Shloka 8
भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः
Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed
तब क्रोधमें भरे हुए भगदत्तने पैने बाणोंद्वारा मधुवंशी सात्यकिको समरभूमिमें उसी प्रकार पीड़ित किया, जैसे महावत अंकुशोंद्वारा महान् गजराजको पीड़ा देता है ।। विहाय राक्षसं युद्धे शैनेयो रथिनां वर: । प्राग्ज्योतिषाय चिक्षेप शरान् संनतपर्वण:,तब रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ सात्यकिने युद्धमें उस राक्षसको छोड़कर प्राग्ज्योतिषपुरनरेश भगदत्तपर झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बहुत-से बाण चलाये
sañjaya uvāca |
tataḥ krodhena bharito bhagadatto niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ madhuvaṃśyaṃ sātyakiṃ samare tathā pīḍayām āsa yathā mahāmātraḥ aṅkuśaiḥ mahāgajarājaṃ pīḍayet ||
vihāya rākṣasaṃ yuddhe śaineyo rathināṃ varaḥ |
prāgjyotiṣāya cikṣepa śarān sannatapārvaṇaḥ ||
Sanjaya said: Then Bhagadatta, filled with anger, tormented Satyaki of the Madhu line on the battlefield with sharp arrows—just as an elephant-driver goads a mighty lord of elephants with the hook. Thereupon the son of Shini, best among charioteers, leaving aside that rākṣasa-like foe in the fight, hurled many arrows with well-bent joints at Bhagadatta, the king of Prāgjyotiṣa. The scene underscores how wrath intensifies violence, while tactical restraint appears in Satyaki’s choice to shift focus to the principal adversary.
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