Guest guest Posted October 10, 1999 Report Share Posted October 10, 1999 ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Letter COM:2687932 (16 lines) Jahnu (das) (Almviks Gard - S) 09-Oct-99 19:21 +0200 Dvarakadhisa (das) IDS (PL) [539] Thakura-seva (das) SS (Copenhagen - DK) [1033] (received: 09-Oct-99 20:13 +0200) For: (Krsna) Katha Reference: Text COM:2683780 by Thakura-seva (das) SS (Copenhagen - DK) Comment: Text COM:2688038 by Thakura-seva (das) SS (Copenhagen - DK) Slaying of Karna by Arjuna --------------------------- Thakura-seva wrote: > "The son of Pritha [Arjuna], irritated in fight, shot a quiver > of arrows to slay Karna. With half his arrows, he parried those > of his antagonist; with four times the square root of the > quiver-full, he killed his horses; with six arrows, he slew > Salya [Karna's charioteer]; with three he demolished the > umbrella, standard and bow; and with one, he cut off the head > of the foe. How many were the arrows which Arjuna let fly?" > (Translated by Colebrooke) This translation must be completely wrong, because Salya was not slain then, because after the death of Karna he became the commander in chief of the Kurus. Ys, Jahnu das (Text COM:2687932) -------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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