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[वै] तं पार्थः परतिजग्राह वायुवेगम इवॊद्धतम शरजालेन महता वर्षमाणम इवाम्बुदम ॥ ४-५४-१ ॥
'Vaisampayana said: “Then, O mighty king, the son of Drona rushed upon Arjuna in battle, his onset fierce as a storm-wind, and his arrows pouring down like rain from a thundercloud."' ॥ 4-54-1 ॥
english translation
तयॊर देवासुरसमः संनिपातॊ महान अभूत किरतॊः शरजालानि वृत्रवासवयॊर इव ॥ ४-५४-२ ॥
'Pṛithā’s son met him with a vast network of shafts, like cloud answering cloud. Fierce and unyielding was their encounter, as if the gods themselves contended with the Dānavas, and they loosed their arrows at each other like Virāṭa and Vāsava in their wrath.' ॥ 4-54-2 ॥
english translation
The sky, enveloped on every side with arrows, grew dark— the sun was wholly obscured, and even the wind fell still-
'The sky, enveloped on every side with arrows, grew dark— the sun was wholly obscured, and even the wind fell still.' ॥ 4-54-3 ॥
english translation
महांश चट चटा शब्दॊ यॊधयॊर हन्यमानयॊः दह्यताम इव वेणूनाम आसीत परपुरंजय ॥ ४-५४-४ ॥
'Then, O subduer of hostile cities, as the two warriors struck and counterstruck, a great din arose, like the crackling of bamboos in a blazing fire.' ॥ 4-54-4 ॥
english translation
हयान अस्यार्जुनः सर्वान कृतवान अल्पजीवितान स राजन अन परजानाति दिशं कां चन मॊहितः ॥ ४-५४-५ ॥
'O king, the steeds of Aśvatthāman, sorely harassed by Arjuna’s shafts, grew bewildered and could no longer discern which way to turn.' ॥ 4-54-5 ॥
english translation