तत्राद्भुतम् अपश्याम सूतपुत्रस्य मारिष ॥
यद् एकः समरे क्रुद्धस् त्रीन् रथान् पर्यवारयत् ॥
फल्गुनस् तु महाबाहुः कर्णं वैकर्तनं रणे ॥
सायकानां शतेनैव सर्वमर्मस्व् अताडयत् ॥
रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ॥
शरैः पञ्चाशता वीरः फल्गुनं प्रत्यविध्यत ॥
तस्य तल् लाघवं दृष्ट्वा नामृष्यत रणे ऽर्जुनः ॥
ततः पार्थो धनुश् छित्त्वा विव्याधैनं स्तनान्तरे ॥
सायकैर् नवभिर् वीरस् त्वरमाणो धनंजयः ॥
tatrādbhutam apaśyāma sūtaputrasya māriṣa ||
yad ekaḥ samare kruddhas trīn rathān paryavārayat ||
phalgunas tu mahābāhuḥ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ raṇe ||
sāyakānāṃ śatenaiva sarvamarmasv atāḍayat ||
rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgaḥ sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān ||
śaraiḥ pañcāśatā vīraḥ phalgunaṃ pratyavidhyata ||
tasya tal lāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāmṛṣyata raṇe 'rjunaḥ ||
tataḥ pārtho dhanuś chittvā vivyādhainaṃ stanāntare ||
sāyakair navabhir vīras tvaramāṇo dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
There, O venerable one, we beheld a wonder of the son of the charioteer: that alone, enraged in battle, he held off three chariots. Phalguna, the mighty-armed, struck Karna Vaikartana in battle with a hundred arrows in all his vital points. The son of the charioteer, his limbs all drenched in blood, valiant hero, struck Phalguna in return with fifty arrows. Then Partha, having cut his bow, pierced him in the breast with nine arrows — Dhananjaya, the hero, pressing on.
ced78a027737 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:25:13 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A hundred arrows against fifty — Arjuna prevails, yet Karna, streaming with blood, answers: a contest of the worthy is never one-sided. It is telling that the word "wonder" is used of Karna, who alone held off three chariots — even the opponent is moved to admiration. The verse teaches that one man's superiority does not diminish another's valor; in the clash of the great, both display greatness, so that even the one defeated earns wonder rather than contempt.