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वार्यमाणं हि भीष्मेण द्रोणेन च विशां पते । विद्रवत्येव तत्सैन्यं पश्यतोर्द्रोणभीष्मयोः॥६-५४-२१॥
Though checked by Bhīṣma and by Droṇa, O lord of the people, that army still kept withdrawing, even as Droṇa and Bhīṣma looked on.
english translation
ततो रथसहस्रेषु विद्रवत्सु ततस्ततः । तावास्थितावेकरथं सौभद्रशिनिपुंगवौ । सौबलीं समरे सेनां शातयेतां समन्ततः॥६-५४-२२॥
Then, as thousands of chariots fled in every direction, those two—Abhimanyu, son of Subhadrā, and the foremost of the Śinis—held their ground upon a single chariot and, in the fight, repeatedly shattered the Saubala host on all sides.
english translation
शुशुभाते तदा तौ तु शैनेयकुरुपुंगवौ । अमावास्यां गतौ यद्वत्सोमसूर्यौ नभस्तले॥६-५४-२३॥
Then those two—Śaineya and the foremost of the Kurus—shone with splendor, like the moon and the sun appearing together in the sky on the night of amāvasyā, the new moon.
english translation
अर्जुनस्तु ततः क्रुद्धस्तव सैन्यं विशां पते । ववर्ष शरवर्षेण धाराभिरिव तोयदः॥६-५४-२४॥
Thereafter Arjuna, inflamed with wrath, poured a dense shower of arrows upon your army, O lord of the people, like a rain-cloud casting down streams of water.
english translation
वध्यमानं ततस्तत्तु शरैः पार्थस्य संयुगे । दुद्राव कौरवं सैन्यं विषादभयकम्पितम्॥६-५४-२५॥
As it was struck in the engagement by Pārtha’s arrows, the Kaurava host then fell back, shaken by despair and fear.
english translation