Arjuna to me. I will also give him that shows
Arjuna to me a number of long-tressed damsels of black
eyes and a car unto which shall be yoked white mules.
If that does not satisfy the person that discovers
Arjuna to me, I shall give him another foremost of
cars, made of gold, and having six bulls yoked unto
it that shall be as large as elephants. I shall
also give unto him a hundred damsels decked with ornaments,
with collars of gold, fair-complexioned and accomplished
in singing and dancing. If that does not satisfy
the person that discovers Arjuna to me, I shall give
him a 100 elephants, a 100 villages and a 100 cars,
and 10,000 steeds of the foremost of breed, fat, docile,
endued with many excellent qualities, capable of dragging
cars and well-trained. I shall also give to the
person that discovers Arjuna to me four hundred kine,
each with golden horns and her calf. If that
does not satisfy the person that discovers Arjuna
to me, I shall make him a more valuable gift, viz.,
five hundred steeds, adorned with trappings of gold
and decked with jewelled ornaments. I shall also
give eighteen other steeds of great docility.
I shall also give the person that discovers Arjuna
to me a bright car made of gold and adorned with diverse
ornaments and having foremost of Kamboja steeds yoked
unto it. If that does not satisfy the person that
discovers Arjuna to me, I shall make him a more valuable
gift, viz., six hundred elephants, with chains
of gold around their necks, and covered with housings
of gold, born in the western shores of the ocean, and
trained by elephant trainers. If that does not
satisfy the person that discovers Arjuna to me, I
shall make him a more valuable gift, viz., fourteen
Vaishya villages, teeming with people, full of wealth,
situated in the proximity of forests and rivers, free
from all sorts of danger, well furnished (with other
necessaries), and worthy of being enjoyed by kings.
To him that will discover Dhananjaya to me, I shall
also give a hundred female slaves, with golden collars,
belonging to the country of the Magadhas, and of very
youthful age. If that does not satisfy the person
that discovers Arjuna to me, I will make him a more
valuable gift, that, indeed, which he himself will
solicit. Sons, wives and articles of pleasure
and enjoyment that I have, these all I shall give him
if he desires them. Indeed, unto him who discovers
Keshava and Arjuna to me, I shall, after slaying those
two, give all the wealth that may be left by them.”
Having uttered those diverse speeches in that battle,
Karna blew his excellent conch, sea-born and producing
a sweet blare. Hearing these words of Suta’s
son that were suitable to his disposition, Duryodhana,
O king, with all his followers became filled with
joy. At that juncture the beat of cymbals and
drums and leonine shouts, and grunts of elephants
with the sounds of diverse musical instruments, arose
there, O king, among the (Kaurava) troops, O bull
among men. The shouts also of warriors filled
with joy arose there. When the (Kaurava) troops
were thus filled with joy, the ruler of the Madras,
laughing in scorn, said these words unto that grinder
of foes, viz., the son of Radha, that mighty
car-warrior who was about to plunge into that ocean
of battle and who was indulging in such vain bragging.’”


