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Mahabharat : The Greatest war

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Adi Parva Part 5

'When I heard that Yudhishthira had been followed into the wilderness by Snatakas and noble-minded Brahmanas who live

upon alms, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Arjuna, having, in combat, pleased the god of gods,

Tryambaka (the three-eyed) in the disguise of a hunter, obtained the great weapon Pasupata, then O Sanjaya, I had no hope of

success. When I heard that the just and renowned Arjuna after having been to the celestial regions, had there obtained celestial

weapons from Indra himself then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that afterwards Arjuna had vanquished

the Kalakeyas and the Paulomas proud with the boon they had obtained and which had rendered them invulnerable even to the

celestials, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Arjuna, the chastiser of enemies, having gone to the

regions of Indra for the destruction of the Asuras, had returned thence successful, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success.

When I heard that Bhima and the other sons of Pritha (Kunti) accompanied by Vaisravana had arrived at that country which is

inaccessible to man then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that my sons, guided by the counsels of Karna,

while on their journey of Ghoshayatra, had been taken prisoners by the Gandharvas and were set free by Arjuna, then, O

Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Dharma (the god of justice) having come under the form of a Yaksha had

proposed certain questions to Yudhishthira then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that my sons had failed to

discover the Pandavas under their disguise while residing with Draupadi in the dominions of Virata, then, O Sanjaya, I had no

hope of success. When I heard that the principal men of my side had all been vanquished by the noble Arjuna with a single

chariot while residing in the dominions of Virata, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Vasudeva of

the race of Madhu, who covered this whole earth by one foot, was heartily interested in the welfare of the Pandavas, then, O

Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the king of Matsya, had offered his virtuous daughter Uttara to Arjuna

and that Arjuna had accepted her for his son, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Yudhishthira, beaten

at dice, deprived of wealth, exiled and separated from his connections, had assembled yet an army of seven Akshauhinis, then,

O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard Narada, declare that Krishna and Arjuna were Nara and Narayana and he

(Narada) had seen them together in the regions of Brahma, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that

Krishna, anxious to bring about peace, for the welfare of mankind had repaired to the Kurus, and went away without having

been able to effect his purpose, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Kama and Duryodhana resolved

upon imprisoning Krishna displayed in himself the whole universe, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. Then I heard

that at the time of his departure, Pritha (Kunti) standing, full of sorrow, near his chariot received consolation from Krishna,

then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Vasudeva and Bhishma the son of Santanu were the counsellors

of the Pandavas and Drona the son of Bharadwaja pronounced blessings on them, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success.

When Kama said unto Bhishma—I will not fight when thou art fighting--and, quitting the army, went away, then, O Sanjaya, I

had no hope of success. When I heard that Vasudeva and Arjuna and the bow Gandiva of immeasurable prowess, these three of

dreadful energy had come together, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that upon Arjuna having been

seized with compunction on his chariot and ready to sink, Krishna showed him all the worlds within his body, then, O Sanjaya,

I had no hope of success. When I heard that Bhishma, the desolator of foes, killing ten thousand charioteers every day in the

field of battle, had not slain any amongst the Pandavas then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Bhishma,

the righteous son of Ganga, had himself indicated the means of his defeat in the field of battle and that the same were

accomplished by the Pandavas with joyfulness, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Arjuna, having

placed Sikhandin before himself in his chariot, had wounded Bhishma of infinite courage and invincible in battle, then, O

Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the aged hero Bhishma, having reduced the numbers of the race of

shomaka to a few, overcome with various wounds was lying on a bed of arrows, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success.

When I heard that upon Bhishma's lying on the ground with thirst for water, Arjuna, being requested, had pierced the ground

and allayed his thirst, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When Bayu together with Indra and Suryya united as allies for

the success of the sons of Kunti, and the beasts of prey (by their inauspicious presence) were putting us in fear, then, O

Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When the wonderful warrior Drona, displaying various modes of fight in the field, did not

slay any of the superior Pandavas, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the Maharatha Sansaptakas of

our army appointed for the overthrow of Arjuna were all slain by Arjuna himself, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success.

