Shloka 3
भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements
तस्य विक्षिपतश्चापं शरानन्यांश्न॒ मुज्चत: । आददानस्य भूयश्न संदधानस्य चापरान्
tasya vikṣipataś cāpaṃ śarān anyān anyān muñcataḥ | ādadānasya bhūyaś ca saṃdadhānasya cāparān |
قال سنجيا: وبينما كان يشدّ قوسه ويهزّه، يطلق سهماً إثر سهم، ثم يتناول سهاماً جديدة مراراً ويُركّب غيرها على الوتر، وهو يصرع الأعداء، بدا منظره عجيباً كالسحابة الحاملة للمطر وهي تصبّ سيولها في ساحة القتال.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined martial focus—continuous readiness, swift action, and unwavering attention to one’s role in a righteous duty-bound context (kṣatriya conduct), while also portraying the awe such concentrated skill inspires.
Sañjaya describes a warrior in the thick of battle repeatedly drawing the bow, releasing successive arrows, taking new arrows, and setting them to the string—an unbroken rhythm of archery that makes him appear like a rain-cloud showering arrows upon enemies.