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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.
 

 
ताबुवुद्यतमहाचापौ 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.