आर्षभे चर्मणी चित्रे शतचन्द्रपुरस्कृते । तारकाशतचित्रे च निस्त्रिंशौ सुमहाप्रभौ
With splendid swords and beautiful shields adorned with a hundred moons and decorated with a hundred stars, both shone with great brilliance.
प्रगृह्य विमलौ राजंस्तावन्योन्यमभिद्रुतौ । वासितासंगमे यत्तौ सिंहाविव महावने
Grasping their spotless swords, O King, those two rushed at each other, intent on the contest, like lions in a great forest.
मण्डलानि विचित्राणि गतप्रत्यागतानि च। चेरतुर्दर्शयन्तौ च प्रार्थयन्तौ परस्परम्
They moved in intricate circles, advancing and retreating, displaying their skill and challenging each other.
पौरवो धृष्टकेतुं तु शङ्खदेशे महासिना । ताडयामास संक्रुद्धस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्
The Paurava, enraged, struck Dhrishtaketu on the shoulder with his great sword, and shouted, 'Stand, stand!'
चेदिराजोऽपि समरे पौरवं पुरुषर्षभम् । आजघान शिताग्रेण जत्रुदेशे महासिना
The king of the Cedis, too, in battle, struck the Paurava, bull among men, on the collarbone with his sharp-edged sword.
तावन्योन्यं महाराज समासाद्य महाहवे । अन्योन्यवेगाभिहतौ निपेततुररिंदमौ
Those two subduers of foes, O King, meeting each other in that great battle, struck down by each other's force, fell to the ground.
ततः स्वरथमारोप्य पौरवं तनयस्तव । जयत्सेनो रथेनाजावपोवाह रणाजिरात्
Then your son Jayatsena, mounting the Paurava on his own chariot, swiftly carried him away from the field of battle.
धृष्टकेतु तु समरे माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । अपोवाह रणे क्रुद्धः सहदेवः पराक्रमी
But Sahadeva, son of Madri and mighty in valor, angrily carried Dhrishtaketu away from the battle.
चित्रसेनः सुशर्माणं विद्ध्वा बहुभिरायसैः । पुनर्विव्याध तं षष्ट्या पुनश्च नवभि शरैः
Citraseṇa struck Suśarmā with many iron arrows, then pierced him again with sixty, and once more with nine arrows.
सुशर्मा तु रणे क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रं विशांपते । दशमिर्दशभिश्चैव विव्याध निशितैः शरैः
But Suśarmā, enraged in battle, pierced your son, O lord of the people, with ten sharp arrows and then with another ten.
चित्रसेनश्च तं राजंस्त्रिंशता नतपर्वभिः । आजघान रमे क्रुद्धः स च तं प्रत्यविध्यत
Citraseṇa, furious, struck that king with thirty well-feathered arrows in the battle, and he struck back at him in return.
भीष्मस्य समरे राजन्यशो मानं च वर्धयन् । सौभद्रो राजपुत्रं तु बृहद्बलमयोधयत्
To increase Bhīṣma’s fame and honor among kings in battle, Saubhadra engaged the royal prince Bṛhadbala.
पार्थहेतोः पराक्रान्तो भीष्मस्य निधनं प्रति। आर्जुनिं कोसलेन्द्रस्तु विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिरायसैः
For Pārtha’s sake, striving for Bhīṣma’s death, the king of Kosala struck Arjuna’s son with five iron arrows.
पुनर्विव्याध विंशत्या शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । सौभद्रः कोसलेन्द्रं तु विव्याधाष्टभिरायसैः
Then again he pierced him with twenty well-feathered arrows, but Saubhadra struck the king of Kosala with eight iron arrows.
नाकम्पयत संग्रामे विव्याध च पुनः शरैः । कौसल्यस्य धनुश्चापि पुनश्चिच्छेद फाल्गुनिः
He did not falter in battle and struck him again with arrows; and Phālguni’s son cut down the bow of the Kosalan once more.
