The Sindhu kept us out, and then, Oh, shame on kshatriyas who could do
this! - a crowd of redoubt able warriors hemmed him in, thus isolated, and slew him."
When he heard the full story, Arjuna was again over whelmed by grief
and he fell on the ground in a swoon.
When he recovered, he took an oath: "Before sunset tomorrow, I
shall slay this Jayadratha who caused my son's death.
If Drona and Kripa come between him and me
these acharyas also shall be over whelmed and slain!"
Saying this, he twanged the Gandiva string,
and Krishna blew the Panchajanya. And Bhima said:
"This twang of Arjuna's bow and this
blare of Krishna's conch shall be, unto the sons of Dhritarashtra, the summons of
Death!" |