[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) › 9.45.59 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.45.59 Mahābhārata 9.45.59 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.45.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.59) taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvadaiteyā rākṣasā dānavāstathā | vyadravanta diśaḥ sarvā bhayodvignāḥ samantataḥ | abhyadravanta devāstānvividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ || 59 || > Beholding him, all the daityas, rakshasas and danavas, anxious with fear, fled away on all sides. Armed with diverse weapons, the celestials pursued them. Seeing (the foe flying away), Skanda, endued with energy and might, became inflamed with wrath. He repeatedly hurled his terrible weapon, the dart (he had received from Agni). The energy that he then displayed resembled a fire fed with libations of clarified butter. While the dart was repeatedly hurled by Skanda of immeasurable energy, meteoric flashes, O king, fell upon the Earth. Thunderbolts also, with tremendous noise, fell upon the earth. Everything became as frightful O king, as it becomes on the day of universal destruction. When that terrible dart was once hurled by the son of Agni, millions of darts issued from it, O bull of Bharata's race. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 9.45.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.58) - [Next: 9.45.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.60) - [Up: 9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.9.46.12) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.9.47.67) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.9.46.67) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.59) · Pramāṇa