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यथा हि पूर्वेऽहनि धर्मराज्ञा व्यूहः कृतः कौरवनन्दनेन । तथा तथोद्देशमुपेत्य तस्थुः पाञ्चालमुख्यैः सह चेदिमुख्याः॥६-५६-११॥
Just as on the previous day Dharmarāja, the Kurus’ delight, had arranged the battle-array, so too the foremost men of Cedi went to their assigned stations and stood firm there together with the foremost Pāñcālas.
english translation
ततो महावेगसमाहतानि भेरीसहस्राणि विनेदुराजौ । शङ्खस्वना दुन्दुभिनिस्वनाश्च सर्वेष्वनीकेषु ससिंहनादाः॥६-५६-१२॥
Then, upon the field, thousands of kettledrums struck with mighty force resounded; conch-calls and the booming of war-drums rose through every division, accompanied by lion-like shouts.
english translation
ततः सबाणानि महास्वनानि विस्फार्यमाणानि धनूंषि वीरैः । क्षणेन भेरीपणवप्रणादानन्तर्दधुः शङ्खमहास्वनाश्च॥६-५६-१३॥
Then the warriors’ bows, loosed together with their arrows, thundered with a mighty roar; in an instant the great blare of conches (śaṅkha) overlaid and obscured the sounds of kettledrums (bherī) and panavas.
english translation
तच्छङ्खशब्दावृतमन्तरिक्षमुद्धूतभौमद्रुतरेणुजालम् । महावितानावततप्रकाशमालोक्य वीराः सहसाभिपेतुः॥६-५६-१४॥
Seeing the sky veiled by the sound of conches, and the net of dust swiftly raised from the earth—spread out like a vast canopy of light—the warriors rushed forward at once.
english translation
रथी रथेनाभिहतः ससूतः पपात साश्वः सरथः सकेतुः । गजो गजेनाभिहतः पपात पदातिना चाभिहतः पदातिः॥६-५६-१५॥
A chariot-warrior (rathī), struck by a chariot, fell—together with his charioteer, horses, chariot, and banner. An elephant, struck by an elephant, fell; and a foot-soldier, struck by a foot-soldier, fell.
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