Shloka 266
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
नाशवनुवन् वारयितुं भीष्मबाणप्रपीडितान् । पाण्डव वीर बहुत प्रयत्न करनेपर भी भीष्मके बाणोंसे पीड़ित होकर भागते हुए अपने महारथियोंको रोक नहीं पा रहे थे
nāśakanuvan vārayituṃ bhīṣmabāṇaprapīḍitān | pāṇḍavā vīrā bahu prayatnaṃ kṛtvāpi bhīṣmasya bāṇaiḥ pīḍitāḥ palāyamānān svān mahārathīn vārayituṃ na śekuḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。「大いに努めたにもかかわらず、パाण्डゥの子らの勇士たちは、自軍の大車戦士たちを抑えられなかった。毗湿摩の矢に責め立てられ、彼らは戦場から逃走していたのである。この光景は、戦においては勇気と志が、勝る力と恐怖に押し潰され得ること、そして味方の隊列が崩れ始めるときこそ統率が試されることを示していた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the limits of personal effort in the face of overwhelming force and panic: even brave leaders may fail to control their own troops when fear spreads. Ethically, it points to the severe tests of kṣatriya-dharma—steadfastness, discipline, and command—under extreme battlefield pressure.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma’s arrow-barrage has so shaken the Pāṇḍava side that some of their elite chariot-warriors begin to flee, and the Pāṇḍava heroes, despite repeated attempts, cannot stop them.