including Jayadratha; then after the death of Abhimanyu, the destruction by Arjuna, in battle of seven Akshauhinis of troops and then of Jayadratha; then the entry, by Bhima of mighty arms and by that foremost of warriors-in-chariot, Satyaki, into the Kaurava ranks impenetrable even to the gods, in search of Arjuna in obedience to the orders of Yudhishthira, and the destruction of the remnant of the Sansaptakas.  In the Drona Parva, is the death of Alambusha, of Srutayus, of Jalasandha, of Shomadatta, of Virata, of the great warrior-in-chariot Drupada, of Ghatotkacha and others; in this Parva, Aswatthaman, excited beyond measure at the fall of his father in battle, discharged the terrible weapon Narayana.  Then the glory of Rudra in connection with the burning (of the three cities).  Then the arrival of Vyasa and recital by him of the glory of Krishna and Arjuna.  This is the great seventh Parva of the Bharata in which all the heroic chiefs and princes mentioned were sent to their account.  The number of sections in this is one hundred and seventy.  The number of slokas as composed in the Drona Parva by Rishi Vyasa, the son of Parasara and the possessor of true knowledge after much meditation, is eight thousand, nine hundred and nine.

“Then comes the most wonderful Parva called Karna.  In this is narrated the appointment of the wise king of Madra as (Karna’s) charioteer.  Then the history of the fall of the Asura Tripura.  Then the application to each other by Karna and Salya of harsh words on their setting out for the field, then the story of the swan and the crow recited in insulting allusion:  then the death of Pandya at the hands of the high-souled Aswatthaman; then the death of Dandasena; then that of Darda; then Yudhishthira’s imminent risk in single combat with Karna in the presence of all the warriors; then the mutual wrath of Yudhishthira and Arjuna; then Krishna’s pacification of Arjuna.  In this Parva, Bhima, in fulfilment of his vow, having ripped open Dussasana’s breast in battle drank the blood of his heart.  Then Arjuna slew the great Karna in single combat.  Readers of the Bharata call this the eighth Parva.  The number of sections in this is sixty-nine and the number of slokas is four thousand, nine hundred and sixty-tour.

“Then hath been recited the wonderful Parva called Salya.  After all the great warriors had been slain, the king of Madra became the leader of the (Kaurava) army.  The encounters one after another, of charioteers, have been here described.  Then comes the fall of the great Salya at the hands of Yudhishthira, the Just.  Here also is the death of Sakuni in battle at the hands of Sahadeva.  Upon only a small remnant of the troops remaining alive after the immense slaughter, Duryodhana went to the lake and creating for himself room within its waters lay stretched there for some time.  Then is narrated the receipt of this intelligence by Bhima from the fowlers:  then is narrated how, moved by the insulting speeches of the intelligent Yudhishthira,