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.
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज पार्षतः परवीरहा । द्रोणाय चिक्षेप गदां यमदण्डोपमां रणे
Then, enraged, O King, the son of Prishata, destroyer of enemy heroes, hurled a mace at Drona in the battle, resembling the rod of Death.
तामापतन्तीं सहसा हेमपट्टविभूषिताम्। शरैः पञ्चाशता द्रोणो वारयामास संयुगे
That mace, adorned with golden bands and rushing swiftly, Drona repelled in the fight with fifty arrows.
सा छिन्ना बहुधा राजन्द्रोगचापच्युतैः शरैः । चूर्णीकृता विशीर्यन्ती पपात वसुधातले
That mace, shattered into many pieces by arrows shot from Drona's bow, was crushed and, breaking apart, fell to the earth.
गदां विनिहतां दृष्ट्वा पार्षतः शत्रुतापनः । द्रोणाय शक्तिं चिक्षेप सर्वपारशवीं शुभाम्
Seeing his mace destroyed, the son of Prishata, tormentor of foes, hurled a splendid spear, sharp on all sides, at Drona.
तां द्रोणो नवभिर्बाणैश्चिच्छेद युधि भारत। पार्षतं च महेष्वासं पीजयामास संयुगे
Drona cut that spear in battle with nine arrows, O Bharata, and pressed hard upon the mighty-armed son of Prishata in the fight.
एवमेतन्महायुद्धं द्रोणपार्षतयोरभूत्। भीष्मं प्रति महाराज घोररूपं भयानकम्
Thus, this great and dreadful battle took place between Drona and the son of Prishata, O King, in front of Bhishma.
अर्जुनः प्राप्य गाङ्गेयं पीडयन्निशितैः शरैः । अभ्यद्रवत संयत्तो वने मत्तमिव द्विपम्
Arjuna, having reached the son of Ganga, pressed him with sharp arrows, and charged forward, eager for battle, like a maddened elephant in the forest.
प्रत्युद्ययौ च तं राजा भगदत्तः प्रतापवान् । त्रिधा भिन्नेन नागेन मदान्धेन महाबलः
Then King Bhagadatta, mighty in valor, advanced to meet him, mounted on his threefold-trained, intoxicated, and powerful elephant.
तमापतन्तं सहसा महेन्द्रगजसन्निभम् । परं यत्नं समस्थाय बीभत्सुः प्रत्यपद्यत
As that king, resembling the great elephant of the gods, rushed swiftly forward, Arjuna, exerting his utmost effort, confronted him.
ततो गजगतो राजा भगदत्तः प्रतापवान् । अर्जुनं शरवर्षेण वारयामास संयुगे
Then King Bhagadatta, mounted on his elephant and full of prowess, checked Arjuna in battle with a shower of arrows.