Shloka 5
भीष्मरक्षण-उद्योगः, शिखण्डि-विवर्जनं, सर्वतोभद्र-व्यूहः
Protection of Bhīṣma, Exemption of Śikhaṇḍin, and the Sarvatobhadra Array
दश्ने मतिं विनाशाय राज्ञ: स पिशिताशन: । उन बाणोंसे घायल होकर वह राक्षस कुम्भ-स्थलसे मदकी धारा बहानेवाले गजराजकी भाँति अपने शरीरसे रक्तकी धारा प्रवाहित करने लगा। उसने राजा दुर्योधनका विनाश करनेके लिये दृढ़ निश्चय कर लिया ।। ४ ई || जग्राह च महाशक्तिं गिरीणामपि दारिणीम्
daṣṭne matiṁ vināśāya rājñaḥ sa piśitāśanaḥ | un bāṇaiḥ se ghāyal hokara sa rākṣasaḥ kumbha-sthalāt madakī-dhārā bahāne vāle gajarāja iva sva-śarīrāt raktasya dhārāṁ pravartayām āsa | sa rājā duryodhanasya vināśāya dṛḍha-niścayaṁ cakāra || 4 || jagrāha ca mahāśaktiṁ girīṇām api dāriṇīm ||
Sañjaya said: Struck by arrows, the flesh-eating rākṣasa began to pour forth a stream of blood from his body, like a great elephant in must pouring a rutting flow from its temples. Fixing his mind with grim resolve, he determined upon the destruction of King Duryodhana. Then he seized a mighty spear, capable of rending even mountains.
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