Book, Chapter

 1   2, 5 |     Strove to string the weapon vainly, tough unbending was the
 2   2, 5 |     Strove the handsome suitors vainly, decked in gem and burnished
 3   2, 5 |        the tough unbending bow,~Vainly! for the bow rebounding
 4   2, 6 |         which gathered warriors vainly tried to bend and strain,~
 5   4, 1 |    Queen Draupadi seeks to fly.~Vainly sped the trembling princess
 6   4, 1 |      the weeping princess made,~Vainly to the gods and mortals
 7   7, 4 |         Dhrita-rashtra pleadeth vainly, feeble is his fitful star,~
 8   7, 4 |     Vain is Valadeva's counsel, vainly shall our envoy plead,~Half
 9   7, 4 |        east to western strand!"~Vainly were Panchala's Brahmans
10   7, 4 |         with messages of peace,~Vainly urged the Kuru elders that
11   7, 7 |       contest for thee in vain,~Vainly brothers, sons, and kinsmen
12   8, 1 |  obstruct the chieftain's path,~Vainly fought the youthful warrior
13   8, 3 |         the holy counsel given,~Vainly given by saintly Krishna,
14   8, 3 |   serried ranks of hostile war,~Vainly hurled his lance Duryodhan '
15   8, 3 |         valiant warrior's face,~Vainly Salya, king of Madra, threw
16   8, 4 |         serried line of tuskers vainly sent to cross his path,~
17   8, 5 |     strove with bow and shield,~Vainly strove; his faithful henchman
18   8, 7 |        s palm-tree banner rose!~Vainly then the good Yudhishthir,
19   8, 7 | shattered ranks of war to save,~Vainly too the Pandav brothers
20   8, 7 |       lost,~Sabadeva and Nakula vainly strove with all their might,~
21   8, 10|         kinsmen loved and lost,~Vainly fight iny faithful brothers
22   8, 10|    Nations pour their lifeblood vainly, ceaseless wakes the sound
23   9, 1 |         Duryodhan, Kuru's lord,~Vainly then the twin-born brothers
24   9, 1 |       lord, Panchala's monarch, vainly faced him in his wrath,~
25   9, 3 |       the battle's dread array,~Vainly strove to force a passage,
26   9, 3 |      strove to force a passage, vainly sought their onward way!~
27   9, 4 |    Angas and the brave Kalingas vainly crossed his wrathful way,~
28   9, 4 |    Famed Avanti's fated princes vainly led their highland force,~
29   9, 4 |    round brave Jayadratha came,~Vainly strove the valiant Arjun
30  10, 2 |    Panchalas stout and faithful vainly strove among the slain,~
31  10, 2 |     unmoved the tilted chariot, vainly wrathful Salya strove,~Urging
32  10, 2 |      Karna's heavy car to move,~Vainly too the gallant Karna leaped
33 Epi    |     which modern sculptors have vainly sought to reproduce. The