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मेदोरुधिरदिग्धाङ्गो वसामज्जासमुक्षितः । व्यचरत्समरे भीमो दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः॥६-५८-५१॥
Bhīma moved through the fray, his body smeared with fat and blood and spattered with marrow and flesh, like Antaka—Death—bearing a staff.
english translation
गजानां रुधिराक्तां तां गदां बिभ्रद्वृकोदरः । घोरः प्रतिभयश्चासीत्पिनाकीव पिनाकधृक्॥६-५८-५२॥
Vṛkodara, holding that mace stained with the blood of elephants, looked dreadful and fearsome—like Rudra/Śiva, bearer of the Pināka bow.
english translation
निर्मथ्यमानाः क्रुद्धेन भीमसेनेन दन्तिनः । सहसा प्राद्रवञ्शिष्टा मृद्नन्तस्तव वाहिनीम्॥६-५८-५३॥
The elephants, violently shaken and shattered by the enraged Bhīmasena, suddenly fled; and those that remained, surging on, trampled through your formations.
english translation
तं हि वीरं महेष्वासाः सौभद्रप्रमुखा रथाः । पर्यरक्षन्त युध्यन्तं वज्रायुधमिवामराः॥६-५८-५४॥
That hero, as he fought, was guarded on every side by great bowmen in chariots—led by Saubhadra—just as the Immortals protect Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt.
english translation
शोणिताक्तां गदां बिभ्रदुक्षितो गजशोणितैः । कृतान्त इव रौद्रात्मा भीमसेनो व्यदृश्यत॥६-५८-५५॥
Bearing a mace smeared with blood and spattered with the blood of elephants, Bhīmasena appeared fierce of aspect, like Kṛtānta—the Finisher, Death.
english translation