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तं पञ्चतालोच्छ्रिततालकेतुः सदश्ववेगोद्धतवीर्ययातः । महास्त्रबाणाशनिदीप्तमार्गं किरीटिनं शांतनवोऽभ्यधावत्॥६-५६-२१॥
Then Śāṃtanava (Bhīṣma) charged toward the crowned warrior (Arjuna), whose course blazed with great weapons and arrows like lightning; his banner rose like a tall palm, and his chariot surged on with the force of swift horses.
english translation
तथैव शक्रप्रतिमानकल्पमिन्द्रात्मजं द्रोणमुखाभिसस्रुः । कृपश्च शल्यश्च विविंशतिश्च दुर्योधनः सौमदत्तिश्च राजन्॥६-५६-२२॥
Likewise, toward the son of Indra (Arjuna), comparable to Śakra, rushed Droṇa and others: Kṛpa, Śalya, Viviṃśati, Duryodhana, and Saumadatti, O King.
english translation
ततो रथानीकमुखादुपेत्य सर्वास्त्रवित्काञ्चनचित्रवर्मा । जवेन शूरोऽभिससार सर्वांस्तथार्जुनस्यात्र सुतोऽभिमन्युः॥६-५६-२३॥
Then, advancing from the forefront of the chariot-division, Abhimanyu—the son of Arjuna—skilled in every weapon and clad in golden, ornamented armor, swiftly charged against them all.
english translation
तेषां महास्त्राणि महारथानामसक्तकर्मा विनिहत्य कार्ष्णिः । बभौ महामन्त्रहुतार्चिमाली सदोगतः सन्भगवानिवाग्निः॥६-५६-२४॥
Having neutralized the great weapon-deployments of those mighty chariot-warriors, Kārṣṇi—unceasing in action—shone forth like a sacred fire, wreathed in flames fed by great mantras and offerings, steadily tended.
english translation
ततः स तूर्णं रुधिरोदफेनां कृत्वा नदीं वैशसने रिपूणाम् । जगाम सौभद्रमतीत्य भीष्मो महारथं पार्थमदीनसत्त्वः॥६-५६-२५॥
Then Bhīṣma—undaunted in spirit—quickly pressed on; in that ruinous engagement he made, as it were, a ‘river’ whose water and foam were blood, passed beyond Saubhadra, and advanced toward Pārtha, the great chariot-warrior.
english translation