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ततः कनकपुङ्खानां शरवृष्टिं समुत्थिताम पाण्डवस्य रथात तूर्णं शलभानांम इवायतिम वयधमत तां पुनस तस्य भीष्मः शरशतैः शितैः ॥ ४-५९-१६ ॥
'And then, from the car of the son of Pāṇḍu, there descended a ceaseless rain of arrows, winged with gold, sweeping across the sky like a flight of locusts. And Bhīṣma once more repelled that arrowy shower with hundreds of keenly whetted shafts loosed by his hand.' ॥ 4-59-16 ॥
english translation
ततस ते कुरवः सर्वे साधु साध्व इति चाब्रुवन दुष्करं कृतवान भीष्मॊ यद अर्जुनम अयॊधयत ॥ ४-५९-१७ ॥
'And then the Kauravas exclaimed, ‘Excellent! Excellent!’ For Bhīṣma had achieved a deed of the utmost difficulty, in that he had dared to contend with Arjuna himself.' ॥ 4-59-17 ॥
english translation
Dhanañjaya is mighty and youthful, dexterous and swift of hand- Who else, save Bhīṣma, son of Śāntanu, or Kṛṣṇa, son of Devakī, or the mighty son of Bharadvāja, foremost of preceptors, could withstand the impetuous force of Pārtha in battle?
'Dhanañjaya is mighty and youthful, dexterous and swift of hand. Who else, save Bhīṣma, son of Śāntanu, or Kṛṣṇa, son of Devakī, or the mighty son of Bharadvāja, foremost of preceptors, could withstand the impetuous force of Pārtha in battle?' ॥ 4-59-18 ॥
english translation
ऋते शांतनवाद भीष्मात कृष्णाद वा देवकी सुतात आचार्य परवराद वापि भारद्वाजान महाबलात आचार्य परवराद वापि भारद्वाजान महाबलात ॥ ४-५९-१९ ॥
'Save Śāntanu’s son Bhīṣma, or Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī, or that foremost of preceptors, the mighty son of Bharadvāja—none else is capable.' ॥ 4-59-19 ॥
english translation
अस्त्रैर अस्त्राणि संवार्य करीडतः पुरुषर्षभौ चक्षूंषि सर्वभूतानां मॊहयन्तौ महाबलौ ॥ ४-५९-२० ॥
'And repelling weapons with weapons, those two bulls of the Bharata race, both endowed with prodigious might, contended as if in sport, bewildering the eyes of all created beings.' ॥ 4-59-20 ॥
english translation