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Çalya's younger brother & Yudhishṭhira, who slew him; the Kurus broke; Sātyaki & Kṛtavarman, whom Kṛpa carried away on his chariot; Duryodhana alone withstood the Pāṇḍava leaders (αα); Kṛtavarman (on another chariot) + Kṛpa & Yudhishṭhira; Kṛtavarman was carried away by Açvatthāman upon the latter's chariot; Kṛpa & Yudhishṭhira. The Pārthas blew their conchs and applauded Yudhishṭhira (IX, 17). The followers of Çalya (1,700 Madrakas) resolved to avenge him; Duryodhana commanded them not to proceed to battle; they, however, attacked Yudhishṭhira; Arjuna, etc. (ββ), & the Madrakas, whom they began to slaughter; Duryodhana in vain tried to prevent them from fighting; then, urged by Çakuni, he proceeded to the rescue of the Madrakas. The Pāṇḍavas arranged themselves in the form called Madhyama and slew the Madrakas; meteors, etc., were seen; the Pārthas encountered a body of horse advancing towards them; the Kuru army fled away (IX, 18). Also the sons of Dhrshṭarāshṭra almost all turned away from the flight at noon; their fear was like to that after the fall of Bhīshma, etc. (γγ); the Pāñcālas and the Pāṇḍavas pursued them, and congratulated one another (δδ). The Sṛñjayas pursued the Kurus; Arjuna & the chariot-division; Nakula, etc. (εε), & Çakuni. ### [c5.s2.840.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.840.2) Duryodhana rallied 21,000 foot-soldiers, resisted by Bhīmasena and Dhrshṭadyumna; Bhīma slew them; Yudhishṭhira's troops in vain tried to transgress Duryodhana. Duryodhana rallied a small force by a spirited address (ζζ); the Pāṇḍavas, especially Arjuna, rushed against them; Nakula, etc. (ηη), against Çakuni (IX, 19). The Mleccha king Çālva (on an elephant, sprung from a noble breed, and always worshipped by Duryodhana) attacked the Pāṇḍavas (+ Somakas and Sṛñjayas), who fled; Dhrshṭadyumna (in order to vanquish the elephant) & Çālva; Dhrshṭadyumna had his chariot, steeds, and chariotoer destroyed by the elephant; Bhīma, etc. (θθ), & Çālva (+ the elephant); the Pāñcālas, etc. (ιι), lamented; Dhrshṭadyumna slew the elephant with his mace, and Sātyaki slew Çālva (IX, 20). Kṛtavarman, rallying a portion of the Kuru army, resisted the Pāṇḍavas; Sātyaki & king Kshomakirti, whom he slew; Kṛtavarman & Sātyaki; the Pāṇḍavas, the Pāñcālas, etc., became spectators; Kṛpa carried Kṛtavarman away upon his chariot; the whole army of Duryodhana fled except Duryodhana, who assailed all the Pāṇḍavas, etc. (κκ); then Kṛtavarman came (on another chariot) (IX, 21). Duryodhana alone resisted the Pāṇḍavas; the Kuru army once more rallied and fought; Duryodhana & Yudhishṭhira, etc. (λλ); Açvatthāman & Bhīmasena; Çakuni & Yudhishṭhira, who was carried away by Sahadeva on his chariot; Yudhishṭhira (on another chariot) & Çakuni; Si. and Cā. applauded; Ulūka & Nakula; Kṛtavarman & Sātyaki; ### [c5.s2.840.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.840.3) Duryodhana & Dhrshṭadyumna; Kṛpa & the Draupadeyas (IX, 22). The Kurus were broken by the Pāṇḍavas, but rallied by the sons of Dhṛtarāshṭra; Yudhishṭhira & Kṛpa and Kṛtavarman (who was carried away by Açvatthāman); Duryodhana despatched 700 chariots against Yudhishṭhira; Çikhaṇḍin, etc., came to aid Yudhishṭhira; an awful battle ensued; tho 700 were slain; the Pāṇḍavas and Pāñcālas resisted; terrifying omens in nature wore seen. Çakuni exhorted the others to fight in front; he would himself slay the