Shloka 496
न चक्ुस्ते रुजं तस्य रुक्मपुड्खा: शिलाशिता: । महारथी शिखण्डीने रणक्षेत्रमें जिनका प्रयोग किया था
na cakṣuste rujaṃ tasya rukmapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ |
Sañjaya dit : Même les flèches aux plumes d’or, aiguisées sur la pierre, ne purent lui causer ni blessure ni douleur. Ainsi, sur le champ de bataille, les volées de Śikhaṇḍin échouèrent à atteindre Bhīṣma—soulignant l’invulnérabilité guerrière hors du commun de Bhīṣma et les conditions fatidiques, lourdes de dharma, sous lesquelles seulement il pouvait être terrassé.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that mere force and weaponry do not always determine outcomes in a dharma-charged conflict; Bhīṣma’s fall is governed by specific ethical and fated conditions, so ordinary attacks—even expertly prepared—may prove ineffective.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Śikhaṇḍin’s sharpened, gold-fletched arrows, though used in the battle against Bhīṣma, did not cause Bhīṣma any visible wound or pain at that moment.