Shloka 3
Bhīṣma’s Recollection of the Duel: Charioteer’s Fall, Brahmin Protection, and Portents after Rāma’s Collapse
ततो बाणमयं वर्ष ववर्ष मयि भार्गव: । न्यवारयमहं तच्च शरजालेन भारत,उस समय भृगुनन्दन परशुरामजीने मुझपर बाणोंकी झड़ी लगा दी। भारत! तब मैंने अपने सायकसमूहोंसे उस बाणवर्षाको रोक दिया
tato bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ vavarṣa mayi bhārgavaḥ | nyavārayam ahaṃ tac ca śarajālena bhārata ||
Then Bhārgava Paraśurāma poured upon me a rain of arrows. O Bhārata, I checked that arrow-storm by casting a net of my own shafts—meeting force with disciplined counterforce in the code of battle.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya discipline: even under overwhelming attack, one responds with measured skill and restraint, countering force without losing composure—an ethic of controlled power in battle.
Bhīṣma narrates that Paraśurāma unleashed a dense volley of arrows at him, and Bhīṣma neutralized it by intercepting with his own arrows, forming an ‘arrow-net’ that blocks the incoming barrage.