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एतं हि पुरुषव्याघ्रं धनुष्मन्तं महाबलम् । दृष्ट्वा विप्रद्रुतं सैन्यं मदीयं मार्गणाहतम्॥६-४६-६॥
For, upon seeing this tiger among men—bow in hand and of great strength—my forces have been driven into flight, struck by his missiles.
english translation
शक्यो जेतुं यमः क्रुद्धो वज्रपाणिश्च संयुगे । वरुणः पाशभृच्चापि कुबेरो वा गदाधरः॥६-४६-७॥
In battle, one might be able to overcome even Yama when enraged, or Vajrapāṇi (Indra), or Varuṇa bearing his noose, or Kubera wielding a mace.
english translation
न तु भीष्मो महातेजाः शक्यो जेतुं महाबलः । सोऽहमेवं गते मग्नो भीष्मागाधजलेऽप्लवः॥६-४६-८॥
But Bhīṣma—of great radiance and great strength—cannot be overcome. In this plight, I feel submerged, without any means of crossing, in the deep waters that are Bhīṣma.
english translation
आत्मनो बुद्धिदौर्बल्याद्भीष्ममासाद्य केशव । वनं यास्यामि गोविन्द श्रेयो मे तत्र जीवितुम्॥६-४६-९॥
O Keśava—having come to face Bhīṣma, and through the weakness of my own judgment, O Govinda, I will go to the forest; it is better for me to live there.
english translation
न त्विमान्पृथिवीपालान्दातुं भीष्माय मृत्यवे । क्षपयिष्यति सेनां मे कृष्ण भीष्मो महास्त्रवित्॥६-४६-१०॥
But I cannot hand over these rulers of the earth to Bhīṣma for death. Bhīṣma, skilled in great weapons, will exhaust my army, O Kṛṣṇa.
english translation