Mahābhārata

Sanjaya said: Seeing his maternal uncle thus insulted by the son of the charioteer, Karna's son quickly raised his sword and rushed forward. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Ashvatthama said: O Karna, look, O wicked one, O worst of men, stand now. I shall today remove your head from your body, O wicked one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Sānjaya said: When he leapt up with speed, King Duryódhana himself, and Kripa, best of men, O great king, stopped him. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Karna said: This is a hero, a boastful warrior, a wicked-minded, low-caste brahmin. Let him test my prowess. Release him, best of the Kur ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Ashvatthama said: This is forgiven by us, son of a suta, you who are extremely wicked. This arrogance of yours will be destroyed by Phalguna. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Duryodhana said: O Ashvatthama, be pleased. O you who deserve respect, you should forgive. Anger should never be directed towards the son of a charioteer ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O Karna, Kripa, Drona, King of the Madras, and Soubala, a great task depends on you. Be gracious, O best of Brahmanas. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

For all these are eager to fight with Radheya. The Pandavas are coming, O Brahman, challenging from all sides. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Sānjaya said: And the valiant Karna, best of charioteers, raised his bow, surrounded by the foremost of the Kurus, like Indra by the hosts ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then the battle began between Karna and the Pandavas, roaring with the roars of lions, O great king. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, O king, the Pandavas and the glorious Panchalas, seeing the mighty-armed Karna, raised a loud shout. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Where is Karna? Where is Karna? Stand, Karna, in this great battle. Fight with us, O wicked one, O worst of men. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Others, seeing Radheya, with eyes red with anger, said: "Let this arrogant son of a charioteer, of little intelligence, be killed!" ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

What need is there for this man to live, when all the tigers among kings are dead? This man is the enemy of the Parthas, a wicked man, always. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This is the root of all evil, established in Duryodhana's mind. The Kshatriyas rushed forward, saying, "Kill him!" ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The great warriors, covering him with a great shower of arrows, were urged by the son of Pandu to kill the son of the charioteer. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Seeing all those great warriors running away, the son of the charioteer was not distressed and did not become frightened. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Seeing that city-like army, a sea of soldiers, Desiring to delight your sons, invincible in battle, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The powerful and swift-acting one, with a shower of arrows, repulsed that army from all sides, O bull among the Bharatas. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then with a shower of arrows they warded off the kings. Shaking their bows hundreds and thousands of times, They fought with Radheya, like the hosts of demons with Indra. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

But Karna, with the other kings, repelled the shower of arrows with a great shower of arrows. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

That battle took place between them, desiring to do and undo, as in the battle of the gods and demons, of Indra with the demons. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

There we saw the wonderful lightness of the son of the charioteer, that in battle he was not reached by the enemy who were intent on him. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having warded off those showers of arrows, the great warrior of the kings, in bows, arrows, umbrellas, flags, and horses, Radheya sent forth sharp arrows marked with his ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then those kings, oppressed by Karna, became agitated, wandering here and there like cows afflicted by cold. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

We saw groups of horses, elephants and chariots being killed here and there, and groups of men being killed by Karna. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O king, the earth was covered everywhere with heads and arms fallen down, of the heroes who did not retreat. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And those who were killed, and those who were being killed, and those who were groaning everywhere, The battlefield became terrible, resembling the city of Yama. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then King Duryodhana, seeing Karna's valor, approached Ashvatthama and spoke these words: ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He is fighting in the battle, armed with all the kings. Look at this army running away, oppressed by Karna's arrows, like the Asura army destroyed by Kartikey ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Seeing this army defeated in battle by the wise Karna, this Bibhatsu is advancing, desiring to kill the son of the charioteer. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

As long as the Pāṇḍavas see the son of the charioteer, the great warrior, the Pāṇḍava will not kill him in battle. Let this be ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then Drona's son, Kripa, Shalya, and the great warrior Hardikya, went out to meet Partha in order to protect the son of the charioteer. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

When he saw Kounteya coming, like the demon Vritra against the gods, Karna then advanced against him, as powerful Indra against Vritra. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Dhritarashtra said: Seeing the angry Phalguna, equal to Death and Yama, What reply did Karna, the son of the sun, give, O charioteer? ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

That great warrior was always jealous of Partha, and he hoped to defeat Bibhatsu in a very terrible battle. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

But what reply did Karna, the son of the sun, make to that sudden and always hostile attack? ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Sanjaya said: Seeing the Pandava coming like an elephant towards another elephant, Karna, more composed, advanced towards Dhananjaya. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The son of Pandu, the scorcher of enemies, repelled the swift-falling Karna with his straight-flying arrows. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O friend, Karna covered him with a net of arrows, and angrily pierced him with three straight-flying arrows. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The very powerful Partha could not tolerate that lightness of his. He shot at him arrows sharpened on stone, straight-flying and straight-pointed. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The destroyer of enemies sent thirty (arrows) to the son of the charioteer, And the valiant one pierced him with one arrow in anger. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

