Shloka 326
कर्णभीमयुद्धम्
Karna–Bhīma Combat Report
द्रोणान्तिकमनुप्राप्ता दीप्तास्या पन्नगी यथा । केंचुलसे छूटे हुए सर्पके समान राजाकी भुजाओंसे मुक्त हुई वह शक्ति आकाश, दिशाओं तथा विदिशाओं (कोणों)-को प्रकाशित करती हुई जलते मुखवाली नागिनके समान द्रोणाचार्यके निकट जा पहुँची
sañjaya uvāca | droṇāntikam anuprāptā dīptāsyā pannagī yathā | keñculase chūṭe hue sarpake samāna rājākī bhujāoṃse muktā huī sā śakti ākāśaṃ diśaś ca vidiśaś ca (koṇān) prakāśayantī jvalanmukhī nāginīva droṇācāryasya nikaṭaṃ jagāma |
Sanjaya said: Released from the king’s arms like a serpent slipping free of its cast-off skin, that blazing missile sped toward Drona. Lighting up the sky, the quarters, and the intermediate directions, it rushed on like a fire-mouthed she-serpent and reached the vicinity of Dronacharya.
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