Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 116
MBh 4 116.1
संजय उवाच अर्जुनस्तु रणे शल्यं यतमानं महारथम्। छादयामास समरे शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥
saṃjaya uvāca arjunastu raṇe śalyaṃ yatamānaṃ mahāratham| chādayāmāsa samare śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ||
Sanjaya said Arjuna covered over with his arrows of straight knots that mighty car-warrior Shalya who had been fighting very carefully.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.2
सुशर्माणं कृपं चैव त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरविध्यता प्राग्ज्योतिषं च समरे सैन्धवं च जयद्रथम्॥
suśarmāṇaṃ kṛpaṃ caiva tribhistribhiravidhyatā prāgjyotiṣaṃ ca samare saindhavaṃ ca jayadratham||
He pierced Susharma and Kripa, each with three shafts; then in that battle, the ruler of the Pragjyotishas, Jayadratha, the ruler of the Sindhus,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.3
चित्रसेनं विकर्णं च कृतवर्माणमेव च। दुर्मर्षणं च राजेन्द्र ह्यावन्त्यौ च महारथौ॥
citrasenaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca kṛtavarmāṇameva ca| durmarṣaṇaṃ ca rājendra hyāvantyau ca mahārathau||
Chitrasena, Vikarna, Kritavarma, Durmarshana and, o king, the foremost carwarriors from I.vanti,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.4
एकैकं त्रिभिरानछेत् कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः। शरैरतिरथो युद्धे पीडयन् वाहिनीं तव॥
ekaikaṃ tribhirānachet kaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ| śarairatiratho yuddhe pīḍayan vāhinīṃ tava||
All these warriors were pierced each with three shafts winged with Kanka and peacock feathers, by the Atiratha Arjuna, who had been afflicting your army.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.5
जयद्रथो रणे पार्थं विद्ध्वा भारत सायकैः। भीमं विव्याध तरसा चित्रसेनरथे स्थितः॥
jayadratho raṇe pārthaṃ viddhvā bhārata sāyakaiḥ| bhīmaṃ vivyādha tarasā citrasenarathe sthitaḥ||
Then, O Bharata, Jayadratha who was riding on the car of Chitrasena, having pierced Partha in battle, pierced Bhima also with his arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.6
शल्यश्च समरे जिष्णु कृपश्च रथिनां वरः। विव्यधाते महाराज बहुधा मर्मभेदिभिः॥
śalyaśca samare jiṣṇu kṛpaśca rathināṃ varaḥ| vivyadhāte mahārāja bahudhā marmabhedibhiḥ||
Shalya and Kripa those foremost of carwarriors also pierced in battle, Jishnu with myriads of shafts. O king, each capable to penetrating into the very vitals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.7
चित्रसेनादयश्चैव पुत्रास्तव विशाम्पते। पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिस्तूर्णं संयुगे निशितैः शरैः॥ आजजुरर्जुनं संख्ये भीमसेनं च मारिष। तौ तत्र रथिनां श्रेष्ठौ कौन्तेयौ भरतर्षभौ॥
citrasenādayaścaiva putrāstava viśāmpate| pañcabhiḥ pañcabhistūrṇaṃ saṃyuge niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ|| ājajurarjunaṃ saṃkhye bhīmasenaṃ ca māriṣa| tau tatra rathināṃ śreṣṭhau kaunteyau bharatarṣabhau||
Then, O ruler of men, your sons headed by Chitrasena, in that battle quickly pierced Bhima and Arjuna, O sire, each shooting five arrows of exceeding sharpness. Then these two foremost of car-warriors the two illustrious descendants of the Bharata race, viz., the sons of Kunti.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.8
अपीडयेतां समरे त्रिगर्तानां महद् बलम्। सुशर्माऽपि रणे पार्थं शरैर्नवभिराशुगैः॥
apīḍayetāṃ samare trigartānāṃ mahad balam| suśarmā'pi raṇe pārthaṃ śarairnavabhirāśugaiḥ||
Afflicted in battle the mighty division of Trigarta troops; thereupon Susharma pierced Partha in battle with nine swift causing arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.9
ननाद बलवन्नादं त्रासयानो महद् बलम्। अन्ये च रथिनः शूरा भीमसेनधनंजयौ॥ विव्यधुनिशितैर्बाणै रुक्मपुखैरजिह्मगैः। तेषां च रथिनां मध्ये कौन्तेयौ भरतर्षभौ॥ क्रीडमानौ रथोदारौ चित्ररूपौ व्यदृश्यताम्। आमिषेप्सू गवां मध्ये सिंहाविव मदोत्कटौ॥
