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Sanjaya said:
Upon witnessing the fall of your sons, the mighty Karṇa was filled with intense anger and became disillusioned with life.
Adhirathi felt as if he was insulted, and in response, Bhimasena, in anger, charged forward with great agitation.
Radheya, with a smile, first struck Bhima with five arrows and then again with seventy arrows that had golden shafts and were sharpened on stone.
Arjuna could not endure the mockery, and then Bhima struck Karna with a hundred arrows that had bent joints.
Again, O Māriṣa, the bow of the charioteer's son was cut off with five sharp and swift arrows.
Then, distressed, Karna took another bow and covered Bhimasena with arrows from all sides, O Bharata.
Bhima, after killing the horses and the charioteer, laughed loudly, having retaliated once more.
The best among men severed his bow with arrows, and it fell to the ground with a resounding crash, O great king.
Karna, the great warrior, got down from his chariot and, grabbing a mace, threw it at Bhimasena during the battle.
Vrikodara, seeing the mace suddenly coming towards him, warded it off with his arrows as the entire army watched, O king.
Then the valiant Pandava, eager to kill the son of a charioteer, swiftly dispatched thousands of arrows.
In the great battle, Karna skillfully deflected those arrows with his own and managed to shoot down Bhimasena's armor with his arrows.
Then he offered this with twenty-five small ones. To all who witnessed, it seemed as if it became a wonder to all beings.
Then, O great king, Bhima, in his anger, sent nine bent-jointed arrows towards Karna in the battle, O lord.
They pierced his armor and right arm, then descended to the earth sharply, like serpents approaching an anthill.
Upon seeing Karna standing in the battlefield as an infantryman, excited by Bhimasena, King Duryodhana commanded, "Hurry from all directions and be prepared to move towards Karna's chariot."
Upon hearing their brother's words, your sons, O king, swiftly advanced towards the Pāṇḍava in the battle, discharging sharp arrows.
The warriors, adorned with variegated and beautifully painted bows, bright eyes, decorated weapons and armor, stood skilled in battle.
O king, Bhima, the great chariot-warrior, suddenly attacked those approaching, causing them along with their horses, charioteers, and flags to fall in battle. Slain, they fell to the ground like trees felled by the wind.
Upon witnessing the death of your sons, the great warriors, O king, Karṇa was overwhelmed with sorrow, his face filled with tears.
The valiant warrior, having mounted another properly arranged chariot again, hastened towards the Pāṇḍava in battle.
O great king, those two warriors, having pierced each other with their arrows that had golden shafts and were sharp as stone, shone like blooming kinshuka trees.
The enraged Pandava, with thirty-six sharp and fierce arrows, pierced the armor of Karna, the charioteer's son.
Their bodies, smeared with red sandalwood and marked by great wounds from arrows, shone like black suns rising, covered in blood.
The two warriors, their bodies smeared with blood and their garments cut by arrows, appeared without armor, resembling serpents that have shed their skin.
The two warriors, like tigers, attacked each other with their sharp arrows, acting as fierce as tigers, and they were the destroyers of their enemies.
They shone in the middle of the arena like elephants engaged in battle, piercing with sharp arrows, displaying the prowess of intoxicated elephants.
In the battle, they covered each other with a shower of arrows and, making sounds with their chariots, they roamed in all directions.
The two great souls, O great king, shone with their chariots in circular formations, resembling Vritra and the wielder of the thunderbolt.
Bhima, adorned with a thousand ornaments and wielding his bow with his arms, shone in the battle like a cloud accompanied by lightning.
He, with the thunderous sound of his bow, like a great and terrible cloud of arrows, approached the mountain of Karna, O great king.
Then, O descendant of Bharata, Arjuna, the son of Pandu, showered Karna with thousands of arrows released from his bow, resembling a cloud enveloping a mountain with rain.
There, the sons witnessed the mighty valor of Bhimasena as he covered Karna with a barrage of well-feathered, peacock-feathered arrows.
He, while gladdening Arjuna, Krishna, the glorious Satyaki, and the protectors of the wheel, engaged in battle with Karna.
Your sons, O great king, witnessed the valor, strength, and courage of Pandava's arms.
