घोषयात्रा पर्व — दुर्योधनको पराजय

Vaishampayana said : O great king, when the great car-warrior Karna was routed by the Gandharvas, the great army of Dhritarashtra's son fled away in his very sight.

Seeing all the Kuru soldiers flying from the enemy, the great king Duryodhana refused to run away.

Seeing the greatly powerful Gandharva army rushing towards him, that chastiser of foes hurled on them a thick shower of arrows.

Without minding that shower of arrows the Gandharvas, with the desire of killing Duryodhana, surrounded his car.

With their arrows, they cut off into pieces its yoke, shafts, fenders, the flag-staff, threefold bamboo poles and the chief turret. They also cut off his charioteer and horses. When Duryodhana thus deprived to his car fell on the ground, the mighty-armed Chitrasena rushed upon him and seized him with such force that it seemed as if his life itself was taken.

O king of kings, when he was thus taken prisoner, the Gandharvas surrounded the car on which Duhshasana was seated; and they took him also as a prisoner.

Some seized Vivenshati and Chitrasena and some Vinda and Anuvinda and some again seized all the ladies of the royal household.

The soldiers of the son of Dhritarashtra who were routed by the Gandharvas then came to the Pandavas.

When the king (Duryodhana) was taken prisoner, the vehicles, the shops, the pavilions, the conveyances and the beasts of burden were all made over to the Pandavas for protection. some

The soldiers said: The handsome, the mighty-armed and the greatly powerful son of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana) is taken away by the Gandharvas as prisoner. O sons of Pritha, follow them.

Duhshasana, Durvisha, Durmukha and Durjaya are all being led away as prisoners bound in chains and also the ladies of the royal household.

Vaishampayana said : Thus crying, the followers of Duryodhana, afflicted with grief and sorrow, came to Yudhishthira desiring to effect the rescue of their king.

Then to those old counsellors of Duryodhana who came, in grief and being melancholy, ask protection from Yudhishthira, Bhimsena said,

"That, we ought to have done with great efforts arriving ourselves in the line of battle, supported by horses and elephants has indeed been done (today) by the Gandharvas.

They that came here with other purposes have been overtaken by consequences which they have not foreseen. This is the result of the c'il counsus of a king who is fond of gambling.

It has been heard by us that even the enemy of a inan who is powerful is overthrown by to others. the Gandharvas have done this extraordinary feat before our very eyes.

There is in the world still fortunately (for us) some who is desirous of doing us good and who has taken upon his shoulder our pleasant load.

The wicked-minded wretch had come here to us, himself being in prosperity, while we are now sunk in misery, being emaciated by severe austerities and exposed to wind, cold and heat.

Those that imitate the conduct of that sinful and wicked Kuru (Duryodhana) are now seeing his own disgrace.

He who instructed Duryodhana to do this had certainly acted sinfully. I tell you, the sons of Kunti are not wicked and sinful."

When the son of Kunti Bhimasena was thus talking in a voice of sarcasm, the king (Yudhishthira) said, “This is not the time for using cruel words.”