Shloka 76
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
तौ रथस्थौ नरव्याप्रौ भीष्म: शान्तनव: पुन:
tau rathasthau naravyāprāu bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ punaḥ
قال سنجيا: ذانك الرجلان الجبّاران، قائمين على عربتيهما—بهیشما ابن شانتانو—قد برزا من جديد (أو عادا إلى الاشتباك). يبرز هذا السطر عودة بهيشما إلى صدارة ساحة القتال، ويُظهر كيف يتكرر حضور واجب الشيخ المهيب رغم الثقل الأخلاقي لقتال ذوي القربى ومأساة الحرب بين الإخوة.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when war is morally grievous, the epic repeatedly frames Bhīṣma as embodying the burden of dharma-as-duty: an elder warrior returning ‘again’ to the field, bound by vows, allegiance, and the kṣatriya code, illustrating how righteousness in the Mahābhārata often involves painful, imperfect obligations rather than simple moral choices.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield moment: two heroic chariot-borne warriors are being described, with special emphasis on Bhīṣma—identified by his lineage as Śāntanu’s son—reappearing or re-engaging in the action, signaling his continued central role in the fighting.