Karna Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नराश्वनागासुहरं भूशाकुलम् हाथियोंके प्राण ले रहा था

English

"Dhritarashtra said, T have heard from thee, O Sanjaya, of many poignant and unbearable griefs as also of the losses sustained by my sons. From what thou hast said unto me, from the manner in which the battle has been fought, it is my certain conviction, O Suta, that the Kauravas are no more. Duryodhana was made earless in that dreadful battle. How did Dharma's son (then) fight, and how did the royal Duryodhana also fight in return? How also occurred that battle which was fought in the afternoon? Tell me all this in detail, for thou art skilled in narration, O Sanjaya.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच कर्ण भृशमुत्स्मयंस्तदा

English

Felling the charioteer from his chariot with an anjalika arrow, he killed Janamejaya's horses; he covered Shatanika and Sutasoma with broad-headed arrows and cut their bows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष मद्रेश्वरो राजा रथाग्रे पर्यवस्थित: राधापुत्र कर्णके घोड़ोंको काबूमें रख रहे हैं

English

He pierced Dhrishtadyumna with six, killed his right horse in battle, and having killed Satyaki's horses, the charioteer's son slew the Kaikeya's son, Vishoka.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वया साक्षान्महादेव: सर्वभूतशिव: शिव:

English

When the prince was slain, the Kaikeya commander of fierce bow rushed at him and struck Karna's son Sushena, much pierced with swift fierce arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य पार्थ प्रसादेन देवदेवस्थ शूलिन: सर्वलोकगुरुर्यस्त्वं तुष्टोसि मधुसूदन

English

Karna by force cut his arms and head with three half-moon arrows; he fell lifeless from the chariot to the ground, like a sala tree felled by axes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाहत्वा समरे कर्ण निवर्तिष्यति फाल्गुन:

English

Sushena, having covered the hero of the Shinis, his horses slain, with sharp swift arrows, dancing as it were, the charioteer's son, struck by Shaineya's arrows, fell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मां वा द्रक्ष्यसि गोविन्द कर्णेन निहतं शरै: ही कर्णके बाणोंसे मरा हुआ देखियेगा

English

With his son slain, Karna, his mind seized by rage, wishing to kill the bull of the Shinis, said "Shaineya, you are slain!" and loosed an arrow that foes could not bear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्जना: कथयिष्यन्ति यावद् भूमिर्धरिष्यति

English

Shikhandin cut that arrow and struck Karna with three each time; Karna cut his bow and banner and with two arrows killed Sujata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्युध्ययौ रथेनाशु गजं प्रतिगजो यथा चोदयाश्वान् हषीकेश कालो5यमतिवर्तते

English

The fierce, self-controlled one pierced Shikhandin with six and struck off Dhrishtadyumna's head; then the great-souled Adhiratha's son pierced Sutasoma with a sharp arrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाहता दिग्भ्य इवोग्रमारुतै:

English

"Sanjaya said, 'When the troops of both armies were engaged in battle, according to their respective divisions, thy son Duryodhana, O king, riding on another car and filled with rage like a snake of virulent poison, beholding king Yudhishthira the just, quickly addressed his own driver, O Bharata, saying, "Proceed, proceed, quickly take me there, O driver, where the royal son of Pandu, clad in mail shineth under yon umbrella held over his head." Thus urged by the king, the driver, in that battle, quickly urged his royal master's goodly car towards the face of Yudhishthira. At this, Yudhishthira also, filled with rage and looking like an infuriate elephant, urged his own driver saying, "Proceed to where Duryodhana is." Then those two heroes and brothers and foremost of car-warriors encountered each other. Both endued with great energy, both filled with wrath, both difficult of defeat in battle, approaching each other, those two great bowmen began to mangle each other with their arrows in that battle. Then king Duryodhana, in that encounter, O sire, with a broad-headed arrow whetted on stone, cut in twain the bow of the virtuous monarch. Filled with rage, Yudhishthira could not brook that insult. Casting aside his broken bow, with eyes red in wrath, Dharma's son took up another bow at the head of his forces, and then cut off Duryodhana' s standard and bow. Duryodhana then, taking up another bow, pierced the son of Pandu. Filled with rage, they continued to shoot showers of shafts at each other. Desirous of vanquishing each other, they resembled a pair of angry lions. They struck each other in that battle like a couple of roaring bulls. Those mighty car-warriors continued to career, expecting to find each other's lapses. Then wounded with shafts sped from bows drawn to their fullest stretch the two warriors, O king, looked resplendent like flowering Kinsukas. They then, O king, repeatedly uttered leonine roars. Those two rulers of men, in that dreadful battle, also made loud sounds with their palms and caused their bows to twang loudly. And they blew their conchs too with great force. And they afflicted each other very much. Then king Yudhishthira, filled with rage, struck thy son in the chest with three irresistible shafts endued with force of thunder. Him, however, thy royal son quickly pierced, in return, with five keen shafts winged with gold and whetted on stone. Then king Duryodhana, O Bharata, hurled a dart capable of slaying everybody, exceedingly keen, and resembling a large blazing brand. As it advanced, king Yudhishthira the just, with sharp shafts, speedily cut it off into three fragments, and then pierced Duryodhana also with five arrows. Equipped with golden staff, and producing a loud whizz, that dart then fell down, and while falling, looked resplendent like a large brand with blazing flames. Beholding the dart baffled, thy son, O monarch, struck Yudhishthira with nine sharp and keen-pointed arrows. Pierced deeply by his mighty foe, that scorcher of foes quickly took up an arrow for aiming it at

