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Book nine, Drona Bird Fall of Drona. On the fall of Vishma,
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the Brahmu chief, Drona, preceptor of the Kuru and Panda princess, was
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appointed the leader of the Kuru forces. For five days, Dronah held his
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own against the Pandavs, and some of the incidents of these days, like
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the fall of a Emenu and the vengeance a virgin, are among the most
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steering passages in the epic. The description of the different standards of the Pandav
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and the Kuru warriors is also interesting. At last, Droonah slew his ancient
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foe, the King of the Panchals, and was then slain by his son,
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the Prince of the Panchals. The book is an a Richmond of book
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seven of the original text. One single combat between Wema and Celia morning ushered
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in the battle wand the warrior's herd. We tread Dronah, prest and proud
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preceptor. Now the crew forces led, and the poe compelling Rona pledge,
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distraught and solemn word he would take it is your captive to Hastina's hofty lord,
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but the ever faithful urgent to his virtuous elder bowed, and in clear
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and manful accents, speak his warlike thoughts aloud. Sacred is our great preceptor,
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Sacred is Acharya's life. Urgent may not slay his teacher, even in
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this mortal strife. Saving this commands O monarch Urgin's bow and warlick sword for
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thy safety, honored elder Urgent takes his plighted word matchless in the auto battle
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is our teacher fierce and dread, but he comes not to it his steer
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save over blood of virgin shed morning witnessed dotty rona foremost in the battle's tide.
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But it is theirs. Warlike chieftains compassed him on every side. Foremost
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of the youthful chieftains came resistless. Argune's son, father's blood and milk of
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mad fired his deeds of wellor done. As the lion of the jungle drags
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the ox into his lair. Of Jimenu from his chariot dragged Pauraba by the
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hair Cheddreth King of Sindhu, marked a faint and bleeding chief, leaping from
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his car of battle, Wrathful came to his relief. A Himenu left his
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captive turned upon the mightier foe and its sword and hardened buckler gave and farried
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many a blow. Rank to rank from both to forces. Cry of admiration
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rose streaming men poured forth in wonder watched a combat fierce and clothes piercing of
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Himnu's buckler. Judyud sent his stroke, but the torned and twisted sword blade
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snapping in the midway, broke weaponless. The King of Sindhu ran into his
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sheltering car. Selyiah came unto his rescue from a battlefield of fire, dauntless
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on the new asailant Urgin's son, his weapon drew, interposing in TwixT the
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fighters vemaself On Celia Leo stoutest wrestlers in the armies. Peerless fighters with the
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mas Vema and the stalwart Celia stood a post face to face. Hamp unfastening
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bombed their maises, and the wire of twisted gold, whiling bright in circling
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flashes, shook their stuff. The warrior's boled off this truck, and sparks
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of red fire issued from the season Dude, unlike horned bulls, infuriate Madras
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King and Vima stood closer still, they came like tigers closing with their reddened
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paws, or like taskers with their red tusks, eagles with the randing claws,
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loud as in rass peels of thunder steel. Their blows were echold round,
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ranked to rank. The startled soldiers heard the off repeated sound, but
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as strikes in vain the lightning on the solid mountain rock, Vema, not
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a fearless Sailia, fell or moved beneath the shark closer drew the watchful heroes,
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and their clubs were wielded well till by many blows belavered both. The
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fainting fighters fell like a drunkard. Dazed and reeling, Vema rose his toff
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to wield senseless celia, heavy breathing henchmen carried from the field, breathing like
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a wounded serpent. Lifted from the field of war, he was carried by
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his soldiers to the shelter of his car. Drown A still would matchless prowse
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would redeem his plighted word, sought to take it his teir captive to doyoden
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Curu's lord Veil. Then the twin born brothers came to cross the conqueror's path
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Machis Lord bon Charles Monarch vainly faced him in his red ranked to rank the
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criery sounded circling over the battlefield, Dronah takes it his tear, captive with
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his weapons, sword and shield. Urgin heard the dreadful message, and in
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haste and fury came strove to save his king and elder and redeem his loyal
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fame. Speeding with his milk, white coursers dashed into the teak of war,
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blew his shrill and dreaded Sunka drove his sounding battle car fiercer darker grew
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the battle one above the red and plain. Evening drew her peaceful mantle over
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the living and the slain, two standards of the pandavs. Morning came steal
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rounded his tear. Jonah led the gathering war Rigin fought the Somer sub ducts
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in the battlefield Afar, But the Prince of fir Panchal marked his father's encient
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foe and against a doughty Drona chastadim your Banti's bow. But as darksome,
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cloudy man, angry gusts of storm divide through the scattered fainting foremen Drona drove
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his car in pride. Steats went down and riven chariots. Young panchaald torned
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and fled onward, drove resistless Drona over the dying and the dead. One
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more prince of fair Panchal against a mighty Drona came and Sian feud ran in
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the red blood of Panchal. Chiefs of fame, fated dealth with reckless valor.
