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उद्वर्तयिष्यंस्तव पुत्रसेनामतीव रौद्रं स बिभर्ति रूपम् । अनायुधो यः सुभुजो भुजाभ्यां नराश्वनागान्युधि भस्म कुर्यात्॥६-२२-११॥
Intending to overturn your sons’ forces, he assumes an intensely formidable aspect—he who, even unarmed, strong-armed, could in battle reduce men, horses, and elephants to ruin by the power of his own arms.
english translation
स भीमसेनः सहितो यमाभ्यां वृकोदरो वीररथस्य गोप्ता । तं प्रेक्ष्य मत्तर्षभसिंहखेलं लोके महेन्द्रप्रतिमानकल्पम्॥६-२२-१२॥
That Bhīmasena—Vṛkodara—accompanied by the two sons of Yama, guarding the hero’s chariot; seeing him, whose movements resemble those of an intoxicated bull or lion at play, people regarded him as comparable to Mahendra (Indra).
english translation
समीक्ष्य सेनाग्रगतं दुरासदं प्रविव्यथुः पङ्कगता इवोष्ट्राः । वृकोदरं वारणराजदर्पं योधास्त्वदीया भयविग्नसत्त्वाः॥६-२२-१३॥
Seeing Vṛkodara at the head of the army, difficult to approach, your warriors grew distressed—like camels sunk in mud; his pride was like that of a lordly elephant, and fear disrupted their resolve.
english translation
अनीकमध्ये तिष्ठन्तं राजपुत्रं दुरासदम् । अब्रवीद्भरतश्रेष्ठं गुडाकेशं जनार्दनः॥६-२२-१४॥
As the prince stood amid the battle formations, difficult to approach, Janārdana addressed Guḍākeśa, the foremost of the Bharatas.
english translation
वासुदेव उवाच । य एष गोप्ता प्रतपन्बलस्थो यो नः सेनां सिंह इवेक्षते च । स एष भीष्मः कुरुवंशकेतुर्येनाहृतास्त्रिंशतो वाजिमेधाः॥६-२२-१५॥
Vāsudeva said: ‘That protector there, radiant as he stands within the host, who surveys our army like a lion—he is Bhīṣma, the banner of the Kuru lineage, by whom thirty horse-sacrifices were obtained.’
english translation