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सैन्धवप्रमुखैर्गुप्तः प्राच्यसौवीरकेकयैः । सहसा प्रत्युदीयाय भीष्मः शांतनवोऽर्जुनम्॥६-४८-२१॥
Protected by Saindhava and others, together with the Prācyas, Sauvīras, and Kekayas, Bhīṣma Śāṃtanava suddenly advanced to meet Arjuna.
english translation
को हि गाण्डीवधन्वानमन्यः कुरुपितामहात् । द्रोणवैकर्तनाभ्यां वा रथः संयातुमर्हति॥६-४८-२२॥
For who else can properly engage in chariot-combat with the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva, except the Kuru grandsire—or Droṇa, or Vaikartana?
english translation
ततो भीष्मो महाराज कौरवाणां पितामहः । अर्जुनं सप्तसप्तत्या नाराचानां समावृणोत्॥६-४८-२३॥
Then Bhīṣma, O king—the grandsire of the Kauravas—covered Arjuna with seventy-seven nārāca arrows.
english translation
द्रोणश्च पञ्चविंशत्या कृपः पञ्चाशता शरैः । दुर्योधनश्चतुःषष्ट्या शल्यश्च नवभिः शरैः॥६-४८-२४॥
Droṇa struck him with twenty-five; Kṛpa with fifty arrows; Duryodhana with sixty-four; and Śalya with nine arrows.
english translation
सैन्धवो नवभिश्चापि शकुनिश्चापि पञ्चभिः । विकर्णो दशभिर्भल्लै राजन्विव्याध पाण्डवम्॥६-४८-२५॥
Saindhava also struck him with nine, and Śakuni with five; and Vikarṇa, O king, pierced the Pāṇḍava with ten bhalla arrows.
english translation