nanāda balavannādaṃ trāsayāno mahad balam| anye ca rathinaḥ śūrā bhīmasenadhanaṃjayau|| vivyadhuniśitairbāṇai rukmapukhairajihmagaiḥ| teṣāṃ ca rathināṃ madhye kaunteyau bharatarṣabhau|| krīḍamānau rathodārau citrarūpau vyadṛśyatām| āmiṣepsū gavāṃ madhye siṃhāviva madotkaṭau||
And then he roared out his fierce war-cry, striking, terror into the heart of the enemy's host. ther heroic car-warriors pierced Bhimasena and Dhananjaya with straight-going exceedingly sharp arrows, all furnished with golden wings. Those two foremost descendants of the Bharata race, viz., the two sons of Kunti, sporting on their cars amidst those carwarriors, appeared beautiful, and resembled two enraged lions loO king out for flesh amidst a herd of cows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.10
छित्त्वा धनूंषि शूराणां शरांश्च बहुधा रणे। पातयामासतुर्वीरौ शिरांसि शतशो नृणाम्॥
chittvā dhanūṃṣi śūrāṇāṃ śarāṃśca bahudhā raṇe| pātayāmāsaturvīrau śirāṃsi śataśo nṛṇām||
Cutting off the bows and arrows of the heroes in battle, those two fierce warriors began to fell the heads of men by hundreds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.11
रथाश्च बहवो भग्ना हयाच शतशो हताः। गजाश्च सगजारोहा: पेतुरु। महाहवे॥
rathāśca bahavo bhagnā hayāca śataśo hatāḥ| gajāśca sagajārohā: peturu| mahāhave||
Many cars were shattered; and steeds by hundreds were slain and in that fierce conflict, elephants with their riders fell on the ground by hundreds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.12
रथिन: सादिनश्चापि तत्र तत्र निषूदिताः। दृश्यन्ते बहवो राजन् वेपमानाः समन्ततः॥
rathina: sādinaścāpi tatra tatra niṣūditāḥ| dṛśyante bahavo rājan vepamānāḥ samantataḥ||
Here and there car-warriors and horse-men were slain; and many were seen to tremble en all sides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.13
छत्रैश्च बहुधा छिन्नैर्ध्वजैश्च विनिपातितः। अङ्कुशैरपविद्धैश्च परिस्तोमैश्च भारत॥ केयूरैरङ्गदैर्हारै राङ्कवैर्मृदितैस्तथा। उष्णीषैर्ऋष्टिभिश्चैव चामरव्यजनैरपि॥
chatraiśca bahudhā chinnairdhvajaiśca vinipātitaḥ| aṅkuśairapaviddhaiśca paristomaiśca bhārata|| keyūrairaṅgadairhārai rāṅkavairmṛditaistathā| uṣṇīṣairṛṣṭibhiścaiva cāmaravyajanairapi||
The earth there was covered with fell down many umbrellas, flags, Ankushas, hunters, the ornaments like Keyura, Angada, garland and gem-studded ear-rings, the delicate hide of Ranku stag, turbans of warriors, Rishti etc. weapons and with Camara and Vyajana etc.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.14
तत्र तत्रापविद्धैश्च बाहुभिश्चन्दनोक्षितैः। ऊरुभिश्च नरेन्द्राणां समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी॥
tatra tatrāpaviddhaiśca bāhubhiścandanokṣitaiḥ| ūrubhiśca narendrāṇāṃ samāstīryata medinī||
The battle-field was layered fully with the cut-off and fell everywhere the sandal smeared arms and the legs of the kings slaughtered there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.15
हतैर्गजपदात्योधैर्वाजिभिश्च निषूदितैः। स्थैश्च बहुधा भग्नैः समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी॥
hatairgajapadātyodhairvājibhiśca niṣūditaiḥ| sthaiśca bahudhā bhagnaiḥ samāstīryata medinī||
The earth become strewn over with slain elephants, and mangled foot-soldiers and chargers, and with cars broken into splinters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.16
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम रणे पार्थस्य विक्रमम्। शरैः संवार्य तान् वीरान् यज्जघान महाबलः॥
tatrādbhutamapaśyāma raṇe pārthasya vikramam| śaraiḥ saṃvārya tān vīrān yajjaghāna mahābalaḥ||
In that battle we bcheld the marvelous prowess of the mighty Arjuna, in as much as, checking those heroes by his shafts, he slew troops by hundreds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.17
