Shloka 43
भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King
शस्त्रवृष्टि परैर्मुक्तां शरौघैर्यदवारयत् । न च तत्राप्यनिर्भिन्न: कश्चिदासीद् विशाम्पते
sañjaya uvāca | śastravṛṣṭiṃ parair muktāṃ śaraughair yad avārayat | na ca tatrāpy anirbhinnaḥ kaścid āsīd viśāṃ pate ||
उन्होंने अपने बाणसमूह से शत्रुओं की छोड़ी हुई शस्त्र-वर्षा को रोक दिया। विशाम्पते! उस समय वहाँ कोई भी ऐसा न था जो उनके बाणों से बेधा न गया हो।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness and tactical mastery in battle—meeting force with disciplined counterforce—while also underscoring the grim ethical reality of war: even when fought under dharma, it leaves virtually no one untouched by injury and suffering.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior (contextually, a principal fighter in the battle scene) counters the enemy’s missile-rain with his own arrow-volleys, effectively stopping it; the exchange is so intense that no combatant present remains unpierced by arrows.