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तस्य लाघवमार्गस्थमलातसदृशप्रभम् । दिशः पर्यपतच्चापं गाण्डीवमिव घोषवत्॥६-४५-१६॥
His bow, moving along the path of swift motion and shining like a whirling firebrand, swept through the directions, resonant like the Gāṇḍīva.
english translation
तमासाद्य महावेगैर्भीष्मो नवभिराशुगैः । विव्याध समरे तूर्णमार्जुनिं परवीरहा॥६-४५-१७॥
Closing in with tremendous force, Bhīṣma swiftly pierced Ārjuni in the fray with nine fast-flying arrows—he, famed as a slayer of the enemy’s champions.
english translation
ध्वजं चास्य त्रिभिर्भल्लैश्चिच्छेद परमौजसः । सारथिं च त्रिभिर्बाणैराजघान यतव्रतः॥६-४५-१८॥
With three broad-headed arrows he cut down his banner, that warrior of supreme vigor; and with three shafts he struck his charioteer—Bhīṣma, steadfast in disciplined vows and exceptional might.
english translation
तथैव कृतवर्मा च कृपः शल्यश्च मारिष । विद्ध्वा नाकम्पयत्कार्ष्णिं मैनाकमिव पर्वतम्॥६-४५-१९॥
Likewise, Kr̥tavarmā, Kr̥pa, and Śalya, O revered one, struck Kārṣṇi, yet they could not make him waver—like Mount Maināka.
english translation
स तैः परिवृतः शूरो धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महारथैः । ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि कार्ष्णिः पञ्चरथान्प्रति॥६-४५-२०॥
Surrounded by those Dhārtarāṣṭra great chariot-warriors, the hero Kārṣṇi poured forth volleys of arrows against the five chariots.
english translation