tN THE ISLAND OF BALI. 1%^- 



■nd vhiJ lightning all around. We heard a clamoHr loud as a thousand drums, tad there fell a miogled 

 and iucessaut shower of arrows, darls, maces and battle axes ; swords edged with fl«mo ; javelinfr • 

 with a hundred poiuts : scorching rockets, inasBive m»UDtai,ns, loud crashing thunderbolts, and dis« ■ 

 cusses with a hundred spires burning «s they whirled along. The shafts of Carn^a encountered the 

 storm io vain, and then arose the cries of dying elephants and horses^ the crash of chariots and tha< * 

 groans o1 men. The troops of Durvodhana stood appalled at the sight ; their spirits sunk withia " 

 them, and disorder spread throughout their ranks, but awe of Droma ^or a while suppressed their pa» ^ 

 tiii'k; aud the bravest combatants maiataiBcd the £ght, >■ 



The shower of weapons 9(111 conlinued, «ad the brokeri ranks Were assailed by howling Jackall& - 

 eager to prey upon our falling troops— *then rushed forward a host of fiends with tonguea at fire and 

 ensangu-iued teeth — iiq siae like mountains they moved alongj aud as they advanced they overwhelmed 

 the army wjtb afresh deluge of mighty and destructive weapooSi -Horses, elephants and chariots sunlc - 

 beiieath the hurricaiie, and the bravest heroes-lay mangled and breathless oa the'pUin. ' The CaurawiS'"^ 

 fled, escUisajng, ^* Indra and the Gods fight for our foesi^"' ' 



Such was the general confasion that friehds and enemies knew not each other, and the sons ot ' 

 CuRu and Pan ©-«■, mingled terror»strufkiridiscrimina(eIy together. Dread was ihe darkness — the fouir 

 quarters of the worUJ were alike ondiscernibie, and the ilh)36ry combustion of the sky alone illaminecj * 

 } 4he scens. Then i beheld Carn'a undaunted and aloncj re^ceiving the shower of super-Bitural weipons 

 ©n his breastj and Saunchiag his miglity shafts at once at the phantom and the fieudo Burning with 

 shame at the prospect of defeat, andprepared to encounter with fortitude every change of fate. The 

 fiiiefs oi Sindhu kni I'aA^ica'witnessing CARMA'suntameable resolution, did him homage, augurki^ 

 from i^-the^nal discbmfiture of the Ra cmA»A) -The combat continued and Guat*^} tcACHA discharge - 

 £d a rocket set round with discusses, which killed CarnVs four borses at once. The Caj<rarGJ seeing 

 l^imo'D the ground and exposed to perish, now thought the moment arrived, when he should hi7»;'«: 

 Tccoorse ta the neapou thai could aloue triumph over suchsuper>ht:smaa and hostile arrns^ 



They therefore addressed him, *' Destroy, oh Garn A » the demon, kill him with the fatal shaft, or the 

 race of Cuau is- no more. What fear is ihera of BaiMA or AbjunA, that this R&cshasa should noi 

 be slain* If he escape not, Cabn A will still lead us to victory against the sons of Cumti : kill him ' 

 with the shaft, the boon of l/i</ra. Save your allies before this interminable night shaH further ha 

 prolonged, for every hoar it lasts our mortal vigour wanec, vrhiist the Rac9HA»A derives new streogtEs 

 aud prowess frota its duration," 



HIaViw© henrd the general cry of the Ca«rflt?o», CARNr'A consented to hurl the mighty weapano 

 Fietceng a nglu^ Una he resolved to eod the conflict at a blow, aad seal with the dart VaijavwCi, tlur 