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Still he fought his father's foe, fought and fell. Relentless Drona led
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the brave sade Tejit low surging steel like ocean's billows, other pound The warriors
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came to protect their virtuous monarch and redeem their Ansiome fame came in various battle
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chariots drawn by steets of every hill. Various were the chieftain's standards, which
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the warring nations knew. Vima drove his tallart horses tinted like the dappled deer,
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grey and pigeon colored coursers bore upon child's prince and peer horses bread in
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famed camboage, fiery peared green in hue, brave knuckles, sumptuous chariot in
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the deathful battle drew piebald horses trained to battle did young sadebrain I wory what
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it is discoursers with their flowing upon mane and by him with gold umbrella.
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Valiant monarch drupet came horses of a bright bay color carried Machia's king of fame,
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varied as their various coursers gallantly, their standards rose with their wondrous strange
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devices, terror of their armed foes, waterjer on, tawny deerskin, such
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as Drona's sign of war Drona as a tender infant rested in a water jar,
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golden moon which stars surrounding was it is. TIR's sign of yore.
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Silver lion was the standard tiger wasted Fema bore brave Knuckle's sign was red deer
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with its back of burnished gold, silver swornwed beltry sounding Sahib's aunts hat told
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golden peacock reached templeagent was Jana vimid Now's joy fultures shown on Katoo Katcha Vema's
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proud and gallant boy Now durud unmarked a woman heaving like a rising tide,
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and they faced a wrathful Vima towering in his stameless pride short the war for
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proud de rud and, wounded from the battle, fled and his warriors from
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fair Anger rested with the countless dead, wild, with Tanger wagged at the
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monarch of the farthest east, with his still unconquered forces on the valiant Vima
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pressed came from far the wrathful legend and the battles front his sard, whereby
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Eastern force surrounded. Still the stalwart Vima fought fated monarch from the far ist
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Brahmaputra's sounding shore land of rising sun will hail him and his noble peers no
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more, for his tasker, pierced by arrows, trumpeted his dying whale like
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a red and flaming mateir gallant vagadat the fell denut rising rat and anguish.
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Kerne's noble bosom bled Kern, who had stayed from battle, while his rival
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vishmaled Ancient hate and jealous anger clouded Kernes warlike heard, and while Vishmalad all
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idly stumbled, Corne's bow undowed. Now he marked with warrior's anguish, all
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his comrades fled Afar and his foemen urchun sweeping over the red field of war.
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Hatred like a tongue of red fire shot from Kern's flaming eye, and
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he sprang to meet his foemen, or to conquer or to die. Fierce
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and dubious was the battle. Answering clouds gaped back the din. Kern met
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his dearest woeman, and the Las his nearest kin. Vema and Panchaal's warriors
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and Tuarjun's rescue came. Proud Dilden came to Kern, and fier Sindus,
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King of Fame, fiercely raised the gory combat. When the night did shadows
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tree, you wounded men and bloodstained chieftains to their nightly tents with Trio three
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of Emanu's dead. Fatal was the blood red morning parpling over the angry east.
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Fatal day for a m menu, bravest warrior and the best. Countless
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were the gallant chieftains. Like the sands beside the sea, None not braver
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Bosom battled none, no tens more stout and free, brief fellas Theirrhenian summers.
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Fairsuverdra's gallant boy loved the machia sol tied princes and her young heart's pride
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and joy briefalas die, sunlight winters, light of war too warly quenced Purelys,
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son of Purely Surgeon in the blood of Foemen, drenched Drona on that
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fatal morning, ranged his dreadful battle line in a circle darkly sprayed in where
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the chiefs with chiefs combined and the pandebs looked as pairing on the battle straight
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array, vainly strove to force a passage, vainly sought their onward way.
