Shloka 11
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
भृशं क्रुद्धश्न तेजस्वी नाराचेन समार्पयत् चित्रसेनं महाराज तव पुत्रं महायशा:
bhṛśaṁ kruddhaś ca tejasvī nārācena samārpayat | citrasenaṁ mahārāja tava putraṁ mahāyaśāḥ ||
संजय बोले—नरेश्वर! महायशस्वी, तेजस्वी भीमसेन अत्यन्त क्रुद्ध थे; उन्होंने आपके पुत्र चित्रसेन पर एक नाराच बाण से प्रहार किया।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical strain of righteous warfare: even a famed hero, driven by intense anger, must act within the harsh framework of kṣatriya-duty, where personal emotion and moral cost coexist with battlefield obligation.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, burning with anger, attacks Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Citrasena by shooting him with a nārāca arrow, marking a sharp escalation in the combat.