भाषसे कर्ण दैवं तु बलवत्तरम् ॥
त्वया चतुर्णां भ्रातॄणाम् अभयं शत्रुकर्शन ॥
दत्तं तत् प्रतिजानीहि संगरप्रतिमोचनम् ॥
arjunena samaṃ yuddhaṃ mama yaudhiṣṭhire bale ||
arjunaṃ hi nihatyājau saṃprāptaṃ syāt phalaṃ mayā ||
yaśasā cāpi yujyeyaṃ nihataḥ savyasācinā ||
na te jātu naśiṣyanti putrāḥ pañca yaśasvini ||
nirarjunāḥ sakarṇā vā sārjunā vā hate mayi ||
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
iti karṇavacaḥ śrutvā kuntī duḥkhāt pravepatī ||
uvāca putram āśliṣya karṇaṃ dhairyād akampitam ||
evaṃ vai bhāvyam etena kṣayaṃ yāsyanti kauravāḥ ||
yathā tvaṃ bhāṣase karṇa daivaṃ tu balavattaram ||
tvayā caturṇāṃ bhrātṝṇām abhayaṃ śatrukarśana ||
dattaṃ tat pratijānīhi saṃgarapratimocanam ||
‘My battle in Yudhishthira’s army will be equal only with Arjuna. If I slay Arjuna in combat, the fruit will be attained by me; and if I am slain by Savyasachin, I shall be joined with glory. O glorious lady, your five sons will never perish: either without Arjuna, but with Karna, or with Arjuna, if I am slain.’ Vaishampayana said: Having heard Karna’s words, Kunti, trembling from sorrow, embraced her son, unshaken in his steadfastness, and said: ‘So it must be, as you say, O Karna: the Kauravas will go to their ruin; fate is indeed stronger. You have given safety to the four brothers, O tormentor of foes; confirm that promise, which releases you from the vow of battle.’
c26ed5f21a6c · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:17 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna acknowledges the truth spoken by Kunti and the Sun, but chooses loyalty to those who took him in. His dharma here is tragic: he does not go over to his brothers, yet he gives his mother a genuine promise of mercy, sparing four of the Pandavas from his hand.