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A we Manu, young and fiery, dashed alone into the war, reckless
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to the shattered forces. All resistless drove his car elephants and crashing standards,
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lying steeds and warriors slain fell before the furious hero as he made a castly
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laying proud rood and rushed to battle. Strove to stop the turning tide,
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and his stoutest, truest warriors fought by proud Deluden's side. Onward steel went
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of Emenu Curus drove and fought in vain backward, reeled and fell. Do
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you then? And his bravest chiefs were slain. Next came Celia carboard monarch
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against the young, resistless foe or these fiery battle coursers, stretched his dread
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honoring bow onward. Steel went of Emenu Selia strove and fought in vain,
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and his warriors took him bleeding from the reddened battle plain. Next to Sassan,
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darkly lowering thundered with his banded bow of Vimenu smiled to see him,
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kinsman, and the dearest foe art taou, he said of Emenu, known
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for cruel word and deed, impious in thy heart and purpose, bathed and
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ruthless in thy greed? Didst thou with the false SACONI win a realm by
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low device, when his kingdom from it is dere by noble treeck of the
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eyes? Did'st thou in the council chamber with your insults? Paul and kin
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by her flowing raven dresses dragged his tear stainless Queen, didst thou speak to
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warlike Veema as thy serf and bound and slave? Wrong? My father right,
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the assurgeon, peerless prince and warrior, brave, Welcome, I have
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sought thee often wish to cross thy tainted pad. Welcome, dearest of all
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victims to my norse don cherished rad reap the meat of sin and insult,
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drawn out, dilatest bread for able to queen, jopardy, impious prince,
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thy, speedy, dead like a snake upon an antil Onto Sasan's wicked heart,
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fellow tissing red and fury of in my news, fiery dirt from the
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loss of blood to Sasan fainted on his battle car courro chieftains bore him senseless
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from the blood stain scene of war. Next, in glaming arms, a
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Cordred came the ridden's gallant son, proud and warlike as his father, famed
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for deeds of valor, Dan young in years and rich in valor for alas
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he fought too well, and before his weeping father, proud and gallant Luckshmen
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fell onward steel went the Vimenu midst the dying and the dead, shook from
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rank to rank to curus, and their shattered army fled. Then the impious
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Jadrad, king of Sindu's sounding shore, came fourteen unrighteous concert with six carborn
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warriors, more darkly closed the fatal circle. With the gulfing sergeous Moan dauntless
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with the seven brave chieftains of Vimenu fought alone fell alas his peacock standard,
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and his car was broken to eight bow and sever ramped and shattered, and
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his faithful drivers lane heedless yet of debt and danger, misty, with the
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loss of blood of women who wiped his forehead, gazed where dark hissed foemen
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stood then with while despairing valor, flickering flame and closing life maze in hand,
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the heedless warrior rushed to end the mortal strive, rushed upon his startled
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foemen of amnue, fought and fell, and his deeds to distant ages,
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birds and wandering minstrel's tail, like a taskar of the forest, by surrounding
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hunters slain like old conjuming wild fire, quanced upon the distant plain like a
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mountain, shaking tempest, spent in force and hushed and steel like the red
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resplendent day God setting on the western heel like the moon, serene and beauteous,
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quenched in eclipse, dark and pale, lifeless lambard of a menu.
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When the softened starlight fell done the day of death and slaughter, darkening shadows
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close around. Wearied warriors seek for shelter on the vast and tended ground soldiers
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camp fires, brightly blazing tent lights shining from afar caust their feetful glimming radiance
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on the carnage of the war Urchin from a field at distance, where upon
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the day he fought with diver faithful Krishna, now his nightly shelters saw.
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Wherefore Krishna uttered, Urchin, Evil omens strike my eye, Thoughts of sadness
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fill my bosom, wake the long forgotten sigh. Wherefore voice of evening bugle
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speaks not on the battlefield merry counts, nor sounding trumpet music to the warrior's
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yeal. Harp is hushed within the dark tents, and the voice of warlike
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song birds beside the evening camp fire. Tales of war do not forlong.
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Guiditis Tuer stamped his voiceless, And my brothers look so pale of Himen.
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You comes not joyous Krishna, and desired to hail of Himen Know's love and
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greeting, blessed like placings from above, Fearsuvadra's joy and treasure, Urgent's pride
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and hope and love. Softly and with many tear drops, did the said
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it distre teale. How in dreadful field of battle, gallant of you Minu
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fell. How the impious Jedrad fell on Arjun's youthful son, he with six
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proud grew chieftains of whom I knew all alone. How the young prince raft
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of weapon and deprived of steed and car fell as false e shattre. A
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warrior fighting on the field of war Urgin heard the father's bosom felt a cruel,
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cureless wound, brave and gallant boy, said Arjun and his upon the
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ground. Moments passed the voiceless sorrow and of speechless, bitter tear sob suit
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in his mail bosom smote the weeping listener's ear. Moments passed, with rising
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anger quivered Arjun's siren frame of my news. Cruel martyr smote the father's heart
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to flame. Didst thou say that Sindhu's monarch on my woman new boar he
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alone and judderously with six marders More, didst thou say the impious crews stooped
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unto this deed of shame, outrage on the laws of honor, stay in
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not any warrior's fame, father's curse and warrior's hatred sting them to their dying
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bread. For they feared my boy in battle, haunted him to cruel dead.
