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अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः । भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि॥६-२३-११॥
Therefore, stationed at every approach and position according to your allotted shares, all of you indeed should protect Bhīṣma alone.
english translation
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः । सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्॥६-२३-१२॥
To kindle his exhilaration, the grandsire—the venerable elder of the Kurus—uttered a lion-like roar and, with vigor, blew his conch aloud.
english translation
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः । सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्॥६-२३-१३॥
Then conches, kettledrums, hand-drums, great drums, and horn-instruments were sounded all at once; that clamor became tumultuous.
english translation
ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ । माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः॥६-२३-१४॥
Then, stationed upon a great chariot yoked with white horses, Mādhava and the Pāṇḍava blew their divine conches.
english translation
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः । पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः॥६-२३-१५॥
Hṛṣīkeśa blew Pāñcajanya; Dhanaṃjaya blew Devadatta; and Vṛkodara, formidable in action, blew the great conch Pauṇḍra.
english translation