Karṇa's Burden 18: karṇa

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madasaritakapolaṃ ṣaṭpadaiḥ sevyamānaṃ
girivaranicayābhaṃ meghagambhīraghoṣam |
sitanakhadaśanānāṃ vāraṇānāmanekaṃ
ripusamaravimardaṃ vṛndametaddadāmi || 20 ||

Their temples streaming with rut, attended by bees,
resembling masses of noble mountains, with trumpeting deep as clouds,
with white tusks and claws, crushers of enemies in battle—
I give this vast herd of elephants. || 20