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तं महौघमिवायान्तं खात्पतन्तमिवोरगम् । भ्रान्तावरणनिस्त्रिंशं कालोत्सृष्टमिवान्तकम्॥६-५७-२६॥
He looked like a great flood advancing, like a serpent falling from the sky—his sword and armor whirling in swift motion—like destruction unleashed by Time.
english translation
दीप्यन्तमिव शस्त्रार्च्या मत्तवारणविक्रमम् । अपश्यन्पाण्डवास्तत्र धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः॥६-५७-२७॥
There the Pāṇḍavas, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna the son of Pārṣata, beheld him as though blazing with the radiance of weapons, possessed of the might of an intoxicated war-elephant.
english translation
तस्य पाञ्चालपुत्रस्तु प्रतीपमभिधावतः । शितनिस्त्रिंशहस्तस्य शरावरणधारिणः॥६-५७-२८॥
But the Pāñcāla prince ran straight toward him—who held a keen sword in hand and wore protection against arrows.
english translation
बाणवेगमतीतस्य रथाभ्याशमुपेयुषः । त्वरन्सेनापतिः क्रुद्धो बिभेद गदया शिरः॥६-५७-२९॥
Having passed beyond the range of arrows and come close to the chariot, the commander, swift and wrathful, struck with a mace and split his head.
english translation
तस्य राजन्सनिस्त्रिंशं सुप्रभं च शरावरम् । हतस्य पततो हस्ताद्वेगेन न्यपतद्भुवि॥६-५७-३०॥
O King, as he fell after being struck down, his sword and his brightly shining protection against arrows slipped swiftly from his hand and dropped upon the earth.
english translation