कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
एवं तस्मिन् महाराज कल्पिते रथसत्तमे । देवैर्मनुजशार्दूल द्विषतामभिमर्दने,पुरुषसिंह! महाराज! इस प्रकार देवताओंद्वारा शत्रुओंका मर्दन करनेवाले उस श्रेष्ठ रथका निर्माण हो जानेपर भगवान् शंकरने उसके ऊपर अपने मुख्य-मुख्य अस्त्र-शस्त्र रख दिये और ध्वजदण्डको आकाशव्यापी बनाकर उसके ऊपर अपने वृषभ नन्दीको स्थापित कर दिया
evaṁ tasmin mahārāja kalpite rathasattame | devair manujaśārdūla dviṣatām abhimardane || puruṣasiṁha mahārāja | evaṁ devaiḥ śatrūṇāṁ mardana-kṣame tasmin śreṣṭhe rathe nirmite bhagavān śaṅkaraḥ tasya upari svāni mukhya-mukhyāni astrāṇi śastrāṇi ca nyadhāt | dhvajadaṇḍaṁ cākāśavyāpiṇaṁ kṛtvā tasya upari vṛṣabhaṁ nandinaṁ pratiṣṭhāpya ||
Duryodhana said: “O great king, O tiger among men, crusher of foes—when that finest of chariots had thus been fashioned by the gods, the blessed Lord Śaṅkara placed upon it his foremost weapons, and, making its flagstaff reach the very sky, he set his bull Nandin upon it.”
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