son, O sire, with diverse kinds of keen shafts equipped with Kanka feathers and whetted on stone, with numerous broad-headed arrows, and with diverse kinds of darts and swords and clubs.  Thither where Pandu’s son of virtuous soul cast his eyes with the desire of producing evil, thither thy army broke, O bull of Bharata’s race.  Inflamed with great rage, Karna also, of immeasurable soul, inspired with the desire of retaliating, his face flushed in anger, rushed in that battle against Pandu’s son, king Yudhishthira the just, shooting cloth-yard shafts and crescent-shaped arrows and those equipped with heads like the calf’s tooth.  Yudhishthira also pierced him with many whetted arrows equipped with wings of gold.  As if smiling the while, Karna pierced the royal son of Pandu in the chest with three broad-headed arrows, whetted on stone, and equipped with Kanka feathers.  Deeply afflicted therewith, king Yudhishthira the just, sitting down on the terrace of his car, ordered his driver to retreat.  Thereupon all the Dhartarashtras, with their king, set up a loud shout, saying, “Seize!  Seize!” and all of them then pursued the (Pandava) king.  Then seventeen hundred Kekaya troops, skilled in smiting, united with a body of the Pancala troops, O king, checked the Dhartarashtras.  During the progress of that fierce and terrible battle, Duryodhana and Bhima, those two warriors endued with great might, encountered each other.’”

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“Sanjaya said, ’Meanwhile Karna also began, with his arrowy showers, to afflict the mighty car-warriors of the Kaikayas, viz., those great bowmen that stood before him.  Indeed, the son of Radha despatched to Yama’s abode full five hundred of those warriors that were employed in checking him in that battle.  Beholding the son of Radha to be irresistible in that battle, those warriors, afflicted with the arrows of their assailant, repaired to the presence of Bhimasena.  Breaking that car-force into many parts by means of his arrows, Karna, singly and riding on that same car of his, pursued Yudhishthira, who then, exceedingly mangled with arrows and almost insensible, was proceeding slowly for reaching the Pandava encampment with Nakula and Sahadeva on his two sides.  Having approached the king, the Suta’s son, from desire of doing good to Duryodhana, pierced the son of Pandu with three formidable arrows.  In return, the king pierced Radha’s son in the centre of the chest and then his driver with three shafts.  Then those two scorchers of foes, viz., the twin sons of Madri, those two protectors of Yudhishthira’s car-wheels, rushed towards Karna so that the latter might not succeed in slaying the king.  Then Nakula and Sahadeva, both shooting showers of shafts with great care, covered the son of Radha therewith.  The valiant son of the Suta, however, in return, pierced those two high-souled chastisers of foes with two broad-headed arrows of great sharpness.  The son of Radha then slew Yudhishthira’s excellent