Shloka 34
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणाभिमुख्यं तथा सात्यकि-कर्ण-समागमः
Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s advance toward Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Karṇa confrontation
शरानास्तीर्य सव्येन पाणिना पुण्यलक्षण: । यियासुर्ब्रह्य लोकाय प्राणान् प्राणेष्वधाजुहोत्,पवित्र लक्षणोंवाले भूरिश्रवाने बायें हाथसे बाण बिछाकर ब्रह्मलोकमें जानेकी इच्छासे प्राणायामके द्वारा प्राणोंको प्राणोंमें ही होम दिया
śarān āstīrya savyena pāṇinā puṇyalakṣaṇaḥ | yiyāsur brahmalokāya prāṇān prāṇeṣv adhājuhot ||
قال سانجيا: «إن بهوريشرافا، صاحب العلامات الطاهرة، بسط السهام بيده اليسرى وجعلها مقعدًا مقدسًا؛ ثم، رغبةً في الرحيل إلى برهمالوكـا، قدّم أنفاسه الحيوية في الأنفاس نفسها—قربانًا باطنيًّا أُنجز بانضباط حبس النفس وضبطه.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid the chaos of battle, the text highlights the possibility of turning inward: mastery of breath and mind (prāṇāyāma) is portrayed as a sacred act like homa, directing one’s end toward purity and a higher goal rather than further aggression.
Bhūriśravā, described as virtuous, prepares for death by arranging arrows as a support and then performs a yogic, internalized sacrifice—offering prāṇa into prāṇa through breath-discipline—seeking departure to Brahmaloka.