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शपेयं त्वां न चेदेवमागच्छेथा विशां पते । युध्यस्व त्वं रणे यत्तो धैर्यमालम्ब्य कौरव॥५-१८०-१६॥
Had you not come in this manner, O lord of the people, I would have pronounced a curse upon you. Now, Kaurava, strive and contend in battle, taking hold of steadfastness.
english translation
न तु ते जयमाशासे त्वां हि जेतुमहं स्थितः । गच्छ युध्यस्व धर्मेण प्रीतोऽस्मि चरितेन ते॥५-१८०-१७॥
Yet I do not anticipate your victory, for I am resolved to overcome you. Go—contend in accordance with dharma; I am pleased with your conduct.
english translation
भीष्म उवाच । ततोऽहं तं नमस्कृत्य रथमारुह्य सत्वरः । प्राध्मापयं रणे शङ्खं पुनर्हेमविभूषितम्॥५-१८०-१८॥
Bhīṣma said: Then, having paid him reverence, I swiftly mounted my chariot and, upon the field of battle, sounded my conch—once more adorned with gold.
english translation
ततो युद्धं समभवन्मम तस्य च भारत । दिवसान्सुबहून्राजन्परस्परजिगीषया॥५-१८०-१९॥
Then, O Bhārata, a sustained engagement arose between him and me—lasting many days, O king—each driven by the resolve to prevail over the other.
english translation
स मे तस्मिन्रणे पूर्वं प्राहरत्कङ्कपत्रिभिः । षष्ट्या शतैश्च नवभिः शराणामग्निवर्चसाम्॥५-१८०-२०॥
In that engagement, he first assailed me with arrows fletched with heron-feathers—six hundred and nine shafts, radiant like fire.
english translation