The display of Satyaki's prowess

Sanjaya said When the troops on those parts of the field through which Sini's grandson had passed were compelled by him to tremble, the son of Bharadvaja covered him with a mighty shower of arrows.

Then a fierce fight commenced between Drona and him of the Satvata race, before the very eyes of all the troops-fight that resembled that between Bali and Vasava fought in the day's of yore.

Then Drona pierced Sini's grandson on the forehead with three beautiful shafts wholly made or iron and looking like so many snakes of virulent poison.

O mighty monarch, with those straightgoing shafts struck the forehead, Yuyudhana appeared beautiful like a mountain with three peaks. on

Then Bharadvaja's son, ever on the watch for an opportunity for defeating his focs, once more sped at Satyaki shafts whose whizz resembled the rumble of Indra's thunder.

Then he of the Dasarha race conversant with many excellent weapons, cut-off those shafts shot from Drona's bow and coming towards hiin, each with a couple of arrows equipped with excellent wings.

Then, O ruler of men, Drona beholding his light-handedness, smiled and then pierced that foremost of Sini's descendant with thirty sharp arrows.

Then once more he pierced him with fifty and hundred shafts successively, thus surpassing with his own lightness of hands the lightness displayed by Yuyudhana.

Just as, O king, mighty snakes excited to fury, plunge off from the ant-hills, so from the car of Drona numerous shafts were seen to fly.

Similarly hundreds and thousands of shafts all capable of drinking blood, covered the car of Drona being discharged by Yuyudhana.

O sire, we were then not able to detect which of the two, that foremost of the Brahmanas or he of the Satvata race, excelled the other in lightness of hands; but both of those best of men appeared to be equal.

Then excited to the highest pitch of fury, Satyaki struck Drona in battle with mine shafts of depressed knots. He also struck with sharp shafts, the standard.

And charioteer of Drona, before his very eyes. Then beholding the lightness of hands displayed by Yuyudhana, the mighty carwarrior Drona.

Piercing the charioteer of him of Madhu's race with seventy arrows and the horses with three arrows each, cut-off his standard with a single arrows.

Then with another broad-headed shaft equipped with golden wings, he curt off bow of that illustrious descendant of Madhu's race.

Thereat that mighty car-warrior Satyaki highly excited with rage, laid aside his bow and taking up a mighty mace, hurled it at the son of Bharadvaja.

Then Drona with numerous shafts of various appearance, baffled that mace made of iron and covered with silken cloth, as it coursed vehemently towards him.

Thereafter Satyaki of prowess incapable of being baffled taking up another bow, pierced the heroic son of Bharadvaja with numerous shafts whetted on stone.

Thus wounding Drona in battle he sent up his war-cry. But Drona that foremost of all wielders of weapons did not brook that war-cry of his.

Then taking up a lance of golden staff and iron-head, Drona hurled it vchemently at the car of that descendant of Madhu's race (Satyaki).

That lance resembling the Destroyer himself, without reaching the grandson of Sini, penetrated through his chariot and then fell on the ground, looking fierce and emitting a loud noise.

Thereafter ( king, Sini's grandson pierced Drona on his right arin with many winged shafts. Thus, O foremost of the Bharatas, Drona was greatly afflicted,

In that battle Drona also, O king, with a crescent-shaped arrow cut-off the mighty bow of that descendant of Madhava; and he smote the latter's driver with a lance.

Satyaki's charioteer was then overwhelmed with a swoon in consequent of his being struck with that dart. For a while, he lay senseless on his niche on the car.

Then, o king, Satyaki achieved a superhuman feat, in as much as he fought on with Drona and held the reins of his horse like his driver simultaneously.

Then, O ruler of men, with a cheerful appearance, the mighty car-warrior Yuyudhana, pierced in that that battle that Brahmana with a set of hundred arrows.

At him then Drona sped, O Bharata, five shafts and those dreadful shaft penetrating through his armour drank his life-blood.

Pierced deeply with those fierce arrows Satyaki became exited to the highest pitch of Wrath; and then that hero began to shoot numerous arrows at him of the golden car.

He then felled Drona's driver by striking him with a single arrow; then with other arrows, he compelled his horses to run away from the field.

That resplendent chariot, Oking, dragged over all parts of the field, began to describe various circles like the Sun in motion.

'Rush,' 'seize the running steeds of Drona,' these were the words that were then uttered loudly by the kings and princes of the Kaurava host.

O king, then all those mighty car-warriors, leaving Satyaki in battle, proceeded to the spot where Drona was carried away by his horses.

Then once more seeing all those heroes routed and afflicted by the scion of the Satvata race, your troops once more began to give way, being overwhelmed with fear.

Drona, once more proceeding to the gate of the array of his troops, stationed himself there, borne away, as he was, by those steeds of the fleetness of the wind, that had been afflicted by the shafts of the Vrishni hero.

Then that highly puissant Drona, seeing his array shattered by the Pandavas and the Panchalas, did not try to check the grandson of Sini, but began to re-arrange his broken array.

Resisting the Pandavas and the Panchalas, the Drona-fire then, burning in rage, stationed himself there, consuming everything like the Sun that rises at the end of a Yuga.