Pandavas Defeat the Allied Kings in Battle

While this was going on, the king of Sindhu told the allied kings: "Stand firm. Attack. Surround them." When the soldiers saw Bhima, Arjuna, the twins, and Yudhishthira, the terrible sound of battle arose. On seeing those tigers among men, intoxicated with their strength, the warriors from Shibi, Sindhu, and Trigarta were despondent. Bhima grasped a mace constructed entirely of iron and decorated with gold. He rushed toward Jayadratha, who had been driven by destiny. Then Kotikashya placed himself in between. He surrounded and attacked Bhima with a large number of chariots. Though the warriors hurled many spears, javelins, and iron arrows at him, Bhima did not tremble at all. With his mace, he slew an elephant, its rider, and fourteen foot soldiers who were in the vanguard of Jayadratha's army. Arjuna slew five hundred maharathas (great warriors) who hailed from the mountains. Yudhishthira himself killed one hundred brave Souvira warriors who had attacked him. Nakula was seen to descend from his chariot with a sword in his hand. Like scattered seeds, he severed the heads of those who were guarding the rear. Sahadeva fought warriors on elephants from his chariot and struck them down with iron arrows. Then the king of Trigarta descended from his great chariot with a bow. He was skilled with the club and slew the four horses of Yudhishthira's chariot. Yudhishthira pierced him in the chest with an arrow shaped like a half-moon. Struck in the chest, the brave one vomited blood and fell down before Yudhishthira, like a tree that had been uprooted. Since his horses had been slain, Yudhishthira descended from his chariot and climbed onto Sahadeva's giant chariot. Kshemankara and Mahamukha attacked Nakula from both sides with showers of sharp arrows. While they showered arrows on him like monsoon clouds, Nakula slew them with one large arrow each. Suratha, the king of Trigarta, was skilled in fighting with elephants. He had Nakula's chariot destroyed by an elephant. But Nakula was not frightened. He descended from his chariot, held a sword and a shield, whirled them, and stood his ground as immobile as a mountain. Suratha dispatched his supreme elephant, which angrily attacked with its trunk raised. Nakula approached the elephant and sliced off its trunk and tusks from the roots with his sword. The elephant lowered its head, gave a giant roar, and fell down on the ground, crushing its riders. Having accomplished this great deed, Nakula ascended Bhima's chariot to find some rest. On seeing King Kotikashya rush toward the battle, Bhima sliced off his charioteer's head with an arrow that had the head of a razor. The king did not realize his charioteer had been slain. With the charioteer killed, the horses ran hither and thither on the field of battle. Kotikashya wished to flee, but Bhima killed him with a javelin he hurled with his hand. Using sharp and iron arrows, Arjuna cut off the heads and bows of twelve warriors from Souvira. With his arrows, he slew Shibis, Ikshvakus, Trigartas, and Saindhavas as soon as they came within range. Many elephants with flags and many warriors with pennants were seen to have been killed by Arjuna. Headless torsos and torso-less heads were strewn all over the entire earth. Dogs, vultures, herons, crows, ravens, kites, jackals, and birds feasted on the flesh and blood of warriors who had been slain.