06.106
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
अर्जुनस्तु रणे राजन्दृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य विक्रमम्। शिखण्डिनमथोवाच समभ्येहि पितामहम् ॥६-१०६-१॥
arjunastu raṇe rājandṛṣṭvā bhīṣmasya vikramam। śikhaṇḍinamathovāca samabhyehi pitāmaham ॥6-106-1॥
[अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; तु (tu) - but; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle; राजन् (rājan) - O King; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; विक्रमम् (vikramam) - prowess; शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandi; अथ (atha) - then; उवाच (uvāca) - said; समभ्येहि (samabhyehi) - approach; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandsire;]
(Arjuna, but in the battle, O King, having seen Bhishma's prowess, then said to Shikhandi, 'Approach the grandsire.')
Arjuna, witnessing the might of Bhishma on the battlefield, instructed Shikhandi, 'Go towards the grandsire,' O King.
न चापि भीस्त्वया कार्या भीष्मादद्य कथञ्चन। अहमेनं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः पातयिष्ये रथोत्तमात् ॥६-१०६-२॥
na cāpi bhīstvayā kāryā bhīṣmādadya kathañcana। ahamenaṃ śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ pātayiṣye rathottamāt ॥6-106-2॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; भीः (bhīḥ) - fear; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; कार्या (kāryā) - should be made; भीष्मात् (bhīṣmāt) - from Bhishma; अद्य (adya) - today; कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way; अहम् (aham) - I; एनम् (enam) - him; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - sharp; पातयिष्ये (pātayiṣye) - will cause to fall; रथोत्तमात् (rathottamāt) - from the excellent chariot;]
(And fear should not be made by you from Bhishma today in any way. I will cause him to fall with sharp arrows from the excellent chariot.)
Do not be afraid of Bhishma today in any way. I will bring him down with sharp arrows from the best chariot.
एवमुक्तस्तु पार्थेन शिखण्डी भरतर्षभ। अभ्यद्रवत गाङ्गेयं श्रुत्वा पार्थस्य भाषितम् ॥६-१०६-३॥
evamuktastu pārthena śikhaṇḍī bharatarṣabha। abhyadravata gāṅgeyaṃ śrutvā pārthasya bhāṣitam ॥6-106-3॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; तु (tu) - but; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull of the Bharatas; अभ्यद्रवत (abhyadravata) - attacked; गाङ्गेयं (gāṅgeyaṃ) - Gāṅgeya; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - the speech;]
(Thus spoken by Pārtha, Śikhaṇḍī, O bull of the Bharatas, attacked Gāṅgeya, having heard the speech of Pārtha.)
Upon hearing Pārtha's words, Śikhaṇḍī, the valiant warrior, charged at Gāṅgeya, O esteemed descendant of Bharata.
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तथा राजन्सौभद्रश्च महारथः। हृष्टावाद्रवतां भीष्मं श्रुत्वा पार्थस्य भाषितम् ॥६-१०६-४॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnastathā rājansaubhadraśca mahārathaḥ। hṛṣṭāvādravatāṃ bhīṣmaṃ śrutvā pārthasya bhāṣitam ॥6-106-4॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; तथा (tathā) - and; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - son of Subhadra; च (ca) - and; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior; हृष्टौ (hṛṣṭau) - joyful; आद्रवताम् (ādravatām) - rushed; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - towards Bhishma; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - words;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna and O king, the son of Subhadra, the great warrior, joyful, rushed towards Bhishma having heard the words of Partha.)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna and the son of Subhadra, both great warriors, joyfully rushed towards Bhishma after hearing the words of Partha, O king.
विराटद्रुपदौ वृद्धौ कुन्तिभोजश्च दंशितः। अभ्यद्रवत गाङ्गेयं पुत्रस्य तव पश्यतः ॥६-१०६-५॥
virāṭadrupadau vṛddhau kuntibhojaśca daṃśitaḥ। abhyadravata gāṅgeyaṃ putrasya tava paśyataḥ ॥6-106-5॥
[विराट (virāṭa) - Virata; द्रुपदौ (drupadau) - Drupada; वृद्धौ (vṛddhau) - old; कुन्तिभोजः (kuntibhojaḥ) - Kuntibhoja; च (ca) - and; दंशितः (daṃśitaḥ) - pierced; अभ्यद्रवत (abhyadravata) - attacked; गाङ्गेयं (gāṅgeyaṃ) - Ganges-born; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; तव (tava) - your; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching;]
(Virata, Drupada, and the old Kuntibhoja, pierced, attacked the Ganges-born while your son was watching.)
Virata, Drupada, and the aged Kuntibhoja, having been pierced, attacked Bhishma, the son of Ganga, while your son was watching.
नकुलः सहदेवश्च धर्मराजश्च वीर्यवान्। तथेतराणि सैन्यानि सर्वाण्येव विशां पते ॥ समाद्रवन्त गाङ्गेयं श्रुत्वा पार्थस्य भाषितम् ॥६-१०६-६॥
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dharmarājaśca vīryavān। tathetarāṇi sainyāni sarvāṇyeva viśāṃ pate ॥ samādravanta gāṅgeyaṃ śrutvā pārthasya bhāṣitam ॥6-106-6॥
[नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; च (ca) - and; धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmaraja; च (ca) - and; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - valiant; तथा (tathā) - thus; इतराणि (itarāṇi) - other; सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; समाद्रवन्त (samādravanta) - rushed; गाङ्गेयं (gāṅgeyaṃ) - towards Bhishma; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - hearing; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - speech;]
(Nakula, Sahadeva, and the valiant Dharmaraja, and all the other armies, O lord of men, rushed towards Bhishma, hearing the speech of Partha.)
