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Mahabharat

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तैर्विमुक्ता महाप्रासा जाम्बूनदविभूषणाः । आशुगा विमलास्तीक्ष्णाः संपेतुर्भुजगोपमाः॥६-४४-२१॥

Great lances released by them—adorned with Jāmbūnada gold—swift, bright, and sharp, converged like serpents in motion.

english translation

अश्वैरग्र्यजवैः केचिदाप्लुत्य महतो रथान् । शिरांस्याददिरे वीरा रथिनामश्वसादिनः॥६-४४-२२॥

Some horsemen, mounted on exceptionally swift horses, leapt onto large chariots and, in close-quarters action, severed the heads of chariot-warriors.

english translation

बहूनपि हयारोहान्भल्लैः संनतपर्वभिः । रथी जघान संप्राप्य बाणगोचरमागतान्॥६-४४-२३॥

A chariot-warrior struck down many horsemen with bhalla arrows having well-shaped joints, once they entered the effective range of his shafts.

english translation

नगमेघप्रतीकाशाश्चाक्षिप्य तुरगान्गजाः । पादैरेवावमृद्नन्त मत्ताः कनकभूषणाः॥६-४४-२४॥

Elephants, resembling mountain-clouds, seized horses and, in their heightened frenzy, pressed them down beneath their feet; they were adorned with gold ornaments.

english translation

पाट्यमानेषु कुम्भेषु पार्श्वेष्वपि च वारणाः । प्रासैर्विनिहताः केचिद्विनेदुः परमातुराः॥६-४४-२५॥

As their frontal globes and flanks were struck, some elephants, wounded by lances, cried out in anguish, seized by acute agitation.

english translation