Shloka 673
मुज्चाभिविद्धयर्जुनमाशु कर्ण बाणै: पुरा हन्ति कुरून् समग्रान् । अर्जुनकी मार खाते हुए कौरव-सैनिक चारों ओरसे कर्णको पुकारने लगे--'कर्ण! शीघ्र बाण छोड़ो और अर्जुनको घायल कर डालो। कहीं ऐसा न हो कि ये पहले ही समस्त कौरवोंका वध कर डालें”
muñcābhividdhy arjunam āśu karṇa bāṇaiḥ purā hanti kurūn samagrān | arjunakī mār khāte hue kaurava-sainik cāroṃ or se karṇako pukārane lage—“karṇa! śīghra bāṇ chōṛo aur arjunako ghāyal kar ḍālo. kahīṃ aisā na ho ki ye pahale hī samasta kauravoṃkā vadha kar ḍāleṃ.”
Sañjaya said: As they were being cut down by Arjuna, the Kaurava soldiers cried out to Karṇa from all sides: “Karṇa, quickly let fly your arrows and wound Arjuna! Otherwise he may first slaughter all the Kauravas.” The scene lays bare the panic of a collapsing host and their urgent reliance on a single champion to check Arjuna’s devastating momentum.
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