Shloka 76
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
तौ रथस्थौ नरव्याप्रौ भीष्म: शान्तनव: पुन:
tau rathasthau naravyāprāu bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ punaḥ
Sañjaya dijo: Aquellos dos hombres poderosos, en pie sobre sus carros—Bhīṣma, hijo de Śāntanu—aparecieron una vez más (o volvieron a entrar en combate). El verso subraya el renovado protagonismo de Bhīṣma en el campo de batalla, mostrando cómo el deber del anciano retorna una y otra vez pese al peso moral de la lucha entre parientes y la tragedia de la guerra fratricida.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when war is morally grievous, the epic repeatedly frames Bhīṣma as embodying the burden of dharma-as-duty: an elder warrior returning ‘again’ to the field, bound by vows, allegiance, and the kṣatriya code, illustrating how righteousness in the Mahābhārata often involves painful, imperfect obligations rather than simple moral choices.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield moment: two heroic chariot-borne warriors are being described, with special emphasis on Bhīṣma—identified by his lineage as Śāntanu’s son—reappearing or re-engaging in the action, signaling his continued central role in the fighting.