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348
 
THE MAHABHARATA
 
Hearing these words, Karna, with eyes
red with anger, went against his enemy,
calling Arjuna to a fight.
अथाब्रवीद्
 
द्रोणसुतस्तवात्मजं
 
करं करेण प्रतिपीडय सान्त्वयन् ।
'प्रसीद दुर्योधन शाम्य पाण्डवै
रलं विरोधेन घिगस्तु विग्रहम् ' ॥
 
Then, clasping his hand, and pacifying
Duryodhana, Asvatthaman said : "Please,
 
Duryodhana, make
 
with
 
the
 
Pandavas ;
 
enough
 
enmity; fie
 
upon war."
 
दुर्योधनः-
"
 
peace
 
of
 
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'निहत्य दुश्शासनमुक्तवान्बहु
प्रहस्य शार्दूलवदेष दुर्मतिः ।
वृकोदरस्तद्धृदये मम स्थितं
 
न तत्परोक्षं भवतः कुतश्शमः ॥ '
 
Duryodhana-
"What that wicked Bhima, laughing, and
like a leopard, spoke at length after
killing Dussasana, remains fixed
 
in my
 
heart;
that was not said in your absence;
how can there be peace ?"