Sanjaya said Having vanquished Drona's son and performed a highly difficult and heroic task, Dhananjaya, ever irrepressible to his enemies, with a bow ready in his hands, eyed his own army.

Cheering up the warriors that were still fighting at the heads of their respective detachments and speaking highly of their former successes Arjuna enjoined his carwarriors to be at their posts.

Not finding his brother Yudhishthira, a descendant of Ajamida, Arjuna quickly approached Bhima and inquired of the king's whereabouts, saying “Where is the king?"

Bhima said Wounded with Karna's arrows the pious king Yudhishthira had gone away from here. I doubt if he still survives.

Arjuna said For this very reason proceed you quickly from here and bring the news of the king, that foremost of Kurus. Forsooth, greatly wounded with Karna's arrows the king has gone to his camp.

Although struck greatly with sharpened arrows by Drona's son the king still waited in the battle-field, desirous of victory, until Drona was slain.

The high-minded chief of Pandus, undoubtedly met with peril in battle through Karna. go quickly, Bhima and learn of his condition. I will wait here and oppose the enemy.

Bhima said O illustrious and leading descendant of Bharata, better go yourself and enquire after the king, If I go, O Arjuna, the leading warriors will explain that I am rightened in battle.

Then Arjuna said to Bhimasena-"The Samsaptakas are before my army, without killing these my enemies I cannot leave the post."

Bhima replied then to Arjuna-"O foremost of Kurus, with the aid of my own power, I will encounter the Samsaptakas in battle, you better go yourself, O Dhananjaya.

Sanjaya said Arjuna reported the promise made by Bhimasena, his brother that he shall face the whole army of chivalrous Samsaptakas alone to Sri Krishna, the god incarnated of Narayana and descendant of Vrishni clan. It was really very tough to materialise. Hence, he immediately inclined to see Yudhishthira for consult. In the meantime, he said to lord Krishna-

Arjuna said “Leave this ocean-like army, O Hrishikesha and drive the horses. I wish to see, OKeshava, the king who has no enemies."

While he was about to drive the horses, the foremost of Dasharhas said to Bhima-"If it nothing wonder for you, O Bhima. Kill the enemies of Partha.

Thereupon Hrishikesha drove quickly where Yudhishthira was. Quickly was he borne there, O king, by the horses resembling Garuda himself.

He had left there Bhimasena, the slayer of his enemies, O king, then driving in their car those two heroes approached the king who was lying alone on his bed. They got down from the car and saluted the feet of the righteous Yudhishthira.

Seeing that foremost of men safe and sound the two Krishnas were filled with delight as the two Ashvins are on seeing Indra. As Vivasvan congratulated the two Asvinis, as Vrihaspati congratulated Indra and Vishnu after they had killed the powerful Asura Jambha so the king congratulated them both.

Thinking that Karna had been killed the virtuous king was delighted and he then addressed them thus, with his with his accents suppressed with joy.

Sanjaya said Sri Krishna and Arjuna, the fore-front fighter in battle, the eminent warrior, having huge and red eyes when approached closer, the arrows stuck in their all organs of body were seen. They soaked in blood. Yudhishthira, on seeing them, started talking in following manner-

Having seen the mightiest Sri Krishna and Arjuna came together, he was conformed in mind that Arjuna, the holder of Gandiva has were killed Karna, the son of charioteer in the battlefield.

O son of Kunti! Owing to all these facts, I am curious enough to listen from you in prolix, the episode of Karna's slaughter by you. So safely. Tell me all without missing minutest information.