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पुनश्चापि सुसंक्रुद्धः शरैः संनतपर्वभिः । कृष्णयोर्युधि संरब्धो भीष्मो व्यावारयद्दिशः॥६-५५-६१॥
Again, fiercely provoked, Bhīṣma—locked in battle with the two Kṛṣṇas—filled the quarters with arrows whose joints were finely fashioned.
english translation
वार्ष्णेयं च शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः कम्पयामास रोषितः । मुहुरभ्युत्स्मयन्भीष्मः प्रहस्य स्वनवत्तदा॥६-५५-६२॥
Enraged, he made the Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa) reel beneath sharp arrows; Bhīṣma smiled and laughed again and again, and then let out a thunderous cry.
english translation
ततः कृष्णस्तु समरे दृष्ट्वा भीष्मपराक्रमम् । संप्रेक्ष्य च महाबाहुः पार्थस्य मृदुयुद्धताम्॥६-५५-६३॥
Then Kṛṣṇa, in the thick of battle, seeing Bhīṣma’s prowess and observing Pārtha’s comparatively gentle manner of fighting,
english translation
भीष्मं च शरवर्षाणि सृजन्तमनिशं युधि । प्रतपन्तमिवादित्यं मध्यमासाद्य सेनयोः॥६-५५-६४॥
—and seeing Bhīṣma, stationed between the two armies, ceaselessly unleashing showers of arrows in battle, blazing like the sun.
english translation
वरान्वरान्विनिघ्नन्तं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकान् । युगान्तमिव कुर्वाणं भीष्मं यौधिष्ठिरे बले॥६-५५-६५॥
In Yudhiṣṭhira’s host, Bhīṣma was seen again and again subduing the foremost warriors among the troops of Pāṇḍu’s son, creating an effect like a world-ending cataclysm.
english translation