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  1   1    |           and Sahadeva, were twins. Duryodhan was the eldest son of Dhrita-rashtra
  2   1, 3 |                     III - BHIMA AND DURYODHAN~Bhima came and proud Duryodhan
  3   1, 3 |      DURYODHAN~Bhima came and proud Duryodhan with their maces lifted
  4   1, 3 |         stalwart Bhima battled with Duryodhan brave and strong,~Fierce
  5   1, 3 |        throng,~"Hail to Kuru prince Duryodhan!" "Hail to Bhima hero proud!"~
  6   1, 5 |            Gathered round the proud Duryodhan, dreaded for his exploits
  7   1, 5 |            transport glows in proud Duryodhan's heart,~Flames of wrath
  8   1, 6 |       WARRIORS~Joyful was the proud Duryodhan, gladness gleamed upon his
  9   1, 6 |            done!"~Answered Karna to Duryodhan, " Prince! thy word is good
 10   1, 6 |         Karna stood revealed!~Proud Duryodhan and his brothers stood by
 11   1, 7 |            Prince we reckon," cried Duryodhan, "not the man of birth alone~
 12   1, 7 |           arrayed~Karna unto prince Duryodhan thus in grateful accents
 13   1, 7 |               Gift of kingdom, good Duryodhan, speaketh well thy noble
 14   1, 7 |        Grant thy friendship," cried Duryodhan, "for no other boon crave,~
 15   1, 7 |             no other boon crave,~Be Duryodhan's dearest comrade, be his
 16   1, 9 |          beauteous lotus lake,~Rose Duryodhan from his brothers, proudly
 17   1, 9 |            the peerless Karna proud Duryodhan left the ground.~Pandu's
 18   1, 9 |             s won the day!"~"Prince Duryodhan is the winner!" Various
 19   1, 9 |           joy,~And with greater joy Duryodhan fastened Karna to his side,~
 20   2    |         heir-apparent, the anger of Duryodhan and his brothers knew no
 21   2, 4 |             IV - THE SUITORS~"Brave Duryodhan and his brothers, princes
 22   2, 8 |             For the jealous, fierce Duryodhan darkly schemed their death
 23   3    |             and modern.~The jealous Duryodhan heard that his contrivance
 24   3    |          was accordingly parcelled; Duryodhan retained the eastern and
 25   3, 1 |        gifts of untold price.~Proud Duryodhan and his brothers came in
 26   3, 2 |             sacred rites of old,~To Duryodhan and his brothers, honoured
 27   3, 2 |         mighty cost defrayed,~Proud Duryodhan took the tribute which the
 28   3, 5 |            contest the field!~Great Duryodhan midst the princes stands
 29   4    |              DYUTA~(The Fatal Dice)~DURYODHAN came back from the Imperial
 30   4    |          prince of Gandhara, shared Duryodhan's hatred towards the sons
 31   4    |         Hastina-pura the capital of Duryodhan, with his mother and brothers
 32   4    |           became the bond-slaves of Duryodhan. The old king Dhrita-rashtra
 33   4, 1 |             lordly lion's den,~Base Duryodhan's humble menial came to
 34   4, 1 |          art staked and won,~Prince Duryodhan claims thee, lady, and the
 35   4, 1 |            empress, thou art prince Duryodhan's slave!"~Rose the queen
 36   4, 1 |              Take my word to prince Duryodhan, Queen Draupadi is unwon!"~
 37   4, 1 |              Wrathful was the proud Duryodhan when he heard the answer
 38   4, 1 |              Come and meet thy lord Duryodhan, chase that mantling blush
 39   4, 3 |         shame his lowly head,~Proud Duryodhan laughed in triumph, and
 40   4, 3 |            Madness seized the proud Duryodhan, and inflamed by passion
 41   4, 4 |           were dimmed by tear:~"Son Duryodhan, ever luckless, godless,
 42   5    |    celestial arms.~In the meanwhile Duryodhan, not content with sending
 43   5    |             class of aerial beings. Duryodhan was taken captive by them,
 44   5    |            and a friend and ally of Duryodhan, came to the woods, and
