Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /337

DRONA PARVA
 
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अथ कर्णः पुनर्द्रोणमाहार्जुनिशराहतः ।

'स्थातव्यमिति तिष्ठामि पीडड्य 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."
 
""
 

 
तमाचार्योऽब्रवीत्कर्णणं 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 :
""
 
SmiliHis armour is unbreakable; he is young a little, the
and swift in (the dispreceptor Drona said
in a lowlay of ) his 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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