Nakula, Sahadeva, and the valiant Dharmaraja, along with all the other armies, rushed towards Bhishma upon hearing Partha's words, O lord of men.
प्रत्युद्ययुस्तावकाश्च समेतास्तान्महारथान्। यथाशक्ति यथोत्साहं तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥६-१०६-७॥
pratyudyayustāvakāśca sametāstānmāharathān। yathāśakti yathotsāhaṃ tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu ॥6-106-7॥
[प्रति (prati) - towards; उद्ययुः (udyayuḥ) - advanced; तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your men; च (ca) - and; समेताः (sametāḥ) - assembled; तान् (tān) - those; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great charioteers; यथा (yathā) - according to; शक्ति (śakti) - ability; यथा (yathā) - according to; उत्साहं (utsāhaṃ) - enthusiasm; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; निगदतः (nigadataḥ) - speaking; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen; ॥६-१०६-७॥ (॥6-106-7॥) - (verse number);]
(Towards advanced your men and assembled those great charioteers according to ability according to enthusiasm that to me speaking listen.)
Your men advanced towards the great charioteers, assembling with all their ability and enthusiasm. Listen as I speak of this.
चित्रसेनो महाराज चेकितानं समभ्ययात्। भीष्मप्रेप्सुं रणे यान्तं वृषं व्याघ्रशिशुर्यथा ॥६-१०६-८॥
citraseno mahārāja cekitānaṃ samabhyayāt। bhīṣmaprepsuṃ raṇe yāntaṃ vṛṣaṃ vyāghraśiśuryathā ॥6-106-8॥
[चित्रसेनः (citrasenaḥ) - Citrasena; महाराजः (mahārājaḥ) - great king; चेकितानम् (cekitānam) - Cekitana; समभ्ययात् (samabhyayāt) - approached; भीष्मप्रेप्सुम् (bhīṣmaprepsum) - desiring Bhishma; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; यान्तम् (yāntam) - going; वृषम् (vṛṣam) - bull; व्याघ्रशिशुः (vyāghraśiśuḥ) - tiger cub; यथा (yathā) - like;]
(Citrasena, the great king, approached Cekitana, who was desiring Bhishma in battle, like a tiger cub goes to a bull.)
King Citrasena approached Cekitana, who was eager to confront Bhishma in battle, just as a tiger cub approaches a bull.
धृष्टद्युम्नं महाराज भीष्मान्तिकमुपागतम्। त्वरमाणो रणे यत्तं कृतवर्मा न्यवारयत् ॥६-१०६-९॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahārāja bhīṣmāntikamupāgatam। tvaramāṇo raṇe yattaṃ kṛtavarmā nyavārayat ॥6-106-9॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नं (dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; भीष्मान्तिकम् (bhīṣmāntikam) - near Bhīṣma; उपागतम् (upāgatam) - approached; त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hastening; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; यत्तं (yattaṃ) - attentive; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā; न्यवारयत् (nyavārayat) - restrained;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O great king, approached near Bhīṣma. Hastening in battle, attentive Kṛtavarmā restrained (him).)
O great king, Dhṛṣṭadyumna approached near Bhīṣma. In the battle, the swift and attentive Kṛtavarmā restrained him.
भीमसेनं सुसङ्क्रुद्धं गाङ्गेयस्य वधैषिणम्। त्वरमाणो महाराज सौमदत्तिर्न्यवारयत् ॥६-१०६-१०॥
bhīmasenaṃ susaṅkruddhaṃ gāṅgeyasya vadhaiṣiṇam। tvaramāṇo mahārāja saumadattirnyavārayat ॥6-106-10॥
[भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; सुसङ्क्रुद्धम् (susaṅkruddham) - very angry; गाङ्गेयस्य (gāṅgeyasya) - of Bhishma; वधैषिणम् (vadhaiṣiṇam) - desiring to kill; त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hastening; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सौमदत्तिः (saumadattiḥ) - Saumadatti; न्यवारयत् (nyavārayat) - restrained;]
(Bhimasena, very angry and desiring to kill Bhishma, was restrained by Saumadatti, who was hastening, O great king.)
Bhimasena, in his intense anger and desire to kill Bhishma, was quickly restrained by Saumadatti, O great king.
तथैव नकुलं वीरं किरन्तं सायकान्बहून्। विकर्णो वारयामास इच्छन्भीष्मस्य जीवितम् ॥६-१०६-११॥
tathaiva nakulaṃ vīraṃ kirantaṃ sāyakānbahūn। vikarṇo vārayāmāsa icchanbhīṣmasya jīvitam ॥6-106-11॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakula; वीरम् (vīram) - heroic; किरन्तम् (kirantam) - showering; सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows; बहून् (bahūn) - many; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained; इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life;]
(In the same way, Vikarna restrained the heroic Nakula, who was showering many arrows, desiring the life of Bhishma.)
Similarly, Vikarna stopped the brave Nakula, who was discharging numerous arrows, in an attempt to save Bhishma's life.
सहदेवं तथा यान्तं यत्तं भीष्मरथं प्रति। वारयामास सङ्क्रुद्धः कृपः शारद्वतो युधि ॥६-१०६-१२॥
sahadevaṁ tathā yāntaṁ yattaṁ bhīṣmarathaṁ prati। vārayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ kṛpaḥ śāradvato yudhi ॥6-106-12॥
[सहदेवम् (sahadevam) - Sahadeva; तथा (tathā) - thus; यान्तम् (yāntam) - going; यत्तम् (yattam) - intent; भीष्मरथम् (bhīṣmaratham) - towards Bhishma's chariot; प्रति (prati) - towards; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angry; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kripa; शारद्वतः (śāradvataḥ) - son of Sharadvata; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(Sahadeva, thus going intent towards Bhishma's chariot, was restrained by the angry Kripa, son of Sharadvata, in battle.)
