thy son himself with a barbed shaft. Casting
off that broken bow, Yuyutsu, with eyes red in wrath,
took up another formidable bow endued with greater
impetus. The prince then, O bull of Bharata’s
race, pierced Uluka with sixty arrows. Piercing
next the driver of Uluka, Yuyutsu struck Uluka once
more. Then Uluka, filled with rage pierced Yuyutsu
with twenty shafts adorned with gold, and then cut
off his standard made of gold. That lofty and
gorgeous standard made of gold, O king, thus cut off
(by Uluka), fell down in front of Yuyutsu’s
car. Beholding his standard cut off, Yuyutsu,
deprived of his senses by wrath, struck Uluka with
five shafts in the centre of the chest. Then
Uluka, O sire, in that battle, cut off, with a broad-headed
arrow steeped in oil, the head of his antagonist’s
driver, O best of the Bharatas. Slaying next
his four steeds he struck Yuyutsu himself with five
arrows. Deeply struck by the strong Uluka, Yuyutsu
proceeded to another car. Having vanquished him
in battle, O king, Uluka proceeded quickly towards
the Pancalas and the Srinjayas and began to slaughter
them with sharp shafts. Thy son Srutakarman,
O monarch, within half the time taken up by a wink
of the eye, fearlessly made Satanika steedless and
driverless and carless. The mighty car-warrior
Satanika, however, staying on his steedless car, O
sire, hurled a mace, filled with rage, at thy son.
That mace, reducing thy son’s car with its steeds
and driver into fragments, fell down upon the Earth
with great speed, and pierced it through. Then
those two heroes, both enhancers of the glory of the
Kurus, deprived of their cars, retreated from the
encounter, glaring at each other. Then thy son,
overcome with fear, mounted upon the car of Vivingsu,
while Satanika quickly got upon the car of Prativindhya.
Shakuni, filled with rage, pierced Sutasoma with many
keen shafts, but failed to make the latter tremble
like a torrent of water failing to produce any impression
upon a mountain. Beholding that great enemy of
his father, Sutasoma covered Shakuni, O Bharata, with
many thousands of arrows. Shakuni, however, that
warrior of sure aim and conversant with all methods
of warfare, actuated by desire of battle, quickly
cut off all those shafts with his own winged arrows.
Having checked those shafts with his own keen arrows
in battle, Shakuni, filled with rage, struck Sutasoma
with three arrows. Thy brother-in-law then, O
monarch, with his arrows cut off into minute fragments
the steeds, the standard, and the driver of his adversary,
at which all the spectators uttered a loud shout.
Deprived of his steed and car, and having his standard
cut off, O sire, the great bowman (Sutasoma), jumping
down from his car, stood on the Earth, having taken
up a good bow. And he shot a large number of arrows
equipped with golden wings and whetted on stone, and
shrouded therewith the car of thy brother-in law in
that battle. The son of Subala, however, beholding
those showers of arrows that resembled a flight of