Shloka 6
Chapter 89: Bhīma dispatched to protect Ghaṭotkaca amid escalating engagements
तेन सम्यक् प्रणीतानि शरजालानि मारिष । प्रतिजग्राह गाड़ेयः शतशो5थ सहस्रश:
tena samyak praṇītāni śarajālāni māriṣa | pratijagrāha gāḍeyaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
संजय बोले—आर्य! उनके द्वारा भलीभाँति चलाए गए सैकड़ों-हजारों बाणसमूहों को गंगापुत्र भीष्म ने अपने बाणों से रोककर निष्फल कर दिया।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined competence in warfare: even amid violence, the warrior’s conduct is governed by kṣatriya-dharma—skill, steadiness, and duty-bound restraint—rather than uncontrolled anger.
An opponent releases well-aimed volleys of arrows in great numbers; Bhīṣma, called the Gaṅgā-born (Gāṅgeya/Gāḍeya), counters them effectively, ‘receiving’ them by meeting them with his own arrows and nullifying their impact.