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एतद्वचनमाज्ञाय महर्षेर्व्यूह पाण्डव । तच्छ्रुत्वा धर्मराजस्य प्रत्यभाषत फल्गुनः॥६-१९-६॥
Understanding this instruction on battle-formations from the great seer, O Pāṇḍava, Phalguna—having heard King Dharma—replied.
english translation
एष व्यूहामि ते राजन्व्यूहं परमदुर्जयम् । अचलं नाम वज्राख्यं विहितं वज्रपाणिना॥६-१९-७॥
O king, I shall array for you a formation exceedingly hard to overcome—called ‘Acala’, also termed ‘Vajra’—as prescribed by Vajrapāṇi.
english translation
यः स वात इवोद्धूतः समरे दुःसहः परैः । स नः पुरो योत्स्यति वै भीमः प्रहरतां वरः॥६-१९-८॥
He who is like a wind-driven force in battle, hard for foes to withstand—Bhīma, foremost among strikers—will fight at our front.
english translation
तेजांसि रिपुसैन्यानां मृद्नन्पुरुषसत्तमः । अग्रेऽग्रणीर्यास्यति नो युद्धोपायविचक्षणः॥६-१९-९॥
Crushing the momentum of the enemy hosts, that best of men—skilled in the ways of battle—will go before us as our leader at the front.
english translation
यं दृष्ट्वा पार्थिवाः सर्वे दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः । निवर्तिष्यन्ति संभ्रान्ताः सिंहं क्षुद्रमृगा इव॥६-१९-१०॥
On seeing him, all the kings—led by Duryodhana—will recoil in alarm, like small beasts retreating before a lion.
english translation