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षणाद् विशस्ता: कृतवर्मण: शरै: महान् पर्वतोंके समान प्राणशून्य होकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े

English

Then the hero among men quickly smiled and drove his chariot to Adhiratha's son's chariot, wishing to protect them in fear, Subahu, struck by the leader of chariots.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शितै: शरीरं व्यहनद् द्विपं च तम्

English

Stretching Gandiva with its fierce roar and striking the string hard with his palm, suddenly making a darkness of arrows, he killed elephants, horses, chariots and men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोनोंको घायल कर दिया अपने स्वामीके साथ ही धराशायी हो गया

English

Bhimasena followed him in his chariot, guarding the Pandava, the sole hero, from behind; those two princes, swiftly in their chariots, freed from their foes, went to Karna.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रुतं चतुर्भिश्चरणैव्यपोथयत्

English

In the meantime the charioteer's son made a great battle, crushing the Somakas; he killed throngs of chariots, horses and elephants and covered the quarters with arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पपात नुन्न: सहदेवसूनुना स्तथागता गां विवशा विचूर्णिता:

English

Uttamaujas and Janamejaya, the enraged Yudhamanyu and Shikhandin together roared at Karna with arrows, pressing him together with the Parshata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिर: क्षुरेणाम्बुजसंनिभाननम्

English

Those five Panchala chariot-warriors, attacking Karna Vaikartana with fair arrows, could not dislodge him from his chariot, as senses cannot dislodge a self-controlled man by fortitude.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक क्षुरके द्वारा कलिंगराजकुमारका कमलसदृश मुखवाला मस्तक काट डाला ज॑नार्दनं द्वादशभिश्न॒ सायकै:

English

Cutting their bows, banners, horses, charioteers, quivers and pennants with arrows, he struck those five with arrows and Karna roared like a lion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समीक्ष्य कृष्णं भृशविक्षतं च

English

As he shot and slew them, with the sound of the bow and bowstring, the people sank, thinking the earth with its mountains and trees was splitting.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नमुचिने देवराज इन्द्रपर आक्रमण किया था शितेन विद्ध्वा युधि कर्णपुत्र:

English

With the bow like Shakra's, drawn full, Adhiratha's son loosing arrows shone in the battle, with a circle of blazing rays, like the sun in the rains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नयामि लोकं निशितै: पृषत्कै: अहं हनिष्ये भवतां समक्षम्

English

He pierced Shikhandin with twelve sharp arrows, then Uttamaujas with six, Yudhamanyu with swift three, and the Somaka and Parshata's son with three each.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महं हनिष्येर्जुन आजिमध्ये

English

Those five great chariot-warriors were defeated in the great battle, O revered one, by the charioteer's son, and stood without exertion, tamers of foes, like senses conquered by one master of objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्यैव हन्ता युधि भीमसेन: लक्ष्यं हि कृत्वा वृषसेनमाजौ

