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पिनाकमिव रुद्रस्य क्रुद्धस्याभिघ्नतः पशून् । यमदण्डोपमामुग्रामिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् । ददृशुर्भीमसेनस्य रौद्रां विशसनीं गदाम्॥६-५९-१६॥
They beheld Bhīmasena’s fierce mace—terrifying like Rudra’s Pināka when, in wrath, he strikes down creatures; comparable to Yama’s staff, and resounding like Indra’s thunderbolt—an instrument of decisive termination in battle.
english translation
आविध्यतो गदां तस्य कौन्तेयस्य महात्मनः । बभौ रूपं महाघोरं कालस्येव युगक्षये॥६-५९-१७॥
As that great-souled son of Kuntī whirled his mace, his form appeared exceedingly formidable—like Time at the end of an age.
english translation
तं तथा महतीं सेनां द्रावयन्तं पुनः पुनः । दृष्ट्वा मृत्युमिवायान्तं सर्वे विमनसोऽभवन्॥६-५९-१८॥
Seeing him again and again driving back the vast host, advancing like Death itself, all of them became dispirited.
english translation
यतो यतः प्रेक्षते स्म गदामुद्यम्य पाण्डवः । तेन तेन स्म दीर्यन्ते सर्वसैन्यानि भारत॥६-५९-१९॥
O Bhārata, wherever the Pāṇḍava looked while raising his mace, in that very direction the battle-formations were repeatedly broken.
english translation
प्रदारयन्तं सैन्यानि बलौघेनापराजितम् । ग्रसमानमनीकानि व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्॥६-५९-२०॥
He was splitting the forces, unconquered by the massed strength of the host, and pressing into the divisions like Antaka, the End-Time, with gaping mouth consuming the formations.
english translation