Sanjaya said Enraged at the slaughter of his son, while he was sitting with the desire of dying without food, Somadatta said these words to Satyakiक्षत्रधर्म: पुरा दृष्टो यस्तु देवैर्महात्मभिः।

Why, O Satvata, without observing the Kshatriya duties as formerly laid down by the gods, have you taken to the practices of robbers?

How can a wise person, practising the Kshatriya duties, strike in battle one who runs away or is helpless or has laid aside his weapons or who begs (for his life)?

O Satvata, it is said that among the Vrishnis there are two principal and mighty car-warriors in battle, namely, the highly highly energetic Pradyumna and yourself.

Why then did you practise such a cruelty and commit such an act, that would lead to your downfall, towards one that had sat in prayer and whose arms had been cut-off by Partha?

0 wicked one, suffer (now) the consequences of that act of yours in battle. Exerting my strength, O fool, I will today cutoff your head with arrows?

O Satvata, I swear by my two sons, by what is dear to me and by the virtuous deeds, if before this night comes to a close I fail to destroy you, you that so much pride on your heroism, together with your sons and younger brothers, unless you are backed up by fishnu, the son of Pritha, then, O wretch of Vrishnis, may I fall into dreadful hell.

The highly powerful Somadatta, excited with wrath, having said thus, blew loudly (his) conch and sent forth roars like a lion.

Then the greatly powerful Satyaki endued with eyes (beautiful) as lotus petals and possessed of leonine teeth greatly enraged thus addressed Somadatta.

"O descendant of the Kurus, I entertain not the least fear in my heart whether fighting with you or with others.

I shall not experience the slightest pain, even if backed up by all your forces you fight with me, Oscion of the Kuru race.

Observant of the practices of the Kshatriyas as I am, I can to be terrified with words smelling of battle and insulting to the virtuous.

If, O lord of men, you are desirous of fighting with me, strike me with sharpened arrows and I also will strike you (in return).

O king, your son, the mighty car-warrior Bhurisrava has been slain. Then the heroic Shala and Vrisena too have been destroyed.

I will today destroy you also together with your sons and friends, you are a descendant of the Kuru race and are endued with great prowess. Now remain carefully in battle.

King Yudhishthira is always characterised by charity, self-restraint, purity, absence of cruelty, modesty, intelligence and forgiveness and all (the virtuous) that do not perish.

You, who have been already slain by the energy of that one who standard bears the mark of a drum, will be destroyed in battle together with Shakuni and Soubala.

I swear today by Krishna's feet and all the meritorious acts that I had done before, that I will wrathfully kill you in battle together with your sons, with arrows.

If, however, you run away (from the field), you may be freed (from me).' Thus addressing each other, with eyes reddened with rage.

Those two foremost of men began to discharge arrows (at each other, Then with a thousand cars and ten thousand cars and ten thousand horses.

Duryodhana stood surrounding Somadatta. Shakuni, too excited with wrath and armed with all the weapons.

And surrounded by sons and grandsons and brother powerful as Indra himself (followed Duryodhana's example), Your youthful brother-in-low. O king, endued with a body hard as the thunderbolt.

And gifted with wisdom and who had with him one hundred thousand steeds of best breed, completely hemmed in that mighty bowman Somadatta.

Supported by those heroes, (Somadatta) covered Satyaki with arrows. Seeing him covered with straight arrows,

Dhristadyumna, followed by a large army, proceeded wrathfully (towards him). Like the roar of waters dashed into fury by a terrible hurricane.

There arose, O king, a great tumult among the (two) forces striking each other. Somadatta then pierced Satvata with nine arrows.

Satyaki too pierced that foremost of Kurus with nine shafts. Deeply wounded in battle by that powerful and firm wielder of bow.

(Somadatta) leaned against the terrace of his car and (then) swooned away and was deprived of consciousness. Seeing that he was deprived of consciousness, his charioteer, in great hurry.