Sahadeva, moving with determination towards Bhishma's chariot, was stopped by the enraged Kripa, the son of Sharadvata, during the battle.
राक्षसं क्रूरकर्माणं भैमसेनिं महाबलम्। भीष्मस्य निधनं प्रेप्सुं दुर्मुखोऽभ्यद्रवद्बली ॥६-१०६-१३॥
rākṣasaṃ krūrakarmāṇaṃ bhaimaseniṃ mahābalam। bhīṣmasya nidhanaṃ prepsuṃ durmukho'bhyadravadbalī ॥6-106-13॥
[राक्षसं (rākṣasaṃ) - demon; क्रूरकर्माणं (krūrakarmāṇaṃ) - cruel-deed-doer; भैमसेनिं (bhaimaseniṃ) - son of Bhimasena; महाबलम् (mahābalam) - great-strength; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; निधनं (nidhanaṃ) - death; प्रेप्सुं (prepsuṃ) - desiring; दुर्मुखः (durmukhaḥ) - Durmukha; अभ्यद्रवत् (abhyadravat) - attacked; बली (balī) - strong;]
(The demon, cruel-deed-doer, son of Bhimasena, of great strength, desiring the death of Bhishma, Durmukha attacked, strong.)
Durmukha, the strong demon known for his cruel deeds and great strength, attacked, desiring the death of Bhishma, the son of Bhimasena.
सात्यकिं समरे क्रुद्धमार्श्यशृङ्गिरवारयत्। अभिमन्युं महाराज यान्तं भीष्मरथं प्रति ॥ सुदक्षिणो महाराज काम्बोजः प्रत्यवारयत् ॥६-१०६-१४॥
sātyakiṃ samare kruddhamārśyaśṛṅgiravārayat। abhimanyuṃ mahārāja yāntaṃ bhīṣmarathaṃ prati ॥ sudakṣiṇo mahārāja kāmbojaḥ pratyavārayat ॥6-106-14॥
[सात्यकिं (sātyakiṃ) - Satyaki; समरे (samare) - in battle; क्रुद्धम् (kruddham) - angry; आर्श्यशृङ्गिः (ārśyaśṛṅgiḥ) - Arshyashringa; अवारयत् (avārayat) - stopped; अभिमन्युं (abhimanyuṃ) - Abhimanyu; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; यान्तम् (yāntam) - going; भीष्मरथं (bhīṣmarathaṃ) - towards Bhishma's chariot; प्रति (prati) - towards; सुदक्षिणः (sudakṣiṇaḥ) - Sudakshina; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; काम्बोजः (kāmbojaḥ) - the Kamboja; प्रत्यवारयत् (pratyavārayat) - countered;]
(In battle, Arshyashringa, angry, stopped Satyaki. O great king, Sudakshina, the Kamboja, countered Abhimanyu going towards Bhishma's chariot.)
In the battle, the enraged Arshyashringa stopped Satyaki. O great king, Sudakshina of the Kamboja clan countered Abhimanyu as he was heading towards Bhishma's chariot.
विराटद्रुपदौ वृद्धौ समेतावरिमर्दनौ। अश्वत्थामा ततः क्रुद्धो वारयामास भारत ॥६-१०६-१५॥
virāṭadrupadau vṛddhau sametāvarimardanau। aśvatthāmā tataḥ kruddho vārayāmāsa bhārata ॥6-106-15॥
[विराट (virāṭa) - Virata; द्रुपदौ (drupadau) - Drupada; वृद्धौ (vṛddhau) - old; समेतौ (sametau) - united; अरिमर्दनौ (arimardanau) - enemy crushers; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Ashwatthama; ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata;]
(Virata and Drupada, the old enemy crushers united. Then Ashwatthama, angry, restrained them, O Bharata.)
Virata and Drupada, both old and united as enemy crushers, were then restrained by the angry Ashwatthama, O Bharata.
तथा पाण्डुसुतं ज्येष्ठं भीष्मस्य वधकाङ्क्षिणम्। भारद्वाजो रणे यत्तो धर्मपुत्रमवारयत् ॥६-१०६-१६॥
tathā pāṇḍusutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhīṣmasya vadhakāṅkṣiṇam। bhāradvājo raṇe yatto dharmaputramavārayat ॥6-106-16॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; पाण्डुसुतम् (pāṇḍusutaṃ) - son of Pandu; ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - eldest; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; वधकाङ्क्षिणम् (vadhakāṅkṣiṇam) - desiring to kill; भारद्वाजः (bhāradvājaḥ) - Bharadvaja; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; यत्तः (yattaḥ) - intent; धर्मपुत्रम् (dharmaputram) - son of Dharma; अवारयत् (avārayat) - restrained;]
(Thus, Bharadvaja, intent in battle, restrained the eldest son of Pandu, who was desiring to kill Bhishma.)
Bharadvaja, with full intent in the battle, stopped the eldest son of Pandu, who was eager to kill Bhishma.
