(क्रमशः) अलम्बुषको वध

Dhritarashtra said Day by day, O Sanjaya, by blazing fame is dwindling away. Numerous warriors of my side are being slain. I consider all this to be due to the adverse influence of Fate.

Inflamed with wrath, Dhananjaya has entered into my host which is protected by Drona's son and Karna and which is therefore incapable of being penetrated into by the very celestials.

Dhananjaya's prowess has increased in consequence of his being united with that foremost of the Sinis and those two of burning energy, namely Krishna and Bhima.

Like fire burning down a heap of dry grass, grief is corroding my heart since I have heard of Dhananjaya's entrance into my army. I see that all the king's of the earth with the ruler of the Sindhus amongst them, are under the influence of adverse Fate.

Having inflicted a terrible injury to the diadem-checked Arjuna, how could the ruler of the Sindhu's escape with his life, when he would become the object of Arjuna's sight?

O Sanjaya, I can imagine even now that the king of the Sindhus no longer lives. Therefore, tell me how in reality did that battle rage then.

He that had single-handed and unsupported entered into and agitated my army, even as an infuriate elephant enters and crushes a group of lotuses.

Tell me of the feats of that Vrishnipero, as he achieved them, struggling to help Dhananjaya in battle. O Sanjaya, you are an expert in narration.

Sanjaya said Seeing that foremost of men namely Bhima, proceed, although pierced with the arrows of Vikartana's son in the midst of so many heroes, O monarch, that excellent warrior of the Sini race, followed him on his chariot.

Uttering thundering roars like the clouds at the expiration of the summer season or burning like the sun at the end of the rainy season, he began to slaughter his foes by means of his tough bow and caused the troops of your son repeatedly to tremble.

When that foremost of Madhu's race careered on the field on his chariot drawn by horses of argentine hue and roared fiercely, O Bharata, there was none amongst your troops who could then check him.

Then that foremost of kings namely Alambusha excited with wrath, untreatreating in battle, armed with a bow and covered in a golden coat of mail, advancing against Satyaki checked his carreer in battle.

Then encounter that thereupon raged between them was unparalleled. Your soldiers and the enemy's troops, giving up the fight became spectators of that battle.

The foremost of all kings viz., king Alambusha, then sped at Satyaki ten shafts; but that foremost of scions of the Sini race, cut-off all those shafts, with those of his own, before they could reach him.

Thereupon, Alambusha pierced Satyaki with three sharp arrows furnished with beautiful wings blazing as fire and discharged from the bow drawn back to the very ear. These arrows penetrating through Satyaki's coat of mail mangled his body.

Then piercing Satyaki's body with those keen pointed and effulgent arrows, poisoned and of the energy of fire or the wind, Alambusha, with four other shafts, struck the four silver-white steeds of Satyaki with great force.

Possessing prowess and activity equal to those of that bearer of the discus (Krishna), the grandson of Sini, thus struck by Alambusha, slew the latter's fours steeds with four keen arrows.

Then cutting off the head of Alambusha's charioteer, he severed with a broad-headed arrows fierce as the yoga-fire from the former's trunk his head graced with excellent ear-rings and beautiful as the full moon.

Having slain that scion of a mace whose descendants are all kings, the illustrious descendant of the Yadu race that hero capable of crushing the hostile army, advanced towards Arjuna, o king, checking in his progress of soldiers of the enemy.

O monarch, thus careering amongst his enemies, the Vrishni hero, when following in the track of Arjuna, was seen with his shafts to destroy repeadly the Kuru host, like the raging tempest scattering masses of clouds.

Where-ever that foremost of men desired to go, he was borne thither by those best steeds of his that were of Sindhu breed, well-broken, tame, white as milk or the Kunda flower or the moon or the snow and that were decked with housings and traces of gold.

Then, O descendant of Ajamidas race, yours sons, united with other soldiers of your army, quickly rushed against Satyaki, making that foremost of warrior's viz., Dushasana their leader.

Those commanders of divisions surrounding the grandson of Sini on all sides, began to wound him viz., that foremost of the Satwata's; that hero Satyaki resisted them with showers of his arrows.

Resisting them all quickly with his shafts of fiery energy, that slayer of hostile heroes, the grandson of Sini uplifting his bow, slew the horses of Dushasana's chariot; then Arjuna and Krishna seeing that foremost of men Satyaki thus fight in battle became highly delighted.