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
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