Carried away the heroic and mighty carwarrior Somadatta from (the field of) battle. Beholding him deprived of senses and afflicted with the arrows of Yuyudhana.

Drona desirous of slaying the heroic (Yadu rushed (at him). Seeing (i.e. Drona advance), Yudhishthira (putting himself) at the head (of his troops).

With the desire of rescuing the high-souled perpetuator of the Yadu race surrounded him on all sides. Then there commenced a battle between Drona and the Pandavas,

Like that (which took place) in days of yore between Bali and the celestials (both) desirous of the conquest of the three worlds. Then covering the Pandava army with arrowy showers.

The highly-energetic son of Bharadvaja pierced Yudhishthira also. (Drona then struck) Satyaki with ten darts and the son of Prishata (i.e. Dhristadyumna) with twenty five darts.

(And he pierced) Bhimasena with nine, Nakula with five, Sahadeva with eight and Shikhandi with one hundred arrows.

That mighty armed one (then pierced) each of (the five) sons of Draupadi with five arrows, Virata the king of Matsyas with eight, Drupada with ten darts.

Yudhamanu with three and Uttamanja with six (arrows) in that battle. (Similarly) piercing many other soldiers (he) rushed against Yudhishthira.

(Thus) struck by Drona, the troops of the son of Pandu with loud wails fled away in terror in ten directions, O king.

Seeing that are army was being slaughtered by Drona, Phalguna Partha, enraged a little, advanced speedily against his preceptor.

O king, beholding that Drona too was advancing against Vibhatsu in that battle, the soldiers of Yudhishthira rallied again.

Then again commenced a battle between the sons of Bharadvaja and the Pandavas. Drona, O king, completely surrounded by your sons.

Began to destroy the troops of the Pandavas, as fire (consumes) a heap of cotton. (He then) looked like the radiant sun and was endued with the resplendence of a blazing fire.

O king, seeing Drona incessantly discharge fierce arrows like sparks of fire from his bow drawn to a circle and like the scorching sun.

Consume the evenings there was none among the arıny that could withstand him. Those persons who stood before Drona (in order to resist him).

Had their heads cut-off by Drona with arrows which (then) entered into the earth. The army of the Pandavas thus slaughtered by that high-souled one.

Again ran away in terror (even) in the very sight of Savyasachi. Seeing his lines broken by Drona at (that) night, O Bharata.

Jishnu said to Govinda "proceed towards the car of Drona.” Then that Dasarha (chief) drove the horses, looking like silver or milk of cows or like the Kunda flower, towards the car of Drona. Sceing that Phalguna was proceeding towards Drona, Bhimasena too.

Ordered his own charioteer to take him towards Drona's troops. Visaka (the charioteer of Bhima), hearing those words of his (master) guided the steeds.

Behind Jishnu of unerring aim, O foremost of the Bharatas. Seeing those two brothers resolutely rush towards Drona's division.

The Panchalas, the Srinjayas, the Matsyas, the Chedis, the Kauravas, the Kosalas and those mighty car-warriors, the Keykayas followed suit, O great king.

Then, O king, ensued a dreadful encounter, making the hair stand erect. Vivastsu, then, attacked the right and Vrikodara the left flank of your army with innumerable cars. Seeing those two foremost of men, viz., Bhimasena and Dhananjaya, (proceed towards Drona's troops).

Dhristadyumna as well as the highly powerful Satyaki rushed (at them) like the roar of waters dashed into fury by a terrible hurricane.

There arose a great tumult among the combatants striking each other. Seeing Satyaki in battle and enraged at the slaughter of the son of Somadatta,

The son of Drona rushed furiously against Satvatta at the van of battle. (Seeing) him proceed towards the car of the grandson of Sini in battle.

That gigantic Rakshasa, the of Bhimasena, possessed of enormous strength, rushed (at him) inounted on a huge and awfully dreadful car made of black iron covered with bear-skin, measuring thirty Nalvas in height and width, furnished with various machines and emitting thundering roars like those of a mighty (mass of) clouds.

