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ततो घटोत्कचो बाणैर् दशभिर् द्रौणिम् आहवे ॥
जघानोरसि संक्रुद्धः कालज्वलनसंनिभैः ॥
स तैर् अभ्यायतैर् विद्धो राक्षसेन महाबलः ॥
चचाल समरे द्रौणिर् वातनुन्न इव द्रुमः ॥
स मोहम् अनुसंप्राप्तो ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रितः ॥
ततो हाहाकृतं सैन्यं तव सर्वं जनाधिप ॥
हतं स्म मेनिरे सर्वे तावकास् तं विशां पते ॥
तं तु दृष्ट्वा तथावस्थम् अश्वत्थामानम् आहवे ॥
पाञ्चालाः सृञ्जयाश् चैव सिंहनादं प्रचक्रिरे ॥
tato ghaṭotkaco bāṇair daśabhir drauṇim āhave ||
jaghānorasi saṃkruddhaḥ kālajvalanasaṃnibhaiḥ ||
sa tair abhyāyatair viddho rākṣasena mahābalaḥ ||
cacāla samare drauṇir vātanunna iva drumaḥ ||
sa moham anusaṃprāpto dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśritaḥ ||
tato hāhākṛtaṃ sainyaṃ tava sarvaṃ janādhipa ||
hataṃ sma menire sarve tāvakās taṃ viśāṃ pate ||
taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tathāvastham aśvatthāmānam āhave ||
pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayāś caiva siṃhanādaṃ pracakrire ||
Then Ghaṭotkaca, with ten arrows resembling the fire of the end of time, struck Drauṇi in the chest in battle, furious. Pierced by those far-flying arrows of the rākṣasa, the mighty Drauṇi staggered in battle like a tree in the wind; falling into a swoon, he clutched the staff of his banner. Then all your army cried out, O lord of men; all your men deemed him slain, O lord of peoples. Having seen Aśvatthāman in such a state in battle [the enemies rejoiced].
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The invincible Drauṇi staggers "like a tree in the wind" and clings senseless to his banner-staff: even the greatest warrior knows a moment of weakness. It is telling that the army at once believed him dead — on one life rested all its hope. The verse teaches that no one is unassailable: even the strongest may fall for a moment, and woe to the camp that has placed all its trust in a single man; for a hero's brief weakness turns into the despair of the thousands who relied upon him.