it to be baffled.  For this, O ruler men, the destruction of the foe hath not been compassed in battle.  Defeat and death, however, are the same.  Rather, defeat is worse than death.  Lo, the enemy, vanquished and compelled to lay down his arms, looks as if deprived of life’.  Duryodhana then said, ’O preceptor’s son, if it be so, if this weapon cannot be used twice, let those slayers of their preceptor be slain with other weapons then, O foremost one of all persons acquainted with weapons!  In thee are all celestial as well as in the Three eyed (Siva) of immeasurable energy.  If thou wishest it not, even Purandara in rage cannot escape thee.’

“Dhritarashtra said, ’After Drona had been slain with the aid of fraud, and the Narayana weapon baffled, what, indeed, did Drona’s son, thus urged by Duryodhana then, do, beholding the Parthas once more arrived for battle freed from the Narayana weapon, and careering at the head of their divisions?’

“Sanjaya said, ’Remembering the slaughter of his sire, Drona’s son, owning the device of the lion’s tail on his banner, filled with rage and casting of all fears, rushed against the son of Prishata.  Rushing at him, O bull among men, that foremost of warriors, with great impetuosity, pierced the Panchala prince with five and twenty small arrows.  Then Dhrishtadyumna, O King, pierced Drona’s son that resembled a blazing fire, with four and sixty shafts.  And he pierced Aswatthaman’s driver also with twenty arrows whetted on stone and equipped with wings of gold, and then his four steeds with four sharp arrows.  Repeatedly piercing Drona’s son, and causing the earth to tremble with his leonine roars.  Dhrishtadyumna then seemed to be employed in taking the lives of creatures in the world in dreadful battle.  Making death itself his goal, the mighty son of Prishata, O king, accomplished in weapons and endued with sureness of aim, then rushed against Drona’s son alone.  Of immeasurable soul, that foremost of car-warriors, viz., the prince of Panchala, poured upon Aswatthaman’s head a shower of arrows.  Then Drona’s son, in that battle, covered the angry prince with winged shafts.  And once more, he pierced the latter with ten shafts, remembering the slaughter of his father.  Then cutting off the standard and bow of the Panchala prince with a couple of well-shot shafts, equipped with heads like razors.  Drona’s son began to grind his foe with other arrows.  In that dreadful battle, Aswatthaman made his antagonist steedless and driverless and carless, and covered his followers also with thick showers of shafts.  At this, the Panchala troops, O king, mangled by means of those arrowy showers fled away in fear and great affliction.  Beholding the troops turning away from battle and Dhrishtadyumna exceedingly afflicted, the grandson of Sini quickly urged his car against that of Drona’s son.  He then afflicted Aswatthaman with eight keen shafts.  And once more striking that angry warrior with twenty shafts