(And it was) drawn by animals looking like elephants; but they were neither elephants nor horses. With its wings and feet outstretched son and with expanded eyes and emitting (terrible) shrieks.

A prince of vultures sat on its towering standard. (That car) was adorned with red flags furnished with rows of bones.

And with eight wheels. (And he) sat down on this car surrounding by one Akshauhini of terrible-looking Rakshasa armed with maces and clubs and carrying rocks an trees in their hands. The kings were (greatly) pained on seeing him (to advance) with upraised bow.

Look like the very destroyer himself, mace in hand, at the time of universal dissolution. (And he) resembled a mountain peak, was frightful to look at and dreadful.

(He) had terrible teeth and a dreadful face, was possessed of arrow-like ears, high cheek bones, shooting hair, un-natural eyes, flaming mouth and a sunken belly.

His oesophagus was deep as a yawning pit and his head was furnished with a coronet. He was dreadful to all creatures and his jaws were as wide as those of the Destroyer himself.

Seeing Gatotkacha, the lord of the Rakshasas endued with splendour and capable of striking terror into foes, advance upraising his great bow.

Your son's forces struck with panic became as much agitated as when the waves of Ganga (dashed into fury) by a tempest are agitated into whirlpools.

Struck with panic by the leonine roars sent forth by Ghatotkacha, the elephants began to pass urine and the kings were greatly distressed.

Hurled by the Rakshasa who became more powerful on night-fall, there began to fall from all sides showers of stones on the ground.

Showers of iron, wheels, Bhushundis, arrows, spears, Sataghness and axes also began to fall there incessantly.

Seeing that furious and terrible battle the kings, your sons and Karna too, being (greatly) distressed, ran away from the battle field).

There the haughty son, of Drona only proud of his prowess in weapons, stood without fear (and he) soon did away with the illusion created by Ghatotkacha.

Enraged at the illusion being dispelled (by the son of Drona), Ghatotkacha began to discharge fierce arrows. Those (arrows) penetrated into (the body of) Asvatthama. As snakes insensible with rage furiously (enter into) an ant-hill, those arrows penetrating through (the body of) the son of Saradvata became covered with blood.

And then speedily entered into the earth like serpents (entering) an ant-hill. The lighthanded and powerful Ashvatthama too, excited with wrath.

Furiously pierced Ghatotkacha with ten arrows. Deeply pierced in the vital parts by the son of Drona, Ghatotkacha.

Became greatly afflicted and then took up a wheel furnished with one hundred thousand spokes. (this wheel) the edge of which was sharp as that of a razor and which was as resplendent as the morning sun and was studded with gems and precious stones.

Was hurled by the son of Bhimasena at Ashvatthama with the desire of slaying (him). cut-off into fragments by the son of Drona with arrows as it coursed with great speed (towards him).

If fell down on the ground like the purposes of an unlucky person. Seeing his wheel cut down, Ghatotkacha speedily.

Covered the son of Drona with shafts as Sarbhanu (i.e. Rahu) swallows the creator of light (i.e. the sun). The resplendent son of Ghatotkacha resembling a mass of antimony.

Arrested the advance of the son of Drona as the king of mountains (checks the career of) the wind. (Struck with arrows) by the heroic Anjanaparva, the grandson of Bhimasena.

(The son of Drona) looked like the mountain Meru drenched with (copious) showers of rain from the clouds. Ashvatthama also endued with a prowess equal to that of Rudra or Upendra, becoming highly enraged.

Cut off the standard of Anjanaparva with one arrow, his two charioteers with two and his Trivenduka with four (arrows).

