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त्वय्येवैतद्युक्तरूपं महत्कर्म धनंजय । प्रीतोऽस्मि सुदृढं पुत्र कुरु युद्धं मया सह॥६-५५-५६॥
“This great undertaking befits you alone, O Dhanaṃjaya. I am firmly pleased, my son; join battle with me.”
english translation
इति पार्थं प्रशस्याथ प्रगृह्यान्यन्महद्धनुः । मुमोच समरे वीरः शरान्पार्थरथं प्रति॥६-५५-५७॥
Having thus praised Pārtha, the hero took up another great bow and, in the engagement, loosed arrows toward Pārtha’s chariot.
english translation
अदर्शयद्वासुदेवो हययाने परं बलम् । मोघान्कुर्वञ्शरांस्तस्य मण्डलान्यचरल्लघु॥६-५५-५८॥
Vāsudeva displayed supreme skill in driving the horse-drawn chariot, swiftly wheeling in circles and rendering Bhīṣma’s arrows futile.
english translation
तथापि भीष्मः सुदृढं वासुदेवधनंजयौ । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः सर्वगात्रेषु मारिष॥६-५५-५९॥
Even so, Bhīṣma forcefully struck Vāsudeva and Dhanaṃjaya with sharp arrows across their bodies, O revered one.
english translation
शुशुभाते नरव्याघ्रौ तौ भीष्मशरविक्षतौ । गोवृषाविव नर्दन्तौ विषाणोल्लिखिताङ्कितौ॥६-५५-६०॥
Those two tiger-like men, wounded and marked by Bhīṣma’s arrows, shone resplendent—like two bellowing bulls bearing the traces of horn-scratches.
english translation