तं तु सायकम् अप्राप्तम् आचार्यस्य रथं प्रति ॥
कर्णो द्वादशधा राजंश् चिच्छेद कृतहस्तवत् ॥
स छिन्नो बहुधा राजन् सूतपुत्रेण मारिष ॥
निपपात शरस् तूर्णं निकृत्तः कर्णसायकैः ॥
छित्त्वा तु समरे बाणं शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥
धृष्टद्युम्नं रणे कर्णो विव्याध दशभिः शरैः ॥
पञ्चभिर् द्रोणपुत्रस् तु स्वयं द्रोणश् च सप्तभिः ॥
शल्यश् च नवभिर् बाणैस् त्रिभिर् दुःशासनस् तथा ॥
taṃ tu sāyakam aprāptam ācāryasya rathaṃ prati ||
karṇo dvādaśadhā rājaṃś ciccheda kṛtahastavat ||
sa chinno bahudhā rājan sūtaputreṇa māriṣa ||
nipapāta śaras tūrṇaṃ nikṛttaḥ karṇasāyakaiḥ ||
chittvā tu samare bāṇaṃ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ||
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ raṇe karṇo vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
pañcabhir droṇaputras tu svayaṃ droṇaś ca saptabhiḥ ||
śalyaś ca navabhir bāṇais tribhir duḥśāsanas tathā ||
That arrow, not yet having reached the teacher's chariot, Karna, O king, cut into twelve pieces, skilled of hand. It, cut into many pieces, O honored one, by the son of the suta, swiftly fell, sliced by Karna's arrows. Having cut the shaft in battle with smooth-jointed arrows, Karna pierced Dhrishtadyumna in the fight with ten arrows. The son of Drona pierced him with five, Drona himself with seven, Shalya with nine arrows, and Duhshasana likewise with three.
7337f6c66b0c · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:49:34 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna saves his teacher by cutting the fatal arrow into twelve pieces: one man's skill turns aside a foretold death — but only postpones it. It is telling that the fate deflected now merely changes its hour and its instrument: Drona will still be slain by Dhrishtadyumna. The verse teaches that what is foreordained can be delayed but not undone; the valor of a devoted friend grants a reprieve, and that reprieve is precious, yet even it has no power to cancel what has been decreed from above.