loud and diverse cries, deep as the roar of clouds.
And some amongst the others wandered, and some limped,
and some fell down, and some became pale and cheerless.
Thus afflicted by Yuyudhana, with shafts that resembled
the sun or fire, that elephant division fled away
in all directions. After that elephant division
was exterminated, the mighty Jalasandha, exerting
himself coolly, led his elephant before Yuyudhana’s
car drawn by white steeds. Cased in golden Angadas,
with ear-rings and diadem, armed with sword, smeared
with red sandal-paste, his head encircled with a blazing
chain of gold, his breast covered with a cuirass,
his neck adorned with a bright chain (of gold), that
hero of sinless soul, stationed on the heads of his
elephant, shaking his bow decked with gold, looked
resplendent, O king, like a cloud charged with lightning.
Like the continent resisting the surging sea, Satyaki
checked that excellent elephant of the ruler of the
Magadhas that approached him with such fury.
Beholding the elephant checked by the excellent shafts
of Yuyudhana, the mighty Jalasandha became filled with
rage. Then, O king, the enraged Jalasandha, pierced
Sini’s grandson on his broad chest with some
shafts of great force. With another sharp and
well tempered broad-headed arrow, he cut off the bow
of the Vrishni hero while the latter was drawing it.
And then, O Bharata, smiling the while, the heroic
ruler of the Magadhas pierced the bowless Satyaki with
five keen shafts. The valiant and mighty-armed
Satyaki, however, though pierced with many shafts
by Jalasandha, trembled not in the least. All
this seemed exceedingly wonderful. Then mighty
Yuyudhana without any fear, thought of the shafts
(he should use). Taking up another bow, addressed
Jalasandha, saying, ‘Wait, Wait!’ Saying
this much, the grandson of Sini deeply pierced Jalasandha
on his broad breast with sixty arrows, smiling the
while. And with another razor-faced arrow of great
sharpness he cut off Jalasandha’s bow at the
handle, and with three more shafts he pierced Jalasandha
himself. Then Jalasandha, casting aside that
bow of his with an arrow fixed thereon, hurled a lance,
O sire, at Satyaki. That terrible lance, passing
through the left arm of Madhava in fierce battle,
entered the earth, like a hissing snake of gigantic
proportion. And his left arm had thus been pierced.
Satyaki, of prowess incapable of being baffled, struck
Jalasandha with thirty keen shafts. Then mighty
Jalasandha taking up his scimitar and large shield
made of bull’s hide and decked with a hundred
moons whirled the former for a while and hurled it
at Satwata. Cutting off the bow of Sini’s
grandson, that scimitar fell down on the earth, and
looked resplendent like a circle of fire, as it lay
on the earth. Then Yuyudhana took up another
bow capable of piercing everybody, large as a Sala-offshoot,
and of twang resembling the roar of Indra’s
thunder, and filled with rage, stretched in and then
pierced Jalasandha with a single shaft. And then