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.s4.251.7
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.s4.251.7
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(who fled away); the Rā. attacked the elephants, the Pañcālas, and the Sṛñjayas. Kṛshṇa urged Arjuna to proceed in Bhīma's wake, and to let Dhṛshṭadyumna, etc. (χχ), proceed against Karṇa, Nakula, etc. (ψψ), slay the other Rā.; Arjuna himself should resist Droṇa's division; then Kṛshṇa dispatched Ghaṭotkaca to protect Bhīmasena (VII, 177). Ghaṭotkaca (abandoning Karṇa) & Alāyudha (brother of Baka). Meanwhile, Yuyudhāna, etc. (ωω), & the Rā. of Alāyudha; Arjuna shot many kshatriyas, Karṇa many Pañcālas headed by Dhṛshṭadyumna, Śikhaṇḍin, etc. Bhīma + Nakula, etc. (aaa) (having slain the Rā.) & Karṇa; the Pañcālas & Droṇa; Alāyudha resorted to his power of illusion, and so did Ghaṭotkaca, who cut off the head of Alāyudha and threw it down before Duryodhana, who, with all his troops, became full of anxiety, while the Pañcālas and Pāṇḍavas roared like lions (VII, 178). Karṇa & the Pañcālas, etc. (βββ); many of them entered the force of Yudhishṭhira. Ghaṭotkaca & Karṇa, who had his steeds and charioteer slain by Ghaṭotkaca, who then disappeared from view, and created a terrible illusion (description), which severely afflicted the Kuru host, which at last fled; Karṇa alone kept his ground, looked at by all the Saindhavas and Bāhlikas; Karṇa's steeds were again slain by Ghaṭotkaca, and his celestial weapon was baffled by Ghaṭotkaca's illusion. The Kauravas urged him to slay Ghaṭotkaca with the dart presented to him by Indra, without minding Bhīma, etc. (γγγ).