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भगदत्तं रणे शूरं विराटो वाहिनीपतिः । अभ्ययात्त्वरितो राजंस्ततो युद्धमवर्तत॥६-४३-४६॥
Then Virāṭa, a commander of forces, swiftly advanced against the heroic Bhagadatta in battle; and thus the contest of arms began.
english translation
विराटो भगदत्तेन शरवर्षेण ताडितः । अभ्यवर्षत्सुसंक्रुद्धो मेघो वृष्ट्या इवाचलम्॥६-४३-४७॥
Struck by Bhagadatta with a dense volley of arrows, Virāṭa—greatly provoked—returned a counter-volley, like a cloud pouring rain upon a mountain.
english translation
भगदत्तस्ततस्तूर्णं विराटं पृथिवीपतिम् । छादयामास समरे मेघः सूर्यमिवोदितम्॥६-४३-४८॥
Then Bhagadatta swiftly covered Virāṭa, lord of the earth, in the thick of battle—like a cloud obscuring the risen sun.
english translation
बृहत्क्षत्रं तु कैकेयं कृपः शारद्वतो ययौ । तं कृपः शरवर्षेण छादयामास भारत॥६-४३-४९॥
But Kṛpa Śāradvata advanced against Bṛhatkṣatra of the Kaikeya line, and Kṛpa covered him with a dense volley of arrows, O Bhārata.
english translation
गौतमं केकयः क्रुद्धः शरवृष्ट्याभ्यपूरयत् । तावन्योन्यं हयान्हत्वा धनुषी विनिकृत्य वै॥६-४३-५०॥
The Kekaya warrior, incensed, saturated Gautama with a shower of arrows. Then the two, having disabled each other’s horses and cut down their bows, indeed—
english translation