The defeat of Dushasana

Sanjaya said Meanwhile, o king, Dushasana advanced upon the grandson of Sini, shooting thousands of arrows, like a mighty rain-clouds pouring its contents.

Having pierced Satyaki first with sixty shafts and next with sixteen, he could not make him tremble who was fighting steadily like the immovable Mainaka mountain.

Then that foremost of the Bharatas surrounded Satyaki with a mighty division of car-warriors born in various realms; he shot numerous arrows.

And filled the ten quarters with the clatter of his car-wheels, that resembled the rumble or rain clouds. Beholding that Kaurava hero advance upon him Satyaki.

Possessed of mighty arms, rushed against him and covered him with his own shafts. Then those warriors headed by Dushasana being thus covered by those arrowy showers.

Became seized with panic and began to fly away even before the very eyes of your son. O monarch, when those warriors were thus flying, your son Dushasana.

Stood fearlessly before Satyaki afflicting him with his arrows. He then pierced the latter's charioteer with three and his steeds with four arrows;

Then piercing Satyaki himself with a set of hundred arrows, he uttered his war-cry. Thereupon O mighty monarch, that descendant of Madhu's race, being worked up

Rendered Dushasana's car, charioteer and standard invisible with his swift flying arrows. he then entirely shrouded the heroic Dushasana with his shafts.

That subduer of foes then quickly covered Dushasana with his arrows like a spider cntangling a gnat in its web.

with rage. Beholding Dushasana thus covered by the shafts of Satyaki, king Duryodhana urged the Trigarttas towards the car of Yuyudhana.

Then three thousand warriors of the Trigaratta clan versed in battling and of cruel deeds, reaching the car of Yuyudhana.

Surrounded the latter with the mighty division of their car. They on their hearts firmly on fighting and took terrible oaths.

As they rushed to battle discharging showers of arrows, Yuyudhana crushed five hundred of their foremost warriors that marched in their front.

They then began to fall down slain quickly by the arrows of the foremost of Sinis, like trees broken by the force of the wind falling down from the top of the mountain.

The field of battle, overspread with mangled elephants, 0 king and broken standards and fallen bodies of horses furnished with golden traces and wounded and cut by the arrows of Sini's grandson and rolling in their blood, looked beautiful like a plain covered over with Kinsuka trees decked with blossoms.

Then all those warriors of yours, slain in battle by Yuyudhana, were unable to find out a protector like elephants sunk in deep mire. was

Thereafter terrified all of them proceeded towards the car of Drona like mighty snakes entering their holes from fear of the king of birds (Garuda).

Slaying five hundred warriors with his arrows resembling snakes of virulent poison, the heroic Satyaki proceeded slowly towards the car of Dhananjaya.

Then as that foremost of men proceeding your son Dushasana pierced him quickly with nine shafts of depressed knots.

Him the fierce bowmen Satyaki pierced in return with five sharp shafts, all straight flying and furnished with golden as well as vulterine wings.

But O Bharata, Dushasana, smiling a little, pierced Satyaki O king, first with three and then with five shafts,

Thereupon the grandson of Sini wounding your son with five swift-coursing arrows cutoff the latter's bow and then smiling a little proceeded towards Arjuna.

Thereat Dushasana, highly enraged and desirous of slaying the Vrishni hero as he was proceeding, hurled at him a lance capable of penetrating through all things.

But that dreadful lance hurled by your son, Satyaki cut-off, O king, with whetted shafts furnished with wings of the Kanka bird.

O ruler of men, then your son taking up another bow pierced Satyaki with his arrows and then uttered a loud war-cry.

Thereat Satyaki waxing wroth, stupefied your son and struck him on the centre of his chest with arrows resembling tongues of fire.

He then once more pierced Dushasana with eight arrows made completely of iron and of sharp heads. Dushasana in return pierced Satyaki with twenty shafts of eminents parts.

He, of the Satvata race of eminent parts o mighty monarch, again pierced him on the breast with three arrows of straight knots.

Then that mighty car-warrior, highly inflamed with rage, slew Dushasana's steeds with sharp arrows and his charioteer with numerous shafts of depressed knots.

Versed in the use of many excellent weapons Satyaki then cut-off Dushasana's bow with a single bhalla, his gloves with five and his chariot and chariot shaft, with a couple of broad-headed arrows with sharp shafts he cutoff his two Parshni drivers. Then Dushasana, deprived of his car, with his bow burst open, his charioteer and steeds slain.

Was carried away by the commander of the Trigartta divisions on his own chariot. O Bharata, then the grandson of Sini once more assailed him.

But he refrained from slaying him remembering the words of Bhimasena. O Bharata, amidst the assembly Bhimasena before swore to slay your sons. Then Satyaki, vanquishing Dushasana, quickly proceeded in the track in which Dhananjaya had proceeded, Oking.