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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । कथं कुरूणामृषभो हतो भीष्मः शिखण्डिना । कथं रथात्स न्यपतत्पिता मे वासवोपमः॥६-१५-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: How was Bhīṣma—foremost of the Kurus—brought down by Śikhaṇḍin? How did my father, comparable to Vāsava, fall from his chariot?
english translation
कथमासंश्च मे पुत्रा हीना भीष्मेण संजय । बलिना देवकल्पेन गुर्वर्थे ब्रह्मचारिणा॥६-१५-२॥
And how did my sons fare, O Sañjaya, once deprived of Bhīṣma—strong, godlike, a brahmacārin devoted to his teacher’s purpose?
english translation
तस्मिन्हते महासत्त्वे महेष्वासे महाबले । महारथे नरव्याघ्रे किमु आसीन्मनस्तदा॥६-१५-३॥
When that great-souled one—the great archer, of immense might, the foremost chariot-warrior, a tiger among men—was struck down, what then was the state of mind of the hosts?
english translation
आर्तिः परा माविशति यतः शंससि मे हतम् । कुरूणामृषभं वीरमकम्प्यं पुरुषर्षभम्॥६-१५-४॥
Supreme anguish seizes me, since you report to me that the heroic, unshakable bull of the Kurus—the foremost of men—has been brought down.
english translation
के तं यान्तमनुप्रेयुः के चास्यासन्पुरोगमाः । केऽतिष्ठन्के न्यवर्तन्त केऽभ्यवर्तन्त संजय॥६-१५-५॥
Who followed him as he advanced, and who were set in his vanguard? Who held their ground, who withdrew, and who pressed forward again—tell me, O Sañjaya.
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