 45   6    |           spite of all search which Duryodhan made after them. At last
 46   6    |             troops to meet the foe, Duryodhan with his Kuru forces fell
 47   6, 1 |            From the north the proud Duryodhan, stealing onwards day by
 48   6, 1 |         hold!~Bhishma and the proud Duryodhan, archer Karna known to fame,~
 49   6, 4 |             the Kuru monarch, proud Duryodhan let us meet,~If he falls
 50   6, 4 |       chariot far,~Midst the chiefs Duryodhan moves not, moves not in
 51   6, 4 |           work to-day is mine,~Meet Duryodhan in the battle, win thy father'
 52   6, 4 |       behind the war's array,~Where Duryodhan with the cattle quickly
 53   6, 4 |         Gainst our prince and proud Duryodhan seeks to turn the tide of
 54   7    |       restoration, but, the jealous Duryodhan hated his cousins with a
 55   7, 1 |         hate~Harboured by the proud Duryodhan driven by his luckless fate,~
 56   7, 1 |            proud unbending foe,~And Duryodhan's haughty purpose seek by
 57   7, 1 |         wise,~With his greetings to Duryodhan in a meek and friendly guise?~
 58   7, 2 |     Yudhishthir held of yore,~Brave Duryodhan ruled his kingdom on the
 59   7, 2 |  Yudhishthir's wishes, seek to know Duryodhan's mind,~Make obeisance unto
 60   7, 2 |            not in futile anger, for Duryodhan holds the power,~And Yudhishthir'
 61   7, 2 | Indra-prastha's spacious empire now Duryodhan deems his own,~By his tears
 62   7, 2 |            not counsel, humbly seek Duryodhan's grace,~War will not restore
 63   7, 3 |           chieftain who thus pleads Duryodhan's part,~Timid counsel, Valadeva,
 64   7, 3 |   Yudhishthir claims his own,~Proud Duryodhan now must render Indra-prastha'
 65   7, 3 |            for right in vain,~False Duryodhan will not render sinful conquest,
 66   7, 3 |          perish on the field,~False Duryodhan and his forces fall beneath
 67   7, 4 |           effort futile, to beseech Duryodhan's grace~Dhrita-rashtra pleadeth
 68   7, 4 |            and wily, still supports Duryodhan's side!~Vain is Valadeva'
 69   7, 4 |        plead,~Half his empire proud Duryodhan yields not in his boundless
 70   7, 4 |        offered friendship we before Duryodhan place,~And my priest will
 71   7, 4 |         seek Hastina, strive to win Duryodhan's grace,~If he renders Indra-prastha,
 72   7, 4 |            feud should cease,~Proud Duryodhan to his kinsmen would not
 73   7, 5 |            feud should cease,~Brave Duryodhan, good Yudhishthir, rule
 74   7, 5 |           closing days be fair,~Let Duryodhan keep his kingdom, let the
 75   7, 6 |          manly eyelids and to proud Duryodhan spoke:~"Listen, prince,
 76   7, 7 |           few and high,~Clouded was Duryodhan's forehead, wrathful was
 77   7, 7 |            s forehead, wrathful was Duryodhan's eye:~"Thou hast heard
 78   7, 7 |             Truest friends to thee, Duryodhan, pure and sinless in their
 79   7, 8 |              Not for thee I grieve, Duryodhan, slain by vengeance fierce
 80   7, 8 |         earth,~Curse the fatal day, Duryodhan, saw thy sad and woeful
 81   7, 9 |              As the monarch soothed Duryodhan by each fond endearing name:~"
 82   7, 9 |         name:~"Listen, dearest son, Duryodhan, shun this dark and fatal
 83   7, 9 |              Take the offered boon, Duryodhan! Let all strife and hatred
 84   7, 10|          SPECH~Silent sat the proud Duryodhan wrathful in the council
 85   7, 10|             and Kuru's monarch mark Duryodhan for your hate,~Speak, what
 86   7, 10|            his freedom, was it then Duryodhan's blame,~And if freed from
 87   7, 10|          message to my kinsmen, for Duryodhan's words are plain,~Portion
 88   8    |           India took a share in it.~Duryodhan's army consisted of his
