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कुर्वाणं समरे कर्म सूदयानं च वाहिनीम् । व्याक्रोशन्त रणे तत्र वीरा बहुविधं बहु । अमानुषेण रूपेण चरन्तं पितरं तव॥६-५५-२६॥
As he performed his martial office in the fray and bore down upon the opposing ranks, the warriors there cried out again and again in many ways, seeing your father move about with an aspect almost superhuman.
english translation
शलभा इव राजानः पतन्ति विधिचोदिताः । भीष्माग्निमभि संक्रुद्धं विनाशाय सहस्रशः॥६-५५-२७॥
Like moths, kings—impelled by fate—fell in their thousands toward the ‘fire’ of Bhīṣma, enraged and blazing in combat, to their own ruin.
english translation
न हि मोघः शरः कश्चिदासीद्भीष्मस्य संयुगे । नरनागाश्वकायेषु बहुत्वाल्लघुवेधिनः॥६-५५-२८॥
Indeed, no arrow of Bhīṣma was ineffective in the engagement; because the press of bodies—men, elephants, and horses—was so dense, his shafts found their marks with ease.
english translation
भिनत्त्येकेन बाणेन सुमुक्तेन पतत्रिणा । गजकङ्कटसंनाहं वज्रेणेवाचलोत्तमम्॥६-५५-२९॥
With a single arrow—well loosed, swift as a winged thing—he split the elephant’s plated armor, as though the finest mountain were struck by a thunderbolt.
english translation
द्वौ त्रीनपि गजारोहान्पिण्डितान्वर्मितानपि । नाराचेन सुतीक्ष्णेन निजघान पिता तव॥६-५५-३०॥
Your father struck down two or even three elephant-riders at once—though they stood in a tight array and were armored—by means of a very sharp nārāca arrow.
english translation