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विविंशतिश्चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च महारथः । पुरुमित्रो जयो भोजः सौमदत्तिश्च वीर्यवान्॥६-४२-१६॥
There were also Vivimśati, Chitrasena, and Vikarṇa the great chariot-warrior; as well as Purumitra, Jaya, the Bhoja, and the heroic son of Somadatta (Bhūriśravas).
english translation
महाचापानि धुन्वन्तो जलदा इव विद्युतः । आददानाश्च नाराचान्निर्मुक्ताशीविषोपमान्॥६-४२-१७॥
Brandishing their great bows like lightning flashing from storm-clouds, they also took up their nārāca arrows—like deadly serpents released from bondage.
english translation
अथ तान्द्रौपदीपुत्राः सौभद्रश्च महारथः । नकुलः सहदेवश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः॥६-४२-१८॥
Then there were the sons of Draupadī, and Saubhadra, the mighty chariot-warrior; and Nakula and Sahadeva; and Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pārṣata—all standing as foremost heroes in the Pāṇḍava host.
english translation
धार्तराष्ट्रान्प्रतिययुरर्दयन्तः शितैः शरैः । वज्रैरिव महावेगैः शिखराणि धराभृताम्॥६-४२-१९॥
They rushed against the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, tormenting them with sharp arrows, just as high-velocity thunderbolts strike the peaks of mountains.
english translation
तस्मिन्प्रथमसंमर्दे भीमज्यातलनिस्वने । तावकानां परेषां च नासीत्कश्चित्पराङ्मुखः॥६-४२-२०॥
In that first crushing clash—resounding with the dreadful twang and beat of bowstrings—no one among your warriors or among the enemy turned his face away in retreat.
english translation