 89   8    |           foot, cars and elephants, Duryodhan's army including his own
 90   8    |     Vrishnis as a nation had joined Duryodhan.~When the two armies were
 91   8    |           his most important work."~Duryodhan chose the grand old fighter
 92   8, 1 |            son!~With his fated. foe Duryodhan, Bhima strove in deathful
 93   8, 2 |        proud preceptor's way,~Proud Duryodhan marked with anger Bhima
 94   8, 2 |            the tide of battle where Duryodhan's valiant son~Strove against
 95   8, 2 |         deeds of valour done,~Proud Duryodhan marked the contest with
 96   8, 3 |          MEET~Anxious was the proud Duryodhan when the golden morning
 97   8, 3 |           Kuru chief of fame,~Brave Duryodhan shook in anger and a tremor
 98   8, 3 |               Vain our toil, unwise Duryodhan! Nor can Bhishma warrior
 99   8, 3 |             Deaf to wisdom's voice, Duryodhan, deaf to parents and to
100   8, 3 |             Vainly hurled his lance Duryodhan 'gainst the valiant warrior'
101   8, 4 |                                IV - DURYODHAN'S EIGHT BROTHERS SLAIN~Dawned
102   8, 4 |         bore the chiefs alive!~Then Duryodhan's fourteen brothers rushed
103   8, 4 |            and fled,~Eight of proud Duryodhan's brothers f ell and slumbered
104   8, 5 |        field,~Lakshman son of proud Duryodhan, Abhimanyu Arjun's son,~
105   8, 6 |        Bhima forced his way~Through Duryodhan's serried legions, where
106   8, 8 |         flew,~Brothers of the proud Duryodhan in that fatal combat slew,~
107   8, 9 |            bosom sorrow-laden proud Duryodhan drew his breath,~Wept the
108   8, 9 |          soft entreaty thus the sad Duryodhan spoke,~And his mournful
109   8, 9 |       vision true and clear:~"Vain, Duryodhan, is this contest, and thy
110   8, 9 |             righteous cause,~Think, Duryodhan, when Gandharvas took thee
111   8, 9 |           war,~Ruin frowns on thee, Duryodhan, and upon thy impious State,~
112   8, 10|          heart,~But from troth unto Duryodhan righteous Bhishma would
113   8, 10|         said the chieftain, "Prince Duryodhan is my lord,~Bhishma is no
114   8, 10|       glittered ill the gale!~Proud Duryodhan marked. their onset and
115   8, 10|     Kuru-kshetra's war begun,~Stood Duryodhan and his brothers mantled
116   8, 10|          soft and gentle accents to Duryodhan thus he said:~"List unto
117   8, 10|          said:~"List unto my words, Duryodhan, uttered with my latest
118   8, 10|          his lifeblood in the proud Duryodhan woke!~Darker grew the gloomy
119   9, 1 |         take Yudhishthir captive to Duryodhan, Kuru's lord,~Vainly then
120   9, 2 |          proud and gallant boy.~Now Duryodhan marked the foemen heaving
121   9, 2 |            Short the war; for proud Duryodhan wounded from the battle
122   9, 2 |          Arjun's rescue came,~Proud Duryodhan came to Karna, and fair
123   9, 3 |          made a ghastly lane!~Proud Duryodhan rushed to battle, strove
124   9, 3 |            warriors fought by proud Duryodhan's side,~Onward still went
125   9, 3 |            Backward reeled and fell Duryodhan and his bravest chiefs were
126   9, 3 |        gleaming arms accoutred came Duryodhan's gallant son,~Proud and
127   9, 4 |            standards, on the prince Duryodhan's car,~Lordly elephant in
128   9, 4 |      distant hill an d plain,~Proud Duryodhan's many brothers were by
129   9, 4 |           vengeful Bhima slain,~And Duryodhan stung by sorrow waged the
130   9, 4 |          slain,~And for brothers of Duryodhan sleeping lifeless on the
131   9, 5 |             morning glittered proud Duryodhan sad at heart,~To the leader
132   9, 5 |         fair!~Ask thyself, O prince Duryodhan, bound by battle's sacred
133   9, 5 |            And no warrior breathes, Duryodhan, who can face thy helméd
