यासौ राजन् निहिता वर्षपूगान्; वधायाजौ सत्कृता फल्गुनस्य ॥
यां वै प्रादात् सूतपुत्राय शक्रः; शक्तिं श्रेष्ठां कुण्डलाभ्यां निमाय ॥
तां वै शक्तिं लेलिहानां प्रदीप्तां; पाशैर् युक्ताम् अन्तकस्येव रात्रिम् ॥
मृत्योः स्वसारं ज्वलिताम् इवोल्कां; वैकर्तनः प्राहिणोद् राक्षसाय ॥
ताम् उत्तमां परकायापहन्त्रीं; दृष्ट्वा सौतेर् बाहुसंस्थां ज्वलन्तीम् ॥
भीतं रक्षो विप्रदुद्राव राजन्; कृत्वात्मानं विन्ध्यपादप्रमाणम् ॥
दृष्ट्वा शक्तिं कर्णबाह्वन्तरस्थां; नेदुर् भूतान्य् अन्तरिक्षे नरेन्द्र ॥
ववुर् वातास् तुमुलाश् चापि राजन्; सनिर्घाता चाशानिर् गां जगाम ॥
yāsau rājan nihitā varṣapūgān; vadhāyājau satkṛtā phalgunasya ||
yāṃ vai prādāt sūtaputrāya śakraḥ; śaktiṃ śreṣṭhāṃ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ nimāya ||
tāṃ vai śaktiṃ lelihānāṃ pradīptāṃ; pāśair yuktām antakasyeva rātrim ||
mṛtyoḥ svasāraṃ jvalitām ivolkāṃ; vaikartanaḥ prāhiṇod rākṣasāya ||
tām uttamāṃ parakāyāpahantrīṃ; dṛṣṭvā sauter bāhusaṃsthāṃ jvalantīm ||
bhītaṃ rakṣo vipradudrāva rājan; kṛtvātmānaṃ vindhyapādapramāṇam ||
dṛṣṭvā śaktiṃ karṇabāhvantarasthāṃ; nedur bhūtāny antarikṣe narendra ||
vavur vātās tumulāś cāpi rājan; sanirghātā cāśānir gāṃ jagāma ||
That [spear], o king, kept for years, cherished for slaying Phalguna [Arjuna] in battle, which Shakra [Indra] gave to the son of the suta — the finest spear, exchanged for the earrings — that spear, licking with flame, blazing, fitted with snares like the night of Antaka, sister of death, like a blazing meteor, Vaikartana hurled at the rakshasa. Seeing that finest one, destroyer of enemies' bodies, blazing in Sauti's [Karna's] hand, the frightened rakshasa fled, o king, making himself the size of a Vindhya tree. Seeing the spear in Karna's hands, beings cried out in the sky, o lord of men; tumultuous winds blew, o king, and with a crash the thunderbolt went into the earth.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The spear, exchanged by Karna for his own earrings and kept for years for Arjuna, is hurled at Ghatotkacha: what was reserved for the decisive foe is spent on another. It is telling that nature itself shudders — this is the turning of fate. The verse teaches that certain gifts are given once, for a single purpose; and whoever, yielding to the need of the hour, squanders what was kept for the decisive moment loses it forever — and with it, his last defense in the hour appointed by fate.