Shloka 37

कौरवनरेश! उस समय परशुरामजीने अत्यन्त क्रुद्ध होकर मेरे ऊपर तुरंत ही दस हजार, लाख, दस लाख, अर्बुद, खर्ब और निखर्ब बाणोंका प्रहार किया ।। ततो<हं तानपि रणे शरैराशीविषोपमै: । संछिद्य भूमौ नृपते पातयेयं नगानिव,नरेश्वर! तब मैंने रणभूमिमें विषधर सर्पके समान भयंकर सायकोंद्वारा उन सब बाणोंको वृक्षोंकी भाँति भूमिपर काट गिराया

tato 'haṃ tān api raṇe śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ | saṃchिद्य bhūmau nṛpate pātayeyam nagān iva ||

પછી, હે નૃપતિ! રણમાં મેં વિષધર સર્પ સમા ભયંકર મારા બાણોથી તે બધા બાણોને છેદી, જાણે વૃક્ષો કપાઈ પડે તેમ ભૂમિ પર પાડી દીધા. આ રીતે પરશુરામની ઉગ્ર બાણવર્ષાને મેં નિષ્ફળ કરી અને શસ્ત્રવૃષ્ટિ વચ્ચે પણ ધૈર્ય જાળવ્યું.

ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formcommon, nominative, singular
तान्those (arrows)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
Formmasculine, locative, singular
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
आशीविषोपमैःlike venomous serpents
आशीविषोपमैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootआशीविषोपम
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
संछिद्यhaving cut (to pieces)
संछिद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-छिद्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
Formfeminine, locative, singular
नृपतेO king
नृपते:
TypeNoun
Rootनृपति
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
पातयेयम्I would cause to fall / I felled
पातयेयम्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (causative: पातय-)
Formoptative (vidhilin), active, 1st, singular
नगान्trees/mountains (here: trees)
नगान्:
TypeNoun
Rootनग
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
P
Parashurama
K
Kaurava king (Dhritarashtra implied)
A
arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

Even amid extreme provocation and overwhelming force, a warrior is expected to maintain steadiness and disciplined skill; the verse highlights composure and competence as part of kshatriya-dharma rather than uncontrolled rage.

During the Bhishma–Parashurama confrontation, Parashurama releases a massive barrage of arrows; Bhishma counters by cutting those arrows mid-flight with his own, bringing them down to the ground like felled trees.