Book, Chapter

 1   2, 4|       fired,~And they strive as strove the bright gods, when by
 2   2, 5|         pride and love,~Stoutly strove the eager suitors viewing
 3   2, 5|  viewing well the target above,~Strove to string the weapon vainly,
 4   2, 5|        the gallant princes low!~Strove the handsome suitors vainly,
 5   2, 6|    Jarasandha famed for prowesq strove to bend the string in vain,~
 6   2, 8|       rose amidst the monarchs, strove the tumult to appease,~And
 7   5, 1|     loved and suffered, how she strove and conquered Fate!"~
 8   7, 4|   sought for wisdom from above,~Strove to stop the war of nations
 9   8, 1|        aloft his famed Gandiva, strove to cross the chieftain's
10   8, 1|     fated. foe Duryodhan, Bhima strove in deathful war,~And against
11   8, 1|   swiftly rushed into the fray,~Strove to shield the broken Pandavs
12   8, 2|    Bhishma and the helméd Arjun strove to turn the tide of war.~
13   8, 2|        of Drona, Dhrista-dyumna strove in vain!~But the fiercer
14   8, 2|         Duryodhan's valiant son~Strove against the son of Arjun
15   8, 5|  gallant son of Arjun, Lakshman strove with bow and shield,~Vainly
16   8, 5|     with bow and shield,~Vainly strove; his faithful henchman bore
17   8, 5|   Gainst the cruel Bhuri-sravas strove in unrelenting fight,~Ten
18   8, 6|   unequal was the strife,~Bhima strove with furious valour, for
19   8, 7|    stalwart Bhima, Arjun brave,~Strove with useless toil and valour
20   8, 7|      Sabadeva and Nakula vainly strove with all their might,~Till
21   9, 1|    still with matchless prowess strove to keep his plighted word,~
22   9, 1|         in haste and fury came,~Strove to save his king and elder
23   9, 3|    battle's dread array,~Vainly strove to force a passage, vainly
24   9, 3|     Duryodhan rushed to battle, strove to stop the turning tide,~
25   9, 3|     still went Abhimanyu, Kurus strove and fought in vain,~Backward
26   9, 3|     still went Abhimanyu, Salya strove and fought in vain,~And
27   9, 4| Durmarsan faced the hero but he strove and fought in vain,~Onward
28   9, 4|         Jayadratha came,~Vainly strove the valiant Arjun struggling '
29  10, 2|       stout and faithful vainly strove among the slain,~Onward
30  10, 2|      the wise and noble Krishna strove the fatal feud to heal:~"
31  10, 2|   Kuru-kshetra plain!~Long they strove, but neither archer could
32  10, 2|  chariot, vainly wrathful Salya strove,~Urging still the strugling
33  10, 4|    Bhima and Duryodhan fiercely strove and fought and bled!~Sparks
34  11, 3|         Krishna, Queen Gandhari strove her woeful thoughts to tell,~