Shloka 193
भीष्ममेवाभिदुद्राव सर्वसैन्यस्थ पश्यत: । राजन्! विजयी अर्जुनने समरभूमिमें दुःशासनको जीतकर समस्त सेनाओंके देखते- देखते भीष्मपर ही आक्रमण किया
bhīṣmam evābhidudrāva sarvasainyastha paśyataḥ | rājan vijayī arjunaḥ samara-bhūmau duḥśāsanaṃ jitvā samastasenānāṃ paśyatāṃ paśyatāṃ bhīṣme eva ākramaṇaṃ cakāra |
サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、全軍が見守る中、勝利のアルジュナは—戦場でドゥフシャーサナを打ち破るや—そのままビーシュマへと真っ直ぐ突撃した。この瞬間は、あらゆる軍勢の視線の下でなお、第一の長老戦士に対峙せんとするアルジュナの決意を際立たせる。そこでは個の武勇と戦の要請が、義務と敬意の重みとせめぎ合っていた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension between personal reverence and public duty: even the most venerable figure (Bhīṣma) may become an opponent when the demands of kṣatriya-dharma and the necessities of war require decisive action, carried out openly and responsibly before the community of warriors.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, after defeating Duḥśāsana, immediately turns and charges directly at Bhīṣma, doing so in full view of all the assembled forces—an emphatic depiction of Arjuna’s momentum and intent to engage the foremost commander.