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संजय उवाच । ततो व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु तावकेष्वितरेषु च । धनंजयो रथानीकमवधीत्तव भारत । शरैरतिरथो युद्धे पातयन्रथयूथपान्॥६-५३-१॥
Sañjaya said: When the divisions of your side and the opposing side had been arrayed, Dhanaṃjaya, O Bhārata, struck down a chariot-division; that foremost chariot-warrior, by his arrows, caused the chariot-commanders to fall in the engagement.
english translation
ते वध्यमानाः पार्थेन कालेनेव युगक्षये । धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे यत्ताः पाण्डवान्प्रत्ययोधयन् । प्रार्थयाना यशो दीप्तं मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम्॥६-१२-२॥
Though Pārtha struck them down as if Time itself at the end of an age, the Dhārtarāṣṭras, straining in battle, counter-fought the Pāṇḍavas—seeking radiant fame and accepting death as the price of withdrawal.
english translation
एकाग्रमनसो भूत्वा पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम् । बभञ्जुर्बहुशो राजंस्ते चाभज्यन्त संयुगे॥६-५३-३॥
With minds fixed in single-pointed focus, they repeatedly shattered the Pāṇḍavas’ battle-array; yet in that very engagement they too were broken and scattered.
english translation
द्रवद्भिरथ भग्नैश्च परिवर्तद्भिरेव च । पाण्डवैः कौरवैश्चैव न प्रज्ञायत किंचन॥६-५३-४॥
With units fleeing, breaking, and wheeling about—among Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas alike—nothing at all could be clearly made out.
english translation
उदतिष्ठद्रजो भौमं छादयानं दिवाकरम् । दिशः प्रतिदिशो वापि तत्र जज्ञुः कथंचन॥६-५३-५॥
Earth-born dust rose up, veiling the sun; and there the directions and counter-directions became only barely distinguishable.
english translation