Shloka 7
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
दुर्योधन त्रिभिबाणिर्बाह्वोरुससि चार्पयत् | स तत्र शुशुभे राजा शिखरैगिरिराडिव,आपके धनुर्धर पुत्रके द्वारा चलाये हुए बाणसे अत्यन्त पीड़ित हो महाधनुर्धर भीमसेनने क्रोधसे लाल आँखें करके वेगपूर्वक धनुषको खींचा और तीन बाणोंसे दुर्योधनकी दोनों भुजाओं तथा छातीमें चोट पहुँचायी। उन बाणोंद्वारा राजा दुर्योधन तीन शिखरोंसे युक्त गिरिराजकी भाँति शोभा पाने लगा
sañjaya uvāca | duryodhanaṃ tribhir bāṇair bāhv-orasi cārpayat | sa tatra śuśubhe rājā śikharair girirāḍ iva |
Sañjaya said: Bhīma struck Duryodhana with three arrows—on both arms and on the chest. Wounded by those shafts, the king shone on the battlefield like a great mountain crowned with three peaks. The verse highlights the fierce reciprocity of war: prowess and anger drive the combatants, while even injury becomes a mark of martial display rather than a pause for reflection.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reflects the kṣatriya battlefield ethic where endurance and visible wounds can signify valor; it also subtly shows how anger and rivalry sustain the cycle of violence, turning suffering into spectacle rather than prompting restraint.
In the Bhīma–Duryodhana exchange, Bhīma shoots three arrows that hit Duryodhana’s two arms and chest; Duryodhana, marked by the three impacts, is compared to a majestic mountain with three peaks.