Shloka 46

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

Devanagari script

भीष्मचापविमुक्तानि शरजालानि संघश:

Transliteration

bhīṣma-cāpa-vimuktāni śara-jālāni saṅghaśaḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「ビーマの弓からは、密なる斉射となって、網のごとき矢の群れが放たれた——圧倒する矢の雨である。それは戦の恐るべき勢いと、義務（ダルマ）に駆られた戦争の非情で無私の力を告げていた。」

Word by Word

• भीष्मचापविमुक्तानि: released from Bhīṣma's bow
• भीष्मचापविमुक्तानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीष्म-चाप-विमुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शरजालानि: masses/nets of arrows
• शरजालानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• संघशः: in groups; in masses
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संघशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• bow
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the relentless, impersonal machinery of war when warriors act under kṣatriya-dharma: skill and resolve can manifest as overwhelming force, reminding the listener that duty in battle carries grave ethical weight even when performed with discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīṣma unleashing dense volleys of arrows from his bow, creating a ‘net’ of missiles—an image of battlefield dominance and the intensification of combat.