Shloka 16
Adhyāya 35 — Bhīmasena’s Counter-Encirclement and the Karṇa Engagement Escalation
त॑ं रथस्थं महाबाहुं युद्धायामिततेजसम्,कुरुष्वाधिरथे वीर मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् | युद्धके लिये रथपर बैठे हुए अमिततेजस्वी महाबाहु राधापुत्र कर्णसे दुर्योधनने इस प्रकार कहा--“वीर! अधिरथकुमार! युद्धस्थलमें द्रोणाचार्य और भीष्म भी जिसे न कर सके, वही दुष्कर कर्म तुम सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंके देखते-देखते कर डालो
taṁ rathasthaṁ mahābāhuṁ yuddhāyāmitatejasam | kuruṣvādhirathe vīra miṣatāṁ sarvadhanvinām ||
Sañjaya said: “O hero, son of Adhiratha!” As Karṇa—mighty-armed, of immeasurable splendor—sat upon his chariot ready for battle, Duryodhana addressed him thus: “Perform, before the very eyes of all the bowmen, that difficult deed in the battlefield which even Droṇa and Bhīṣma could not accomplish.”
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