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The MahabharataofKrishna-Dwaipayana VyasaBOOK 8Karna-parvaTranslated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit TextbyKisari Mohan Ganguli[1883-1896]Scanned and Proofed by Mantra Caitanya. Additional proofing andformatting at sacred-texts.com, by J. B. Hare, October 2003.1Om! Having bowed down unto Narayana, and unto that most exalted of malebeings, Nara, and unto the goddess Sarasvati also, must the word Jaya beuttered.Vaishampayana said, "After Drona had been slain, O monarch, the royalwarriors (of the Kaurava army) headed by Duryodhana, with hearts filledwith great anxiety, all repaired to Drona's son. Lamenting the loss ofDrona, and deprived of energy in consequence of their cheerlessness, theysat around the son of Sharadvata's daughter, afflicted with grief.Comforted for a little while by considerations founded upon thescriptures, when night came, those rulers of Earth proceeded to theirrespective tents. Those lords of Earth, however, O thou of Kuru's race,could feel no happiness in their abodes. Thinking of that immenseslaughter, they could not also sleep. The Suta's son (Karna), and kingSuyodhana and Duhshasana and Shakuni, in special, could not composethemselves to sleep. Those four passed that night together inDuryodhana's tent, reflecting upon the woes they had inflicted upon thehigh-souled Pandavas. Formerly they had brought Draupadi, plunged intowoe on account of the match at dice, into the assembly. Recollecting itthey experienced great regret, their hearts being filled with anxiety.Thinking of those sufferings inflicted (upon the Pandavas) in consequenceof the gambling match they passed that night in sorrow, O king, as if itwere really a hundred years. Then when morning came, observing thedictates of the ordinance, all of them duly went through the customaryrites. Having gone through these customary rites, and comforted to someextent, O Bharata, they ordered their troops to be arrayed, and then cameout for battle, having made Karna their generalissimo by tying theauspicious thread round his wrists, and having caused many foremost ofbrahmanas, by presents of vessels of curds, clarified butter, akshatas,coins of gold, kine, jewels and gems, and costly robes, to pray for theirvictory, and having caused heralds and musicians, and panegyrists toadore them with hymns about victory. The Pandavas also, O king, havinggone through their morning rites, issued from their camp, resolved onbattle. Then commenced a fierce battle, making the hair to stand on end,between the Kurus and the Pandavas, each desirous of vanquishing theother. During the commandership of Karna, the battle that took placebetween the Kuru and the Pandava troops was exceedingly fierce and lastedfor two days. Then Vrisha (Karna) having made an immense slaughter of hisenemies in battle, was at last slain in the sight of the Dhartarashtras,by Arjuna. Then Sanjaya, repairing to Hastinapura told Dhritarashtra allthat had happened at Kurujangala."Janamejaya said, "Having heard of the fall of Bhishma and that othermighty car-warrior, Drona, the old king Dhritarashtra the son of Ambikahad been afflicted with great grief. How, O foremost of brahmanas, couldhe, plunged into grief, support his life having heard of the death ofKarna, that well-wisher of Duryodhana? How indeed, could that descendantof Kuru support his life when he, upon whom that monarch had rested thehope of his sons' victory, had fallen? When the king did not lay down hislife even after hearing of Karna's death, I think that it is verydifficult for men to yield up life even under circumstances of greatgrief! O brahmana, when the king did not yield up his life after hearingof the fall of the venerable son of Shantanu, of Bahlika and Drona andSomadatta and Bhurishrava, as also other friends and his sons andgrandsons, I think, O regenerate one, that the act of yielding up one'slife is exceedingly difficult! Tell me all these in detail and as theyactually happened! I am not satiated with hearing the high achievementsof my ancestors!"2Vaishampayana said, "Upon the fall of Karna, O monarch, the son ofGavalgana, with a cheerless heart, set out that night for Nagapura, onsteeds that rivalled the wind in speed. Arrived at Hastinapura, with aheart filled with deep anxiety, he proceeded to Dhritarashtra's abodewhich no longer teemed with kinsmen and friends. Beholding the kingdeprived of all energy by grief, joining his hands he worshipped, with abend of his head, the monarch's feet. Having duly worshipped kingDhritarashtra, he uttered an exclamation of woe and then began, 'I amSanjaya, O lord of Earth! Art thou not happy? I hope thou art notstupefied, having through thy own faults fallen into such distress?Counsels for thy good had been uttered by Vidura and Ganga's son andKeshava. I hope thou feelest no pain now, remembering