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संजय उवाच । बृहतीं धार्तराष्ट्राणां दृष्ट्वा सेनां समुद्यताम् । विषादमगमद्राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः॥६-२१-१॥
Sañjaya said: Seeing the vast army of the Dhārtarāṣṭras drawn up and ready, King Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, fell into despondency.
english translation
व्यूहं भीष्मेण चाभेद्यं कल्पितं प्रेक्ष्य पाण्डवः । अभेद्यमिव संप्रेक्ष्य विषण्णोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत्॥६-२१-२॥
The Pāṇḍava, observing the formation devised by Bhīṣma as ‘impenetrable,’ and regarding it as if unbreakable, spoke to Arjuna in a troubled state.
english translation
धनंजय कथं शक्यमस्माभिर्योद्धुमाहवे । धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महाबाहो येषां योद्धा पितामहः॥६-२१-३॥
O Dhanaṃjaya, how can we contend in this engagement with the Dhārtarāṣṭras, O mighty-armed one, when their combatant is the Grandfather (Bhīṣma)?
english translation
अक्षोभ्योऽयमभेद्यश्च भीष्मेणामित्रकर्शिना । कल्पितः शास्त्रदृष्टेन विधिना भूरितेजसा॥६-२१-४॥
This formation, devised by Bhīṣma—one who subdues opponents—by a method grounded in the treatises, is unshakable and impenetrable, supported by great prowess.
english translation
ते वयं संशयं प्राप्ताः ससैन्याः शत्रुकर्शन । कथमस्मान्महाव्यूहादुद्यानं नो भविष्यति॥६-२१-५॥
Thus we, together with our forces, have come into uncertainty, O subduer of enemies. How will there be for us a way out from this great formation?
english translation