पुत्रस्तु तव तं दृष्ट्वा भीमार्जुनपराक्रमम्। गाङ्गेयस्य रथाभ्यासमुपजग्मे महाबलः॥
putrastu tava taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmārjunaparākramam| gāṅgeyasya rathābhyāsamupajagme mahābalaḥ||
Mighty Duryodhana, your son himself was frightened to see that valour as exhibited by Bhimasena and Arjuna. Hence, he rushed soon near the chariot of Bhishma, the son of Ganga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.18
कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथः। विन्दानुविन्दाबावन्त्यौ नाजहुः संयुगं तदा॥
kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca saindhavaśca jayadrathaḥ| vindānuvindābāvantyau nājahuḥ saṃyugaṃ tadā||
Then Kripa and Kritavarman, and Jayadratha the ruler of the Sindhus, and Vinda and Anuvinda from Avanti, did not abandon the fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.19
ततो भीमो महेष्वासः फाल्गुनश्च महारथः। कौरवाणां चमू घोरां भृशं दुद्रुवतू रणे॥
tato bhīmo maheṣvāsaḥ phālgunaśca mahārathaḥ| kauravāṇāṃ camū ghorāṃ bhṛśaṃ dudruvatū raṇe||
Then the fierce bowman Bhima and the mighty car-warrior Phalguna began to crush severely the dreadful army of the Kurus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.20
ततो बर्हिणवाजनामयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। धनंजयरथे तूर्णं पातयन्ति स्म भूमिपाः॥
tato barhiṇavājanāmayutānyarbudāni ca| dhanaṃjayarathe tūrṇaṃ pātayanti sma bhūmipāḥ||
Thereupon, the rulers of earth quickly began to pour on the car of Dhananjaya thousands and thousands of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.21
ततस्ताशरजालेन संनिवार्य महारथान्। पार्थः समन्तात् समरे प्रेषयमास मृत्यवे॥
tatastāśarajālena saṃnivārya mahārathān| pārthaḥ samantāt samare preṣayamāsa mṛtyave||
Then checking those mighty car-warriors with the net-work of arrows woven by himself, Partha began to dispatch them to the regions of Death.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.22
शल्यस्तु समरे जिष्णु क्रीडन्निव महारथः। आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो भल्लैः संनतपर्वभिः॥
śalyastu samare jiṣṇu krīḍanniva mahārathaḥ| ājaghānorasi kruddho bhallaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ||
Then in that battle, the mighty car-warrior Shalya inflamed with wrath, pierced, as if sporting, Vishnu on the breast with broadheaded and straight-knotted shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.23
तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा हस्तावापं च पञ्चभिः। अथैनं सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भृशं विव्याध मर्मणि।॥
tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā hastāvāpaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ| athainaṃ sāyakaistīkṣṇairbhṛśaṃ vivyādha marmaṇi|||
Then Partha having cut off the former's bow and gloves with five arrows, pierced him in his vital parts with arrows of great sharpness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.24
अथान्यद् धनुरादाय समरे भारसाधनम्। मद्रेश्वरो रणे जिष्णु ताडयामास रोषितः॥
athānyad dhanurādāya samare bhārasādhanam| madreśvaro raṇe jiṣṇu tāḍayāmāsa roṣitaḥ||
Thereupon taking up another bow capable of bearing great strain, the ruler of the Madras waxing worth, pierced Vishnu in battle,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.25
त्रिभिः शरैर्महाराज वासुदेवं च पञ्चभिः। भीमसेनं च नवभिर्वाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्॥
tribhiḥ śarairmahārāja vāsudevaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ| bhīmasenaṃ ca navabhirvāhvorurasi cārpayat||
With three arrows, and the son of Vasudeva with five and Bhimasena on the breast and arms with nine shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.26
ततो द्रोणो महाराज मागधश्च महारथः। दुर्योधनसमादिष्टौ तं देशमुपजग्मतुः॥
