Shloka 8
भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः
Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed
तब क्रोधमें भरे हुए भगदत्तने पैने बाणोंद्वारा मधुवंशी सात्यकिको समरभूमिमें उसी प्रकार पीड़ित किया, जैसे महावत अंकुशोंद्वारा महान् गजराजको पीड़ा देता है ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
tataḥ krodhena bharito bhagadatto niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ madhuvaṃśyaṃ sātyakiṃ samare tathā pīḍayām āsa yathā mahāmātraḥ aṅkuśaiḥ mahāgajarājaṃ pīḍayet ||
vihāya rākṣasaṃ yuddhe śaineyo rathināṃ varaḥ |
prāgjyotiṣāya cikṣepa śarān sannatapārvaṇaḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: Lalu Bhagadatta yang dipenuhi amarah menyiksa Sātyaki dari garis Madhu di medan laga dengan anak panah tajam—seperti pawang gajah menyakiti raja gajah yang perkasa dengan kait. Kemudian putra Śini, yang terbaik di antara para kesatria kereta, mengabaikan lawan yang bagai rākṣasa itu dan melepaskan banyak anak panah beruas-lentur, melengkung sempurna, ke arah Bhagadatta, raja Prāgjyotiṣa.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates harm in war, while also showing a warrior’s discernment: Satyaki shifts from a terrifying secondary foe to the principal enemy (Bhagadatta), suggesting that even amid violence, choice and focus matter.
Bhagadatta, enraged, pierces and pressures Satyaki with sharp arrows, likened to a mahout prodding an elephant with a hook. Satyaki then disengages from a rākṣasa-like opponent and redirects his attack toward Bhagadatta, shooting many well-crafted arrows at him.