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अलम्बुसस्तु समरे भैमसेनिं महाबलम् । बहुधा वारयामास शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥६-४३-४१॥
Alambusa, in the fight, repeatedly checked the mighty son of Bhīmasena with arrows whose joints were finely wrought.
english translation
व्यभ्राजेतां ततस्तौ तु संयुगे शरविक्षतौ । यथा देवासुरे युद्धे बलशक्रौ महाबलौ॥६-४३-४२॥
Thereafter the two shone in the fray, though marked by arrow-wounds—like Bala and Śakra, both mighty, in the war between devas and asuras.
english translation
शिखण्डी समरे राजन्द्रौणिमभ्युद्ययौ बली । अश्वत्थामा ततः क्रुद्धः शिखण्डिनमवस्थितम्॥६-४३-४३॥
O King, the mighty Śikhaṇḍī advanced in battle against Droṇa’s son. Then Aśvatthāmā, inflamed with wrath, confronted Śikhaṇḍī as he stood his ground.
english translation
नाराचेन सुतीक्ष्णेन भृशं विद्ध्वा व्यकम्पयत् । शिखण्ड्यपि ततो राजन्द्रोणपुत्रमताडयत्॥६-४३-४४॥
Striking him hard with a very sharp iron arrow, he made him reel. Then, O King, Śikhaṇḍī in turn struck Droṇa’s son.
english translation
सायकेन सुपीतेन तीक्ष्णेन निशितेन च । तौ जघ्नतुस्तदान्योन्यं शरैर्बहुविधैर्मृधे॥६-४३-४५॥
With well-honed, sharp, and keen missiles, the two assailed one another in the fray, striking each other with arrows of many kinds.
english translation