अर्जुनं रभसं युद्धे पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम्। भीष्मप्रेप्सुं महाराज तापयन्तं दिशो दश ॥ दुःशासनो महेष्वासो वारयामास संयुगे ॥६-१०६-१७॥
arjunaṁ rabhasaṁ yuddhe puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam। bhīṣmaprepsuṁ mahārāja tāpayantaṁ diśo daśa ॥ duḥśāsano maheṣvāso vārayāmāsa saṁyuge ॥6-106-17॥
[अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; रभसम् (rabhasam) - fierce; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - placing in front; शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandi; भीष्मप्रेप्सुम् (bhīṣmaprepsum) - desiring Bhishma; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तापयन्तम् (tāpayantam) - tormenting; दिशः (diśaḥ) - the directions; दश (daśa) - ten; दुःशासनः (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duhshasana; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - the great archer; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained; संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle;]
(Placing fierce Arjuna and Shikhandi in front, desiring Bhishma, O great king, tormenting the ten directions, Duhshasana, the great archer, restrained in battle.)
O great king, Duhshasana, the great archer, restrained fierce Arjuna and Shikhandi, who were desiring Bhishma and tormenting the ten directions in battle.
अन्ये च तावका योधाः पाण्डवानां महारथान्। भीष्मायाभिमुखं यातान्वारयामासुराहवे ॥६-१०६-१८॥
anye ca tāvakā yodhāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathān। bhīṣmāyābhimukhaṃ yātānvārayāmāsurāhave ॥6-106-18॥
[अन्ये (anye) - others; च (ca) - and; तावका (tāvakā) - your; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; पाण्डवानां (pāṇḍavānāṃ) - of the Pāṇḍavas; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great charioteers; भीष्माय (bhīṣmāya) - to Bhīṣma; अभिमुखं (abhimukhaṃ) - towards; यातान् (yātān) - having gone; वारयामासु: (vārayāmāsuḥ) - restrained; आहवे (āhave) - in the battle;]
(Others, your warriors, restrained the great charioteers of the Pāṇḍavas who had gone towards Bhīṣma in the battle.)
In the battle, your other warriors stopped the great charioteers of the Pāṇḍavas who were advancing towards Bhīṣma.
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु सैन्यानि प्राक्रोशत पुनः पुनः। अभिद्रवत संरब्धा भीष्ममेकं महाबलम् ॥६-१०६-१९॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu sainyāni prākrośata punaḥ punaḥ। abhidravata saṁrabdhā bhīṣmamekaṁ mahābalam ॥6-106-19॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; तु (tu) - but; सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies; प्राक्रोशत (prākrośata) - shouted; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; अभिद्रवत (abhidravata) - attack; संरब्धाः (saṁrabdhāḥ) - excited; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhīṣma; एकम् (ekam) - one; महाबलम् (mahābalam) - mighty;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna, however, shouted to the armies again and again: 'Attack Bhīṣma, the one mighty warrior, with excitement!')
Dhṛṣṭadyumna repeatedly urged his troops to attack the mighty Bhīṣma with great enthusiasm.
एषोऽर्जुनो रणे भीष्मं प्रयाति कुरुनन्दनः। अभिद्रवत मा भैष्ट भीष्मो न प्राप्स्यते हि वः ॥६-१०६-२०॥
eṣo'rjuno raṇe bhīṣmaṃ prayāti kurunandanaḥ। abhidravata mā bhaiṣṭa bhīṣmo na prāpsyate hi vaḥ ॥6-106-20॥
[एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; प्रयाति (prayāti) - approaches; कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - descendant of Kuru; अभिद्रवत (abhidravata) - charge; मा (mā) - do not; भैष्ट (bhaiṣṭa) - fear; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; न (na) - not; प्राप्स्यते (prāpsyate) - will reach; हि (hi) - indeed; वः (vaḥ) - you;]
(This Arjuna approaches Bhishma in battle, descendant of Kuru. Charge, do not fear, Bhishma will not reach you indeed.)
Arjuna, the descendant of Kuru, is approaching Bhishma in battle. Charge forward without fear, for Bhishma will not reach you.
अर्जुनं समरे योद्धुं नोत्सहेतापि वासवः। किमु भीष्मो रणे वीरा गतसत्त्वोऽल्पजीवितः ॥६-१०६-२१॥
arjunaṁ samare yoddhuṁ notsahetāpi vāsavaḥ। kimu bhīṣmo raṇe vīrā gatasattvo'lpajīvitaḥ ॥6-106-21॥
[अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; समरे (samare) - in battle; योद्धुम् (yoddhum) - to fight; न (na) - not; उत्सहेत (utsaheta) - is capable; अपि (api) - even; वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra; किमु (kimu) - how; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; गतसत्त्वः (gatasattvaḥ) - devoid of strength; अल्पजीवितः (alpajīvitaḥ) - short-lived;]
(Even Indra is not capable of fighting Arjuna in battle; how then can Bhishma, the hero, who is devoid of strength and short-lived, do so?)
Even Indra cannot fight Arjuna in battle; how can Bhishma, who is weak and nearing the end of his life, do so?
इति सेनापतेः श्रुत्वा पाण्डवानां महारथाः। अभ्यद्रवन्त संहृष्टा गाङ्गेयस्य रथं प्रति ॥६-१०६-२२॥
iti senāpateḥ śrutvā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ। abhyadravanta saṃhṛṣṭā gāṅgeyasya rathaṃ prati ॥6-106-22॥
[इति (iti) - thus; सेनापतेः (senāpateḥ) - of the general; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; अभ्यद्रवन्त (abhyadravanta) - rushed; संहृष्टाः (saṃhṛṣṭāḥ) - joyful; गाङ्गेयस्य (gāṅgeyasya) - of Bhishma; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Thus, having heard the general, the great warriors of the Pandavas, joyful, rushed towards Bhishma's chariot.)
Upon hearing the general, the Pandavas' great warriors joyfully charged towards Bhishma's chariot.