English

As merchants with a wrecked ship are lifted from the sea by boats, so the sons of Draupadi lifted their maternal uncles out of the sea of Karna with well-prepared chariots.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मर्मस्वशड्कं प्रहसन् किरीटी

English

Then the bull of the Shinis, cutting the arrows sent by Karna with sharp arrows, split Karna with sharp iron arrows and pierced your eldest son with eight.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथाद् विबाहुर्विशिरा धरायाम् रथात् सुतं सूतज: क्षिप्रकारी

English

Kripa, Bhoja, your son and Karna himself struck him with sharp arrows; the best of the Yadus fought those four like the lord of the daityas with the lords of the quarters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृष्णार्जुनी सहसैवा भ्यधावत्

English

With the bow of equal tension, roaring, drawn hard, rain of immeasurable arrows, Satyaki became very hard to withstand, shining like the sun in mid-sky.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि वृषसेनवधे पठचाशीतितमोध्याय: अयं सरथ आयाति श्वेताश्वः शल्यसारथि:

English

Again the tamers of foes, well armoured, in chariots protected the hero of the Shinis; the Panchala chariots meeting in the great battle were like the Maruts with Shakra in subduing foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्य चैनं समायुक्तं रथं कर्णस्य पाण्डव

English

Then a most dreadful battle took place between your foes and your soldiers, with destruction of chariots, horses and elephants, as of old between the gods and the asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानापताकाकलिलं किड्किणीजालमालिनम् ध्वजं च पश्य कर्णस्य नागकक्षं महात्मन:

English

Chariots, elephants, horses and foot-soldiers wandered, rained on by weapons of many kinds, stumbling, struck by each other, roaring in distress and falling lifeless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्य कर्ण समायान्तं धार्तराष्ट्रप्रियेषिणम्

English

Seeing the situation, your son, the king's younger brother, ran, scattering arrows, at Bhima; Vrikodara rushed at him swiftly, as a lion on a great deer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषं शड्खशब्दं च दारुणम्

English

Then a superhuman battle took place between those two, a gamble with their lives for stake, of the two raging and fierce ones, like Shambara and Shakra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते दीर्यन्ति सगणा: पड्चालानां महारथा: सर्वयत्नेन कौन्तेय हन्तुमहसि सूतजम्

English

With keen, body-ending arrows they struck each other hard, like two great elephants, once rutting, in a time of desire, their minds set on a female.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य कर्णके बाणोंको नहीं सह सकता है

English

Then Vrikodara, in haste, cut your son's bow and banner with two razor-arrows, split his forehead with a feathered arrow and struck off his charioteer's head from his body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदेवासुरगन्धर्वास्त्रील्लॉकान् सचराचरान् भीममुग्र॑ महात्मानं त्र्यक्ष॑ शर्व॑ कपर्दिनम्

English

That prince, taking another bow, pierced Vrikodara with twelve, himself controlling the horses, and rained straight arrows on Bhima again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षणेन कर्णस्य रथाग्रतो5भवत्

English

Duryodhana. The mighty Yudhishthira then placed that arrow on his bow-string. Filled with rage and possessed of great valour, the son of Pandu then shot it at his foe. That arrow, striking thy son, that mighty car-warrior, stupefied him and then (passing through his body) entered the Earth. Then Duryodhana, filled with wrath, uplifting a mace of great impetuosity, rushed at king Yudhishthira the just, for ending the hostilities (that raged between the Kurus and the Pandus). Beholding him armed with that uplifted mace and resembling Yama himself with his bludgeon, king Yudhishthira the just hurled at thy son a mighty dart blazing with splendour, endued with great impetuosity, and looking like a large blazing brand. Deeply pierced in the chest by that dart as he stood on his car, the Kuru prince, deeply pained, fell down and swooned away. Then Bhima, recollecting his own vow, addressed Yudhishthira, saying, "This one should not be slain by thee, O king." At this Yudhishthira abstained from giving his foe the finishing blow. At that time Kritavarma, quickly advancing, came upon thy royal son then sunk in an ocean of calamity. Bhima then, taking up a mace adorned with gold and flaxen chords, rushed impetuously towards Kritavarma in that battle. Thus occurred the battle between thy troops and the foe on that afternoon, O monarch, every one of the combatants being inspired with the desire of victory.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्ण प्रहर्षयिष्यन्त: शड्खान् दध्मुश्न॒ सर्वश: तूर्गशड्खनिनादेन दिश: सर्वा व्यनादयन्

