ततो भीताः समुदैक्षन्त कर्णं; राजन् सर्वे सैन्धवा बाह्लिकाश् च ॥
असंमोहं पूजयन्तो ऽस्य संख्ये; संपश्यन्तो विजयं राक्षसस्य ॥
तेनोत्सृष्टा चक्रयुक्ता शतघ्नी; समं सर्वांश् चतुरो ऽश्वाञ् जघान ॥
ते जानुभिर् जगतीम् अन्वपद्यन्; गतासवो निर्दशनाक्षिजिह्वाः ॥
ततो हताश्वाद् अवरुह्य वाहाद्; अन्तर्मनाः कुरुषु प्राद्रवत्सु ॥
दिव्ये चास्त्रे मायया वध्यमाने; नैवामुह्यच् चिन्तयन् प्राप्तकालम् ॥
ततो ऽब्रुवन् कुरवः सर्व एव; कर्णं दृष्ट्वा घोररूपां च मायाम् ॥
शक्त्या रक्षो जहि कर्णाद्य तूर्णं; नश्यन्त्य् एते कुरवो धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥
tato bhītāḥ samudaikṣanta karṇaṃ; rājan sarve saindhavā bāhlikāś ca ||
asaṃmohaṃ pūjayanto 'sya saṃkhye; saṃpaśyanto vijayaṃ rākṣasasya ||
tenotsṛṣṭā cakrayuktā śataghnī; samaṃ sarvāṃś caturo 'śvāñ jaghāna ||
te jānubhir jagatīm anvapadyan; gatāsavo nirdaśanākṣijihvāḥ ||
tato hatāśvād avaruhya vāhād; antarmanāḥ kuruṣu prādravatsu ||
divye cāstre māyayā vadhyamāne; naivāmuhyac cintayan prāptakālam ||
tato 'bruvan kuravaḥ sarva eva; karṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā ghorarūpāṃ ca māyām ||
śaktyā rakṣo jahi karṇādya tūrṇaṃ; naśyanty ete kuravo dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ ||
Then the frightened gazed upon Karna, o king, all the Saindhavas and Bahlikas, honoring his composure in the fight, seeing at the same time the victory of the rakshasa. The wheel-fitted shataghni, hurled by him [Ghatotkacha], killed all four horses at once; they touched the earth with their knees, lifeless, without teeth, eyes, or tongues. Then, having descended from the carriage of slain horses, sunk in thought, while the Kurus fled and the divine weapon was perishing before the sorcery, he [Karna] did not lose his composure, weighing what the hour demanded. Then all the Kurus said, seeing Karna and the dread sorcery: "Slay the rakshasa with the spear, Karna, now indeed! These Kurus, the Dhartarashtras, are perishing."
cc6ff441c62d · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:58:10 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna, stripped of his horses, is "sunk in thought," weighing what the hour demands: even in extremity he does not lose reason, but reflects. It is telling that the Kurus beg him to release at last the dart of Indra — the very weapon kept in reserve for Arjuna. The verse teaches that despair drives men to fateful choices: saving the present hour, they sacrifice the future; and the plea "slay him now" leads Karna to spend the gift without which he will fall in his appointed time.