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Mahabharat

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छिन्दंस्तेषां शरीराणि शिरांसि च महाजवः । खड्गेन शितधारेण संयुगे गजयोधिनाम्॥६-५०-४१॥

In the engagement, swift-moving, he cut through the bodies and heads of those elephant-warriors with a sharp-edged sword.

english translation

पदातिरेकः संक्रुद्धः शत्रूणां भयवर्धनः । मोहयामास च तदा कालान्तकयमोपमः॥६-५०-४२॥

Though only a foot-soldier (fighting on foot), enraged, he increased the opponents’ fear; at that time he threw them into confusion, resembling Kāla, Antaka, and Yama in his inexorable force.

english translation

मूढाश्च ते तमेवाजौ विनदन्तः समाद्रवन् । सासिमुत्तमवेगेन विचरन्तं महारणे॥६-५०-४३॥

Those men, bereft of discernment, shouted and rushed at him in the engagement, as he moved through the great battle with sword in hand and exceptional speed.

english translation

निकृत्य रथिनामाजौ रथेषाश्च युगानि च । जघान रथिनश्चापि बलवानरिमर्दनः॥६-५०-४४॥

Having disabled the charioteers in the engagement, and also the yokes of the chariots, the powerful subduer of adversaries further neutralized the chariot-warriors as well.

english translation

भीमसेनश्चरन्मार्गान्सुबहून्प्रत्यदृश्यत । भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तमाविद्धमाप्लुतं प्रसृतं सृतम् । संपातं समुदीर्यं च दर्शयामास पाण्डवः॥६-५०-४५॥

Bhīmasena was seen traversing very many routes across the field. The Pāṇḍava displayed manifold maneuvers—circling, sudden turning, rapid casting, leaping, advancing, withdrawing, converging, and forceful surging.

english translation