Shloka 296
संक्रुद्धो भरतश्रेष्ठ भीष्मबाहुप्रवेरिताम् । भरतश्रेष्ठ! फिर उसे क्रोधपूर्वक उन्होंने अर्जुनके रथकी ओर चला दिया। प्रज्वलित वज्रके समान उस शक्तिको आती देख पाण्डवोंको आनन्दित करनेवाले अर्जुनने अपने हाथमें भल्ल नामक पाँच तीखे बाण लिये और कुपित हो उन पाँच बाणोंद्वारा भीष्मकी भुजाओंसे प्रेषित हुई उस शक्तिके पाँच टुकड़े कर दिये
saṅkruddho bharataśreṣṭha bhīṣmabāhupravēritām | prajvalitavajrasamāṃ śaktiṃ samāyāntīṃ vilokya pāṇḍavānandano 'rjunaḥ hastē bhalla-nāmānaḥ pañca tīṣṇān iṣūn gṛhītvā kupitaḥ sa taiḥ pañcabhir iṣubhir bhīṣmabāhubhiḥ prahitāyāḥ śaktyāḥ pañca khaṇḍān akarot ||
Sañjaya said: Enraged, O best of the Bharatas, Bhīṣma hurled a blazing spear, driven by the force of his arms, toward Arjuna’s chariot. Seeing that weapon rushing in like a flaming thunderbolt, Arjuna—delighting the Pāṇḍavas—took five sharp arrows called bhallas in his hand and, in wrath, cut the oncoming spear, sent forth by Bhīṣma’s arms, into five pieces with those five arrows.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid righteous warfare, excellence is shown through alertness and measured response: Arjuna protects his side by neutralizing a deadly weapon precisely, illustrating disciplined skill (yuddha-kauśala) rather than reckless fury.
Bhīṣma, angered, hurls a powerful spear toward Arjuna’s chariot. Arjuna sees it coming like a blazing thunderbolt and counters by shooting five sharp bhalla arrows, slicing the spear into five fragments before it can strike.