Shloka 29
समादत्त शितान् भल्लान् पञ्च पाण्डवनन्दन: । तस्य चिच्छेद तां शक्ति पठचधा पडठ्चभि: शरै:,अताडयन् रणे भीष्मं सहिता: सर्वसृञज्जया: । समस्त सूंजय वीर एक साथ संगठित हो भयंकर शतघ्नी, परिघ, फरसे, मुद्गर, मुसल, प्रास, गोफन, स्वर्णमय पंखवाले बाण, शक्ति, तोमर, कम्पन, नाराच, वत्सदन््त और भुशुण्डी आदि अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंद्वारा रणभूमिमें भीष्मको सब ओरसे पीड़ा देने लगे
saṃjaya uvāca | samādatta śitān bhallān pañca pāṇḍavanandanaḥ | tasya ciccheda tāṃ śaktiṃ pañcadhā pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ | atāḍayan raṇe bhīṣmaṃ sahitāḥ sarvasṛñjayāḥ |
Sañjaya said: The son of the Pāṇḍavas took up five keen, razor-edged bhalla arrows, and with five shafts he cut that spear-weapon into five pieces. Then, united together, all the Sṛñjayas struck Bhīṣma in the battle, assailing him from every side—seeking to check his overwhelming might by a concerted onslaught of diverse missiles and weapons.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the mightiest warrior can be checked when opponents act with discipline and coordination; the passage highlights strategic restraint and collective responsibility in war rather than reckless individual display.
A Pāṇḍava prince seizes five sharp bhalla arrows and slices an incoming śakti (spear-weapon) into five pieces with five shafts; then the Sṛñjaya warriors, acting together, strike Bhīṣma from all sides in a concentrated assault.