Shloka 2
कुरवश्च कथं युद्धे पाण्डवान् प्रत्यवारयन् । आचक्ष्व मे महायुद्ध भीष्मस्याहवशोभिन:
sañjaya uvāca | kuravaś ca kathaṃ yuddhe pāṇḍavān pratyavārayan | ācakṣva me mahāyuddhe bhīṣmasyāhavaśobhinaḥ ||
और युद्ध में कौरवों ने पाण्डवों को किस प्रकार रोका? रणसंग्राम में शोभा पाने वाले भीष्म के उस महायुद्ध का वर्णन मुझे करो।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames war-reporting as a moral and strategic inquiry: the listener seeks not mere violence, but an account of how force is organized and checked under a commander like Bhishma—raising questions of duty (kshatriya-dharma), restraint, and responsibility in conflict.
Sanjaya begins responding to Dhritarashtra’s request for a detailed report of the tenth day’s fighting, specifically asking how the Kuru forces managed to hold back the Pandavas and inviting a description of Bhishma’s resplendent, large-scale engagement.