With one (arrow) he cut-off his bow and with four his four steeds. Deprived of his car, as he (i.e. the son of Ghatotkach) took up a scimitar studded with golden stars, in his hand and flourished it, (Ashvatthama) severed it into two parts of by a keen dart. Then, O king, the grandson of Hidimva speedily (took up) a mace decked with gold;

And whirling it, (he) hurled (that mace at Ashvatthama). But the son of Drona, striking it (with arrows) filled it (to the ground). Then, leaping up in the air and roaring like black clouds, Anjaniparva began to pour down son showers of trees from the firmament. Then the son of Drona began to pierce that one capable of (creating) illusions by means of shafts in the sky as the sun (pierces) the clouds with his rays. Seated on his car again decked with gold, when that one of great strength.

Looking like a high and beautiful mountain of antimony, descended to the earth, the son of Drona slew th the of Bhima's son, Anjanaparva, clad in armour as Maheshvara (killed) the Asura) Andhaka in days of yore. Seeing his son of enormous strength killed Ashvatthama.

(Ghatotkacha), the ornaments of whose arms were falling down from rage, came up to the son of Drona who consuming the Pandava army like a raging forest-fire and fearlessly

Ghatotkacha said O son of Drona, 'wait, wait.' You will not escape alive from me. I will today destroy you as the son of Angi (i.e. Kartikeya) rived the (mountain) Krouncha.

Ashvatthama said O son equal in prowess to a celestial, go and fight with others. O son of Hidimva, it is not proper for the father to fight with the son.

O son of Hidimva, I am in no way angry with you in my mind. But when a creature is excited with rage, it may (then) kill its own self.

Sanjaya said Hearing those words, the son of Bhimasena who was filled with grief for the loss of son and whose eyes became copper-coloured in rage, addressed Ashvatthama thusकिमहं कातरो द्रौणे पृथग्जन इवाहवे॥

“What! Am I like a common individual, unable to fight, O son of Drona, that you are terrifying me with words? These words of yeurs are (highly) improper.

I am born of Bhima in the great race of the Kurus and am the son of the Pandavas who never run away from battle.

I am the Emperor of the Rakshasas and equal to the ten-necked (Ravana) in prowess. O son of Drona, wait, wait, you will never escape alive from me.

I will, today, put an end to your desire for fight on the field of battie.” Saying thus, that highly powerful Rakshasas, with eyes (red) as copper in wrath.

Rushed furiously against the son of Drona as a lion (rushes against) the king of elephants. (Then) Ghatotkacha began to discharge showers of arrows of the measure of the Aksha of a car.

At that foremost of car-warriors, the son of Drona, as a cloud (sends down) showers of rain. (But) the son of Drona allayed that down pour of arrows by means of his (own) shafts, before they could reach him.

It, then, seemed, that another fight was raging in the firmament between the arrows. In consequence of the sparks emitted forth by the clash of weapons, it seemed.

That the firmament was studded with glowworms during the night. Beholding his illusion destroyed by the son of Drona, proud (of his prowess) in battle.

Ghatotkacha then disappeared from view again and created (another) illusion (by virtue of this new illusion); he assumed the shape of a towering mountain abounding with peaks and trees.

And having a great fountain of water from which spears, lances, swords and heavy clubs, flowed incessantly. The son of Drona, beholding that mountain looking like a mass of antimony.

From which innumerable weapons were being rained down, was not at all afflicted. The son of Drona, then, as if with a smile, invoked into existence the weapon of Bajra.

By means of that weapon he soon destroyed that prince of mountains. Then he (i.e., Ghatotkacha) wearing the shape of a blue cloud adorned with rain-bow in the firmament.

Covered the son of Drona with furious showers of stones in battle. Thereupon, aiming ihe Vayavya weapon, that foremost of those skilled in weapons (viz.,)

The son Drona destroyed that rising blue cloud covering all points completely with numerous arrows, the son of Drona.

That foremost of two-legged creatures. destroyed one hundred thousand cars. He (then) saw Ghatotkach come again fearlessly on a car bending his bow and surrounded by a host of Rakshasas, resembling (in shape) lions and tigers, endued with the prowess of infuriated elephants.

