Shloka 46
भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103
एकैकं पञ्चभिर्बाणैराजघान स्मयतन्निव | अलनम्बुषो रथोपस्थे नृत्यन्निव महारथ:,इसके बाद रथकी बैठकमें नृत्य-सा करते हुए महारथी अलम्बुषने मुसकराते हुए उनमेंसे एक-एकको पाँच-पाँच बाणोंद्वारा घायल कर दिया
ekaikaṁ pañcabhir bāṇair ājaghāna smayatan niva | alanambuṣo rathopasthe nṛtyann iva mahārathaḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。「さらに彼は戯れのように微笑みつつ、大車戦士アランブシャは彼らを一人ひとり五本の矢で射て傷つけた。車台に立ち、舞うがごとく身を運び、戦の狂熱と驕りに彩られた華やかな自信の武威を示した。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how battlefield skill can be accompanied by pride and theatrical display—smiling and ‘dancing’ on the chariot—reminding readers that war often amplifies ego and mockery alongside valor, and that martial excellence is ethically ambiguous when driven by vanity rather than restraint.
Sañjaya describes Alambusha, an elite warrior, wounding opponents by striking each of them with five arrows, and then moving on his chariot-platform as if dancing, smiling as though the act were sport.