Shloka 5
कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62
सेनानिवेशमार्च्छन्तं मार्गणै: क्षतविक्षतम् । यमयोर्मध्यगं वीरं शनैर्यान्तं विचेतसम्,उस समय वीर युधिष्ठिर बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत होकर अचेत-से हो रहे थे और नकुल- सहदेवके बीचमें होकर धीरे-धीरे छावनीकी ओर जा रहे थे। उस अवस्थामें राजा युधिष्ठिरके पास पहुँचकर सूतपुत्र कर्णने दुर्योधनके हितकी इच्छासे परम उत्तम तीन तीखे बाणोंद्वारा उन्हें पुन: घायल कर दिया
senāniveśam ārcchantam mārgaiḥ kṣata-vikṣatam | yamayor madhyagaṃ vīraṃ śanair yāntaṃ vicetasam ||
Sañjaya said: “Wounded and torn by arrows, the hero was making his way toward the army-camp. Moving slowly, with his senses clouded, he went between the twin brothers (Nakula and Sahadeva). At that time, Karṇa—the charioteer’s son—approached King Yudhiṣṭhira with the intention of serving Duryodhana’s cause and struck him again with three exceptionally fine, sharp arrows.”
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