An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s3.419.4

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When the Pāṇḍavas again met, *Yudhishṭhira* knew from the shrill cries of the birds that the forest had been invaded by hostile intruders, and he caused them to give up the chase and drive home on their great chariots drawn by Saindhava horses. A yellow jackal on their left indicated the violence done. *Indrasena* learned what had happened from the weeping foster-sister of Draupadī, and then they pursued and overtook Jayadratha, who was greatly alarmed (III, 269). Draupadī, asked by Jayadratha, pointed out to him each of the five Pāṇḍavas, and advised him to throw down his arms and seek the protection of *Yudhishṭhira*, at the top of whose flagstaff two tabours called *Nanda* and *Upananda* are constantly played. The Pāṇḍavas, leaving the panic-stricken infantry alone, rushed upon the charioteers [so PCR., who seems to have read *rathānikam*, which is, to be sure, the right reading, instead of *yathānikam*, which occurs both in C. and B.] (III, 270). *Bhīma* with his iron mace (*sarvaçaikyāsim gadām*), embossed with gold, rushed towards Jayadratha, who was defended by Koṭikāsya. The Trigarta king, who had killed the four steeds of Yudhishthira with his mace, was himself killed by Yudhishthira, who then, together with Indrasena, mounted the chariot of Sahadeva. Nakula killed Kshemaṅkara and Mahāmukha, and was compelled by the Trigarta king Suratha (whom he killed?) to mount Bhīma's chariot. Bhīma put Koṭikāsya to flight and slew him.