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धृष्टद्युम्नहतानन्यानपश्याम महागजान् । पतितान्पात्यमानांश्च पार्षतेन महात्मना॥६-५८-४१॥
We saw other great elephants struck down by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pārṣata—some already fallen, and others being brought down by that high-souled warrior.
english translation
मागधोऽथ महीपालो गजमैरावतोपमम् । प्रेषयामास समरे सौभद्रस्य रथं प्रति॥६-५८-४२॥
Then the Magadhan king dispatched, in the engagement, an elephant comparable to Airāvata against the chariot of Saubhadra (Abhimanyu).
english translation
तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य मागधस्य गजोत्तमम् । जघानैकेषुणा वीरः सौभद्रः परवीरहा॥६-५८-४३॥
Seeing that foremost elephant of Magadha charging, the hero Saubhadra—slayer of opposing champions—brought it down with a single arrow.
english translation
तस्यावर्जितनागस्य कार्ष्णिः परपुरंजयः । राज्ञो रजतपुङ्खेन भल्लेनापहरच्छिरः॥६-५८-४४॥
Then Kārṣṇi, the conqueror of hostile strongholds, with a broad-headed arrow whose shaft was silvered, severed the king’s head from that checked elephant.
english translation
विगाह्य तद्गजानीकं भीमसेनोऽपि पाण्डवः । व्यचरत्समरे मृद्नन्गजानिन्द्रो गिरीनिव॥६-५८-४५॥
Entering that elephant-division, Bhīmasena the Pāṇḍava moved through the engagement, pressing down the elephants like Indra crushing mountains.
english translation