English

Then the high-souled one quickly pierced Bhimasena with many excellent arrows; he, streaming like an elephant in rut, hurled a mace at him in the tumult.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको प्रतिध्वनित करने लगे

English

With it Bhimasena took Duhshasana by force over ten bow-lengths; struck by that swift mace, Duhshasana fell trembling.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाहुशब्हैश्व शूराणां कर्णार्जुनसमागमे भुजाओंपर ताल ठोकनेसे सब ओर भयानक आवाज गूँज उठी

English

His horses and charioteer were slain, O king, and his chariot crushed as it fell; his armour, ornaments, garments and garland shattered, writhing, tormented by great pain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रगृहीतमहाचापौ शरशक्तिध्वजायुतौ

English

Then the mighty Bhimasena, remembering the hostility your sons had practised, leapt from his chariot to the ground and, with effort, fixed his eyes on him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तूणीरवरसम्पन्नौ द्वावप्येती सुदर्शनी चापविद्युद्ध्वजोपेतौ शस्त्रसम्पत्तियोधिनौ

English

Drawing a sharp sword with a good edge, stepping on the throat of the trembling one, he tore open the breast of the fallen man on the ground and drank his warm blood; tasting it again and again, looking at him, enraged, he spoke exceedingly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृष्णशल्यरथोपेतौ तुल्यरूपौ महारथौ

English

"Of mother's milk, of honey and ghee, of fermented honey-drink well made, of divine water, of milk and curd, or the best of churned butter—this taste, I deem, of the enemy's blood is better than all of these today."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिंहस्कन्धप्रतीकाशौ व्यूढोरस्कौ महाबलौ प्रभिन्नाविव मातड़्रौ सुसंरब्धाविवाचलौ

English

Even those who saw Bhimasena then, speaking thus, running again and leaping, greatly delighted, fell down pained in fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रवृत्राविव क्रुद्धौ सूर्याचन्द्रसमप्रभौ

English

And those men who fell there, from whose hands weapons fell, cried out loudly in fear; with eyes shut, they did not see it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रशोकोद्धवं वारि नेत्राभ्यां समवासृजत् ललकारता हुआ रथके द्वारा उनके सामने आया

English

All who saw Bhima there on every side, drinking Duhshasana's blood, fled in terror, saying, "This is not a man."

हिन्दी अर्थ

समेतौ ददृशुस्तत्र द्वाविवार्कों समुदूगतीा

English

In the hearing of the world's heroes he said this: "I drink your blood from your throat, lowest of men; say now, enraged, again 'Cow! Cow!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोगोंने वहाँ उन्हें इस प्रकार देखा, मानो दो सूर्य उदित हुए हों शुशुभाते महात्मानौ चन्द्रादित्यौ यथा दिवि

English

Sleeping on the edge of the pramana tree, the Kalakuta poison for food, bites of serpents, hardship, and burning in the house of lac,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रैलोक्यविजये यत्ताविन्द्रवरोचनाविव

English

the seizing of the kingdom by dice, living in the forest, the unhappiness in battles with bows and arrows and in the house—

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन दोनों वीरोंको आमने-सामने देखकर समस्त सेनाओंको बड़ा विस्मय हुआ तौ रथावभिधावन्तौ समालोक्य महीक्षिताम्

English

these sorrows we know, never joys, because of the wickedness of Dhritarashtra and his sons, always."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हस्तिकक्षं च कर्णस्य वानरं च किरीटिन:

English

Having said these words, O king, victorious, Vrikodara said again, O great king, to the two Krishnas, who smiled:

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिंहनादरवांश्वक्रु: साधुवादां श्व पुष्कलान् चक्रुर्बाहस्वनांश्वैव तथा चैलावधूननम्

English

"What I promised regarding Duhshasana in battle, all that has been done here today, heroes. Today I shall give another, a second: Duryodhana, as a sacrificial beast, having killed him, and crushing the head of the evil-souled one with my foot in the sight of the Kauravas I shall find peace."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ठोकने और कपड़े हिलाने लगे

English

Having said so much, delighted, with limbs drenched in blood, he roared aloud, and the very strong great soul danced as Sahasranetra (Indra) having slain Vritra.