Shloka 43
भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King
शस्त्रवृष्टि परैर्मुक्तां शरौघैर्यदवारयत् । न च तत्राप्यनिर्भिन्न: कश्चिदासीद् विशाम्पते,उन्होंने अपने बाणसमूहद्वारा शत्रुओंकी की हुई बाण-वर्षाको रोक दिया। महाराज! उस समय वहाँ कोई भी योद्धा ऐसा नहीं रह गया था, जो उनके बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत न हो गया हो
sañjaya uvāca | śastravṛṣṭiṃ parair muktāṃ śaraughair yad avārayat | na ca tatrāpy anirbhinnaḥ kaścid āsīd viśāṃ pate ||
サンジャヤは言った。「彼は密なる矢の雨をもって、敵が放った飛び道具の嵐を押しとどめました。人の主よ、その瞬間、そこにいた戦士で彼の矢に貫かれ裂かれぬ者は一人も残りませんでした――正法にかなうとはいえ破滅を伴う戦の圧迫のただ中で、彼の反撃はそれほどまでに圧倒的だったのです。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness and tactical mastery in battle—meeting force with disciplined counterforce—while also underscoring the grim ethical reality of war: even when fought under dharma, it leaves virtually no one untouched by injury and suffering.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior (contextually, a principal fighter in the battle scene) counters the enemy’s missile-rain with his own arrow-volleys, effectively stopping it; the exchange is so intense that no combatant present remains unpierced by arrows.