Flawless

Flawless

A Nano Drama

Kṣatradeva (to himself): "Training at gurukula, I dreaded mangling handsome Lakṣmaṇa's body someday." (aloud) "Fight, Dauryodhani!"

Lakṣmaṇa (to himself): "Kṣatradeva was always serious. Today it's really life or death." (aloud) "Śaikhaṇḍina, let me see you laughing once!"

Kṣatradeva (laughing): "You won't capture Yudhiṣṭhira!"

Lakṣmaṇa throws a spear into Kṣatradeva's heart.

Canonical basis: Droṇaparvan 9.48-49

ye te dvādaśa varṣāṇi krīḍām utsṛjya bālakāḥ

astr'ārtham avasan Bhīṣme bibhrato vratam uttamam

Kṣatraṃjayaḥ Kṣatradevaḥ Kṣatradharmā ca māninaḥ

Dhṛṣṭadyumn'ātmajā vīrāḥ ke tān Droṇād avārayan

Canonical basis: Droṇaparvan 9.59

utsaṅga iva saṃvṛddhaṃ Drupadasy'āstra-vit-tamam

Śaikhaṇḍinaṃ Kṣatradevaṃ ke taṃ Droṇād avārayan

Canonical basis: Droṇaparvan 13.44

Lakṣmaṇaḥ Kṣatradevena vimardam akarod bhṛśam

yathā Viṣṇuḥ purā rājan Hiraṇyākṣeṇa saṃyuge

Canonical basis: Karṇaparvan 4.77

Śikhaṇḍi-tanayo yuddhe Kṣatradevo yudhāṃ patiḥ

Lakṣmaṇena hato rājaṃs tava pautreṇa Bhārata