Riding on elephants, cars and horses and possessed of unnatural, faces head and necks. Those followers of the son of Hidimva.

Belonged to Pulasta and Yatudhana clans and like them, were (all) equal to Indra in prowess. (These Rakshasa) heroes wielded several (sorts of) armours.

Were dreadful to look at, excited with wrath and their eyes were rolling in ire. Accompanied by those Rakshasas difficult of being vanquished. (Ghatotkacha) appeared on the field of battle.

Seeing that your son grew (greatly) dispirited (at the sight of these Rakshasas; the son of Drona thus addressed him. "O Duryodhana, wait. You need not entertain any fear (of the Rakshasas).

(Remain here) with your heroic brothers and with the kings equal in prowess to Indra himself. I will destroy your enemies. You will not meet with reverse; I tell you (this) truly. Now cheer up (your) army.

Duryodhana said I do not deem it (i.e., what you say) wonderful because you have a large mind and (because), O son of Goutama's daughter, you are devotedly attached to us.

Sanjaya said Thus addressing Ashvatthama, he then said to the son of Subala-"(Arjuna) is surrounded by one hundred thousand cars, adorning the (field of) battle.

Do you mark against Dhananjaya with one thousand cars, Karna, Vrisasena, Kripa as well as Nila. as

And the warriors of the North, Kritavarma, the sons of Purumitra, Dusasana, Nikumva, Kundavedi, Purukrama.

And Puranjaya, Dridaratha, Pataki, Hemapusyaka, Shalya, Aruni, Indrasena, Sanjaya, Vijaya, Jaya.

And Kamalaksha, Parakrathi, Jayadharma, Sudarsana-(all) these will follow you together with sixty thousand infantry.

Destroy, O uncle, Bhima, the twins (i.e., Nakula and Sahadeva) as well the Dharmaraj, as the Asuras. My hope of success lies in you.

(They) are already deeply wounded, their bodies are mangled with shafts by the son of Drona. O uncle, (now) destroy the sons of Kunti, as the son of Agni (i.e., Kartikeya) slew the Asuras.

Thus spoken to by your son, the son of Subala, desirous of doing your son good, marched quickly, O king, for the purpose of destroying the Pandavas.

Then commenced on that night a dreadful encounter between the son of Drona and the Rakshasas (Ghatotkacha) like that (which had taken place in days of yore) between Shakra and Prahrada.

Then Ghatatkacha, excited with, anger struck the son of the daughter of Goutama on the chest with ten strong arrows (fierce) like the venom or the fire.

Deeply wounded by those arrows sent by the son of Bhima, he (i.e., Ashvatthama), like a tree shaken by the tempest trembled on the terrace of his car.

Again by means of a broad-headed shaft, Ghatotkacha soon cut-off that highly lustrous bow wielded by the son of Drona.

Then taking up another strong bow capable of sustaining a great strain, the son of Drona poured showers of keen arrows as the clouds (pour down) showers of rain.

Then, O Bharata, the son of Saradvati sent gold winged and sky-ranging destructive of foes against that ranger of the sky.

That great host of the broad-chested Rakshasas, sore oppressed with his arrows, looked like a herd of furious elephants attacked) by a lion.

Like the god Agni consuming the creatures at the end of a Yoga, he began to consume with his arrows the Rakshasas together with (their) horses, charioteers, cars and elephants. arrows

Consuming one Akshauhini of Rakshasa troops with his shafts, he shone like the divine Maheshvara in heaven when the latter had burnt down (the chief of) Tripura in days of yore.

Having consumed the hostile forces, the son of Drona, the forernost of victors, shone like the resplendent Agni burning all the creatures at the end of a Yuga.

Then Ghatotkacha, greatly enraged ordered that vast army of Rakshasas capable of achieving terrible feats, to slay the son of Drona.

