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एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच वासुदेवं धनंजयः । चोदयाश्वान्यतो भीष्मो विगाह्यैतद्बलार्णवम्॥६-५५-४६॥
Thus addressed, Dhanaṃjaya replied to Vāsudeva: “Drive the horses toward where Bhīṣma is; let us plunge into this ocean of armies.”
english translation
ततोऽश्वान्रजतप्रख्यांश्चोदयामास माधवः । यतो भीष्मरथो राजन्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो रश्मिमानिव॥६-५५-४७॥
Then Mādhava urged on the silver-bright horses toward where Bhīṣma’s chariot stood—hard to look upon, O King, like the radiant sun.
english translation
ततस्तत्पुनरावृत्तं युधिष्ठिरबलं महत् । दृष्ट्वा पार्थं महाबाहुं भीष्मायोद्यन्तमाहवे॥६-५५-४८॥
Then that great host of Yudhiṣṭhira, having turned back once more, beheld mighty-armed Pārtha advancing in the battle against Bhīṣma.
english translation
ततो भीष्मः कुरुश्रेष्ठः सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः । धनंजयरथं तूर्णं शरवर्षैरवाकिरत्॥६-५५-४९॥
Then Bhīṣma, foremost among the Kurus, repeatedly roared like a lion and swiftly covered Dhanaṃjaya’s chariot with showers of arrows.
english translation
क्षणेन स रथस्तस्य सहयः सहसारथिः । शरवर्षेण महता संछन्नो न प्रकाशते॥६-५५-५०॥
In a moment, his chariot—together with the horses and the charioteer—was shrouded by a mighty shower of arrows and could no longer be clearly seen.
english translation