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तस्य माद्रीसुतः केतुं सशरं च शरासनम् । चिच्छेद निशितैर्बाणैः प्रहसन्निव भारत । अथैनं पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समार्दयत्॥६-४३-२१॥
Then Mādrī’s son, with sharp arrows, cut down his standard and also his bow with the arrow set upon it, as if laughing, O Bhārata. Thereafter he pressed him hard with twenty-five light arrows.
english translation
पुत्रस्तु तव दुर्धर्षो नकुलस्य महाहवे । युगेषां चिच्छिदे बाणैर्ध्वजं चैव न्यपातयत्॥६-४३-२२॥
But your son, hard to withstand, in that great engagement, cut with arrows the yokes of Nakula’s chariot and also brought down his standard.
english translation
दुर्मुखः सहदेवं तु प्रत्युद्याय महाबलम् । विव्याध शरवर्षेण यतमानं महाहवे॥६-४३-२३॥
Durmukha, advancing to meet the mighty Sahadeva, struck him with a dense volley of arrows as Sahadeva strove in the great engagement.
english translation
सहदेवस्ततो वीरो दुर्मुखस्य महाहवे । शरेण भृशतीक्ष्णेन पातयामास सारथिम्॥६-४३-२४॥
Then Sahadeva, the warrior, in the great engagement, brought down Durmukha’s charioteer with a sharply penetrating arrow.
english translation
तावन्योन्यं समासाद्य समरे युद्धदुर्मदौ । त्रासयेतां शरैर्घोरैः कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ॥६-४३-२५॥
Meeting one another in the engagement, the two—intoxicated with the ardor of combat—pressed each other with formidable arrows, each intent on retaliation for what had been done.
english translation