आगच्छतस्तान्समरे वार्योघान्प्रबलानिव। न्यवारयन्त संहृष्टास्तावकाः पुरुषर्षभाः ॥६-१०६-२३॥
āgacchatas tān samare vāryoghān prabalān iva। nyavārayanta saṃhṛṣṭās tāvakāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ ॥6-106-23॥
[आगच्छतः (āgacchataḥ) - approaching; तान् (tān) - them; समरे (samare) - in battle; वार्य (vārya) - water; ओघान् (oghān) - streams; प्रबलान् (prabalān) - strong; इव (iva) - like; न्यवारयन्त (nyavārayanta) - blocked; संहृष्टाः (saṃhṛṣṭāḥ) - joyful; तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your men; पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - bulls among men;]
(Approaching them in battle like strong streams of water, your joyful men, bulls among men, blocked (them).)
Your men, joyful and strong like bulls among men, blocked the approaching strong streams in battle.
दुःशासनो महाराज भयं त्यक्त्वा महारथः। भीष्मस्य जीविताकाङ्क्षी धनञ्जयमुपाद्रवत् ॥६-१०६-२४॥
duḥśāsano mahārāja bhayaṃ tyaktvā mahārathaḥ। bhīṣmasya jīvitakāṅkṣī dhanañjayamupādravat ॥6-106-24॥
[दुःशासनो (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duhshasana; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; भयं (bhayam) - fear; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - the great chariot-warrior; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; जीवित (jīvita) - life; आकाङ्क्षी (ākāṅkṣī) - desiring; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - towards Dhananjaya (Arjuna); उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - advanced.;]
(Duhshasana, O great king, having abandoned fear, the great chariot-warrior, desiring Bhishma's life, advanced towards Dhananjaya (Arjuna).)
Duhshasana, the great chariot-warrior, cast aside his fear and, eager to protect Bhishma's life, advanced towards Arjuna, O great king.
तथैव पाण्डवाः शूरा गाङ्गेयस्य रथं प्रति। अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्ग्रामे तव पुत्रान्महारथान् ॥६-१०६-२५॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ śūrā gāṅgeyasya rathaṃ prati। abhyadravanta saṅgrāme tava putrānmahārathān ॥6-106-25॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; गाङ्गेयस्य (gāṅgeyasya) - of Ganga's son; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; प्रति (prati) - towards; अभ्यद्रवन्त (abhyadravanta) - rushed; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in the battle; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great warriors;]
(In the same way, the heroic Pandavas rushed towards the chariot of Ganga's son in the battle, against your sons, the great warriors.)
In the same manner, the valiant Pandavas charged towards the chariot of Bhishma, the son of Ganga, in the battlefield, confronting your sons, the mighty warriors.
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम चित्ररूपं विशां पते। दुःशासनरथं प्राप्तो यत्पार्थो नात्यवर्तत ॥६-१०६-२६॥
tatrādbhutamapaśyāma citrarūpaṃ viśāṃ pate। duḥśāsanarathaṃ prāpto yatpārtho nātyavartata ॥6-106-26॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw; चित्ररूपम् (citrarūpam) - strange form; विशाम् (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - lord; दुःशासनरथम् (duḥśāsanaratham) - Duḥśāsana's chariot; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived; यत् (yat) - which; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; न (na) - not; अत्यवर्तत (atyavartata) - surpassed;]
(There we saw a wonderful and strange form, O lord of men. Arjuna did not surpass the chariot of Duḥśāsana.)
There, O lord of men, we witnessed a marvelous and strange sight. Arjuna could not surpass Duḥśāsana's chariot.
यथा वारयते वेला क्षुभितं वै महार्णवम्। तथैव पाण्डवं क्रुद्धं तव पुत्रो न्यवारयत् ॥६-१०६-२७॥
yathā vārayate velā kṣubhitaṃ vai mahārṇavam। tathaiva pāṇḍavaṃ kruddhaṃ tava putro nyavārayat ॥6-106-27॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; वारयते (vārayate) - restrains; वेला (velā) - shore; क्षुभितं (kṣubhitaṃ) - agitated; वै (vai) - indeed; महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - great ocean; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; पाण्डवं (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; क्रुद्धं (kruddhaṃ) - angry; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; न्यवारयत् (nyavārayat) - restrained;]
(Just as the shore restrains the agitated great ocean, in the same way, your son restrained the angry Pāṇḍava.)
Just as the shore holds back the turbulent ocean, your son held back the furious Pāṇḍava.
उभौ हि रथिनां श्रेष्ठावुभौ भारत दुर्जयौ। उभौ चन्द्रार्कसदृशौ कान्त्या दीप्त्या च भारत ॥६-१०६-२८॥
ubhau hi rathināṃ śreṣṭhāvubhau bhārata durjayau। ubhau candrārkasadṛśau kāntyā dīptyā ca bhārata ॥6-106-28॥
[उभौ (ubhau) - both; हि (hi) - indeed; रथिनां (rathināṃ) - of charioteers; श्रेष्ठौ (śreṣṭhau) - the best; उभौ (ubhau) - both; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; दुर्जयौ (durjayau) - invincible; उभौ (ubhau) - both; चन्द्रार्कसदृशौ (candrārkasadṛśau) - like the moon and the sun; कान्त्या (kāntyā) - in beauty; दीप्त्या (dīptyā) - in splendor; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata;]
(Both indeed are the best of charioteers, both are invincible, O Bharata. Both are like the moon and the sun in beauty and splendor, O Bharata.)
Both of them are the best among charioteers and are invincible, O Bharata. They both shine like the moon and the sun in their beauty and splendor, O Bharata.
