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संजय उवाच । व्युष्टां निशां भारत भारतानामनीकिनीनां प्रमुखे महात्मा । ययौ सपत्नान्प्रति जातकोपो वृतः समग्रेण बलेन भीष्मः॥६-५६-१॥
Sañjaya said: When the night had passed, O Bhārata, Bhīṣma—the great-souled leader at the head of the Bhārata armies—advanced against his foes, anger having arisen, surrounded by the entire force.
english translation
तं द्रोणदुर्योधनबाह्लिकाश्च तथैव दुर्मर्षणचित्रसेनौ । जयद्रथश्चातिबलो बलौघैर्नृपास्तथान्येऽनुययुः समन्तात्॥६-५६-२॥
Droṇa, Duryodhana, and Bāhlika followed him, as did Durmarṣaṇa and Citrasena. Jayadratha too, exceedingly powerful, and other kings likewise, accompanied him on all sides with masses of troops.
english translation
स तैर्महद्भिश्च महारथैश्च तेजस्विभिर्वीर्यवद्भिश्च राजन् । रराज राजोत्तम राजमुख्यैर्वृतः स देवैरिव वज्रपाणिः॥६-५६-३॥
O King, surrounded by those great and foremost chariot-warriors—radiant and mighty—he, the best of kings, shone like Vajrapāṇi (Indra) encircled by the gods.
english translation
तस्मिन्ननीकप्रमुखे विषक्ता दोधूयमानाश्च महापताकाः । सुरक्तपीतासितपाण्डुराभा महागजस्कन्धगता विरेजुः॥६-५६-४॥
At the head of that division, great standards were set and waved; borne upon the shoulders of huge elephants, they gleamed in deep red, yellow, black, and pale-white hues.
english translation
सा वाहिनी शांतनवेन राज्ञा महारथैर्वारणवाजिभिश्च । बभौ सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुकल्पा जलागमे द्यौरिव जातमेघा॥६-५६-५॥
That host, led by the Śāṃtanava king, with great chariot-warriors, elephants, and horses, appeared like the sky at the onset of the rainy season—filled with newly formed clouds, with lightning and thunder.
english translation