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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

illusions

Sakuni also, conversant with a hundred different kinds of illusions, created illusions for confounding the two Krishnas. Then

  1. clubs, and 
  2. iron balls, and 
  3. rocks and 
  4. Sataghnis and 
  5. darts, and 
  6. maces, and 
  7. spiked bludgeons, and 
  8. scimitars, and 
  9. lances, mallets, axes, and 
  10. Kampanas, and 
  11. swords, and 
  12. nails, and 
  13. short clubs, and 
  14. battle-axes, and 
  15. razors, and 
  16. arrows with sharp broad heads, and 
  17. Nalikas, and 
  18. calf-tooth headed shafts, and 
  19. arrows having bony heads and 
  20. discs and 
  21. snake-headed shafts, and 
  22. spears, and 
  23. diverse other kinds of weapons, fell upon Arjuna from all sides.  

And

  1. asses, and 
  2. camels, and 
  3. buffaloes, and 
  4. tigers, and 
  5. lions, and 
  6. deer, and 
  7. leopards, and 
  8. bears, and 
  9. wolves and 
  10. vultures, and 
  11. monkeys, and 
  12. various reptiles, and 
  13. diverse cannibals, and 
  14. swarms of crows, all hungry, and excited with rage, ran towards Arjuna. 

Then Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti, that hero conversant with celestial weapons, shooting clouds of arrows, assailed them all. And assailed by that hero with those excellent and strong shafts, they uttered loud cries and fell down deprived of life.

Then a thick darkness appeared and covered Arjuna's car, and from within that gloom harsh voices rebuked Arjuna. The latter, however, by means of the weapons called Jyotishka, dispelled that thick and awful darkness.

When that darkness was dispelled frightful waves of water appeared. For drying up those waters, Arjuna applied the weapon called Aditya. And in consequence of that weapon, the waters were almost dried up.

These diverse illusions, repeatedly created by Sauvala, Arjuna destroyed speedily by means of the force of his weapons, laughing the while. Upon all his illusions being destroyed, afflicted with Arjuna's shafts and unmanned by fear, Sakuni fled away, aided by his fleet, steeds, like a vulgar wretch.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m07/m07028.htm

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