Shloka 3
इदमाश्चर्यमासीच्च मध्ये तेषां महात्मनाम् । सहितैरऋषिभि: सर्वैस्तदा व्यासादिभि: प्रभो
idam āścaryam āsīc ca madhye teṣāṃ mahātmanām | sahitair ṛṣibhiḥ sarvais tadā vyāsādibhiḥ prabho prabho ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô seigneur, ô seigneur ! Au milieu de ces sages magnanimes, un prodige advint. Tous les voyants rassemblés là—Vyāsa et les autres en tête—virent que, lorsque Bhīṣma, fils de Śāntanu, absorbé dans le yoga, faisait monter son souffle vital en quittant chaque partie de son corps, les flèches fichées dans cette partie même glissaient d’elles-mêmes et la plaie se refermait.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the mastery of self through yoga and steadfast dharma: Bhīṣma’s disciplined control over prāṇa makes even the violent remnants of war (arrows and wounds) lose their power, suggesting that inner realization and righteous resolve can transcend bodily suffering at life’s end.
In the assembly of sages, Vyāsa and others witness a marvel: as Bhīṣma, Śāntanu’s son, raises his life-breath upward in yogic concentration, arrows embedded in each limb come out by themselves and the corresponding wounds heal.