Shloka 723
कर्ण च पार्थ च विलोकयन्तः खस्था महीस्थाश्न जनावतस्थु: । परस्पर जूझते हुए उन दोनों शत्रुनाशक एवं प्रधान शूरवीर कर्ण और अर्जुनको देखकर उन्हींकी ओर दृष्टि लगाये आकाश और भूतलमें ठहरे हुए सभी दर्शक अपनी-अपनी जगह स्थिरभावसे खड़े रहे
karṇaṃ ca pārthaṃ ca vilokayantāḥ khasthā mahīsthāś ca janāvatastḥuḥ | parasparaṃ yudhyamānau tau śatru-nāśakau pradhānau śūra-vīrau karṇa-arjunau dṛṣṭvā te sarve sva-sva-sthāne sthira-bhāvena tasthuḥ ||
Sañjaya said: As they watched Karṇa and Pārtha (Arjuna) locked in combat, all the onlookers—those stationed in the sky and those on the earth—fixed their gaze upon those two foremost, enemy-destroying heroes. Overwhelmed by the gravity of the duel, each remained motionless in his own place, as if the world itself paused to witness the clash of prowess and fate.
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