Shloka 156
भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King
स्थितं रणाय महते भीष्मेण युधि पालितम् । महाराज! इस प्रकार महारथियोंके द्वारा व्यूहबद्ध होकर आपकी सेना महायुद्धके लिये खड़ी थी और भीष्म युद्धस्थलमें उसकी रक्षा करते थे
sthitaṁ raṇāya mahate bhīṣmeṇa yudhi pālitam | mahārāja! evaṁ mahārathibhir vyūhabaddhā bhavatī senā mahāyuddhāya sthitā, bhīṣmaś ca yuddhasthale tasyā rakṣāṁ karoti sma |
قال سنجيا: «أيها الملك العظيم، هكذا وقف جيشك—وقد صُفَّ في تشكيلٍ قتالي على يد أبطال العربات العظام—مستعدًّا للحرب الكبرى؛ وفي ساحة القتال كان بهيشما يحرسه ويثبّته.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of guardianship and command responsibility in war: an army’s strength is not only numbers but disciplined formation and a protector-leader who upholds order and morale, here embodied by Bhīṣma.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava forces have been arranged into a battle-formation by elite warriors and are standing prepared for the great conflict, with Bhīṣma actively guarding and sustaining the army on the battlefield.