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Hear my vow, benign you distir hear me Christian narieteous Lord Urgin's hands
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shall slay the slare urgent plan see solemn old. May I never reach the
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bright sky where the righteous fathers dwell. May I with the darkest seiners leave
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within the deepest hell, with the man who slay their father's shed, their
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loving mother's blood, stain the sacred bait of Gurus, steal their gold and
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holy food, cherish envy, cheat your kinsman, speak the low and dustred
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lie. If far comes tomorrow's sunset, jaddread doth not die. Jedd Jedd
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dies tomorrow, victim to my vengeful liar. Ur ju Knelt shall yield his
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weapons, perish on the flaming pyre. Softer tear drops wept the mother joyless
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was Suadra's life, Christna's fair and honored sister, Urgin's dear and loved wife.
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Doest all lie on field of battle, smear to dust and Foemen's gore,
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child of light and love and sweetness, whom di hapless mother ball soft
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thine eye as budding lotus, sweet and gentle was thy face? Are those
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soft eyes closed in slumber, faded in that peerless grace, and thy leams
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so young and tender on the bearer to do the lie, while the hungry
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jackal prowlet and the vulture flutters nigh. Golden jewels, grace, thy bosom,
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gems bedecked, thy lofty crest dot, the crimson mark of Seber decorate
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that manly breast. Rend Suvadra's tony bosom with a mother's careless grief, Let
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her follow ver minue and in debt, obtain relief. Art to me is
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void and cheerless, joyless in my heart and home dreary without of I minue
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is this weary world to roam? And oh cheerless is that young heart of
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in my news Prince's wife, What can said Suvadraufur to her joyous sunless life,
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close our life in equal darkness for our day on Art is done for
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our love and light and treasure of Amnu, dead and gone, long,
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bewailed, janguished mother, fair dropody to o'er her hair my chest. Princess
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early widiowed shed her young heart's blood in tear four standards of the chorus al
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June's revenge Morning from the face of battle Night's depending heart and drew long and
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shrill his sounding sunka thunder wrathful Urgin blue crews knew the vow of Virgin.
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Heard the Sunka's deathful blare as it rose above the rat field, trilled the
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startled morning air speed Makrishna outspeaker Jun as he held alofty bow. For to
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day my task is dreadful, cruel is my mighty vow. Fiery coursers urged
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by Krishna, flew with lightning's rapid course, dashing through the hostile warriors and
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the serried crew force. Brave Durmarsan faced the hero, but he drove and
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fought in vain. Onward thundered Arjin chariot over the dying and the slain,
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fierce the Sassan, which his taskars rushed into the vinal war, but the
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taskar's broke in panic. Onward steel went Arjun's car drawn Aden the proud preceptor
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Urgin's furious progress taithe teardrofs filled the eye of Virgin. As these gentle words,
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he said, Pardon father, if thy pupil shants to day thy offered
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war against his a vimanu slayer urgent speats his battle car. Not against my
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great Acharia. Is my wrathful bowlstring drawn, Not against the loved father fights
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a loving duty as son heavy on this bleeding bosom seats the darkening load of
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war, and an injured father's vengeance seeks the slaughtered hero's foe. Pardon them
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if sorrowing urgin seeks a far and distant way. Mighty is the vow of
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virgin cruel is his task today? Passing by the doughty Druna, onward sped
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the fiery car through the broken line of warriors, through the shattered ranks of
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war Angas, and the brave Galingas vainly crossed his wrathful way. Proud Avan,
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These from the regions where fair Jambal's water stray famed, Avanti's fated princess
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vainly led their highland force fell beneath the Rata. Virgin staid nor stopped his
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onward course. Onward, steel, with speed of lightning, thundered Urchin's battle
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car to the spot where Jedred stood behind the ranks of war. Now the
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sun from highest janet, red and fiery radiance. Length long and weary was
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the passage Urgin's foaming steeds were spent. Arjun said the faithful Krishna. Art
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was his thy cruel quest, But thy foaming courser's falter underneath a moment's rest
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be it so brave Virgin answered, from our chariot, we alight rest a
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while they weary horses. Krishna I will watch the fire. Speaking. Thus
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the armed ur Jung lightly leaped upon the lee, stood on guard to bow
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and arrow. By the green and shady tree, Krishna groomed the jatted horses,
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faint and feeble, rather to gore. With a healing hand. He
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tan the wounds the bleeding corser's bore, watered them beside the river by the
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jaffire's soft cares, gave unto them welcome fodder, gave unto them needful rest.
