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सात्यकिं चाभिमन्युं च महत्या सेनया सह । गान्धाराः समरे शूरा रुरुधुः सहसौबलाः॥६-५४-६॥
In the engagement, the valorous Gāndhāras, together with the Saubalas and a great host, contained Sātyaki and Abhimanyu.
english translation
तत्र सौबलकाः क्रुद्धा वार्ष्णेयस्य रथोत्तमम् । तिलशश्चिच्छिदुः क्रोधाच्छस्त्रैर्नानाविधैर्युधि॥६-५४-७॥
There the Saubalas, angered, in the thick of battle cut apart the excellent chariot of Vārṣṇeya (Sātyaki) into fragments, using various weapons in their wrath.
english translation
सात्यकिस्तु रथं त्यक्त्वा वर्तमाने महाभये । अभिमन्यो रथं तूर्णमारुरोह परंतपः॥६-५४-८॥
But Sātyaki, abandoning his chariot amid the great danger then prevailing, and Abhimanyu—the scorcher of foes—quickly mounted a chariot.
english translation
तावेकरथसंयुक्तौ सौबलेयस्य वाहिनीम् । व्यधमेतां शितैस्तूर्णं शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥६-५४-९॥
Those two, acting in concert upon the chariot, swiftly drove back Saubaleya’s host with sharp arrows, their joints finely fashioned.
english translation
द्रोणभीष्मौ रणे यत्तौ धर्मराजस्य वाहिनीम् । नाशयेतां शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः कङ्कपत्रपरिच्छदैः॥६-५४-१०॥
Droṇa and Bhīṣma, fully committed in the fray, grievously thinned Dharmarāja’s forces with keen arrows fletched with heron-feathers.
english translation