Shooting The Messenger
A Nano Tale
As Dhṛṣṭadyumna's arrows fell, Prātikāmin reflected, "I hold reins of dead horses. Duryodhana holds mine."
Canonical basis: Śalyaparvan 24.19-21
Dhṛṣṭadyumnas tato rājaṃs tava putreṇa dhanvinā
nārācair bahubhiḥ kṣipraṃ bāhvor urasi c'ārpitaḥ
so'tividdho mahe'ṣv-āsas tottr'ārdita iva dvipaḥ
tasy'āśvāṃś caturo bāṇaiḥ preṣayām āsa Mṛtyave
sāratheś c'āsya bhallena śiraḥ kāyād apāharat
Canonical basis: Śalyaparvan 32.43
ete c'ānye ca nihatā bahavaḥ kṣatriya-rṣabhāḥ
Prātikāmī tathā pāpo Draupadyāḥ kleśa-kṛd dhataḥ
Canonical basis: Śalyaparvan 55.33
Prātikāmī tathā pāpo Draupadyāḥ kleśa-kṛd dhataḥ
bhrātaras te hatāḥ sarve śūrā vikrānta-yodhinaḥ
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