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शस्त्राण्यनेकरूपाणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः । अन्योन्यमभिनर्दन्तः संप्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे॥६-५८-२१॥
Discharging weapons of many kinds, the great chariot-warriors, challenging one another with battle-cries, began the close engagement.
english translation
ते यत्ता जातसंरम्भाः सर्वेऽन्योन्यं जिघांसवः । महास्त्राणि विमुञ्चन्तः समापेतुरमर्षणाः॥६-५८-२२॥
Poised and inflamed with fierce intensity, all of them, bent on slaying one another, surged toward each other while unleashing mighty weapons, unable to endure any affront.
english translation
दुर्योधनस्तु संक्रुद्धो धृष्टद्युम्नं महारणे । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैश्चतुर्भिस्त्वरितो भृशम्॥६-५८-२३॥
Duryodhana, consumed by wrath, in that great engagement swiftly struck Dhṛṣṭadyumna with four keen arrows.
english translation
दुर्मर्षणश्च विंशत्या चित्रसेनश्च पञ्चभिः । दुर्मुखो नवभिर्बाणैर्दुःसहश्चापि सप्तभिः । विविंशतिः पञ्चभिश्च त्रिभिर्दुःशासनस्तथा॥६-५८-२४॥
Durmarṣaṇa was struck with twenty; Citrasena with five; Durmukha with nine arrows; Duḥsaha with seven; Viviṃśati with five; and likewise Duḥśāsana with three.
english translation
तान्प्रत्यविध्यद्राजेन्द्र पार्षतः शत्रुतापनः । एकैकं पञ्चविंशत्या दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम्॥६-५८-२५॥
O king, Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), a tormentor of adversaries, counter-struck them—each one with twenty-five arrows—demonstrating dexterity of hand.
english translation