to face Arjuna.  Then (Karna) that foremost of Bharata car-warriors, that delighter of all the Bharatas, that first of all persons acquainted with weapons, invoked into existence the Agneya weapon.  Dhananjaya, however, baffled by means of his own arrowy downpours the flights of arrows shot by Radha’s son, that warrior of the blazing bow, that hero of bright shafts.  And similarly, Adhiratha’s son also baffled the shafts of Arjuna of supreme energy.  Resisting Arjuna’s weapons thus by his own, Karna uttered loud shouts and shot many shafts at his antagonist.  Then Dhristadyumna and Bhima and the mighty car-warrior Satyaki, all approached Karna, and each of them pierced in with three straight shafts.  The son of Radha, however, checking Arjuna’s weapons by his own arrowy showers, cut off with three sharp shafts the bows of those three warriors.  Their bows cut off, they looked like snakes without poison.  Hurling darts at their foe from their respective cars, they uttered loud leonine shouts.  Those fierce darts of great splendour and great impetuosity, looking like snakes, hurled from those mighty arms, coursed impetuously towards Karna’s car.  Cutting each of those darts with three straight arrows and speeding many arrows at the same time at Partha, the mighty Karna uttered a loud shout.  Then Arjuna piercing Karna with seven shafts, despatched the latter’s younger brother by means of his sharp shafts.  Slaying Satrunjaya thus with six arrows, Partha, with a broad-headed shaft, struck off Vipatha’s head as the latter stood on his car.  In the very sight of the Dhritarashtras, therefore, as also of the Suta’s son, the three uterine brothers of the latter were despatched by Arjuna unaided by any one.  Then Bhima, jumping down from his own car, like a second Garuda, slew with his excellent sword five and ten combatants amongst those that supported Karna.  Mounting once more on his car and taking up another bow, he pierced Karna with ten shafts and his charioteer and steeds with five.  Dhrishtadyumna also taking up a sword and a bright shield; despatched Charmavarman and also Vrihatkshatra, the ruler of the Naishadhas.  The Panchala prince then, mounting upon his own car and taking up another bow, pierced Karna with three and seventy shafts, and uttered a loud roar.  Sini’s grandson also, of splendour equal to that of Indra himself, taking up another bow pierced Suta’s son with four and sixty shafts and roared like a lion.  And cutting off Karna’s bow with a couple of well-shot shafts, he once more pierced Karna on the arms and the chest with three arrows.  The king Duryodhana, and Drona and Jayadratha, rescued Karna from the Satyaki-ocean, as the former was about to sink into it.  And foot-soldiers and steeds and cars and elephants, belonging to thy army and numbering by hundreds, all accomplished in smitting rushed to the spot where Karna was frightening (his assailants).  Then Dhrishtadyumna, and Bhima and Subhadra’s son, and Arjuna himself, and Nakula, and Sahadeva,