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समादत्त च संरब्धः क्षुरप्रं लोमवाहिनम् । तेन चिच्छेद नृपतेर्भीमः कार्मुकमुत्तमम्॥६-६०-१६॥
And, fiercely stirred, Bhīma took up a razor-edged arrow with hair-fine fletching; with it he severed the king’s excellent bow.
english translation
सोऽपविध्य धनुश्छिन्नं क्रोधेन प्रज्वलन्निव । अन्यत्कार्मुकमादत्त सत्वरं वेगवत्तरम्॥६-६०-१७॥
Casting aside the severed bow, as though aflame with anger, he swiftly took up another bow, swifter and more forceful.
english translation
संधत्त विशिखं घोरं कालमृत्युसमप्रभम् । तेनाजघान संक्रुद्धो भीमसेनं स्तनान्तरे॥६-६०-१८॥
He set a formidable arrow, radiant like Kāla—Time-and-Death; and, provoked to fury, he struck Bhīmasena with it in the chest.
english translation
स गाढविद्धो व्यथितः स्यन्दनोपस्थ आविशत् । स निषण्णो रथोपस्थे मूर्छामभिजगाम ह॥६-६०-१९॥
Deeply struck and distressed, he entered the chariot-platform. Seated upon the chariot, he then fell into a faint.
english translation
तं दृष्ट्वा व्यथितं भीममभिमन्युपुरोगमाः । नामृष्यन्त महेष्वासाः पाण्डवानां महारथाः॥६-६०-२०॥
Seeing Bhīma distressed, the great bowmen—the Pāṇḍava foremost warriors with Abhimanyu at their head—could not tolerate it.
english translation