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ततः शल्यो महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नस्य संयुगे । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन च॥६-५८-११॥
Then Śalya, O great king, in the thick of the fight, severed Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s bow with a sharp, well-honed broad-headed arrow.
english translation
अथैनं शरवर्षेण छादयामास भारत । गिरिं जलागमे यद्वज्जलदा जलधारिणः॥६-५८-१२॥
Then he covered him with a dense shower of arrows, O Bhārata—like rain-bearing clouds in the monsoon season enveloping a mountain with streaming waters.
english translation
अभिमन्युस्तु संक्रुद्धो धृष्टद्युम्ने निपीडिते । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन मद्रराजरथं प्रति॥६-५८-१३॥
But Abhimanyu, enraged when Dhṛṣṭadyumna was hard-pressed, rushed with speed toward the chariot of the king of Madra.
english translation
ततो मद्राधिपरथं कार्ष्णिः प्राप्यातिकोपनः । आर्तायनिममेयात्मा विव्याध विशिखैस्त्रिभिः॥६-५८-१४॥
Then Kārṣṇi (Abhimanyu), having reached the chariot of the Madra ruler and inflamed with fierce wrath, struck Ārtāyani (Śalya), the immeasurable-souled, with three arrows.
english translation
ततस्तु तावका राजन्परीप्सन्तोऽऽर्जुनिं रणे । मद्रराजरथं तूर्णं परिवार्यावतस्थिरे॥६-५८-१५॥
Then your warriors, O king, seeking to hem in Arjunī (Abhimanyu) in the battle, swiftly surrounded the chariot of the Madra king and took their stations.
english translation