संजय उवाच
तथा तु नर्दमानं तं भीमसेनं महारथम् ॥
तुमुलेनैव शब्देन कर्णो ऽप्य् अभ्यपतद् बली ॥
व्याक्षिपन् बलवच् चापम् अतिमात्रम् अमर्षणः ॥
कर्णस् तु युद्धम् आकाङ्क्षन् दर्शयिष्यन् बलं बली ॥
प्रावेपन्न् इव गात्राणि कर्णभीमसमागमे ॥
रथिनां सादिनां चैव तयोः श्रुत्वा तलस्वनम् ॥
भीमसेनस्य निनदं घोरं श्रुत्वा रणाजिरे ॥
खं च भूमिं च संबद्धां मेनिरे क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
tathā tu nardamānaṃ taṃ bhīmasenaṃ mahāratham ||
tumulenaiva śabdena karṇo 'py abhyapatad balī ||
vyākṣipan balavac cāpam atimātram amarṣaṇaḥ ||
karṇas tu yuddham ākāṅkṣan darśayiṣyan balaṃ balī ||
prāvepann iva gātrāṇi karṇabhīmasamāgame ||
rathināṃ sādināṃ caiva tayoḥ śrutvā talasvanam ||
bhīmasenasya ninadaṃ ghoraṃ śrutvā raṇājire ||
khaṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca saṃbaddhāṃ menire kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ||
And that roaring Bhimasena, the great warrior, with a tumultuous sound — Karna too rushed forth, mighty, brandishing his mighty bow beyond measure, unyielding. Karna, desiring battle and wishing to show his strength, mighty — as if the limbs of charioteers and horsemen trembled at the meeting of Karna and Bhima, hearing the slap of the bowstrings of those two.
f5b9acc19120 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:17:33 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
At the meeting of the two giants, 'prāvepann iva gātrāṇi', the bodies of onlookers tremble: the very sound of their encounter is terrifying. It is telling that the dread of the duel is great even before a blow is struck. The verse teaches that the clash of two great ones shakes everything around: a single slap of their bowstrings casts warriors into trembling, for where equals in might meet, the meeting itself is an event that terrifies witnesses.