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द्रवतस्तान्समालोक्य भीष्मद्रोणौ महारथौ । न्यवारयेतां संरब्धौ दुर्योधनहितैषिणौ॥६-५४-२६॥
Seeing them withdraw, the great chariot-warriors Bhīṣma and Droṇa, intent on Duryodhana’s welfare, forcefully sought to check their flight.
english translation
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा समाश्वस्य विशां पते । न्यवर्तयत तत्सैन्यं द्रवमाणं समन्ततः॥६-५४-२७॥
Then King Duryodhana, regaining his composure, O lord of the people, turned back that army which was withdrawing on every side.
english translation
यत्र यत्र सुतं तुभ्यं यो यः पश्यति भारत । तत्र तत्र न्यवर्तन्त क्षत्रियाणां महारथाः॥६-५४-२८॥
Wherever any warrior beheld your son, O Bhārata, there and there the great chariot-warriors among the kṣatriyas turned back to rejoin the fight.
english translation
तान्निवृत्तान्समीक्ष्यैव ततोऽन्येऽपीतरे जनाः । अन्योन्यस्पर्धया राजंल्लज्जयान्येऽवतस्थिरे॥६-५४-२९॥
Seeing those who had withdrawn, the other men also halted, O king—some out of mutual rivalry, and others out of embarrassment.
english translation
पुनरावर्ततां तेषां वेग आसीद्विशां पते । पूर्यतः सागरस्येव चन्द्रस्योदयनं प्रति॥६-५४-३०॥
As they turned back again, their momentum rose, O lord of peoples, like the ocean swelling toward the moon’s rising.
english translation