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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । कथं द्रोणो महेष्वासः पाञ्चाल्यश्चापि पार्षतः । रणे समीयतुर्यत्तौ तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय॥६-४९-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: How did Droṇa, the great bowman, and the Pāñcālya—also called Pārṣata—advance toward one another on the battlefield, intent on combat? Tell me that, Sañjaya.
english translation
दिष्टमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषादपि संजय । यत्र शांतनवो भीष्मो नातरद्युधि पाण्डवम्॥६-४९-२॥
I deem fate to be supreme even over human effort, Sañjaya—for in that situation Bhīṣma, son of Śāṃtanu, did not overcome the Pāṇḍava in combat.
english translation
भीष्मो हि समरे क्रुद्धो हन्याल्लोकांश्चराचरान् । स कथं पाण्डवं युद्धे नातरत्संजयौजसा॥६-४९-३॥
For Bhīṣma, when roused to wrath in battle, could destroy even the worlds of beings moving and unmoving. How then did he not, by his own might, overcome the Pāṇḍava in combat, O Sañjaya?
english translation
संजय उवाच । शृणु राजन्स्थिरो भूत्वा युद्धमेतत्सुदारुणम् । न शक्यः पाण्डवो जेतुं देवैरपि सवासवैः॥६-४९-४॥
Sañjaya said: Hear, O King, remaining steady and composed, of this battle most dreadful. The Pāṇḍava cannot be conquered—even by the gods together with Vāsava (Indra).
english translation
द्रोणस्तु निशितैर्बाणैर्धृष्टद्युम्नमयोधयत् । सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत्॥६-४९-५॥
Droṇa engaged Dhṛṣṭadyumna with sharpened arrows, and with a broad-headed shaft he caused his charioteer to fall from the chariot-platform.
english translation