Shloka 126
भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः
Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation
भीम॑ विव्याध संरब्धो दशभिरनर्निशितै: शरै: । तदनन्तर रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ कृपाचार्यने दूसरा धनुष लेकर क्रोधपूर्वक चलाये हुए दस तीखे बाणोंद्वारा भीमसेनको बींध डाला
sañjaya uvāca | bhīmaṁ vivyādha saṁrabdho daśabhir anārṇiśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | tad-anantaraṁ rathiyoṁ meṁ śreṣṭhaḥ kṛpācāryo dvitīyaṁ dhanuḥ gṛhītvā krodha-pūrvakaṁ calitair daśabhir tīkṣṇaiḥ bāṇair bhīmasenaṁ viddhvā dālayām āsa |
Sañjaya said: Enraged, he pierced Bhīma with ten exceedingly sharp arrows. Immediately thereafter, Kripācārya—foremost among my chariot-warriors—took up a second bow and, in anger, struck Bhīmasena again with ten keen shafts.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how krodha (anger) escalates harm: even disciplined warriors can intensify violence when driven by wrath. In the ethical frame of the Mahabharata, martial skill is not the only measure—inner restraint and clarity of purpose are repeatedly implied as higher virtues amid dharma-yuddha.
Sanjaya reports a battlefield exchange: Bhima is struck by ten sharp arrows, and then Kripacharya, described as a foremost chariot-warrior, takes up another bow and again pierces Bhimasena with ten keen arrows, indicating a rapid, forceful continuation of the attack.