In obedience to that order of Ghatotkacha, the Rakshasas, possessed of blazing teeth, large faces and terrible features, capable of causing dread.

Having gaping mouths, long tongues and eyes burning in ire, causing the earth to tremble with great leonine roars.

And wielding several (sorts of) weapons rushed to slay the son of Drona. These Rakshasas, of gigantic strength and with eyes reddened with wrath, began to shower upon the head of the son of Drona hundreds and thousands of awfully terrible darts, Sataghness, spiked maces, Asanis, lances, axes, scimitars, maces, Bhindipalas, heavy clubs, battle axes, spears, swords, lances, Kunapas, polished Kampanas, sthulas, Bhushundees, stones. vessels of treacle, sthunas made of black iron and clubs (all) destructive of foes.

Seeing that dreadful shower of weapons was falling upon the head of the son of Drona your warriors were greatly distressed (at heart).

(But) Drona's son dauntlessly baffled that dreadful and impending shower of weapons by means of his own shafts, hard as the thunderbolt and sharpened on stones.

Then that high-minded son, of Drona, quickly destroyed the Rakshasas with other gold winged shafts inspired with the mantras of celestial weapons.

The broad chested Rakshasa army, crushed by his arrows, looked like a herd of furious elephants oppressed by lions.

Sore oppressed by the son of Drona those Rakshasas, endued with enormous strength, became mad with rage and angrily rushed against Drona's son in order to slay him.

There, 0 Bharata, the son of Drona displayed such wonderful exploits as are incapable of being achieved by any other being among all the creatures.

In as much as single-handed the son of Drona, versed in great weapons, by means of blazing darts, burnt that Rakshasa ariny in a moment in the very presence of the Rakshasa king.

The son of Drona, while (thus burning that Rakshasa host in battle shone like the Samvartaka fire (consuming) all the creatures at the end of a Yuga.

While engaged in consuming the forces with arrows (fierce) as poisonous snakes, among those thousands of kings on the side of the Pandavas, OBharata.

None else could look at the son of Drona in that encounter except Ghatotkacha, the heroic and highly powerful king of the Rakshasas.

O best of the Bharatas, again he (i.e., Ghatotkacha), with eyes rolling in rage, striking his palms and biting his lip.

Said angrily to his charioteer “Bear me towards the son of Drona.” Ascending that terrible looking (car) furnished with triumphal banners, that destroyer foes again marched against the son of Drona in order to engage in a single combat with him. Sending forth a thundering roar like that of a lion, that terriblypowerful Rakshasa, whirling a highly dreadful Asani of celestial make and furnished with eight bells, hurled it in that encounter at the son of Drona.

Placing his bow on the car and jumping down, the son of Drona seized it and hurled it back at him (i.e. the Rakshasa, (Seeing that Asani proceed towards him) he leaped down from his car.

That dreadful Asani of great luster having consumed to ashes the car together with the steeds, the driver and the standard, rived the earth and (then) penetrated into it.

Seeing the son of Drona achieve that (wonderful) feat all the creatures adored (him) inasmuch as leaping down from his car he seized that (Asani) made by Sankara.

Then, O king, riding on the car of Dhritarashtra and taking up a dreadful bow like the formidable bow of Indra (himself), the son of Bhimasena.

Began again to discharge sharpened arrows at the high-soulcd of Drona. Dhristadyumna also, nothing daunted, discharged (arrows) fierce as poisonous snakes.

Furnished with gold wings and excellent at the chest of the son of Drona. Thereupon

Drona's son hurled at them thousands of Narachas.

(But) those two (i.e., Dhristadyumna and the Rakshasa) cut-off with their own shafts, having the touch of fire, the arrows discharged by Drona's son). (Then an awfully terrible battle took place between those two best of men.

And the son of Drona caused a great delight to the warriors, O best of the Bharatas. Then followed by one thousand cars, three hundred elephants.

