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निपातिते दन्तिवरे पृथिव्यां; तरासाद विकर्णः सहसावतीर्य तूर्णं पदान्य अष्ट शतानि गत्वा; विविंशतेः सयन्दनम आरुरॊह ॥ ४-६०-११ ॥

'And as that mighty elephant fell to the earth, Vikarna, alarmed, quickly leapt back nearly eight hundred paces and mounted the chariot of Vivingsati.' ॥ 4-60-11 ॥

english translation

निहत्य नागं तु शरेण तेन; वज्रॊपमेनाद्रिवराम्बुदाभम तथाविधेनैव शरेण पार्थॊ; दुर्यॊधनं वक्षसि निर्बिभेद ॥ ४-६०-१२ ॥

'And having felled that mighty elephant, vast as a mountain and resembling a mass of clouds, with a thunder-like arrow, the son of Pritha struck Duryodhana in the chest with another arrow of equal force.' ॥ 4-60-12 ॥

english translation

ततॊ गजे राजनि चैव भिन्ने; भग्ने विकर्णे च स पादरक्षे गाण्डीवमुक्तैर विशिखैः परणुन्नास; ते युध मुख्याः सहसापजग्मुः ॥ ४-६०-१३ ॥

'With both the elephant and the king struck down, and Vikarna broken and fleeing with the car’s attendants, the other warriors, overwhelmed by the arrows from the Gandiva, scattered in panic.' ॥ 4-60-13 ॥

english translation

दृष्ट्वैव बाणेन हतं तु नागं; यॊधांश च सर्वान दरवतॊ निशम्य रथं समावृत्य कुरुप्रवीरॊ; रणात परदुद्राव यतॊ न पार्थः ॥ ४-६०-१४ ॥

'Seeing the mighty elephant slain by Pārtha and the battlefield in disarray, Duryodhana, foremost of the Kurus, turned his chariot and fled precipitately in the direction away from Pārtha.' ॥ 4-60-14 ॥

english translation

तं भीमरूपं तवरितं दरवन्तं; दुर्यॊधनं शत्रुसहॊ निषङ्गी पराक्ष्वेडयद यॊद्धुमनाः किरीटी; बाणेन विद्धं रुधिरं वमन्तम ॥ ४-६०-१५ ॥

'Seeing Duryodhana, fearsome in form and rushing forward like a charging foe, the hero of the Kuru army, with wrathful intent, struck him with a well-aimed arrow that pierced the chest and made the blood gush forth.' ॥ 4-60-15 ॥

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