thy rejection ofthose counsels? Counsels for thy good had also been uttered in theassembly by Rama and Narada and Kanwa and others. I hope thou feelest nopain now, remembering their rejection by thee? I hope thou feelest nopain, remembering the slaughter in battle, by the foe, of Bhishma andDrona and others, those friends that were ever engaged in thy good?' Untothe Suta's son who with joined hands was telling him so, the monarchafflicted with grief and drawing a long and hot breath, said these words."Dhritarashtra said, 'Hearing, O Sanjaya, of the fall of the heroic sonof Ganga, that warrior of all celestial weapons, as also of the fall ofthat foremost of all bowmen, Drona, my heart feeleth great pain! Thathero endued with great energy and born of the Vasus themselves, who slewevery day 10,000 car-warriors clad in mail, that high-souled one untowhom Bhrigu's son had given the highest weapons, that warrior who in hischildhood had been trained in the science of the bow by Rama, alas, evenhe hath been slain by Yajnasena's son Shikhandi protected by thePandavas! At this my heart is greatly pained! That hero through whosegrace those mighty car-warriors, the royal sons of Kunti, as also manyother lords of Earth, have become maharathas, alas, hearing of theslaughter of that great bowman of sure aim, Drona, by Dhrishtadyumna, myheart is exceedingly pained! Those two had not in the world a personequal to them in (knowledge and use of) the four kinds of weapons! Alas,hearing of the slaughter of these two, Bhishma and Drona, in battle myheart is exceedingly pained! That warrior who had not in the three worldsa person equal to him in knowledge of weapons, alas, hearing of theslaughter of that hero, Drona, what did the people of my side do? Afterthe high-souled son of Pandu, Dhananjaya, exerting himself with prowess,had despatched unto Yama's abode the strong force of the samsaptakas,after the Narayana weapon of the intelligent son of Drona had beenbaffled, and after the (Kaurava) divisions had begun to fly away, what,indeed, did the people of my side do? I think that, after Drona's deathmy troops, flying away and sinking in an ocean of grief, resembledshipwrecked mariners struggling on the bosom of the vast deep. What also,O Sanjaya, became the colour of the faces of Duryodhana, and Karna, andKritavarma the chief of the Bhojas and Shalya, the ruler of the Madras,and of my remaining sons, and of the others, when the Kuru divisions fledaway from the field? Tell me all this as it truly happened in battle, Oson of Gavalgana, and describe to me the prowess put forth by thePandavas and the warriors of my side!""Sanjaya said, 'O sire, hearing all that has happened unto the Kauravasthrough thy fault, thou shouldst not feel any anguish! He that is wisenever feeleth any pain at what Destiny bringeth! And since Destiny isunconquerable, human purposes may or may not become attainable. Hence, hethat is wise never feeleth pain on the acquisition or the reverse of theobjects cherished by him."Dhritarashtra said, 'I do not feel great pain, O Sanjaya! I regard allthis to be the result of Destiny! Tell me all that thou wishest!'"3"Sanjaya said, 'Upon the fall of the great bowman Drona, thy sons, thosemighty car-warriors, became pale and deprived of their senses. Armed withweapons, all of them, O monarch, hung down their heads. Afflicted withgrief and without looking at one another, they stood perfectly silent.Beholding them with such afflicted countenances, thy troops, O Bharata,themselves perturbed by grief, vacantly gazed upwards. Seeing Drona slainin battle, the weapons of many of them, O king, dyed with blood, droppedfrom their hands. Innumerable weapons, again, O Bharata, still retainedin the grasp of the soldiers, seemed in their pendent attitude, toresemble falling meteors in the sky. Then king Duryodhana, O monarch,beholding that army of thine thus standing as if paralysed and lifeless,said, "Relying upon the might of your army I have summoned the Pandavasto battle and caused this passage-at-arms to commence! Upon the fall ofDrona, however, the prospect seems to be cheerless. Warriors engaged inbattle all die in battle. Engaged in battle, a warrior may have eithervictory or death. What can be strange then in this (viz., the death ofDrona)? Fight ye with faces turned towards every direction. Behold nowthe high-souled Karna, the son of Vikartana, that great bowman of mightystrength, careering in battle, using his celestial weapons! Through fearof that warrior in battle, that coward, viz., Dhananjaya, the son ofKunti, always turns back like a small deer at the sight of a lion! It ishe who, by the ordinary methods of human battle, brought the mightyBhimasena endued with the strength of 10,000 elephants to that plight... [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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