पाण्डुसेनां हतां दृष्ट्वा तव पुत्रेण भारत ॥
भीमसेनपुरोगास् तु पाञ्चालाः समुपाद्रवन् ॥
स भीमसेनं दशभिर् माद्रीपुत्रौ त्रिभिस् त्रिभिः ॥
विराटद्रुपदौ षड्भिः शतेन च शिखण्डिनम् ॥
धृष्टद्युम्नं च सप्तत्या धर्मपुत्रं च सप्तभिः ॥
केकयांश् चैव चेदींश् च बहुभिर् निशितैः शरैः ॥
सात्वतं पञ्चभिर् विद्ध्वा द्रौपदेयांस् त्रिभिस् त्रिभिः ॥
घटोत्कचं च समरे विद्ध्वा सिंह इवानदत् ॥
pāṇḍusenāṃ hatāṃ dṛṣṭvā tava putreṇa bhārata ||
bhīmasenapurogās tu pāñcālāḥ samupādravan ||
sa bhīmasenaṃ daśabhir mādrīputrau tribhis tribhiḥ ||
virāṭadrupadau ṣaḍbhiḥ śatena ca śikhaṇḍinam ||
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca saptatyā dharmaputraṃ ca saptabhiḥ ||
kekayāṃś caiva cedīṃś ca bahubhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
sātvataṃ pañcabhir viddhvā draupadeyāṃs tribhis tribhiḥ ||
ghaṭotkacaṃ ca samare viddhvā siṃha ivānadat ||
Seeing the army of Pandu being slaughtered by your son, O Bharata, the Panchalas with Bhimasena at their head rushed upon him. He struck Bhimasena with ten arrows, the twin sons of Madri with three each, Virata and Drupada with six, Shikhandin with a hundred, Dhrishtadyumna with seventy, the son of Dharma with seven, and the Kekayas and Chedis with many sharp arrows. Having pierced Satvata [Satyaki] with five, the sons of Draupadi with three each, and Ghatotkacha in battle, he roared like a lion.
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Duryodhana alone strikes down all the champions of the Pandavas by name and roars like a lion: this is his hour of glory. It is telling that the epic does not withhold praise even from him - giving valor its due whichever side it belongs to. The verse teaches that valor deserves recognition wherever it is found; and one whom the chronicle more often shows as unrighteous is nonetheless, in his hour of valor, celebrated - for truthful speech does not withhold what is deserved even from the undeserving.