Shloka 5
भीष्म–दुर्योधनसंवादः — शिखण्डिनं न हन्तुं कारणकथनम्
Amba-ākhyāna prologue
एष योत्स्यति संग्रामे सूदयन् वै परान् रणे । भगवानिव संक्रुद्ध: पिनाकी युगसंक्षये
eṣa yotsyati saṅgrāme sūdayan vai parān raṇe | bhagavān iva saṅkruddhaḥ pinākī yugasaṅkṣaye ||
Bhīṣma dit : « Celui-ci combattra dans la grande bataille, abattant les ennemis au cœur de la mêlée — tel le Seigneur béni, porteur de Pināka (Rudra), courroucé à la fin d’un âge, qui voue les créatures à la destruction. Ainsi fera-t-il la guerre, terrible dans sa colère et irrésistible par sa force. »
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames battlefield ferocity within a dharmic-epic register: a warrior’s overwhelming force is likened to Rudra’s cosmic destruction at the yuga’s end, emphasizing the awe and inevitability of martial power when righteous conflict becomes unavoidable.
Bhīṣma is describing a particular warrior’s future conduct in the coming war, predicting that he will fight with devastating effectiveness, and he heightens the description through a comparison to Rudra (Śiva) wielding Pināka during cosmic dissolution.