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ततः प्रहृष्टां स्वां सेनामभिवीक्ष्याथ पाण्डवाः । बभूवुर्हृष्टमनसो वासुदेवश्च वीर्यवान्॥६-१-१६॥
Then, seeing their own host exultant, the Pāṇḍavas were heartened within; and Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), mighty in prowess, was likewise encouraged.
english translation
ततो योधान्हर्षयन्तौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ । दध्मतुः पुरुषव्याघ्रौ दिव्यौ शङ्खौ रथे स्थितौ॥६-१-१७॥
Thereupon Vāsudeva and Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna), gladdening the warriors, blew their divine conches as they stood upon the chariot—those two ‘tigers among men’.
english translation
पाञ्चजन्यस्य निर्घोषं देवदत्तस्य चोभयोः । श्रुत्वा सवाहना योधाः शकृन्मूत्रं प्रसुस्रुवुः॥६-१-१८॥
Hearing the thunderous reverberation of both conches—Pāñcajanya and Devadatta—the warriors, with their mounts, were seized by such fear and shock that they involuntarily voided feces and urine.
english translation
यथा सिंहस्य नदतः स्वनं श्रुत्वेतरे मृगाः । त्रसेयुस्तद्वदेवासीद्धार्तराष्ट्रबलं तदा॥६-१-१९॥
As other beasts tremble upon hearing a lion’s roar, so at that time the Dhārtarāṣṭra host was struck with alarm.
english translation
उदतिष्ठद्रजो भौमं न प्राज्ञायत किंचन । अन्तर्धीयत चादित्यः सैन्येन रजसावृतः॥६-१-२०॥
Earth-born dust rose up so that nothing could be clearly discerned; even the sun was obscured, shrouded by the dust stirred up by the armies.
english translation