07031050a tam Adhirathir AkrandaM vijJAya zaraNaiSiNAm
07031050c mA bhaiSTeti pratizrutya yayAv abhimukho 'rjunam Hearing that din made by the kurus, desirous of protection, Adhiratha's son (karNa), loudly assuring the troops with the words 'Do not fear' proceeded to face arjuna.
07031051a sa bhAratarathazreSThasH sarvabhArataharSaNaH
07031051c prAduzcakre tad Agneyam astram astravidAM varaH Then (karNa) that foremost of bharata car-warriors, that delighter of all the bharatas, that first of all persons acquainted with weapons, invoked into existence the Agneya weapon.
07031052a tasya dIptazaraughasya dIptacApadharasya ca
07031052c zaraughAJ zarajAlena vidudhAva dhanaJMjayaH dhanaJjaya, however, baffled by means of his own arrowy downpours the flights of arrows shot by rAdhA's son, that warrior of the blazing bow, that hero of bright shafts.
07031052e astram astreNa saMvArya prANadad visRjaJ zarAn And similarly, Adhiratha's son also baffled the shafts of arjuna of supreme energy. Resisting arjuna's weapons thus by his own, karNa uttered loud shouts and shot many shafts at his antagonist.
07031053a dhRSTadyumnaz ca bhImaz ca sAtyakiz ca mahArathaH Then Dhristadyumna and bhIma and the mighty car-warrior sAtyaki,
07031053c vivyadhuH karNam AsAdya tribhis tribhir ajihmagaiH all approached karNa, and each of them pierced in with three straight shafts.