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Thus refreshest the noble coursers, Krishna harnessed to the car, and the
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gleaming hal legend rushed once more into the war came on him the coour warriors.
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Darksome waves, succeeding wave standards decked with strange devices, streaming banners rich
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and brave. Foremost was the glorious standard of Preceptor Drona's son Lion's Tale in
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golden brilliance on his battle chariot shorn. Oliphant's rope was current sand signed made
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of rich and barnished gold, and the bulbe deck the standard of the bowman
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creeper, bold picock made of precious metal, decked with jewels, rich and
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rare. Pricessena's noble standard shown aloft, serene and fair plowshare of a golden
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lusser shining like the radiant flame spoke the car of Mighty Celia Madras, King
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of warlike fame, far and guarded well by chieftains shown the dazzling seaver bore
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En, signed proud of Jdrath, brought from Sindhu's sounding shore. On the
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car of Somedeata shown a stake of sacrifice, silver boar and golden parrots.
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These were Salua's proud device, last and brightest of the standards on the Prince
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Studiotan's car, lordly elephant in jewels proudly shown above the war nine heroic crew
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chieftains, bravest warriors and the best leagued I come to grapple Jum and on
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faithful Krishna pressed. Urgent swept like sweeping warlowind all resistless in his force,
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Satnavoe and Wagin combat held his ever onward course. For he sighted jedred meets
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the circling chiefs of war against that warrior gream and silent, Urgent drove his
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furious car. Now the day God rolled his chariot on the western clouds of
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Foo. Kern self and five great chieftains round brave judgreaths came vainly strove the
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valiant Duchin, struggling against the Kuru line, charged upon the peerless carn as
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he marked the daisy decline. Krishnaden, a prayer whispered, came a friendly
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sable cloud, veiled the red Sun's dazzling brilliance in a dark and inkish shroud.
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Kern deemed the evening darkness now proclaimed the close of strife. Failing in
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his plighted promise, Urgent must surrender life. And his comrade chiefs, rejoicing
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slackened in their furious fight. Judgrot hailed it to gladness, thickening shades of
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welcome night in that sad and fatal error did the cour chief's combine urgent,
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quick as bolt of lightning broke their roll unguarded line like an onward sweeping wildfire,
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shooting forth its lolling tongue on the startled judd Utchune, in his fury
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flung shot the strife as angry falcon swoops upon its helpless prey. Urgent spat
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his vengeful arrow and his poeman lifeless lay. Friendly winds removed the dark cloud
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from the reddening western heel, and the sun in crimson luser cast its fiery
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radiance tail ere. The evening's mantling darkness fell over distant heel and playing proud
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Duridan's many brothers, whereby vengeful Vima slain and Duryodhan stung by sorrow wasted,
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still unceasing fight in the teak and gathering darkness, tortuous lit the gloom of
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night. Carne, furious in his anger for his Jadreatha Slaine and for brothers
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of Duruthan, sleeping lifeless on the plain against the gallant son of Wema,
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drove his deep, resounding car and in gloom and midnight darkness waked the echoes
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of the war Wema's son brave katukatch twice, proud Curn's horses sleeve twice.
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The humble, steedless Curn from the dubious battle flew came again. The fiery
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Curn. Vengeance flamed it in his heart. Like the midnight's lurid lightning spaed
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his fell and fatal dart Woeful was the hour of darkness. Luckless was the
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starry sway. Wema's son in Newton Valor, lifeless on the ratfield lay then
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was closed, the midnight battle silent, shone the starry light. Wema knew
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nor rest nor slumber through the long and woful night. Five fall of Drona
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ere the crimson morning glittered proud to it and sad at heart to the leader
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of the Kurus. Did his sorrows? Does impart sadly speech the contest Drona
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on the battle's gory plain Koruchief's r then fallen, and my brothers mostly slaying.