134  10    |           Drona, concludes the war. Duryodhan, left wounded by Bhima,
135  10, 1 |            warlike Drona slain,~Sad Duryodhan gazed in sorrow and the
136  10, 1 |         high!~"Karna!" so exclaimed Duryodhan, "hero of resistless might,~
137  10, 2 |           morning Karna unto Prince Duryodhan went,~Thus in slow and measured
138  10, 2 |          last and fatal war!"~Spake Duryodhan; warlike Salya mounted Karna'
139  10, 2 |           Arjun brave,~Wilt thou do Duryodhan's mandate, proud Duryodhan'
140  10, 2 |          Duryodhan's mandate, proud Duryodhan's willing slave,~Unfulfilled
141  10, 3 |            proud preceptor Kripa to Duryodhan said,~Tear bedimmed the
142  10, 3 |              Bid this battle cease, Duryodhan, pale and fitful is thy
143  10, 3 |         kinsmen cease!"~"Kripa," so Duryodhan answered, "in this sad and
144  10, 3 |          the countless slain,~Shall Duryodhan like a recreant now avoid
145  10, 3 |             the servile knee?~Proud Duryodhan sues no favour even with
146  10, 3 |          plain,~All the brothers of Duryodhan tiger-waisted Bhima slew,~
147  10, 3 |     tiger-waisted Bhima slew,~Proud Duryodhan pale and panting from the
148  10, 4 |            IV - NIGHT OF SLAUGHTER: DURYODHAN'S DEATH~Far from battle'
149  10, 4 |              Sad and slow and faint Duryodhan did his humble shelter take,~
150  10, 4 |              Gods be witness," said Duryodhan, flaming in his shame and
151  10, 4 |            to part no longer, proud Duryodhan fights you all,~Perish he,
152  10, 4 |       forgiven,~Me alone you fight, Duryodhan, witness righteous gods
153  10, 4 |          plain,~Perish in thy sins, Duryodhan, perish too thy hated name,~
154  10, 4 |           life crime-polluted ends, Duryodhan, in thy shame!"~Like two
155  10, 4 |           dead,~Dauntless Bhima and Duryodhan fiercely strove and fought
156  10, 4 |         foul attack but fatal broke Duryodhan's shattered knee!~Through
157  10, 4 |        voice resounded as the great Duryodhan fell,~And the earth the
158  10, 4 |         fell upon the battle, proud Duryodhan dying lay,~But the slaughter
159  10, 4 |       beside the limpid waters lone Duryodhan dying lay,~And Duryodhan
160  10, 4 |            Duryodhan dying lay,~And Duryodhan blessed the hero with his
161  11    |         Funeral Rites)~THE death of Duryodhan concludes the war, and it
162  11, 3 |         wandering vision on her son Duryodhan fell,~Sudden anguish smote
163  11, 3 |            And she clasped her dear Duryodhan, held him close unto her
164  11, 3 |               Mother!' said my dear Duryodhan when he went unto the war,~'
165  11, 3 |                Son!' I said to dear Duryodhan, 'Heaven avert a cruel fate,~
166  11, 3 |            wins,~And I weep not for Duryodhan, like a prince he fought
167  11, 3 |        their feathery pankhas round Duryodhan's royal bed,~Peerless bowman!
168  11, 3 |           slays a tiger, Bhima hath Duryodhan slayed!~Thirteen years o'
169  11, 3 |            o'er Kuru's empire proud Duryodhan held his sway,~Ruled Hastina'
170  11, 3 |             owns another master and Duryodhan's day is fled,~And I five
171  11, 3 |            O that I were dead!~Mark Duryodhan's noble widow, mother proud
172  11, 3 |          grandson slain?~Mark again Duryodhan's widow, how she hugs his
173  11, 3 |             resides in Vedas, brave Duryodhan dwells above,~Wherefore
174  11, 4 |         remnants of the dead.~Brave Duryodhan and his brothers, Salya
175  11, 4 |            of Arjun, Lakshman proud Duryodhan's son,~Somadatta and the
176 Epi    |            The proud and unyielding Duryodhan, and the fierce and fiery
177 Epi    |          slaughter and the death of Duryodhan. The rest of the story is