Shloka 55
महाराज! इस प्रकार द्रोणाचार्य और धृष्टद्युम्ममें भीष्मके लिये यह घोररूप एवं भयानक महायुद्ध हुआ ।। अर्जुन: प्राप्य गाड़ेयं पीडयन् निशितै: शरै: । अभ्यद्रवत संयत्तो वने मत्तमिव द्विपम्
arjunaḥ prāpya gāḍheyaṃ pīḍayan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | abhyadravat saṃyatto vane mattam iva dvipam ||
মহারাজ! এইদৰে ভীষ্মৰ কাৰণে দ্ৰোণাচাৰ্য আৰু ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্নৰ মাজত ঘোৰ আৰু ভয়ংকৰ মহাযুদ্ধ উঠিল। তাৰ পিছত অৰ্জুন ওচৰলৈ গৈ, তীক্ষ্ণ শৰেৰে কঠোৰভাৱে পীড়িত কৰি, সম্পূৰ্ণ সজ্জ হৈ, বনত মত্ত হাতীৰ দৰে ধাৱমান হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in action: disciplined readiness (saṃyattaḥ) and resolute engagement, while also showing how war’s ferocity can resemble uncontrolled natural force—raising an ethical tension between necessary duty and the terrifying momentum of violence.
Sañjaya reports that a fierce clash has formed around Bhīṣma, involving Droṇa and Dhṛṣṭadyumna. In that context Arjuna closes in and intensifies the assault with sharp arrows, rushing forward like a maddened elephant in a forest.