Shloka 32
भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः
Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed
तथैव पाण्डवो राजज्छारद्वतममर्षणम्
sañjaya uvāca | tathaiva pāṇḍavo rājan śāradvatam amarṣaṇam | rājan sahadevo 'pi kupito bhīṣmavadhecchayā | kṛpācāryasya vakṣasi śaraiḥ samaprahārayat | tayor yuddhaṃ tadā ghoraṃ bhayaṅkaraṃ babhūva ||
サンジャヤは言った。「同じく、王よ、パーンダヴァのサハデーヴァは怒りに燃え、ビ―シュマ討滅を念じて、シャラドヴァトの子にして忍耐深きクリパ・アーチャールヤの胸を矢で射た。かくして両者の戦いは、きわめて凄烈で恐るべきものとなった。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intention and emotion (anger, resolve to remove a formidable elder like Bhīṣma) intensify violence in war; it implicitly raises an ethical tension in dharma-yuddha: even when duty demands fighting, uncontrolled wrath can make combat ‘ghora’ (dreadful) and morally perilous.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Sahadeva, driven by anger and the aim of bringing down Bhīṣma, shoots Kṛpācārya in the chest with arrows; their encounter escalates into a fierce and frightening duel.