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THE MAHABHARATA
 
जग्राह च शरैषीकां द्रौणिस्सव्येन पाणिना ।

'अपाण्डवाय' इति रुषा तदस्रं प्रमुमोच ह ॥
 

Asvatthaman took in his left hand the

Ishika Astra and saying in anger "For

the end of the Pandavas ", he discharged

that divine missile.
 

 
'विसृजैतत्त्वमप्याजावस्त्रमस्त्रनिवारणम् ।'

केशवेनैवमुक्तोऽथ पाण्डवः परवीरहा ।

उत्ससर्ज शिवं ध्यायन्नस्त्रमस्त्रेण शाम्यताम् ॥
 

"" You also send forth in this fight, this

divine missile (of yours) that can

counteract Asvatthaman's missile." So

told by Krishna, Arjuna, the destroyer

of enemy-warriors, shot his missile,

contemplating upon god Siva, SO
that

that
Asvatthaman's missile might be put down

by his own.
 

 
नारदस्सर्वधर्मात्मा भरतानां पितामहः ।

उभौ शमयितुं वीरौ भारद्वाजधनञ्जयौ ।

दीप्तयोरस्त्रयोर्मध्ये स्थितौ परमतेजसौ ॥