Day 12 - The Kings of Horses
An Abridged Poem (by Bibek Debroy) Chapter 999
“You are armored. Now fight.”
— Duryodhana. Bibek Debroy. Mhb. Chapter 908
Drona Parva covers days 11-15, during the time Drona is the general of the Kuru army.
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Bhima rode into battle on horses colored like antelopes.
Satyaki's horses had a silvery sheen.
Parrot feathers decorated Nakula's steeds.
Sahadeva's horses were rain clouds.
Yudhishthira's steeds were fleet and fit in gold harness.
King Drupada sat under a gold umbrella.
Uttara the Virata prince's horses were yellow and garlanded in gold.
The five from Kekaya rode horses that were the hues of fireflies lit.
Shikhandi's steeds were coppery red.
Dhrishtaketu's horses had deer-like skins.
Vrihatkshatra's horses were colored like smoking straw.
Kshatradeva's horses had eyes like jasmines and lotus complexion.
King Kashi's were like cranes.
Prativindhya was borne on white horses with black necks.
Sutosama's horses looked masha flowers (whitish yellow).
Shatanika had horses like shala flowers.
Shrutakarma's steeds were colored like peacock necks.
Shutakirti was stationed on horses with hues like blue jays.
Vardhakhemi's horses were strands of straw.
There were horses complexion like red silk that bore Shrenima.
General Dhrishtadyumna's horses looked like pigeons.
Chekitana rode on horses like silk.
Kuntibhoja's horses were like lightning.
Rochamana's horses were colored like firmament and decorated with stars.
Jarasandha's son Sahadeva (not Pandava Sahadeva) horses were speckled with black feet.
Sudama's were colored like hawks and had complexions of lotus stalks.
Simhasena's horses were like red antelopes with white streaks.
Janamejaya from Panchala (not Pandava Janamejaya descended from Abhimanyu/Arjuna) were colored like mustard flowers.
Chandrasena's horses were like the moon.
Shaibya's ponies were complexioned like blue lotus.
King Nila advanced, with everything in identical blue - standard, armor, bow, chariot and horses.
Ghatotkacha's horses were motley and their mouths took no bit. Ghatotkacha's standard was a chariot wheel.
— Bibek Debroy. Mhb. Chapter 999
Nila megha shama - Blue like rain cloud
Thus ends the As It Rhymes project.
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