Shloka 14
Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्
Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma
गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनके भयंकर पराक्रमको जाननेके कारण वे लोग उत्साहके साथ कोलाहल और सिंहनाद करते हुए सब ओरसे भीष्मपर आक्रमण करने लगे ।। ततस्तालध्वज: शूर: पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम् । छादयामास समरे शरै: संनतपर्वभि:,तदनन्तर तालचिह्नित ध्वजावाले शूरवीर भीष्मने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणोंसे युद्धमें पाण्डवसेनाको आच्छादित कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | gāṇḍīvadhārī arjunake bhayaṅkara parākramako jānane ke kāraṇa ve log utsāha ke sātha kolāhala aura siṃhanāda karate hue saba or se bhīṣma para ākramaṇa karane lage || tataḥ tāladhvajaḥ śūraḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ varūthinīm | chādayāmāsa samare śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「ガーンディーヴァを携えるアルジュナの恐るべき武威を知った戦士たちは、意気高く喧噪と獅子吼をあげ、四方からビ―シュマに襲いかかった。すると、タール樹の印を掲げた旗を持つ勇将ビ―シュマは、節の曲がった矢をもって戦場にてパーンダヴァの陣を矢の雨で覆い尽くした。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how recognition of extraordinary prowess (Arjuna’s) intensifies collective resolve, and how a commander (Bhīṣma) responds with disciplined, overwhelming force. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension: warriors act from duty and honor, yet those very virtues can accelerate destruction when harnessed to war.
Hearing/knowing Arjuna’s fearsome might, the fighters raise loud battle-cries and surge to attack Bhīṣma from all directions. Bhīṣma, identified by his palmyra-emblem banner, counters by showering the Pāṇḍava formation with a dense volley of arrows, effectively ‘covering’ their army.