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.s4.250
An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s4.250
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[Ghatotkacavad haparvan (ᵒra)] ("the section including the slaughter of Ghaṭotkaca," the 76th of the minor parvans of Mbhṛ.; cf. Ghaṭotkacavadha). § 600: THE NIGHTLY COMBAT AFTER THE FOURTEENTH DAY: A dreadful battle took place between the Pāñcālas and the Kauravas. Duryodhana penetrated into the midst of the Pāṇḍava host, and caused an immense slaughter. Bhīmasena, etc. (α) & Duryodhana; Yudhiṣṭhira made Duryodhana insensible; Droṇa advanced to the rescue of Duryodhana; the Pāṇḍavas & Droṇa (VII, 153). Arjuna, etc. (β) & Droṇa. (Description of the awful night) (VII, 154). Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Sañjaya about the battle (γ). Sañjaya related: Droṇa slew the Kaikeyas and the sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, etc., and Çibi; Duryodhana sent Droṇa a driver for his chariot; the Kalinga prince attacked Bhīma (and Viçoka) and was slain by Bhīma with his bare fists; Karṇa and Dhruva (the brother of the Kalinga prince) & Bhīma, who slew Dhruva with his fist, and then Jayarāta with a slap of his palm; Çakuni rescued Karṇa; Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons & Bhīma; Durmada mounted the chariot of Dushkarṇa; then, before the eyes of Karṇa, etc. (ε), Bhīma, by a kick of his foot, caused that chariot to sink into the earth, and with his fists crushed Durmada and Dushkarṇa. All the kings fled away; Bhīma repaired to Yudhiṣṭhira; Nakula, etc. (ε) paid their adorations to Bhīma. The Dhārtarāṣṭras + Droṇa & Bhīma (VII, 155). Somadatta rebuked Sātyaki for having slain Bhūriçravas while sitting in prāya (ζ);
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Sātyaki's reply (η). Somadatta + Duryodhana and Çakuni & Sātyaki + Dhṛṣṭadyumna; Somadatta was carried away by his driver. Droṇa & Sātyaki + Yudhiṣṭhira, etc. (θ); the Pāṇḍavas fled away; Arjuna + Bhīma (+ Viçoka) + the Pāñcālas, etc. (ι) & Droṇa + Aśvatthāman. Ghaṭotkaca (description of his chariot) + Rā. & Aśvatthāman; description of the battle of Rā.; the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc., and Karṇa fled away, but Aśvatthāman, who soon dispelled the illusive creations of Ghaṭotkaca; Aṣvatthāman & Ghaṭotkaca + the latter's son Añjanaparvan, who was slain by Aṣvatthāman; Ghaṭotkaca created illusions; Aṣvatthāman invoked the Vajra weapon and then the Vāyavya weapon; the followers of Ghaṭotkaca were Paulastyas and Yātudhānas. Duryodhana was afraid of them, but quieted by Aṣvatthāman he urged Ṣakuni to proceed against Arjuna with Karṇa, etc. (κ), and a great force; and he should also slay Bhīma, etc. (λ). Ṣakuni proceeded quickly. Ghaṭotkaca & Aṣvatthāman, who burnt a full akṣauhiṇī of Rā. troops and destroyed the chariot of Ghaṭotkaca, who mounted Dhṛṣṭadyumna's chariot. Bhīmasena + Ghaṭotkaca + Dhṛṣṭadyumna, etc. (μ), and Aṣvatthāman, who destroyed the Rā. host and caused a river of blood, and slew Drupada's son Suratha, and then Suratha's younger brother Ṣatruñjaya, etc. (ν); Ghaṭotkaca was made insensible by Aṣvatthāman and borne away by Dhṛṣṭadyumna; Yudhishṭhira's chariots turned away. Si., G., Pṣ., N., Birds, P., etc., Aps., and the gods applauded Aṣvatthāman (VII, 156).
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Beholding the sons of Drupada and Kuntibhoja and Rā. in thousands slain by Aṣvatthāman, Yudhishṭhira, etc. (ξ), set their hearts firmly on battle. Somadatta & Yuyudhāna + Bhīma, who made Somadatta insensible, and slew Pratīpa's son Bāhlīka (the father of Somadatta), ten sons of Dhṛtarāshṭra; Nāgadatta, etc. (ο), & Bhīma, who slew them. Vṛkaratha (the brother of Karṇa) & Bhīma, who slew him, and thereupon seven brothers of Ṣakuni, and pressed Ṣatacandra down into the earth. Ṣakuni's five brothers, Gavākṣa, etc. (π) & Bhīma, who slew them. Yudhishṭhira & Droṇa; Yudhishṭhira began to slay the Ambaṣṭhas (ρ); Droṇa and Yudhishṭhira employed the Vāyavya weapon; then Droṇa employed the Vāruṇa, Yāmya, Āgneya, Tvāṣṭra, and Sāvitra, which were all baffled by Yudhishṭhira; then Droṇa invoked the Aindra and the Prājāpatya weapons, and Yudhishṭhira the Mahendra; then both employed the Brāhma weapon. Droṇa (with the Vāyavya weapon, abandoning Yudhishṭhira) & Drupada's division, who fled, but were rallied by Arjuna and Bhīma, who attacked Droṇa from two sides, and were followed by the Kaikayas, etc. (σ). The Kurus fled; Droṇa and Duryodhana in vain tried to rally them (VII, 157). Duryodhana urged Karṇa to defeat the Pāṇḍavas (Pāñcālas, etc. (τ)); Karṇa vowed to slay Arjuna, etc. (υ), and was ridiculed by Kṛpa (φ), who said that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, etc. (χ), were all fighting for the Pāṇḍavas;
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Karṇa vowed to cut off Kṛpa's tongue if Kṛpa addressed him again in the same strain, naming Duryodhana, etc. (ψ), as invincible, and saying that Bhīshma, etc. (ω), had been slain by the work of destiny (VII, 158). Aṣvatthāman in rage rebuked Karṇa (aa); Duryodhana and Kṛpa pacified Karṇa; Aṣvatthāman, etc. (ββ), & Arjuna in order to rescue Karṇa; Arjuna slew the steeds and driver of Karṇa and made him loose his bow; Karṇa took shelter in Kṛpa's chariot. Duryodhana (rallying the troops) & Arjuna; Kṛpa urged Aṣvatthāman to proceed against Arjuna. Aṣvatthāman made Duryodhana desist from an encounter with Arjuna; Duryodhana urged Aṣvatthāman to slay the Pāñcālas and the Somakas (VII, 159). Aṣvatthāman said that he, etc. (γγ), could destroy the foe within the twinkling of an eye, and promised to fight with the Pāñcālas, etc. (δδ). Aṣvatthāman routed the Pāñcālas, etc. Dhṛṣṭadyumna & Aṣvatthāman; Si. and Cā., etc., applauded them; Aṣvatthāman cut off the bow, the standard, the drivers, and the steeds of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; the Pāñcālas and Sṛñjayas fled away (VII, 160). Yudhishṭhira and