तौ तथा जातसंरम्भावन्योन्यवधकाङ्क्षिणौ। समीयतुर्महासङ्ख्ये मयशक्रौ यथा पुरा ॥६-१०६-२९॥
tau tathā jāta-saṁrambhāv anyonya-vadha-kāṅkṣiṇau। samīyatur mahāsaṅkhye maya-śakrau yathā purā ॥6-106-29॥
[तौ (tau) - they; तथा (tathā) - thus; जात (jāta) - born; संरम्भौ (saṁrambhau) - anger; अन्योन्य (anyonya) - each other; वध (vadha) - killing; काङ्क्षिणौ (kāṅkṣiṇau) - desiring; समीयतु (samīyatu) - approached; महासङ्ख्ये (mahāsaṅkhye) - in the great battle; मय (maya) - Maya; शक्रौ (śakrau) - and Shakra; यथा (yathā) - as; पुरा (purā) - before;]
(They, thus born of anger, desiring to kill each other, approached in the great battle, like Maya and Shakra before.)
They, filled with rage and eager to destroy each other, came together in the great battle, just as Maya and Shakra did in the past.
दुःशासनो महाराज पाण्डवं विशिखैस्त्रिभिः। वासुदेवं च विंशत्या ताडयामास संयुगे ॥६-१०६-३०॥
duḥśāsano mahārāja pāṇḍavaṃ viśikhaistribhiḥ। vāsudevaṃ ca viṃśatyā tāḍayāmāsa saṃyuge ॥6-106-30॥
[दुःशासनो (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duḥśāsana; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पाण्डवं (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; विशिखैः (viśikhaiḥ) - with arrows; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - three; वासुदेवं (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva; च (ca) - and; विंशत्या (viṃśatyā) - with twenty; ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa) - struck; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(Duḥśāsana, O great king, struck Pāṇḍava with three arrows and Vāsudeva with twenty in battle.)
Duḥśāsana, O great king, attacked Pāṇḍava with three arrows and Vāsudeva with twenty during the battle.
ततोऽर्जुनो जातमन्युर्वार्ष्णेयं वीक्ष्य पीडितम्। दुःशासनं शतेनाजौ नाराचानां समार्पयत् ॥ ते तस्य कवचं भित्त्वा पपुः शोणितमाहवे ॥६-१०६-३१॥
tato'rjuno jātamanyurvārṣṇeyaṃ vīkṣya pīḍitam। duḥśāsanaṃ śatenājau nārācānāṃ samārpayat ॥ te tasya kavacaṃ bhittvā papuḥ śoṇitamāhave ॥6-106-31॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; जातमन्युः (jātamanyuḥ) - filled with anger; वार्ष्णेयम् (vārṣṇeyam) - Vārṣṇeya; वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - seeing; पीडितम् (pīḍitam) - afflicted; दुःशासनम् (duḥśāsanam) - Duḥśāsana; शतेन (śatena) - with hundreds; अजौ (ajau) - in battle; नाराचानाम् (nārācānām) - of arrows; समार्पयत् (samārpayat) - dispatched; ते (te) - they; तस्य (tasya) - his; कवचम् (kavacam) - armor; भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - piercing; पपुः (papuḥ) - drank; शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood; आहवे (āhave) - in battle;]
(Then Arjuna, filled with anger, seeing Vārṣṇeya afflicted, dispatched hundreds of arrows at Duḥśāsana in battle. They pierced his armor and drank his blood in battle.)
Seeing Vārṣṇeya afflicted, Arjuna, filled with rage, attacked Duḥśāsana with hundreds of arrows in the battle. The arrows pierced through his armor, and they drank his blood on the battlefield.
दुःशासनस्ततः क्रुद्धः पार्थं विव्याध पञ्चभिः। ललाटे भरतश्रेष्ठ शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥६-१०६-३२॥
duḥśāsanastataḥ kruddhaḥ pārthaṃ vivyādha pañcabhiḥ। lalāṭe bharataśreṣṭha śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ॥6-106-32॥
[दुःशासनः (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duḥśāsana; ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; ललाटे (lalāṭe) - on the forehead; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; संनतपर्वभिः (saṃnataparvabhiḥ) - with well-bent joints;]
(Then Duḥśāsana, angry, pierced Arjuna with five arrows on the forehead, O best of the Bharatas, with well-bent joints.)
In his anger, Duḥśāsana then shot five arrows at Arjuna's forehead, O best of the Bharatas, with arrows that had well-bent joints.
ललाटस्थैस्तु तैर्बाणैः शुशुभे पाण्डवोत्तमः। यथा मेरुर्महाराज शृङ्गैरत्यर्थमुच्छ्रितैः ॥६-१०६-३३॥
lalāṭasthaistu tairbāṇaiḥ śuśubhe pāṇḍavottamaḥ। yathā merurmahārāja śṛṅgairatyarthamucchritaiḥ ॥6-106-33॥
[ललाटस्थैः (lalāṭasthaiḥ) - placed on the forehead; तु (tu) - but; तैः (taiḥ) - by those; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; पाण्डवोत्तमः (pāṇḍavottamaḥ) - the best of the Pandavas; यथा (yathā) - as; मेरुः (meruḥ) - Meru; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - with peaks; अत्यर्थम् (atyartham) - exceedingly; उच्छ्रितैः (ucchritaiḥ) - elevated;]
(But the best of the Pandavas shone with those arrows placed on his forehead, as Meru, O great king, with exceedingly elevated peaks.)
The best of the Pandavas shone with the arrows placed on his forehead, just like the great mountain Meru shines with its exceedingly high peaks, O great king.
सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासः पुत्रेण तव धन्विना। व्यराजत रणे पार्थः किंशुकः पुष्पवानिव ॥६-१०६-३४॥
so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ putreṇa tava dhanvinā। vyarājata raṇe pārthaḥ kiṃśukaḥ puṣpavāniva ॥6-106-34॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अतिविद्धः (atividdhaḥ) - pierced deeply; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by the son; तव (tava) - your; धन्विना (dhanvinā) - by the bowman; व्याराजत (vyarājata) - shone; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; किंशुकः (kiṃśukaḥ) - like the Kimshuka tree; पुष्पवान् (puṣpavān) - blossoming; इव (iva) - like;]
(He, the great archer, pierced deeply by your son, shone in the battle like a blossoming Kimshuka tree, Arjuna.)
Arjuna, the great archer, though deeply pierced by your son, shone in the battlefield like a blossoming Kimshuka tree.
दुःशासनं ततः क्रुद्धः पीडयामास पाण्डवः। पर्वणीव सुसङ्क्रुद्धो राहुरुग्रो निशाकरम् ॥६-१०६-३५॥
duḥśāsanaṃ tataḥ kruddhaḥ pīḍayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ। parvaṇīva susaṅkruddho rāhurugro niśākarm ॥6-106-35॥
[दुःशासनं (duḥśāsanaṃ) - Duhshasana; ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; पीडयामास (pīḍayāmāsa) - tormented; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pandava; पर्वणी (parvaṇī) - during the full moon; इव (iva) - like; सुसङ्क्रुद्धः (susaṅkruddhaḥ) - very angry; राहुः (rāhuḥ) - Rahu; उग्रः (ugraḥ) - fierce; निशाकरम् (niśākaraṃ) - moon;]
(Then the angry Pandava tormented Duhshasana, like the fierce Rahu, very angry, during the full moon, torments the moon.)
Then the enraged Pandava attacked Duhshasana with great fury, just as the fierce Rahu, in his wrath, seizes the moon during the full moon night.
पीड्यमानो बलवता पुत्रस्तव विशां पते। विव्याध समरे पार्थं कङ्कपत्रैः शिलाशितैः ॥६-१०६-३६॥
pīḍyamāno balavatā putrastava viśāṃ pate। vivyādha samare pārthaṃ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ ॥6-106-36॥
[पीड्यमानः (pīḍyamānaḥ) - being oppressed; बलवता (balavatā) - by the strong; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; तव (tava) - your; विशाम् (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; समरे (samare) - in battle; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna; कङ्कपत्रैः (kaṅkapatraiḥ) - with arrows; शिलाशितैः (śilāśitaiḥ) - stone-sharpened;]
(Being oppressed by the strong, your son, O lord of men, pierced Arjuna in battle with stone-sharpened arrows.)
Your son, being oppressed by the strong, pierced Arjuna in battle with stone-sharpened arrows, O lord of men.
तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा त्वरमाणः पराक्रमी। आजघान ततः पश्चात्पुत्रं ते नवभिः शरैः ॥६-१०६-३७॥
tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā tvaramāṇaḥ parākramī। ājaghāna tataḥ paścātputraṃ te navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-106-37॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut; त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hastening; पराक्रमी (parākramī) - valiant; आजघान (ājaghāna) - struck; ततः (tataḥ) - then; पश्चात् (paścāt) - from behind; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; ते (te) - your; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(His Arjuna, having cut the bow, hastening, valiant, then struck your son from behind with nine arrows.)
Arjuna, the valiant son of Pandu, swiftly cut off the bow and struck your son from behind with nine arrows.
सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय भीष्मस्य प्रमुखे स्थितः। अर्जुनं पञ्चविंशत्या बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥६-१०६-३८॥
so'nyatkārmukamādāya bhīṣmasya pramukhe sthitaḥ। arjunaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā bāhvorurasi cārpayat ॥6-106-38॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; प्रमुखे (pramukhe) - in front; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stood; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṃśatyā) - with twenty-five; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - of arms; उरसि (urasi) - on the chest; च (ca) - and; अर्पयत् (arpayat) - placed;]
(He, having taken another bow, stood in front of Bhishma. He placed twenty-five arrows on Arjuna's chest and arms.)
He took another bow and stood in front of Bhishma, placing twenty-five arrows on Arjuna's chest and arms.
तस्य क्रुद्धो महाराज पाण्डवः शत्रुकर्शनः। अप्रैषीद्विशिखान्घोरान्यमदण्डोपमान्बहून् ॥६-१०६-३९॥
tasya kruddho mahārāja pāṇḍavaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ। apraiṣīdviśikhānghorānyamadaṇḍopamānbahūn ॥6-106-39॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; महाराज (mahārāja) - great king; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pāṇḍava; शत्रुकर्शनः (śatrukarśanaḥ) - enemy tormentor; अप्रैषीत् (apraiṣīt) - sent; विशिखान् (viśikhān) - arrows; घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible; यमदण्डोपमान् (yamadaṇḍopamān) - like the rod of Yama; बहून् (bahūn) - many;]
(His angered, the great king Pāṇḍava, tormentor of enemies, sent many terrible arrows like the rod of Yama.)
In his anger, the great king Pāṇḍava, known for tormenting his enemies, sent forth numerous terrible arrows, akin to the rod of Yama.
अप्राप्तानेव तान्बाणांश्चिच्छेद तनयस्तव। यतमानस्य पार्थस्य तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ पार्थं च निशितैर्बाणैरविध्यत्तनयस्तव ॥६-१०६-४०॥
aprāptāneva tānbāṇāṃściccheda tanayastava। yatamānasya pārthasya tadadbhutamivābhavat ॥ pārthaṃ ca niśitairbāṇairavidhyattanayastava ॥6-106-40॥
[अप्राप्तान् (aprāptān) - not yet reached; एव (eva) - indeed; तान् (tān) - those; बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; तनयः (tanayaḥ) - son; तव (tava) - your; यतमानस्य (yatamānasya) - striving; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha; तत् (tat) - that; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; इव (iva) - as if; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Partha; च (ca) - and; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - pierced; तनयः (tanayaḥ) - son; तव (tava) - your;]
(Your son cut off those arrows that had not yet reached, which was as if wonderful for the striving Partha. And your son pierced Partha with sharp arrows.)
