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# Dutaghatotkaca 12: duśśāsana

Dūtaghaṭotkaca 12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

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ruddhāḥ pāṇḍusutā jayadrathabalenākramya, śatrorbalaṃ  
saubhadre vinipātite śaraśatakṣepairdvitīye'rjune |  
prāptaiśca vyasanāni bhīṣmapatanādasmābhiradyāhave  
tīvrāḥ śokaśarāḥ kṛtāḥ khalu manasyeṣāṃ sutotsādanāt || 12 ||

> The sons of Pāṇḍu were restrained, overrun by Jayadratha's army; the enemy's force / \[was crushed\] when Saubhadra, a second Arjuna, was struck down by the release of hundreds of arrows; / and by us, who suffered calamities today in battle through Bhīṣma's fall, / fierce arrows of grief have indeed been planted in their minds through the destruction of their son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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