07064001a tato vyUDheSv anIkeSu samutkruSTeSu mAriSa 'After the divisions of the kuru army had been (thus) arrayed, and a loud uproar, O sire, had, arisen;
07064001c tADyamAnAsu bherISu mRdaGgeSu nadatsu ca after drums and Mridangas began to be beaten and played upon,
07064002a anIkAnAJM ca saMhrAde vAditrANAJM ca nisvane after the din of the warriors and the noise of musical instruments had become audible;
07064002c pradhmApiteSu zaGkheSu sanMnAde lomaharSaNe after conch began to be blown, and an awful roar had arisen, making the hair stand on end;
07064003a abhihArayatsu zanakair bharateSu yuyutsuSu after the field of battle had been slowly covered by the bharata heroes desirous of fight;
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07064003c raudre muhUrte samMprApte savyasAcI vyadRzyata and after the hour called rudra had set in, savyasAcin made his appearance.
07064004a vaDAnAM vAyasAnAJM ca purastAt savyasAcinaH Many thousands of ravens and crows, O bharata,
07064004c bahulAni sahasrANi prAkrIDaMs tatra bhArata proceeded sporting on the front of arjuna's car.
07064005a mRgAz ca ghorasanMnAdAzH zivAz cAzivadarzanAH Various animals of terrible cries, and jackals of inauspicious sight,
07064005c dakSiNena prayAtAnAm asmAkamM prANadaMs tathA began to yell and howl on our right as we proceeded to battle.
07064006a sanirghAtA jvalantyaz ca petur ulkAsH samantataH Thousands of blazing meteors fell with great noise.
07064006c cacAla ca mahI kRtsnA bhaye ghore samutthite The whole earth trembled on that dreadful occasion.
07064007a viSvag vAtAsH sanirghAtA rUkSAzH zarkaravarSiNaH Dry winds in all directions, accompanied by thunder, and driving bard pebbles and gravel
07064007c vavur AyAti kaunteye saGMgrAme samupasthite blew when kuntI's son came at the commencement of battle.
07064008a nAkulis tu zatAnIko dhRSTadyumnaz ca pArSataH Then nakula's son, Satanika, and dhRSTadyumna, the son of pRthA,
07064008c pANDavAnAm anIkAni prAjJau tau vyUhatus tadA those two warriors possessed of great wisdom, arrayed the several divisions of the pANDavas.
07064009a tato rathasahasreNa dviradAnAM zatena ca Then thy son Durmarshana, accompanied by a thousand cars, a hundred elephants,
07064009c tribhir azvasahasraiz ca padAtInAM zataizH zataiH three thousand heroes, and ten thousand foot-soldiers,
07064010a adhyardhamAtre dhanuSAM sahasre tanayas tava and covering a piece of ground that measured the length of fifteen hundred bows,
07064010c agratasH sarvasainyAnAM sthitvA durmarSaNo 'bravIt took up his position at the very van of all the troops, and said:
07064011c aham AvArayiSyAmi veleva makarAlayam 'Like the continent resisting the surging sea, even I will today resist the wielder of gANDIva, that scorcher of foes, that warrior who is irresistible in battle.
07064012c viSaktamM mayi durdharSam azmakUTam ivAzmani Let people today behold the wrathful dhanaJjaya collide with me, like a mass of stone against another stony mass. Ye car-warriors that are desirous of battle, stay ye (as witness). Alone I will fight with all the pANDavas assembled together, for enhancing my honour and fame.
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07064013a evamM bruvan mahArAja mahAtmA sa mahAmatiH
07064013c maheSvAsair vRto rAjan maheSvAso vyavasthitaH
07064014a tato 'ntaka iva kruddhasH savajra iva vAsavaH
07064015c yugAntAgnir ivArciSmAn pradhakSyan vai punaH prajAH That high-souled and noble son of thine, that great bowman saying this, stood there surrounded by many great bowmen. Then, like the Destroyer himself in wrath, or vAsava himself armed with the thunder, or Death's irresistible self armed with his club and urged on by Time, or Mahadeva armed with the trident and incapable of being ruffled, or Varuna bearing his noise, or the blazing fire at the end of the Yuga risen for consuming the creation,