Pāṇḍavas from behind; the Madrakas rejoiced, but were slain; Çakuni with 10,000 horsemen assailed the Pāṇḍava army in the rear; the force of the Pāṇḍavas broke down. Yudhiṣṭhira urged Sahadeva to slay Çakuni, aided by the Draupadeyas; Yudhiṣṭhira, with the Pañcālas, would himself destroy the chariot-force. Sahadeva (with 700 elephants, 5,000 horses, and 3,000 foot-soldiers) + the Draupadeyas & Çakuni, who, with 6,000 horses, went away; similarly, the Pāṇḍava force, which was reduced to 6,000 horses; the Draupadeyas proceeded to Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Sahadeva to Yudhiṣṭhira; Çakuni & Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s division; after a terrible battle the Pāṇḍavas encompassed Çakuni (IX, 23). Çakuni exhorted the remainder of his following, 700 horses, and urged Duryodhana to attack the Pāṇḍavas (µµ); the remnant of the Kuru army attacked the Pāṇḍavas; ### [c5.s2.840.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.840.4) Arjuna (desiring to exterminate the Kurus) addressed Kṛṣṇa, recounting the loss sustained by the Kurus (νν), and attacked the remnant of the Kuru army, and caused a great slaughter (IX, 24). Dhṛṣṭadyumna, etc. (ξξ), & the chariot-force; Duryodhana escaped on horseback to Çakuni; 3,000 elephants encompassed the Pāṇḍava brothers, and were slain by Arjuna and Bhīma, etc. (οο). Açvatthāman, etc. (ππ), enquired about Duryodhana, pierced through Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s force, and proceeded to Çakuni. The Pāṇḍavas, headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, assailed the Kurus. Sañjaya (having joined the five leaders and posted his men, who had been afflicted by Arjuna, by Kṛpa) & Dhṛṣṭadyumna; Sātyaki & Sañjaya, who was made captive; Bhīma and Arjuna destroyed the elephants; Açvatthāman, etc., seeking Duryodhana, proceeded to Çakuni (IX, 25). Eleven sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Durmarṣaṇa, etc. (ρρ), & Bhīmasena, who slew them. Bhīmasena then slew 500 chariot-warriors, 10,000 foot, 700 elephants, and 800 horses (IX, 26). Duryodhana and Sudarça (the only sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra yet unslain) were in the midst of the cavalry. Kṛṣṇa urged Arjuna to destroy the remnant of Duryodhana’s troops (σσ); Arjuna assented (ττ); “only 500 horses form the remnant of the troops of Çakuni ; there remain also Açvatthāman, etc. (υυ).” Bhīmasena, etc. (φφ), & Duryodhana + Çakuni; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Sudarça & Bhīmasena; Suçarman and Çakuni & Arjuna; Duryodhana (on horseback) & Sahadeva. Arjuna & the Trigartas; ### [c5.s2.840.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.840.5) Arjuna slew Satyakarman, Satyeṣu, and the Prasthala ruler Suçarman, and the latter’s thirty-five sons, etc., and then proceeded against the remnant of the Bharata host. Bhīma slew Sudarçaṇa (Dhārtarāṣṭra), and completed the destruction of the Kaurava army (IX, 27). Çakuni & Sahadeva; Ulūka & Bhīmasena; Sahadeva sat down on his chariot; Bhīma and Sahadeva & Çakuni’s men, who fled away, but were rallied by Duryodhana; Sahadeva + Nakula and Bhīma & Çakuni + Ulūka; Sahadeva slew Ulūka; Çakuni (recollecting the words of Vidura) & Sahadeva; Çakuni’s division and Çakuni himself fled away, pursued by Sahadeva, who slew him (IX, 28). --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.840](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.840) · Pramāṇa