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Pancharatra and Core: Abhimanyu kills Brihadbala, the prince of Kosala, and ten thousand great soldiers.
Dhritarashtra said:
Thus, the young and undefeated son of Subhadra entered, acting in a manner befitting his family, and not fleeing from battles.
Who were the heroes that stopped the chariot, yoked with strong, three-year-old horses born in Ajān, as it floated like in the sky?
Sanjaya said:
Abhimanyu, the son of Pandu, entered and with his sharp arrows, turned all your kings away.
Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Drauṇi, Bṛhadbala, Kṛtavarmā, and the son of Hṛdika surrounded him with their six chariots.
Upon observing the excessive burden placed on Saindhava, your army, O great king, launched an attack on Yudhishthira.
The great warriors, with their mighty bows, rained arrows upon the brave son of Subhadra.
Saubhadra, known for his prowess in battle, skillfully restrained all the great archers who were masters of all skills, using his arrows.
Arjuna skillfully struck Drona with fifty arrows, Brihadbala with twenty, Kritavarma with eighty, and Kripa with sixty arrows, demonstrating his prowess in battle.
Arjuna's son shot ten arrows with golden feathers and great speed, accurately hitting Aśvatthāmā.
Arjuna, in the midst of his enemies, pierced Karna in the ear with a sharp yellow arrow.
After felling Kṛpa's horses and both charioteers, he then pierced him in the chest with ten arrows.
Then Bali, the mighty warrior, killed Vṛndāraka, the heroic enhancer of the Kurus' fame, while your valiant sons watched.
Drona's son fearlessly offered him, along with twenty-five of the small ones, as a boon to the enemies who were attacking.
In the presence of the sons of Dhritarashtra, the son of Arjuna swiftly struck Ashwatthama with sharp arrows, O great one.
Drona's son, with sixty sharp and well-feathered arrows, could not shake the fierce one, just as one cannot shake the mountain Mainaka.
He, the mighty and strong one, pierced Drona's son with seventy-three straight-flying golden shafts, punishing the wrongdoer.
In that situation, Droṇa, eager for his son, released a hundred arrows. Ashwatthama, wishing to protect his father, also released eight arrows in the battle.
Karna shot twenty-two arrows, Kritavarma shot fourteen, Brihadbala shot fifty, and Kripa, the son of Sharadvata, shot ten.
Saubhadra, despite being tormented from all sides by sharp arrows, managed to kill all of them with ten arrows each.
The king of Kosala struck his enemy in the heart with an arrow, causing his horses, banner, bow, and charioteer to fall to the ground.
Then the king of Kosala, though without a chariot and armed with a sword and shield, sought to sever Arjuna's head adorned with earrings from his body.
He shot an arrow into the heart of Brihadbala, the prince of the Kosalas, causing him to fall with a broken heart.
O king, he broke ten thousand great souls who were uttering inauspicious words, wielding swords and bows.
After slaying Brihadbala, Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra, maneuvered through the battlefield, holding back your great archers with his arrows.
