Shloka 49
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
कर्णो वैकर्तन: सूत प्रत्यपद्यत् किमुत्तरम् । धृतराष्ट्रने पूछा--सूत! काल, अन्तक और यमके समान क्रोधमें भरे हुए अर्जुनको देखकर वैकर्तन कर्णने उन्हें किस प्रकार उत्तर दिया? (कैसे उनका सामना किया) ।। ४८ ६ || यो हास्पर्धत पार्थेन नित्यमेव महारथ:
sañjaya uvāca |
karṇo vaikatanaḥ sūta pratyapadyat kim uttaram |
dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa pṛṣṭaḥ—sūta! kālāntaka-yama-samāna-krodha-bhareṇa arjunena dṛṣṭvā vaikatanaḥ karṇaḥ kathaṃ tam uttaram adāt (kathaṃ vā tasya sāmānaṃ cakāra) ||
yo hy aspardhata pārthena nityam eva mahārathaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “O Sūta, what reply did Karṇa, the son of Vikarṭana, make? When Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked, ‘O Sūta, on seeing Arjuna blazing with wrath like Time, Death, and Yama, how did Karṇa answer him; how did he face him?’—tell me. For Karṇa was the great chariot-warrior who had always challenged Pārtha (Arjuna).”
संजय उवाच