Shloka 15
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
अपराह्ने महाराज संग्राम: समपद्यत | पर्जन्यसमनिर्घोषो भीष्मस्य सह पाण्डवै:,महाराज! अपराह्नकालमें पाण्डवोंके साथ भीष्मका भीषण संग्राम आरम्भ हुआ, जिसमें मेघकी गर्जनाके समान गम्भीर घोष हो रहा था
aparāhṇe mahārāja saṅgrāmaḥ samapadyata | parjanya-samanirghoṣo bhīṣmasya saha pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “O King, in the latter part of the day the battle truly came to be joined. Between Bhīṣma and the Pāṇḍavas there arose a deep, thundercloud-like roar—an ominous sign of the war’s swelling fury and the heavy moral weight borne by all who fought.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the grave momentum of war: once conflict is ‘joined,’ it gathers an unstoppable force, symbolized by thunder. Ethically, it hints at the weight of kṣatriya action—duty-bound combat that nonetheless carries profound consequences.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that in the afternoon a fierce engagement begins between Bhīṣma and the Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by a deep, cloud-thunder-like tumult on the battlefield.