अथ काम्बोजमुख्यैस् तु बृहद्भिः शीघ्रगामिभिः ॥
गोपानां बहुसाहस्रैर् बलैर् गोवासनो वृतः ॥
मद्रसौवीरगान्धारैस् त्रिगर्तैश् च विशां पते ॥
सर्वकालिङ्गमुख्यैश् च कलिङ्गाधिपतिर् वृतः ॥
नागा नरगणौघाश् च दुःशासनपुरःसराः ॥
जयद्रथश् च नृपतिः सहितः सर्वराजभिः ॥
हयारोहवराश् चैव तव पुत्रेण चोदिताः ॥
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि सौबलं पर्यवारयन् ॥
ततस् ते सहिताः सर्वे विभक्तरथवाहनाः ॥
पाण्डवान् समरे जग्मुस् तावका भरतर्षभ ॥
रथिभिर् वारणैर् अश्वैः पदातैश् च समीरितम् ॥
घोरम् आयोधनं जज्ञे महाभ्रसदृशं रजः ॥
तोमरप्रासनाराचगजाश्वरथयोधिनाम् ॥
बलेन महता भीष्मः समसज्जत् किरीटिना ॥
atha kāmbojamukhyais tu bṛhadbhiḥ śīghragāmibhiḥ ||
gopānāṃ bahusāhasrair balair govāsano vṛtaḥ ||
madrasauvīragāndhārais trigartaiś ca viśāṃ pate ||
sarvakāliṅgamukhyaiś ca kaliṅgādhipatir vṛtaḥ ||
nāgā naragaṇaughāś ca duḥśāsanapuraḥsarāḥ ||
jayadrathaś ca nṛpatiḥ sahitaḥ sarvarājabhiḥ ||
hayārohavarāś caiva tava putreṇa coditāḥ ||
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi saubalaṃ paryavārayan ||
tatas te sahitāḥ sarve vibhaktarathavāhanāḥ ||
pāṇḍavān samare jagmus tāvakā bharatarṣabha ||
rathibhir vāraṇair aśvaiḥ padātaiś ca samīritam ||
ghoram āyodhanaṃ jajñe mahābhrasadṛśaṃ rajaḥ ||
tomaraprāsanārācagajāśvarathayodhinām ||
balena mahatā bhīṣmaḥ samasajjat kirīṭinā ||
Then Govasana was surrounded by the chief Kambojas, mighty and swift, and by many thousands of cowherd troops. The lord of Kalinga was surrounded by the Madras, Sauviras, Gandharas, and the Trigartas, O lord of men, and by all the chief Kalingas. Elephants and streams of infantry went forward with Duhshasana in the lead; King Jayadratha was joined with all the kings. Fourteen thousand of the finest horsemen, urged on by your son, surrounded Saubala. Then all your troops, drawn up in divisions with their chariots and mounts, advanced in battle against the Pandavas, O bull of the Bharatas. Stirred by charioteers, elephants, horses, and foot soldiers, the dust rose like a great cloud, and a terrible slaughter began. Amid warriors bearing tomaras, prasas, and narachas, on elephants, horses, and chariots, Bhishma with his great force engaged Kiritin.'
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The Kauravas answer their fear of Arjuna with a massed formation: Kambojas, Kalingas, Madras, Sauviras, Gandharas, Trigartas, and cavalry gather into a single dense wave. Yet the center of that wave still leads to one encounter — Bhishma against Arjuna.