॥ अथ ८.४५ ॥
संजय उवाच ।
८.४५.३
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज द्रोणपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ।
अर्जुनं वासुदेवं च छादयामास पत्रिभिः ॥
M N Dutt Thereupon, O king, your son, the great carwarrior, being greatly enraged resisted those the rays twin sons of Pandu, the great bowmen, with numberless arrows.
८.४५.९
ततोऽर्जुनो हयान्हत्वा सर्वांस्तस्य महात्मनः ।
चकार समरे भूमिं शोणितौघतरङ्गिणीम् ॥
M N Dutt Thereupon killing all the horses of the highsouled one Arjuna created, in the battle-field, a dreadful stream of blood, carrying away all to the other region.
८.४५.१७
स संगृह्य स्वयं वाहान्कृष्णौ प्राच्छादयच्छरैः ।
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम द्रौणेराशु पराक्रमम् ॥
M N Dutt Then himself taking up the reins of horses Drona's son covered Krishna and Arjuna with arrows. He saw a wonderful power in him then. He simultaneously drove his horses and fought with Phalguna. It was spoken highly of by all the warriors in battle, O king.
८.४५.३३
एवमुक्त्वा महाराज सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ।
प्रगृह्य विजयं वीरो धनुःश्रेष्ठं पुरातनम् ।
सज्यं कृत्वा महाराज संमृज्य च पुनः पुनः ॥
M N Dutt Having said this, O monarch, the charioteer's son, highly powerful as he was, took up his old victorious bow Vijaya the best of its kind and rubbing again and again its string set it on the bow. Thereupon having assured his army and commanded them to wait in the battle-field, the powerful and highly energetic Karna set Bhargava weapons to his bow-string.
८.४५.३९
प्राकम्पत मही राजन्निहतैस्तैस्ततस्ततः ।
व्याकुलं सर्वमभवत्पाण्डवानां महद्बलम् ॥
M N Dutt And O king, thousands of elephants, horses, cars and men falling on all sides, the earth began to shake. The great army of the Pandavas quivered from one end to the other.
८.४५.४५
अथाब्रवीद्वासुदेवं कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः ।
भार्गवास्त्रं महाघोरं दृष्ट्वा तत्र सभीरितम् ॥
M N Dutt Beholding there the discharge of the dreadful Bhargava weapon and hearing the cries of his men slaughtered by Karna, with arrows Kunti's son Dhananjaya said to Krishna. can
॥ इति ८.४५ ॥
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