Shloka 87
Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)
ततः कृत्वा विधिं सर्व शिबिरस्य यथाविधि । प्रदध्यौ शोकसंतप्तो भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शित:,वह शिबिरकी यथायोग्य सारी आवश्यक व्यवस्था करके भाइयोंके मारे जानेसे दुःखी एवं शोकसंतप्त हो चिन्तामें डूब गया
tataḥ kṛtvā vidhiṁ sarvaṁ śibirasya yathāvidhi | pradadhyau śokasaṁtapto bhrātṛvyasanakarśitaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Then, having duly completed all the prescribed arrangements for the camp in the proper manner, he sank into anxious reflection—tormented by grief and worn down by the calamity that had befallen his brothers.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war and personal loss, one is shown first fulfilling one’s immediate duty (properly arranging the camp), yet the verse also acknowledges the ethical and human cost of conflict—grief and inner turmoil that follow violence, especially when it strikes one’s own kin.
Sañjaya reports that after completing all necessary, rule-bound arrangements for the army camp, the concerned figure becomes overwhelmed—brooding in sorrow and anxiety due to the disaster of his brothers being slain.