Shloka 41
यथा प्राग्र्यान् यथा ज्येष्ठान् यथा शूरांश्व संगतान् । निपातयत्युग्रधन्वा त॑ प्रगृूह्लीत माचिरम्
sañjaya uvāca | yathā prāgryān yathā jyeṣṭhān yathā śūrāṃś ca saṃgatān | nipātayaty ugradhanvā taṃ pragṛhṇīta mā ciram | tad-anantaraṃ śāntanunandano bhīṣmaḥ sarvān mahārathīn uvāca— ‘eṣa bhīmasenaḥ raṇe kruddhaḥ samāgatān prāgryān jyeṣṭhān śūrāṃś ca dhṛtarāṣṭraputrān nipātayati; ataḥ sarve yūyaṃ saṃhatā enam āśu vaśaṃ nayata’ iti |
যেমন সেই উগ্র ধনুর্ধর অগ্রগণ্য, জ্যেষ্ঠ এবং সমবেত বীরদের একে একে ফেলে দিচ্ছে, তেমনি তোমরা বিলম্ব না করে তৎক্ষণাৎ তাকে দমন করো।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a dharma-framed war, uncontrolled fury becomes a strategic and ethical crisis; leadership responds by urging coordinated restraint and disciplined action rather than panic or isolated heroics.
Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, enraged, is cutting down prominent Kaurava fighters. Bhīṣma then instructs the assembled mahārathīs to unite and quickly subdue or check Bhīma’s onslaught.