And six thousand steeds Bhimasena made his appearance at that spot (where the battle was raging). But the virtuous-souled son of Drona, possessed of excellent prowess, continued to fight with the heroic son of Bhimasena and Dhristadyumna together with his younger brothers; there the son of Drona achieved the most marvellous exploit.

Incapable of being performed by any one among all the creatures. O Bharata, within the twinkling of an eyes, he destroyed by means of arrows one Akshauhini of the Rakshasa army together with horses, drivers, cars and elephants, in the very sight of Bhimasena, the son of Hidimva, the son of Prishatha.

The twins, the son of Dharma, Vijaya and Achyuta. Pierced deeply with the strightcoursing shafts.

The tuskers fell down on earth like mountains devoid of (their) peaks with the trunks of elephants chopped off (by arrows) that were still moving about here and there.

The earth being strewn it looked as beautiful as if strewn around with moving snakes; with golden staves cut (to pieces) and royal umbrellas (lying scattered all over the field of battle) the earth looked like.

The firmament studded with (many) suns, moons and planets at the end of a Yuga. Tell standards constituted the frogs, drums the large tortoises.

Huge elephants the stones, elephants and horses the sharks, cars the unstable and great banks, flags the beautiful trees.

Arrows the fishes, lances, darts and swords the frightful snakes, marrow and flesh the deep mire, headless bodies, the ratters;

Profusion of hair (of men and animals) the moss, lamentations of warriors the roar and blood flowing from the wounds formed the waves of that impetuous river of blood formed numerous by the blood shedding from the bodies of huge elephants, horses and combatants and inspiring the coward with terror-which the son of Drona caused to flow there.

(It looked) frightful with the (dead) bodies of foot soldiers and (it flowed towards) that great ocean, that is, the abode of Yama. Having destroyed the Rakshasa the son of Hidimva with shafts.

Waxing worth again, Drona's son having pierced with numerous shafts those great carwarriors, the of Pritha including Vrikodara and the son of Prishata.

Killed, O Lord, one of the sons of Drupada, Suratha by name. Then in that encounter he killed the younger brother of Suratha, Satrunjaya by name and also Balmika, Jayanika and Jaya. Then again, roaring like a lion, the son of Drona, by means of sharpened sons arrows.

Slew Prishadhru and the proud Chandrasena. (Then) with ten (darts) he destroyed ten sons of Kuntibhoja with another three red-eyed arrow graced with beautiful wings he dispatched O king of kings, to the abode of Yama, Shtrutayush. (He then) sent the powerful Satrunjaya to the abode of Shakra. Ashvatthama, then, greatly enraged, fixed a terrible and uncrooked (arrows) (on his bowstring). (And) drawing the string up to his very ear, he soon discharged from his bow that excellent and formidable (arrow) looking like Yamadanda at Ghatotkacha.

O Lord of earth, that great arrow furnished with beautiful wings, riving the heart of that Rakshasa, penetrated into the earth.

Seeing him fallen down and taking him for dead, the great car-warrior Dhristadyumna. placed him upon another car and bore him away from the presence of the son of Drona, O king kings.

Thus the car-warriors of Yudhishthira were driven back O king. Vanquishing his enemies, the heroic son of Drona uttered thundering shouts and he was adored by all men and by your sons, O lord.

Scattered all over with the fallen bodies of the dead night-rangers struck down and mangled by hundreds of shafts, the earth looked dreadful and became impassable as if strewn with mountain-peaks.

Then the Siddhas, the Gandharvas, the Pishachas, the Nagas, the birds, the Pitris, ravens, the Rakshas, the ghosts, the Apsaras and the celestials all joined in adoring the son of Drona. Then the Siddhas, the Gandharvas, the Pishachas, the Nagas, the birds, the Pitris, ravens, the Rakshas, the ghosts, the Apsaras and the celestials all joined in adoring the son of Drona.