Shloka 48
अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः
Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma
तव क्रोधहत: पूर्व देवैरपि सुदुर्जय: । शरतल्पगत: शेते भीष्म: कुरुपितामह:,“जिनपर विजय पाना पहले देवताओंके लिये भी अत्यन्त कठिन था, वे कुरुकुलके पितामह भीष्म आपके क्रोधसे ही दग्ध होकर इस समय बाणशब्यापर सो रहे हैं
tava krodhahataḥ pūrvaṁ devair api sudurjayaḥ | śaratālpagataḥ śete bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Bhīṣma, the grandsire of the Kurus—who in former days was exceedingly hard to conquer even for the gods—now lies upon a bed of arrows, struck down by your wrath.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the mightiest—those once deemed unconquerable—can be brought low when the forces of destiny and human resolve converge; the verse underscores the fragility of worldly power and the grave ethical weight of wrath in war.
Sañjaya reminds Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma, once nearly invincible, has been felled and now lies on the battlefield upon a bed of arrows—an image marking Bhīṣma’s fall and the turning of the war’s momentum.