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At that time, Karna told Duryodhana :
"What shall I give you to equal this gift
of a kingdom?"
 
ADI PARVA
 
अत्यन्तं सख्यमिच्छामीत्याह तं स सुयोधनः ।
हर्षाच्चोभौ समाश्लिष्य परां मुदमवापतुः ॥
 
"Friendship unto the very end, I would
have," said Duryodhana to him. Clasping
each other in glee, the two went
 
into raptures.
 
ततस्त्रस्तोचरपटस्सप्रस्वेदस्सवेपथुः ।
विवेशाधिरथो रङ्गं यष्टिप्राणो हुयन्निव ॥
 
Then, with the upper garment slipped,
with profuse perspiration and tremor,
Adhiratha (Karna's foster-father) entered
the arena, supporting himself on a staff
and as if calling (his son ).
 
तमालोक्य धनुस्त्यक्त्वा पितृगौरवयन्त्रितः ।
कर्णोऽभिषेकाईशिराश्शिरसा समवन्दत ॥
 
On seeing him, Karna, bound by his
respect for his father, threw the bow and,
with his head wet with the coronation-water,
bowed.