MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
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STANDARDS OF THE PANDAVS<br />
Morning came; still round Yudhishthir Drona led the gathering war,<br />
Arjun fought the Sam-saptakas in the battle-field afar,<br />
But the prince of fair Panchala marked his father's ancient foe,<br />
And against the doughty Drona, Dhrishta-dyumna bent his bow!<br />
But as darksome cloudy masses angry gusts of storm divide,<br />
Through the scattered fainting foemen Drona drove his car in pride,<br />
Steeds went down and riven chariots, young Panchala turned and fled,<br />
Onward drove resistless Drona o'er the dying and the dead!<br />
One more prince of fair Panchala 'gainst the mighty Drona came,<br />
Ancient feud ran in the red blood of Panchala's chiefs of fame,<br />
Fated youth! with reckless valour still he fought his father's foe,<br />
Fought and fell; relentless Drona laid the brave Satyajit low!<br />
Surging still like ocean's billows other Pandav warriors came,<br />
To protect their virtuous monarch and redeem their ancient fame,<br />
Came in various battle-chariots drawn by steeds of every hue,<br />
Various were the chieftains' standards which the warring nations knew!<br />
Bhima drove his stalwart horses tinted like the dappled deer,<br />
Grey and pigeon-coloured coursers bore Panchala's prince and peer,<br />
Horses bred in famed Kamboja, dark and grey of deepest hue,<br />
Brave Nakula's sumptuous chariot in the deathful battle drew,<br />
Piebald horses trained to battle did young Sahadeva rein,<br />
Ivory-white Yudhishthir's coursers with their flowing ebon mane,<br />
And by him with gold umbrella valiant monarch Drupad came,<br />
Horses of a bright bay-colour carried Matsya's king of fame.<br />
Varied as their varied courses gallantly their standards rose,<br />
With their wondrous stran1ge devices, terror of their arméd foes,<br />
Water-jar on tawny deerskin, such was Drona's sign of war,<br />
Drona as a tender infant rested in a water-jar,<br />
Golden moon with stars surrounding was Yudhishthir's sign of yore,<br />
Silver lion was the standard tiger-waisted Bhima bore,