tato droṇo mahārāja māgadhaśca mahārathaḥ| duryodhanasamādiṣṭau taṃ deśamupajagmatuḥ||
Then, O monarch, Drona and the king of the Magadhas, both being commanded by Duryodhana, hide to that spot,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.27
यत्र पार्थो महाराज भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः। कौरव्यस्य महासेनां जघ्नतुः सुमहारथौ॥
yatra pārtho mahārāja bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ| kauravyasya mahāsenāṃ jaghnatuḥ sumahārathau||
Where the two mighty car-warriors, Partha and Bhimasena, the sons of Pandu, had been slaughtering the mighty divisions of the Kaurava host.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.28
जयत्सेनस्तु समरे भीमं भीमायुधं युधि। विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैरष्टभिर्भरतर्षभ।॥
jayatsenastu samare bhīmaṃ bhīmāyudhaṃ yudhi| vivyādha niśitairbāṇairaṣṭabhirbharatarṣabha|||
O foremost of the Bharatas, then Jayatsena in that battle Bhimasena possessed of terrible weapon, with eight sharp arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.29
तं भीमो दशभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः। सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत्॥
taṃ bhīmo daśabhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ| sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍādapātayat||
Then Bhima piercing him with ten shafts again pierced him with five, and he felled the latter's charioteer from his seat on the box of the car.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.30
उद्भ्रान्तैस्तुरगैः सोऽथ द्रवमाणैः समन्ततः। मागधौऽपसृतो राजा सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः॥
udbhrāntaisturagaiḥ so'tha dravamāṇaiḥ samantataḥ| māgadhau'pasṛto rājā sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ||
Then borne by the unrestrained steeds flying hither and thither, the ruler of the Magadhas was carried away from the field of battle even before the every eyes of the onloO king troops.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.31
द्रोणश्च विवरं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनं शिलीमुखैः। विव्याध बाणैर्निशितैः पञ्चषष्टिभिरायसैः॥
droṇaśca vivaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ śilīmukhaiḥ| vivyādha bāṇairniśitaiḥ pañcaṣaṣṭibhirāyasaiḥ||
Then, O foremost of the Bharatas, Drona availing himself of an weakness of Bhima pierced the latter with eight keen pointed dares whetted on stone.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.32
तं भीमः समरश्लाघी गुरुं पितृसमं रणे। विव्याध पञ्चभिर्भल्लैस्तथा षष्ट्या च भारत॥
taṃ bhīmaḥ samaraślāghī guruṃ pitṛsamaṃ raṇe| vivyādha pañcabhirbhallaistathā ṣaṣṭyā ca bhārata||
Then, O Bharata, Bhima, that hero ever proud in battle, pierced his sire-like preceptor first with five broad-headed arrows and then with another sixty of the same.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.33
अर्जुनस्तु सुशर्माणं विद्ध्वा बहुभिरायसैः। व्यधमत् तस्य तत्सैन्यं महाभ्राणि यथाऽनिलः॥
arjunastu suśarmāṇaṃ viddhvā bahubhirāyasaiḥ| vyadhamat tasya tatsainyaṃ mahābhrāṇi yathā'nilaḥ||
Arjuna also having pierced king Susharma with many shafts of iron, began to scatter the latter's host like a tempest scattering mighty masses of clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.34
ततोभीष्मश्च राजा च कौसल्यश्च बृहद्बलः। समवर्तन्त संक्रुद्धा भीमसेनधनंजयौ॥
tatobhīṣmaśca rājā ca kausalyaśca bṛhadbalaḥ| samavartanta saṃkruddhā bhīmasenadhanaṃjayau||
Thereupon Bhishma, king Duryodhana himself, the ruler of the Kosalas and Brihadbala, all excited with rage assailed in a body Bhimasena and Dhananjaya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.35
