संजय उवाच ।
६.४५.१
गतपूर्वाह्णभूयिष्ठे तस्मिन्नहनि दारुणे ।
वर्तमाने महारौद्रे महावीरवरक्षये ॥
वर्तमाने महारौद्रे महावीरवरक्षये ॥
M N Dutt
Sanjaya said O descendant of Bharata, when the morning of that day passed away and when the sun in his westward course had gone some portion of his path.
६.४५.१६
तस्य लाघवमार्गस्थमलातसदृशप्रभम् ।
दिशः पर्यपतच्चापं गाण्डीवमिव घोषवत् ॥
दिशः पर्यपतच्चापं गाण्डीवमिव घोषवत् ॥
M N Dutt
When he was thus fighting with the enemy in that battle, his great bow, as effulgent as the sun, was seen by everybody to be incessantly drawn for the purpose of striking at the enemy.
६.४५.२९
ततो दश महेष्वासाः पाण्डवानां महारथाः ।
रक्षार्थमभ्यधावन्त सौभद्रं त्वरिता रथैः ॥
रक्षार्थमभ्यधावन्त सौभद्रं त्वरिता रथैः ॥
M N Dutt
The mighty-bowmen of your army and the mighty car-warrior of the Pandava host, all ready to lay down their lives in battle, began to slay one another.
६.४५.३८
स हताश्वे रथे तिष्ठन्मद्राधिपतिरायसीम् ।
उत्तरान्तकरीं शक्तिं चिक्षेप भुजगोपमाम् ॥
उत्तरान्तकरीं शक्तिं चिक्षेप भुजगोपमाम् ॥
M N Dutt
Thereupon standing on that chariot of his of which the steeds were slain, that mighty carwarrior Shrutakarma, excited to the highest pitch of fury, hurled a great dart blazing like a fierce meteor.
६.४५.४२
एतदीदृशकं कृत्वा मद्रराजो महारथः ।
आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं भास्वरं कृतवर्मणः ॥
आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं भास्वरं कृतवर्मणः ॥
M N Dutt
Thus wounded sore with sharp arrows, Shikhandin quickly ascended, O monarch, the car of the high-souled Satyaki, that scion of the dynasty of Madhu.
॥ इति ६.४५ ॥
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