The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,393 pages of information about The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,393 pages of information about The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2.
with ten arrows.  And the ruler of the Sindhus struck him with three, and Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti each struck him with five arrows.  And Duryodhana struck that son of Pandu with twenty sharp arrows.  Bhimasena, O king, pierced in return every one of those kings, those foremost of men in the world, those mighty car-warriors of the Dhartarashtra army, one after another.  The brave Pandava, that slayer of hostile heroes, pierced Salya with seven arrows, and Kritavarman with eight.  And he cut off Kripa’s bow with arrow fixed thereon, O Bharata, in the middle, dividing it in twain.  And after thus cutting off his bow, he pierced Kripa once more with seven arrows.  And he struck Vinda and Anuvinda with three arrows each.  And he pierced Durmarshana with twenty arrows, and Chitrasena with five, and Vikarna with ten, and Jayadratha with five.  And once more striking the ruler of the Sindhus with three arrows, he uttered a loud shout, filled with joy.  Then Gautama, that foremost of car-warriors, taking up another bow, angrily pierced Bhima with ten sharp shafts.  Pierced with those ten shafts like a huge elephant with the hook, the valiant Bhimasena, O king, filled with wrath, struck Gautama in that battle with many shafts.  Possessed of the splendour of Yama himself, as he appears at the end of the Yuga, Bhimasena then, with three arrows, despatched unto Death’s domain the steeds of the ruler of the Sindhus as also his charioteer.  Thereupon that mighty car-warrior, (viz., Jayadratha), quickly jumping down from that car whose steeds had been slain, shot in that battle many sharp-pointed shafts at Bhimasena.  Then, O sire, with a couple of broad-headed arrows, he cut off, O chief of the Bharatas, the bow of the high-souled king of the Sindhus in the middle.  His bow cut off, himself deprived of car, his steeds and charioteer slain, Jayadratha then, O king, quickly mounted on the car of Chitrasena.  Indeed, the son of Pandu achieved in that battle a most wonderful feat, for piercing all those mighty car-warriors and holding them in check, he deprived, O sire, the ruler of the Sindhus of his car in the very sight of all the army.  Salya could not brook to see the prowess that Bhimasena displayed, for saying unto him,—­Wait, Wait,—­he aimed some sharp arrows well-polished by the forger’s hands, and pierced Bhima therewith in that battle.  And Kripa and Kritavarman and the valiant Bhagadatta, and Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, and Chitrasena, and Durmarshana, and Vikarna, and the valiant ruler of the Sindhus also, in that battle,—­These chastisers of foes, all quickly pierced Bhima for the sake of Salya.  Bhima then pierced each of them in return with five arrows.  And he pierced Salya then with seventy arrows and once more with ten.  And Salya then pierced him with nine arrows and once more with five.  And he pierced Bhimasena’s charioteer also, deep in his vitals, with a broad-headed arrow.  The valiant Bhimasena then, beholding his charioteer Visoka deeply pierced, sped three arrows
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