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व्यायच्छमानं गदया दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत । नृत्यमानमपश्याम नृत्यन्तमिव शंकरम्॥६-५८-५६॥
O Bhārata, we watched him swing the mace in every direction; he moved as though dancing—like Śaṅkara (Śiva) in his dance.
english translation
यमदण्डोपमां गुर्वीमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् । अपश्याम महाराज रौद्रां विशसनीं गदाम्॥६-५८-५७॥
O great king, we beheld that heavy mace—like Yama’s staff and sounding like Indra’s thunderbolt—fierce and ruinous in its effect.
english translation
विमिश्रां केशमज्जाभिः प्रदिग्धां रुधिरेण च । पिनाकमिव रुद्रस्य क्रुद्धस्याभिघ्नतः पशून्॥६-५८-५८॥
It was mingled with hair and marrow and smeared with blood—like Rudra’s Pināka when, in wrath, he strikes down living beings.
english translation
यथा पशूनां संघातं यष्ट्या पालः प्रकालयेत् । तथा भीमो गजानीकं गदया पर्यकालयत्॥६-५८-५९॥
As a herdsman scatters a packed herd with his staff, so Bhīma scattered the elephant-corps with his mace.
english translation
गदया वध्यमानास्ते मार्गणैश्च समन्ततः । स्वान्यनीकानि मृद्नन्तः प्राद्रवन्कुञ्जरास्तव॥६-५८-६०॥
Pressed by the mace and by arrows on all sides, your elephants fled, trampling their own formations as they ran.
english translation