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Can it be Obita brahmanas peerless in the art of war? Can it
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be that we shall falter while thou speedest the battle car Pandu's sons are but
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thy pupils. Argin meets thee not in fight, none can face the great
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Acharia in his rat and warlike mind. Wherefore then, in every battle are
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the cour chieftain slain? Wherefore lie my warlike brothers lifeless on the ghastly play?
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Is it that the faiths are battle against the Kuru house combined? Is
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it that thy heart's affection anto Pandu's sons incline? If thy secret love and
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mercy steal the sons of Pandu Clay held thy place to gallant karn On,
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God's prince of warlike fame, answered, Drunah, brief and ratful, fair
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Gundhar is royal son rapist. All the gory harvest thy sinful actions done cast
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no blame on mute presumption on a warrior's fleecy hair, faithful unto death,
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is Drona to his promise blighted? Fair? Ask thyself, oh, Prince
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Doudan, bound by battle sacred laws? Wherefore fight is not a urcheen for
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thy house and for thy cause? Ask the dark and deep Sacuni. Where
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is now his low device? Wherefore wills he not his weapon as he wills
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the load that dies? Asked the chief who proudly boasted arched urgeon health slay
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Halm Durgan swais the battle whither now dot Carn stay no the truth the gallandchen
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hath no peer on art below, and no warrior breeds. Do you then,
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who can face thy helmed foe. Dronah knows his sacred duty and it
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is wiled by heaven on high urgin or Preceptor Drona shall in this day's battle
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die Now the sun in crimson splendor, rolled his car of listening gold,
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sent his chafts of powerful radiance on the plain and mountain bold, and from
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elephant and churchier, from each bravely bannered car lighted male kings and chieftains and
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leaders of the war faced the sun with hands conjoined, and the sacred mantra
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told hymns by uncentry shes chanted, sanctified by birds of old worship done.
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Each silent warrior mounts a car or battle steeth onward to the deathful contest.
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Did his gallant forces lead, ilded fair wud pound the forces thought it?
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Drona took the field. Peer was none midst living warriors of the Brahman trained
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and scaled urchun Faithful to his promise, his preceptor would not fight king nor
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chief nor other archer dared to face his fearless mind. But old field like
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potent poison fires the warrior's heart with strife sire to son, still unforgotten,
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leaves the hate from death to life. Wrathful Princess of Panchal, by their
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deathless hatreds tongue soder and sent foe in Drona and on him for vengeance.
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Prang darkly taught, den sent warrior of the old relentless field fiercely, like
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a jungle tiger, fell upon the hostile brood. Royal Rupert's valiant grandsons,
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in their youth, untimely slain victims of a deathless discord pressed the gory battle
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playing Drupert, pale with grief and anger, marked his gallant grandsons dead,
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and his army broken rooted, and his bravest chieftains fled, filled with unforgotten
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hatred, and with father's grief and pride, rushed the king and bul Birad
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charged by doughty drooper side rose a cry of nameless terror over the red and
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ghastly plain Noble Rupert brave dat Clay among the countless lane, burning tears the
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proud roperty wept for noble father killed, made a matron with their wailing fair
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Punchal's empire field, much as joyless widowed princess, for her fate was hourly
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crossed, wept to it, had tears and anguish for her father loved and
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lost, wedged a war with fearful slaughter. Drona onward oursed his way fate
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alone, and battles chunches changed the fortunes of the day. Asatwama, son
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of Drona, was a chief of peerless fame and an elephant of battle bore
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the chieftain's warlike name, and that proud and lordly taskar Wema in his prowess
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sleeve, rank to rank, from friend to foemen. Then a garbled mass's
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flew a Satoma, son of Dronah, is by mighty Weema slain. Dronah
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heard that fatal message, bent his anguished head in pain. Speak it is
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dear soul of virtue. Thus the proud preceptor cried, Thou in truth hast
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never faltered, and the leaves have never lied. Speak of valiant Asatoma Droonah's
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hope and pride and joy, hath he fallen in this battle? He is
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he slain, my gallant boy, feeble are the hands of Dronah and his
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prowess quenched and gone fleecy, or his ancient tresses, and his arthly task
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is done. Said it is dere lordly taskar a Satama named is dead dronahard
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but half the accents feebly drooped his sinking head. Then the Prince of fair
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Panchal swiftly drove across the plain, marked his father's cruel slayer, marked his
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noble father slain. Twistadimiya bound his weapon, and his shall at was pointed
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well, and the prest and proud preceptor pureless Drona lifeless fell, and the
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fatal day was ended. Chorus fled in abject fear. Urgin for his ancient
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teacher dropped a silent filial tear. And of book nine