[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 7.171.55 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 7.171.55 Mahābhārata 7.171.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.171.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.171.55) taṃ mattamiva siṃhena rājankuñjaramarditam | javenābhyadravañśūrāḥ pañca pāṇḍavato rathāḥ || 55 || > The Panchala prince had before this been much pierced; therefore, deeply wounded by that arrow, he became exceedingly weak and supported himself by seizing his flag-staff. Beholding Dhrishtadyumna thus afflicted by Aswatthaman, like an infuriated elephant by a lion, five heroic car-warriors of the Pandava army, viz., Kiritin, Bhimasena, Vrihatkshatra of Puru's race, the youthful prince of the Chedis, and Sudarsana, the chief of the Malavas, quickly rushed against Aswatthaman. Armed with bows, all these rushed with cries Oh and Alas. And those heroes quickly encompassed the son of Drona on all sides. Advancing twenty paces, all of them, with great care, simultaneously struck the angry son of the preceptor with five and twenty arrows. Drona's son, however, with five and twenty shafts, resembling snakes of virulent poison, cut off, almost at the same time, those five and twenty arrows shot at him. Then Aswatthaman afflicted the Paurava prince with seven sharp shafts. And he afflicted the chief of the Malavas with three, Partha with one, and Vrikodara with six shafts. Then all those great car-warriors, O king, pierced Drona's son unitedly and separately with many shafts, whetted on stone equipped with wings of gold. The youthful prince of the Chedis pierced Drona's son with twenty and Partha pierced him with three. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 7.171.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.171.54) - [Next: 7.171.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.171.56) - [Up: 7.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.171) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.7.201.4.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.7.200.72) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.171.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.171.55) · Pramāṇa