Your son intercepted the arrows before they could reach, which seemed miraculous to the striving Partha. Additionally, your son struck Partha with sharp arrows.
ततः क्रुद्धो रणे पार्थः शरान्सन्धाय कार्मुके। प्रेषयामास समरे स्वर्णपुङ्खाञ्शिलाशितान् ॥६-१०६-४१॥
tataḥ kruddho raṇe pārthaḥ śarānsandhāya kārmuke। preṣayāmāsa samare svarṇapuṅkhāñśilāśitān ॥6-106-41॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; सन्धाय (sandhāya) - having fixed; कार्मुके (kārmuke) - on the bow; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - dispatched; समरे (samare) - in the battle; स्वर्णपुङ्खान् (svarṇapuṅkhān) - golden-feathered; शिलाशितान् (śilāśitān) - stone-sharpened;]
(Then, angry in battle, Arjuna, having fixed arrows on the bow, dispatched golden-feathered, stone-sharpened ones in the battle.)
Then, in his anger during the battle, Arjuna placed the arrows on his bow and sent forth the golden-feathered, stone-sharpened arrows into the fray.
न्यमज्जंस्ते महाराज तस्य काये महात्मनः। यथा हंसा महाराज तडागं प्राप्य भारत ॥६-१०६-४२॥
nyamajjaṃste mahārāja tasya kāye mahātmanaḥ। yathā haṃsā mahārāja taḍāgaṃ prāpya bhārata ॥6-106-42॥
[न्यमज्जंस्ते (nyamajjaṃste) - sank; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तस्य (tasya) - his; काये (kāye) - in the body; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul; यथा (yathā) - as; हंसा (haṃsā) - swans; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तडागं (taḍāgaṃ) - lake; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(O great king, they sank into his body, as swans, O great king, having reached the lake, O descendant of Bharata.)
O great king, they sank into his body, just as swans enter a lake, O descendant of Bharata.
पीडितश्चैव पुत्रस्ते पाण्डवेन महात्मना। हित्वा पार्थं रणे तूर्णं भीष्मस्य रथमाश्रयत् ॥ अगाधे मज्जतस्तस्य द्वीपो भीष्मोऽभवत्तदा ॥६-१०६-४३॥
pīḍitaścaiva putraste pāṇḍavena mahātmanā। hitvā pārthaṃ raṇe tūrṇaṃ bhīṣmasya rathamāśrayat ॥ agādhe majjatastasya dvīpo bhīṣmo'bhavattadā ॥6-106-43॥
[पीडितः (pīḍitaḥ) - afflicted; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; पाण्डवेन (pāṇḍavena) - by the Pandava; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul; हित्वा (hitvā) - having left; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Partha; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आश्रयत् (āśrayat) - took refuge; अगाधे (agādhe) - in the unfathomable; मज्जतः (majjataḥ) - sinking; तस्य (tasya) - his; द्वीपः (dvīpaḥ) - island; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Afflicted and indeed your son by the great-souled Pandava, having left Partha in battle quickly took refuge in Bhishma's chariot. In the unfathomable sinking of his, Bhishma then became an island.)
Your son, afflicted by the great Pandava, quickly left Partha in battle and took refuge in Bhishma's chariot. At that time, as he was sinking into the unfathomable, Bhishma became his island.
प्रतिलभ्य ततः सञ्ज्ञां पुत्रस्तव विशां पते। अवारयत्ततः शूरो भूय एव पराक्रमी ॥६-१०६-४४॥
pratilabhya tataḥ sañjñāṃ putrastava viśāṃ pate। avārayattataḥ śūro bhūya eva parākramī ॥6-106-44॥
[प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सञ्ज्ञाम् (sañjñām) - consciousness; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; तव (tava) - your; विशाम् (viśām) - of the people; पते (pate) - O lord; अवारयत् (avārayat) - obstructed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; शूरः (śūraḥ) - heroic; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; पराक्रमी (parākramī) - valiant;]
(Having regained consciousness, then your son, O lord of the people, obstructed again, indeed heroic and valiant.)
Having regained consciousness, your son, O lord of the people, once again stood heroically and valiantly to obstruct.
शरैः सुनिशितैः पार्थं यथा वृत्रः पुरंदरम्। निर्बिभेद महावीर्यो विव्यथे नैव चार्जुनात् ॥६-१०६-४५॥
śaraiḥ suniśitaiḥ pārthaṃ yathā vṛtraḥ puraṃdaram। nirbibheda mahāvīryo vivyathe naiva cārjunāt ॥6-106-45॥
[शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; सुनिशितैः (suniśitaiḥ) - well-sharpened; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); यथा (yathā) - as; वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - Vṛtra; पुरंदरम् (puraṃdaram) - Indra; निर्बिभेद (nirbibheda) - pierced; महावीर्यः (mahāvīryaḥ) - the mighty hero; विव्यथे (vivyathe) - was agitated; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; अर्जुनात् (arjunāt) - by Arjuna;]
(With well-sharpened arrows, the mighty hero pierced Pārtha (Arjuna) as Vṛtra did to Indra; but Arjuna was not agitated.)
The mighty hero, with his well-sharpened arrows, pierced Arjuna just as Vṛtra once pierced Indra; however, Arjuna remained unshaken.
