Shloka 25
इन्द्रजिद्-लक्ष्मणयुद्धम्
Indrajit and Lakṣmaṇa: Escalation through Concealment
इधर भीमसेनने युद्धमें अपने ऊपर आक्रमण करनेवाले राजा कोटिकास्यके सारथिका, जो उस समय घोड़ोंका संचालन कर रहा था, छुरेसे सिर उड़ा दिया ।। न बुबोध हतं सूतं स राजा बाहुशालिना । तस्याश्चा व्यद्रवन् संख्ये हतसूतास्ततस्तत:,परंतु राजाको यह मालूम न हो सका कि बाहुशाली भीमके द्वारा मेरा सारथि मारा गया है। उसके मारे जानेसे कोटिकास्यके घोड़े रणभूमिमें इधर-उधर भागने लगे
vaiśampāyana uvāca | idha bhīmasenena yuddhe svopari praharantam rājānaṃ koṭikāśyasya sārathikaḥ, yaḥ tadā aśvān saṃcālayan āsīt, kṣureṇa śiraś chinnaḥ || na bubodha hataṃ sūtaṃ sa rājā bāhuśālinā | tasyāś ca vyadravan saṃkhye hatasūtās tataḥ tataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: There, in the midst of battle, Bhīmasena severed with a razor-edged weapon the head of King Koṭikāśya’s sūta, the charioteer who at that moment was controlling the horses. The king, though under attack, did not realize that his driver had been slain by strong-armed Bhīma. When the charioteer fell, Koṭikāśya’s horses, without guidance, bolted and scattered across the battlefield in different directions.
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