आजघान शरैश्चापि त्रिंशता कङ्कपत्रिभिः । सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय राजपुत्रो बृहद्बलः
He struck him with thirty arrows tipped with peacock feathers; then the royal prince Bṛhadbala took up another bow.
फाल्गुनिं समरे क्रुद्धो विव्याध बहुभिः शरैः । तयोर्युद्धं समभवद्भीष्महेतोः परंतप
Enraged, he struck Phālguni’s son in battle with many arrows; and between them, scorcher of foes, a fierce fight arose for Bhīṣma’s sake.
संरब्धयोर्महाराज समरे चित्रयोधिनोः । यथा देवासुरे युद्धे बलिवासवयोरभूत्
O king, the two, both furious and skilled in battle, fought as fiercely as Bali and Indra once did in the war between gods and asuras.
भीमसेनो गजानीकं योधयन्बह्वशोभत । यथा शक्रो वज्रपाणिर्दारयन्पर्वतोत्तमान्
Bhīmasena, fighting the elephant division, shone greatly, like Śakra, wielder of the thunderbolt, cleaving mighty mountains.
ते वध्यमाना भीमेन मात्गा गिरिसन्निभाः । निपेतुरुर्व्यां सहिता नादयन्तो वसुधराम्
Those elephants, mountain-like, being struck down by Bhīma, fell to the earth together, shaking the ground with their crash.
गिरिमात्रा हि ते नागा भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमाः । विरेजुर्वसुधां प्राप्ता विकीर्णा इव पर्वताः
Those elephants, as large as mountains and dark as broken masses of collyrium, lay scattered on the earth, shining like shattered hills.
युधिष्ठिरो महेष्वासो मद्रराजानमाहवे । महत्या सेनया गुप्तं पीडयामास संगतम्
Yudhiṣṭhira, mighty archer, pressed the king of Madra in battle, though he was protected by a great army and surrounded on all sides.
मद्रेश्वरश्च समरे धर्मपुत्रं महारथम् । पीडयामास संरब्धो भीष्महेतोः पराक्रमी
The lord of Madra, enraged and valiant for Bhīṣma’s sake, pressed Dharmaputra, the great chariot-warrior, in battle.
विराटं सैन्धवो राजा विद्ध्वा सन्नतपर्वभिः । नवभिः सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्त्रिंशता पुनरार्पयत्
The king of Sindhu struck Virāṭa with nine sharp, well-feathered arrows, and then assailed him again with thirty.
विराटश्च महाराज सैन्धवं वाहिनीपतिः । त्रिंशद्भिर्निशितैर्बाणैराजघान स्तनान्तरे
And Virāṭa, O king, commander of the forces, struck the Sindhu king in the chest with thirty sharp arrows.
चित्रकार्मुकनिस्त्रिंशौ चित्रवर्मायुधध्वजौ । रेजतुश्चित्ररूपौ तौ संग्रामे मत्स्यसैन्धवौ
Both with splendid bows and swords, adorned with shining armor and weapons, those two—Matsya and Saindhava—shone in battle with wondrous forms.
द्रोणः पाञ्चालपुत्रेण समागम्य महारणे । महासमुदयं चक्रे शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः
Drona, encountering the son of Panchala on the great battlefield, unleashed a mighty assault with his arrows, whose shafts were well-feathered.
ततो द्रोणो महाराज पार्षतस्य महद्धनुः । छित्त्वा पञ्चाशतेषूंश्च पार्षतं प्रति सृष्टवान्
Then Drona, O King, cut down the great bow of the son of Prishata, and released fifty arrows at him.
सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय पार्षतः परवीरहा। द्रोणस्य मिषतो युद्धे प्रेषयामास सायकान्
Taking up another bow, the son of Prishata, destroyer of enemy heroes, sent arrows at Drona in the battle, even as Drona looked on.
ताञ्छराञ्छरघातेन चिच्छेद स महारथः । द्रोणो द्रुपदपुत्राय प्राहिणोत्पञ्च सायकान्
That great chariot-warrior, Drona, cut down those arrows with his own, and sent five shafts at the son of Drupada.