Mahabharata Bibliomancy Reading

This oracle randomly points to a line from one of sacred books of Mahabharata. The surrounding lines are also provided for context.

 

Your passage is from BOOK 7 - DRONA PARVA - SECTION CLXIX.

 

Surrounding Context from

BOOK 7 - DRONA PARVA - SECTION CLXIX

Inflamed with wrath, O monarch, Kripa then sped at his antagonist a fierce dart, equipped with a golden shaft and keen point, and polished by the hands of the smith.

Sikhandin, however, cut it off with ten shafts as it coursed towards him.

That dart, then, decked with gold (thus cut off), fell down on the earth.

Then Gautama, foremost of men, taking up another bow, O king, covered Sikhandin with a large number of whetted shafts.

Thus covered in that battle by the illustrious son of Gotama, Sikhandin, that foremost of car-warriors sank on the terrace of his car.

Beholding him thus weakened, Kripa in that encounter, struck him with many arrows, from desire of slaying him, O Bharata!

(Sikhandin then was borne away by his driver).

Beholding that mighty car-warrior, viz., the son of Yajnasena retreating from battle, the Panchalas and the Somakas surrounded him on all sides (for rescuing him).

Similarly, thy sons also surrounded that foremost of Brahmans, Kripa, with a large force.

Then commenced a battle once more, between car-warriors, O king, that struck one another.

The uproar that rose became loud as the roaring of clouds, O Bharata, caused by rushing horsemen and elephants, O monarch, smiting one another down.

Then, O king, the field of battle looked exceedingly fierce.

With the tread of rushing infantry the earth began to tremble, O monarch, like a lady shaken with fear.

Car-warriors, mounting on their cars, rushed impetuously, attacking compeers by their thousands, O king, like crows seizing winged insects (in the air).

Similarly, mighty elephants with winy exudation down their bodies, pursuing similar elephants, encountered them, O Bharata, furiously.