him with nine, and king Yudhishthira with sixty.  Thus pierced, O monarch, by those mighty car-warriors, blood began to flow from Shalya’s body, like crimson streams, running down the breast of a mountain of red chalk.  Shalya, however, quickly pierced in return each of those great bowmen with five arrows, O king, which feat seemed exceedingly wonderful.  With another broad-headed arrow, that mighty car-warrior then, O sire, cut off the stringed bow of Dharma’s son in that encounter.  Taking up another bow, that great car-warrior, the son of Dharma, covered Shalya, his steeds, and driver, and standard, and car, with many arrows.  Thus shrouded in that battle by the son of Dharma with his shafts, Shalya struck the former with ten keen arrows.  Then Satyaki, filled with rage upon beholding the son of Dharma thus afflicted with shafts, checked the heroic ruler of the Madras with clouds of arrows.  At this, Shalya cut off with a razor-faced arrow the formidable bow of Satyaki, and pierced each of the other Pandava warriors with three arrows.  Filled with rage, O monarch, Satyaki of unbaffled prowess then hurled at Shalya a lance equipped with a golden staff and decked with many jewels and gems.  Bhimasena sped at him a cloth-yard shaft that looked like a blazing snake; Nakula hurled at him a dart, Sahadeva an excellent mace, and the son of Dharma a Sataghni impelled by the desire of despatching him.  The ruler of the Madras, however, quickly baffled in that battle all those weapons, hurled from the arms of those five warriors at him, as these coursed towards his car.  With a number of broad-headed arrows Shalya cut off the lance hurled by Satyaki.  Possessed of valour and great lightness of hand, he cut off into two fragments the gold-decked shaft sped at him by Bhima.  He then resisted with clouds of shafts the terrible dart, equipped with a golden handle, that Nakula had sped at him and the mace also that Sahadeva had thrown.  With a couple of other arrows, O Bharata, he cut off the Sataghni sped at him by the king, in the very sight of the sons of Pandu, and uttered a loud leonine roar.  The grandson of Sini, however, could not endure the defeat of his weapon in that battle.  Insensate with rage, Satyaki took up another bow and pierced the ruler of the Madras with two shafts and his driver with three.  At this, Shalya, O monarch, excited with rage, deeply pierced all of them with ten arrows, like persons piercing mighty elephants with sharp-pointed lances.  Thus checked in that battle by the ruler of the Madras, O Bharata, those slayers of foes became unable to stay in front of Shalya.  King Duryodhana, beholding the prowess of Shalya, regarded the Pandavas, the Pancalas, and the Srinjayas as already slain.  Then, O king, the mighty-armed Bhimasena, possessed of great prowess and mentally resolved to cast off his life-breaths, encountered the ruler of the Madras.  Nakula and Sahadeva and Satyaki of great might, encompassing Shalya, shot their arrows at him from every side.