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अग्निनेव प्रदग्धानि वनानि शिशिरात्यये । शरदग्धान्यदृश्यन्त सैन्यानि द्रुपदस्य ह । अतिष्ठत रणे भीष्मो विधूम इव पावकः॥६-४५-५६॥
Drupada’s forces appeared as if scorched—like forests burned by fire at the end of winter, or as if burned in autumn; and Bhīṣma stood in the engagement like a smokeless flame.
english translation
मध्यंदिने यथादित्यं तपन्तमिव तेजसा । न शेकुः पाण्डवेयस्य योधा भीष्मं निरीक्षितुम्॥६-४५-५७॥
Like the midday sun blazing with radiance, Bhīṣma was such that the Pāṇḍava warriors could not bear to look upon him.
english translation
वीक्षां चक्रुः समन्तात्ते पाण्डवा भयपीडिताः । त्रातारं नाध्यगच्छन्त गावः शीतार्दिता इव॥६-४५-५८॥
Pressed by fear, those Pāṇḍavas looked about on every side; yet they found no protector—like cattle stricken by cold.
english translation
हतविप्रद्रुते सैन्ये निरुत्साहे विमर्दिते । हाहाकारो महानासीत्पाण्डुसैन्येषु भारत॥६-४५-५९॥
When the army was struck, scattered, dispirited, and hard-pressed, a great outcry arose among the forces of Pāṇḍu, O Bhārata.
english translation
ततो भीष्मः शांतनवो नित्यं मण्डलकार्मुकः । मुमोच बाणान्दीप्ताग्रानहीनाशीविषानिव॥६-४५-६०॥
Then Bhīṣma Śāṃtanava, ever wielding his circular-bending bow, loosed arrows with blazing points, like swift venomous serpents.
english translation