तथैव पाण्डवाः शूरा धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्घतः। अभ्यद्रवन् रणे भीष्म व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ śūrā dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārghataḥ| abhyadravan raṇe bhīṣma vyāditāsyamivāntakam||
So also the Pandava heroes, Prishata's son Dhrishtadyumna and others, rushed against Bhishma who then resembled Death with mouth wide open.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.36
शिखण्डी तु समासाद्य भरतानां पितामहम्। अभ्यद्रवत संहृष्टो भयं त्यक्त्वा महारथात्॥
śikhaṇḍī tu samāsādya bharatānāṃ pitāmaham| abhyadravata saṃhṛṣṭo bhayaṃ tyaktvā mahārathāt||
Shikhandin also approaching the grandsire of the Bharatas delightedly rushed at him, harboring no fear from that mighty car-warrior.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.37
युधिष्ठिरमुखाः पार्थाः पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम्। अयोधयन् रणे भीष्मं सहिताः सर्वसुंजयैः॥
yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ pārthāḥ puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam| ayodhayan raṇe bhīṣmaṃ sahitāḥ sarvasuṃjayaiḥ||
The Partha's accompanied by the Srinjayas, and headed by Yudhishthira himself, with Shikhandin at their van fought on with Bhishma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.38
तथैव तावकाः सर्वे पुरस्कृत्य यतव्रतम्। शिखण्डिप्रमुखान् पार्थान् योधयन्ति स्म संयुगे॥
tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve puraskṛtya yatavratam| śikhaṇḍipramukhān pārthān yodhayanti sma saṃyuge||
Similarly all your warriors with Bhishma of regulated vows at their forefront fought with the Partha warriors headed by Shikhandin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.39
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कौरवाणां भयावहम्। तत्र पाण्डुसुतैः सार्धं भीष्मस्य विजयं प्रति॥
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kauravāṇāṃ bhayāvaham| tatra pāṇḍusutaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhīṣmasya vijayaṃ prati||
Then the contest that ensued between the sons of Pandu and the Kauravas for the conquest of Bhishma, became terrible to the extreme.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.40
तावकानां जये भीष्मो ग्लह आसीद् विशाम्पते। तत्र हि द्यूतमासक्तं विजयायेतराय वा॥
tāvakānāṃ jaye bhīṣmo glaha āsīd viśāmpate| tatra hi dyūtamāsaktaṃ vijayāyetarāya vā||
In that battle, O ruler of men, that may be compared to a game at dice, for the sake of victory or the reverse, Bhishma was the stake of your warriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.41
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु राजेन्द्र सर्वसैन्यान्यचोदयत्। अभ्यद्रवत गाङ्गेयं मा भैष्टं रथसत्तमाः॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu rājendra sarvasainyānyacodayat| abhyadravata gāṅgeyaṃ mā bhaiṣṭaṃ rathasattamāḥ||
Then, 0 foremost of kings, Dhrishtadyumna urged on the troops to assail Ganga's son exclaiming, “Fear not, O excelient car-warriors.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.42
सेनापतिवचः श्रुत्वा पाण्डवानां वरूथिनी। भीष्मं समभ्यात् तूर्णं प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा महाहवे॥
senāpativacaḥ śrutvā pāṇḍavānāṃ varūthinī| bhīṣmaṃ samabhyāt tūrṇaṃ prāṇāṃstyaktvā mahāhave||
Hearing the words of their generallissimo, the division of the Pandavas disregarding their lives quickly rushed at Bhishma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 116.43
भीष्मोऽपि रथिनां श्रेष्ठः प्रतिजग्राह तां चमूम्। आपतन्ती महाराज वेलामिव महोदधिः॥
bhīṣmo'pi rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pratijagrāha tāṃ camūm| āpatantī mahārāja velāmiva mahodadhiḥ||
Like the banks receiving the surging waves of the mighty main, Bhishma also, O monarch, that foremost of car-warrior, received that assailing host of the enemy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)