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THE MAHABHARATA
 
Bhishma severely pierced Krishna and
Arjuna in every limb with his sharp arrows.
 
ततस्तु कृष्णस्समरे महाबाहुरचिन्तयत् ।
अहं भीष्मं निहत्म्यद्य पाण्डवार्थाय दंशितः ॥
 
The mighty Krishna then thought in the
battle : " I will kill Bhishma now, arming
myself in the cause of the Pandavas."
 
इतीदमुक्त्वा स महानुभावः
 
क्षुरान्तमुद्यम्य भुंजेन चक्रम् ।
रथादवप्लुत्य विसृज्य वाहान्
वेगेन कृष्णः प्रससार भीष्मम् ॥
 
Saying this, the magnanimous Krishna
lifted his razor-edged discus by his hand,
and jumping down from the chariot and
leaving off the horses, advanced speedily
towards Bhishma.
 
उवाच भीष्मस्तमनन्तपौरुषं
गोविन्दमाजावविमूढचेताः ।
 
Unconfounded in mind in that battle,
Bhishma told that Krishna of unbounded
valour: