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कर्ण:-
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THE MAHABHARATA
 
3
 
'न विप्रियं करिष्यामि धार्तराष्ट्रस्य केशव ।
त्यक्तप्राणं हि मां विद्धि दुर्योधनहितैषिणम् ॥'
 
Karna -
 
"Krishna, I will not do that which
will displease Duryodhana;
know me as
having laid down my life for the good
of Duryodhana."
 
अथ सैन्यस्य मध्ये तु प्राक्रोशत्पाण्डवाग्रजः ।
 
'योऽस्मान्वृणोति तमहं वरये साह्यकारणात्' ।
 
Then Yudhisthira said aloud in the midst
 
of the army : "I seek for my aid him
who chooses to join us. "
 
ततो युयुत्सुः कौरव्यान् परित्यज्य सुतांस्तव । *
जगाम पाण्डुपुत्राणां सेनां विश्राव्य दुन्दुभिम् ॥
Then, leaving the sons of Dhritarashtra,
the Kauravas, Yuyutsu went over to
the army of the Pandavas after sounding
the drum.
 
• The account of the battle in the Eple 1s given as
narrated by Sanjaya to the blind Dhritarashtra, who is
addressed here and in the subsequent passages in the
second person. These addresses are omitted in the
Translation or given in the third person.