3 “Sanjaya said, ‘Upon the fall of the great bowman Drona, thy sons, those mighty car-warriors, became pale and deprived of their senses. Armed with weapons, all of them, O monar... Read more
BOOK 8 Karna-parva 1 Om! Having bowed down unto Narayana, and unto that most exalted of male beings, Nara, and unto the goddess Sarasvati also, must the word Jaya be uttered. Vaishampayana s... Read more
466. In Hindu mythology, solar eclipses are caused by Rahu’s attempts at swallowing the Sun. 467. Budha is Mercury, and Sukra is Venus. 468. Both the Bombay and the Bengal texts repeat... Read more
431. The Bengal reading is tatas kruddhar. The Bombay reading is vachas kruram. I adopt the latter. 432. The last word of this verse in the Bengal text is Sanjaya; in the Bombay text, it is... Read more
SECTION V “Sanjaya said, ‘Beholding that tiger among men, viz., Karna, mounted on his car, Duryodhana, O king, filled with joy, said these words, ‘This host, protected by t... Read more
391. A fabulous aquatic animal resembling an alligator. 392. Formed after the shape of the hawk. 393. The Bengal reading is ‘Yudhi sandhaya’. The Bombay reading is ‘pratisa... Read more
351. The sense is that Arjuna representing one force, and Bhishma another, the two forces seemed to mingle, into one another, like one bolt of heaven against another, as one may say. 352. Ap... Read more
321. These fences were made of iguana skins and cased the hands of the bowmen up to a few inches of the elbow-joint. 322. Nimitta is explained by Nilakantha as the mark of object aimed at. D... Read more
291. ‘That’ evidently refers to sacrifice, penance, and gift, in the clause before. The commentators, however, suggest that it may, besides, refer to Brahma. I am myself not sure... Read more
266. Karya-karana-karttritwa is explained by both Sankara and Sreedhara to mean “the capacity of working (residing) in the body and the senses.” K. T. Telang adopts this. Mr. Dav... Read more
