Save thee, O tiger among men, what other man in this world is able to vanquish those fierce lords of akshauhinis, those unreturning and invincible heroes, all accomplished in weapons and united together, Shantanu’s son Bhishma, and Drona, and Vaikartana, and Kripa, and Drona’s son, and king Duryodhana himself?  Innumerable divisions of soldiers have been destroyed (by thee), their steeds and cars and elephants having been mangled (with thy shafts).  Numberless Kshatriyas also, wrathful and fierce, hailing from diverse provinces, have been destroyed by thee.  Teeming with horses and elephants, large bodies of combatants of diverse Kshatriya clans, such as the Govasas, the Dasamiyas, the Vasatis, O Bharata, and the Easterners, the Vatadhanas, and the Bhojas that are very sensitive of their honour, approaching thee and Bhima, O Bharata, have met with destruction.  Of terrible deeds and exceedingly fierce, the Tusharas, the Yavanas, the Khasas, the Darvabhisaras, the Daradas, the Sakas, the Kamathas, the Ramathas, the Tanganas the Andhrakas, the Pulindas, the Kiratas of fierce prowess, the Mlecchas, the Mountaineers, and the races hailing from the sea-side, all endued with great wrath and great might, delighting in battle and armed with maces, these all—­united with the Kurus and fighting wrathfully for Duryodhana’s sake were incapable of being vanquished in battle by anybody else save thee, O scorcher of foes!  What man, unprotected by thee, could advance, beholding the mighty and swelling host of the Dhartarashtras arrayed in order of battle?  Protected by thee, O puissant one, the Pandavas, filled with wrath, and penetrating into its midst, have destroyed that host shrouded with dust and resembling a swollen sea.  Seven days have elapsed since the mighty Jayatsena, the ruler of the Magadhas, was slain in battle by Abhimanyu.  After that, 10,000 elephants, of fierce feats, that used to follow that king, were slain by Bhimasena with his mace.  After that, other elephants, and car-warriors, by hundreds, have been destroyed by Bhima in that exercise of his might.  Even thus, O Partha, during the progress of this awful battle, the Kauravas, with their steeds and carwarriors and elephants, encountering Bhimasena and thee, O son of Pandu, have from hence repaired to the region of Death.  The van of the Kaurava army, O Partha, having been struck down by the Pandavas, Bhishma shot showers of fierce shafts, O sire!  Conversant with the highest weapons, he shrouded the Cedis, the Pancalas, the Karushas, the Matsyas, and the Kaikayas with the shafts, and deprived them of life!  The welkin became filled with gold-winged and straight coursing shafts, capable of piercing the bodies of all foes, that issued out of his bow.  He slew thousands of car-warriors, shooting showers of shafts at a time.  In all, he slew a 100,000 men and elephants of great might.  Abandoning the diverse motions, each of a new kind, in which they careered, those wicked kings and elephants, while