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तयोर्युद्धं समभवद्घोररूपं विशां पते । दारयेतां सुसंक्रुद्धावन्योन्यमपराजितौ॥६-४३-७६॥
Between those two, O lord of the people, there arose a battle of dreadful aspect; both, fiercely enraged and unyielding, strove to break each other’s formations.
english translation
एवं द्वंद्वसहस्राणि रथवारणवाजिनाम् । पदातीनां च समरे तव तेषां च संकुलम्॥६-४३-७७॥
Thus, in the battle, thousands of single combats arose among chariot-warriors, elephant-corps, cavalry, and infantry; and the field grew densely intermingled, your forces and theirs together.
english translation
मुहूर्तमिव तद्युद्धमासीन्मधुरदर्शनम् । तत उन्मत्तवद्राजन्न प्राज्ञायत किंचन॥६-४३-७८॥
For a brief interval that battle seemed orderly and clear to the eye; thereafter, O king, it turned as if into frenzy, and nothing could be distinctly made out.
english translation
गजो गजेन समरे रथी च रथिनं ययौ । अश्वोऽश्वं समभिप्रेत्य पदातिश्च पदातिनम्॥६-४३-७९॥
In the clash, elephant met elephant, and chariot-warrior met chariot-warrior; horseman closed with horseman, and foot-soldier confronted foot-soldier.
english translation
ततो युद्धं सुदुर्धर्षं व्याकुलं समपद्यत । शूराणां समरे तत्र समासाद्य परस्परम्॥६-४३-८०॥
Then the battle became exceedingly hard to withstand and utterly tumultuous, as the warriors there met one another directly upon the field.
english translation