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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । अक्षौहिण्यो दशैकां च व्यूढां दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठिरः । कथमल्पेन सैन्येन प्रत्यव्यूहत पाण्डवः॥६-१९-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Having seen the eleven akṣauhiṇīs arrayed, how did Yudhiṣṭhira—the Pāṇḍava—counter-array them with a smaller force?
english translation
यो वेद मानुषं व्यूहं दैवं गान्धर्वमासुरम् । कथं भीष्मं स कौन्तेयः प्रत्यव्यूहत पाण्डवः॥६-१९-२॥
He who knows the human formation, the divine, the gāndharva, and the āsura formations—how did that Pāṇḍava, the son of Kuntī, counter-array against Bhīṣma?
english translation
संजय उवाच । धार्तराष्ट्राण्यनीकानि दृष्ट्वा व्यूढानि पाण्डवः । अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा धर्मराजो धनंजयम्॥६-१९-३॥
Sañjaya said: Seeing the Dhārtarāṣṭra divisions arrayed, the Pāṇḍava—righteous-souled King Dharma—addressed Dhanañjaya.
english translation
महर्षेर्वचनात्तात वेदयन्ति बृहस्पतेः । संहतान्योधयेदल्पान्कामं विस्तारयेद्बहून्॥६-१९-४॥
From the great seer’s statement, dear one, they know Bṛhaspati’s teaching: one should make the few fight in a compact body, and, as needed, extend the many into a wider spread.
english translation
सूचीमुखमनीकं स्यादल्पानां बहुभिः सह । अस्माकं च तथा सैन्यमल्पीयः सुतरां परैः॥६-१९-५॥
For the few who must face the many, a “needle-point” formation is fitting. Our host, indeed, is far smaller than that of the others.
english translation