With a powerful arrow in his left hand, he laughed as if. When he was struck, the bow fell from his hand with force. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Again taking up that bow, the immensely powerful one, in half a moment, Covered Phalguna with a shower of arrows, as if he had practiced. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O descendant of Bharata, Dhananjaya, smiling as it were, destroyed that shower of arrows released by the son of the charioteer with a shower of his own arrows. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Those two, having met each other, O king, covered each other with a shower of arrows, those great archers, seeking to do and counter-do. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

That battle between Karna and Pandava was wonderful in the battlefield, like that of two wild elephants fighting for a female elephant. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then Partha, the great archer, seeing Karna's valor, quickly cut his bow at the grip. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

With four arrows he sent the four horses to Yama's abode. The enemy-scorcher severed the charioteer's head from his body. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, when his bow was broken, his horses slain, and his charioteer killed, Partha, the son of Pandu, pierced him with four arrows. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The bull among men, wounded by arrows, quickly jumped down from his chariot when his horses were killed, and quickly climbed onto Kripa's chariot. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Seeing Radha's son defeated, O bull among the Bharatas, your troops, struck by Dhananjaya's arrows, fled in the ten directions. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Seeing them running away, King Duryodhana said to them: "He turned them back and spoke these words:" ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Enough of your running away, O heroes! Stand firm, O bulls among the Kṣatriyas! I myself shall go to the battle to kill the Pāṇḍavas. I ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Today, while I fight with the wielder of the Gandiva bow, the Parthas will see my valor, like the end of the age. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Today, thousands of my arrows will be released, the warriors will see them in battle, like swarms of locusts. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Today, in the battle, the soldiers will see the rain of arrows from my bow, like the rain from a cloud at the end of the summer. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

"I shall today defeat Partha in battle with arrows with bent joints." "Stand in battle, O heroes, abandon fear from Phālguna." ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having attained my prowess, Phālguna will not be able to bear it, just as the ocean, the abode of sharks, cannot bear the shore. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having said this, the king departed, surrounded by a great army, towards Phalguna, his eyes red with anger, difficult to approach. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Seeing the mighty-armed one departing, Sharadvat's son, approaching Ashvatthama, spoke these words: ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This king, of mighty arms, is impatient, intoxicated with anger, and wishes to fight with Phālguna, adopting the conduct of a moth. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

As long as we see him, united with Partha, taking our lives, the tiger among men should not abandon us. O Kaurava, restrain him. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

As long as the range of Phalguna's arrows is not reached, The heroic Kaurava king should quickly stop him. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

As long as the king is not reduced to ashes by the terrible arrows of Partha, resembling serpents, let the battle be stopped. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

I see it as improper, O you who are honored by men, that the king should go to fight with the Pāṇḍavas alone, while we are standing by. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

I think the life of the son of Kuru is difficult to obtain, while he is fighting with Partha, like an elephant with a tiger. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Thus addressed by his maternal uncle, Ashvatthama, the best of warriors, hurriedly spoke these words to Duryodhana: ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

While I am alive, O son of Gandhāri, you should not go to war. O son of the Kurus, disregarding me, who have always wished for your welfare, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

You should not be anxious about Partha's victory. I will restrain Partha. Stay here, Suyodhana. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Duryodhana said: The teacher protects the sons of Pandu as if they were his own sons. You too are always indifferent to them, O best of Brahmanas. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Or it is because of my bad luck that your valour is small in battle, or it is for the sake of the love of the king of righteousness, or for Droupadi, we ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Shame on me, the greedy one, for whose sake all my kinsmen, who deserve happiness, have to undergo the greatest suffering, O unconquered one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Who is the foremost of the wielders of weapons, equal to Mahesvara in battle, who would be able to destroy enemies if not the son of Gautami? ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O Ashvatthama, be pleased. Destroy these enemies of mine. Even the gods are not able to stand in the range of your weapon, O sinless one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O son of Drona, kill the Panchalas and the Somakas along with their followers. We, protected by you, shall kill the rest. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

These Soma-born Brahmanas, the glorious Panchalas, are roaming about in my army, like a forest fire. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O mighty one, O best of men, restrain them and the Kekayas. Formerly, when protected by the crested one, they did everything. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O my lord, whether at the beginning or at the end, this is your deed. O mighty-armed one, you have been born for the destruction of the Panchalas. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

You will make the entire world free from the Pāñcālas, O Achyuta. Thus the words of the Siddhas were spoken, and it will be so. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The gods with Indra will not be able to stand in the range of your weapons. What then of the sons of Pritha and the Panchālas? This is the truth of my words ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.