Karṇa's Burden 10: karṇaḥ

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kṛtte vajramukhena nāma kṛmiṇā daivānmamorudvaye
nidrācchedabhayādasahyata gurodhairyāttadā vedanā |
utthāya kṣatajāplutaḥ sa sahasā roṣānaloddīpito
budhvā māṃ ca śaśāpa kālaviphalānyastrāṇi te santviti || 10 ||

When both my thighs were bitten by a worm named Vajramukha by fate, / the agony was endured by me with fortitude for fear of breaking the teacher's sleep; / waking, drenched in blood, he suddenly flared up with the fire of anger, / and realising who I was, cursed me: 'May your divine weapons be fruitless at the time [of need]!' || 10