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DRONA PARVA
 
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अथ कर्णः पुनर्द्रोणमाहार्जुनिशराहतः ।
'स्थातव्यमिति तिष्ठामि पीडय मानोऽभिमन्युना ॥
 
Hit by the arrows of
 
Arjuna's son,
 
Karna said to Drona then : Because I
must stand, I am standing here, afflicted
as I am by Abhimanyu."
 
""
 
तमाचार्योऽब्रवीत्कर्ण शनकैः प्रहसन्निव ।
 
'अभेद्यमस्य कवचं युवा चाशुपराक्रमः ।
अथैनं विमुखीकृत्य पश्चात्प्रहरणं कुरु ।
सधनुष्को न शक्योऽयमपि जेतुं सुरासुरैः ।
विरथं विधनुष्कं च कुरुष्वैनं यदीच्छसि ॥ "
 
""
 
Smiling a little, the preceptor Drona said
in a low voice to Karna, who had spoken so :
His armour is unbreakable; he is young
and swift in (the display of ) his valour.
(So) make him turn back, and then strike.
(Armed) with his bow, he cannot be con-
quered even by the gods and the demons
If you wish (to vanquish him), deprive
him of his chariot and bow."
 
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