Shalya Parva — The fight between the various leaders of both the armies

Sanjaya said After the heroic Shalya, that flower of the court, had been killed your ariny were dispersed like a huge tree broken by the force of the storm.

Seeing the army routed, the great carwarrior, Kritavarına, opposed the hostile force in that battle.

Seeing the Satwata hero, O king, standing in battle like a hill though struck with arrows (by the foe), the Kuru heroes, who had fled away, rallied and came back.

Then, O king, an encounter which took place between the Pandavas and the Kurus who were determined upon meeting with death.

Wonderful was that fierce encounter which took place between the Satwata hero and his foes, since alone hc opposed the invincible ariny of the Pandavas.

Seeing this most difficult feat friends, filled with delight, set up leonine shouts that sceined to reach the very heavens.

At those sounds and Panchalas, O foremost of Bharata's race, were filled with fear. Then Satyaki, the grandson of Shini, came there.

Approaching the powerful king Kshemakirti, Satyaki killed him with seven keen arrows.

Then the intelligent son of Hridika, rushed quickly against the best of Shinis, that mightyarmed warrior, as the latter came discharging his whetted shafts.

Those two bowmen, those two foremost of car-warriors roared like lions and met each other, both being armed with best of weapons.

The Pandavas, the Panchalas and the other warriors, witnessed that terrible encounter between the two heroes.

Those two Vrishni and Andhaka heroes, like two elephants filled with delight, struck each other with long arrows and arrows with calf-toothed heads.

Moving about in various ways the son of Hridika and that foremost of Shini's race soon covered each other with showers of arrows.

The arrows discharged forcibly from the bows of the two Vrishni heroes were seen by us in the sky to resemble fights of quickcoursing insects.

Approaching the powerful Satyaki of true prowess, the son of Hridika struck the four horses of the former with four keen arrows.

Enraged at this like an elephant struck with a lance, the long-armed Satyaki struck Kritavarman with eight best arrows.

Then Kritavarman struck Satyaki with three arrows whetted on stone and shot off his bow drawn to its fullest stretch and then cut of his bow with another arrow.

Casting off his broken bow, that Shini hero quickly took up another with an arrow set on it.

Having taken up that best of bows and stringed it, that foremost of all bowmen, that warrior of great energy, intelligence and strength, unable to bear the cutting of his bow by Kritavarman, quickly and furiously rushed against the latter.

With ten keen arrows that Shini chief then struck the driver, the horses and the standard of Kritavarman.

At this, O king, the great bowinan and carwarrior Kritavarman, beholding his golddecked car made driverless and horseless, was filled with rage. Taking up a pointed lance, he discharged it with all might at that best of Shini's race, desirous of killing him.

Striking that lance with many keen arrows, Satyaki sundered it off into pieces and caused it to fall down. Stupefying Kritavarinan of Madhu's race with another broad-headed arrow he then struck Kritavarman on the chest.

Deprived of his horses and driver in that battle by Yuyudhana, skilled in weapons, Kritavarınan came down on the Earth.

The heroic Kritavarman, having been deprived of his car by Satyaki in that single combat, all the (Kaurava) soldiers were possessed by a great fear.

A mighty fear overtook your sons, when Kritavarman was thus made steedless and driverless and carless.

Beholding that chastiser of foes made steedless and driverless, Kripa, O king, rushed at that best of Shini's race, desirous of killing him.

Taking Kritavarman upon his car before all the bowmen, the mighty-armed Kripa took him away from the battlefield.

After Kritavarman had been made carless and the grandson of Shini had grown powerful on the field, the entire army of Duryodhana took to their heels.

The enemy, however, did not see it for the Kuru army was then covered with a cloud of dust. All your warriors fled, O king, except king Duryodhana.

Beholding his own army thus routed he quickly rushed and assailed the victorious enemy, alone opposing them all.

Filled with rage, that invincible warrior assailed with keen arrows all the Pandus and Dhrishtadyumna the son of Prishata and Shikhandin and the son of Draupadi and the large numbers of the Panchalas and the Kaikeyas and the Somakas.

With strong determination your powerful son stood in battle. even as blazing and mighty fire on the sacrificial platform purified with mantras, king Duryodhana moved in the field, in that battle.

His enemies could not approach him then, like creatures unable to approach the Death. Then the son of Hridika came there, on another car.