When I heard that our disposition of forces, impenetrable by others, and defended by Bharadwaja himself well-armed, had

been singly forced and entered by the brave son of Subhadra, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that our

Maharathas, unable to overcome Arjuna, with jubilant faces after having jointly surrounded and slain the boy Abhimanyu,

then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the blind Kauravas were shouting for joy after having slain

Abhimanyu and that thereupon Arjuna in anger made his celebrated speech referring to Saindhava, then, O Sanjaya, I had no

hope of success. When I heard that Arjuna had vowed the death of Saindhava and fulfilled his vow in the presence of his

enemies, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that upon the horses of Arjuna being fatigued, Vasudeva releasing them made them drink water and bringing them back and reharnessing them continued to guide them as before, then,

O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that while his horses were fatigued, Arjuna staying in his chariot checked

all his assailants, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Yuyudhana of the race of Vrishni, after having

thrown into confusion the army of Drona rendered unbearable in prowess owing to the presence of elephants, retired to where

Krishna and Arjuna were, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Karna even though he had got Bhima

within his power allowed him to escape after only addressing him in contemptuous terms and dragging him with the end of his

bow, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Drona, Kritavarma, Kripa, Karna, the son of Drona, and the

valiant king of Madra (Salya) suffered Saindhava to be slain, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the

celestial Sakti given by Indra (to Karna) was by Madhava's machinations caused to be hurled upon Rakshasa Ghatotkacha of

frightful countenance, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that in the encounter between Karna and

Ghatotkacha, that Sakti was hurled against Ghatotkacha by Karna, the same which was certainly to have slain Arjuna in battle,

then, O Sanjaya. I had no hope of success. When I heard that Dhristadyumna, transgressing the laws of battle, slew Drona

while alone in his chariot and resolved on death, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Nakula. the son

of Madri, having in the presence of the whole army engaged in single combat with the son of Drona and showing himself equal

to him drove his chariot in circles around, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When upon the death of Drona, his son

misused the weapon called Narayana but failed to achieve the destruction of the Pandavas, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of

success. When I heard that Bhimasena drank the blood of his brother Duhsasana in the field of battle without anybody being

able to prevent him, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the infinitely brave Karna, invincible in

battle, was slain by Arjuna in that war of brothers mysterious even to the gods, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success.

When I heard that Yudhishthira, the Just, overcame the heroic son of Drona, Duhsasana, and the fierce Kritavarman, then, O

Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the brave king of Madra who ever dared Krishna in battle was slain by

Yudhishthira, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the wicked Suvala of magic power, the root of the

gaming and the feud, was slain in battle by Sahadeva, the son of Pandu, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I

heard that Duryodhana, spent with fatigue, having gone to a lake and made a refuge for himself within its waters, was lying

there alone, his strength gone and without a chariot, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that the Pandavas

having gone to that lake accompanied by Vasudeva and standing on its beach began to address contemptuously my son who

was incapable of putting up with affronts, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that while, displaying in

circles a variety of curious modes (of attack and defence) in an encounter with clubs, he was unfairly slain according to the

counsels of Krishna, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard the son of Drona and others by slaying the

Panchalas and the sons of Draupadi in their sleep, perpetrated a horrible and infamous deed, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of

success. When I heard that Aswatthaman while being pursued by Bhimasena had discharged the first of weapons called

Aishika, by which the embryo in the womb (of Uttara) was wounded, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard

that the weapon Brahmashira (discharged by Aswatthaman) was repelled by Arjuna with another weapon over which he had

pronounced the word "Sasti" and that Aswatthaman had to give up the jewel-like excrescence on his head, then, O Sanjaya, I

had no hope of success. When I heard that upon the embryo in the womb of Virata's daughter being wounded by Aswatthaman

with a mighty weapon, Dwaipayana and Krishna pronounced curses on him, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success.