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THE MAHABHARATA
 
Krishna told Arjuna then : "Cut off this
enemy's head with an arrow." Accord-
ingly, giving respect to those words of the
Lord, Arjuna cut off the head of Karna.
 
पाञ्चजन्यस्य निर्घोषो देवदत्तस्य चोभयोः ।
पृथिवीमन्तरिक्षं च दिशश्च समपूरयत् ॥
 
The great noise of both the Pancha-
janya and the Devadatta, (the conches of
Krishna and Arjuna), filled the earth, the
sky and the quarters.
 
इते वैकर्तने कर्णे कुरवो भयपीडिताः ।
 
वीक्षमाणा दिशस्सर्वाः पलायन्त सहस्रशः ॥
 
When Karna, son of the sun-god had
been killed, the fear-stricken Kauravas
turned to all quarters and fled in their
thousands.
 
॥ इति कर्णपर्व समाप्तम् ॥
 
THUS ENDS THE KARNA PARVA.