करिष्यतः किं च नो भीमपार्थौ; तपन्तम् एनं जहि रक्षो निशीथे ॥
यो नः संग्रामाद् घोररूपाद् विमुच्येत्; स नः पार्थान् समरे योधयेत ॥
तस्माद् एनं राक्षसं घोररूपं; जहि शक्त्या दत्तया वासवेन ॥
मा कौरवाः सर्व एवेन्द्रकल्पा; रात्रीमुखे कर्ण नेशुः सयोधाः ॥
स वध्यमानो रक्षसा वै निशीथे; दृष्ट्वा राजन् नश्यमानं बलं च ॥
महच् च श्रुत्वा निनदं कौरवाणां; मतिं दध्रे शक्तिमोक्षाय कर्णः ॥
स वै क्रुद्धः सिंह इवात्यमर्षी; नामर्षयत् प्रतिघातं रणे तम् ॥
शक्तिं श्रेष्ठां वैजयन्तीम् असह्यां; समाददे तस्य वधं चिकीर्षन् ॥
kariṣyataḥ kiṃ ca no bhīmapārthau; tapantam enaṃ jahi rakṣo niśīthe ||
yo naḥ saṃgrāmād ghorarūpād vimucyet; sa naḥ pārthān samare yodhayeta ||
tasmād enaṃ rākṣasaṃ ghorarūpaṃ; jahi śaktyā dattayā vāsavena ||
mā kauravāḥ sarva evendrakalpā; rātrīmukhe karṇa neśuḥ sayodhāḥ ||
sa vadhyamāno rakṣasā vai niśīthe; dṛṣṭvā rājan naśyamānaṃ balaṃ ca ||
mahac ca śrutvā ninadaṃ kauravāṇāṃ; matiṃ dadhre śaktimokṣāya karṇaḥ ||
sa vai kruddhaḥ siṃha ivātyamarṣī; nāmarṣayat pratighātaṃ raṇe tam ||
śaktiṃ śreṣṭhāṃ vaijayantīm asahyāṃ; samādade tasya vadhaṃ cikīrṣan ||
"What will Bhima and Partha do to us? Slay this burning rakshasa at midnight! Whoever would free us from this dread battle, that one would let us fight the Parthas. Therefore slay this dread rakshasa with the spear given by Vasava [Indra]; may not all the Kauravas, Indra-like, perish with their warriors, o Karna, at night's end." He, hard-pressed by the rakshasa at midnight, seeing, o king, the perishing army and hearing the great outcry of the Kauravas, Karna resolved to hurl the spear. He, wrathful, like a lion, impatient, could not bear that check in the fight; the finest spear, Vaijayanti, unbearable, he took up, intending his destruction.
811ab4042aae · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:58:10 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna resolves to release the dart of Indra — a weapon that strikes but once, meant for Arjuna — to save the army this one night. It is telling that he sacrifices his sole sure defense against Arjuna for a momentary deliverance of the Kurus. The verse teaches that duty toward the many sometimes demands giving up one's last resource; and in this choice lies Karna's tragedy: saving others, he dooms himself, for without this dart he will fall by Arjuna's hand.