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The verses (in Kumbakonam edition) describe Karṇa’s failure at Draupadī’s svayaṃvara

ततो वैकर्तनः कर्णो वृषा वै सूतनन्दनः।
धनुरभ्याशमागम्य तोलयामास तद्धनुः॥

“Then, Vṛṣā (Karṇa), the son of Vikartana (Sūrya) and the delight of Sūta, approached the bow and lifted that bow.”

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तं चाप्यारोप्यमाणं तद्रोममात्रेऽभ्यताडयत्।
त्रैलोक्यविजयी कर्णः सत्त्वे त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतः॥

“And, while stringing it (the bow), it hurt him on [being moved by] just [the width of] a hair. Karṇa, the conqueror of three worlds [was] well-known in the three worlds for prowess.”

धनुषा सोऽपि निर्धूत इति सर्वे भयाकुलाः।
एवं कर्णे विनिर्धूते धनुषा च नृपोत्तमाः॥

“Even he was defeated (निर्धूत, literally ‘discarded’) by the bow. [Seeing] thus, everybody was overcome by fear. And when Karṇa was thus defeated (विनिर्धूत) by the bow, the best of kings, ...”

चक्षुर्भिरपि नापश्यन्विनम्रमुखपङ्कजाः।
दृष्ट्वा कर्णं विनिर्धूतं लोके वीरा नृपोत्तमाः॥
निराशा धनुरुद्धारे द्रौपदीसंगमेऽपि च।

“... with their beautiful faces bent down, did not (=could not) even see [the bow] with [their] eyes. On seeing Karṇa defeated, ...”

“ ... best of kings, [though] brave, were lost hope of lifting the bow and also of marrying Draupadī.”

The verses are 1.202.34–38 in the Kumbakonam edition (Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1906, p. 344).

The verses are absent in the Gita Press edition.