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Mahabharat

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अनुविन्दस्तु गदया कुन्तिभोजमताडयत् । कुन्तिभोजस्ततस्तूर्णं शरव्रातैरवाकिरत्॥६-४३-७१॥

Anuvinda struck Kuntibhoja with a mace; Kuntibhoja then swiftly covered him with volleys of arrows.

english translation

कुन्तिभोजसुतश्चापि विन्दं विव्याध सायकैः । स च तं प्रतिविव्याध तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्॥६-४३-७२॥

Kuntibhoja’s son also struck Vinda with missiles; and he, in turn, struck him back—an exchange that seemed wondrous to behold.

english translation

केकया भ्रातरः पञ्च गान्धारान्पञ्च मारिष । ससैन्यास्ते ससैन्यांश्च योधयामासुराहवे॥६-४३-७३॥

O revered one, the five Kekaya brothers, with their armies, engaged in battle the five Gandhāra brothers, likewise with their forces, upon the field of war.

english translation

वीरबाहुश्च ते पुत्रो वैराटिं रथसत्तमम् । उत्तरं योधयामास विव्याध निशितैः शरैः । उत्तरश्चापि तं धीरं विव्याध निशितैः शरैः॥६-४३-७४॥

And Vīrabāhu, your son, engaged Uttara—the foremost chariot-warrior among the Virāṭas—and pierced him with keen arrows; Uttara too, steadfast and resolute, pierced him in return with keen arrows.

english translation

चेदिराट्समरे राजन्नुलूकं समभिद्रवत् । उलूकश्चापि तं बाणैर्निशितैर्लोमवाहिभिः॥६-४३-७५॥

O king, the ruler of Cedi charged against Ulūka in the fray; and Ulūka, in turn, struck him with sharp arrows that made the hair stand on end.

english translation