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ADI PARVA
45
Then, Karna, embraced by Duryodhana
along with his brothers, stood ready for
fight, taking the bow with the arrow.
धार्तराष्ट्रा यतः कर्णस्तस्मिन्देशे व्यवस्थिताः ।
भारद्वाजः कृपो भीष्मो यतः पार्थस्ततोऽभवन् ॥
Where Karna was, there the sons of
Dhritarashtra stood ; where Arjuna was,
there Drona, Kripa and Bhishma.
द्विधा रङ्गस्समभवत् स्त्रीणां द्वैधमजायत ॥
The stadium became divided into two;
division came among the ladies.
ताबुद्यतमहाचापौ कृपश्शारद्वतोऽब्रवीत् ॥
Kripa, son of Saradvat, addressed those
two, Arjuna and Karna, who had taken up
their great bows :
'अयं पृथायास्तनयः कनीयान्पाण्डुनन्दनः ।
कौरवो भवता सार्धं द्वन्द्वयुद्धं करिष्यति ॥
" (Karna! ), this younger son of Pandu,
born of Kunti and the scion of the Kuru
line, shall fight a duel with you.
45
Then, Karna, embraced by Duryodhana
along with his brothers, stood ready for
fight, taking the bow with the arrow.
धार्तराष्ट्रा यतः कर्णस्तस्मिन्देशे व्यवस्थिताः ।
भारद्वाजः कृपो भीष्मो यतः पार्थस्ततोऽभवन् ॥
Where Karna was, there the sons of
Dhritarashtra stood ; where Arjuna was,
there Drona, Kripa and Bhishma.
द्विधा रङ्गस्समभवत् स्त्रीणां द्वैधमजायत ॥
The stadium became divided into two;
division came among the ladies.
ताबुद्यतमहाचापौ कृपश्शारद्वतोऽब्रवीत् ॥
Kripa, son of Saradvat, addressed those
two, Arjuna and Karna, who had taken up
their great bows :
'अयं पृथायास्तनयः कनीयान्पाण्डुनन्दनः ।
कौरवो भवता सार्धं द्वन्द्वयुद्धं करिष्यति ॥
" (Karna! ), this younger son of Pandu,
born of Kunti and the scion of the Kuru
line, shall fight a duel with you.