Shloka 11
जनकस्य युद्धोपदेशः — Janaka’s Instruction on Steadfast Battle-Conduct
सर्वे स्वर्गतिमिच्छन्ति सुयुद्धेनातिमन्यव: । क्षोभयेयुरनीकानि सागरं मकरा यथा
sarve svargatim icchanti suyuddhenātimanyavaḥ | kṣobhayeyur anīkāni sāgaraṃ makarā yathā ||
ビーシュマは言った。「高貴なるクシャトリヤは皆、誇りと武勇に燃え、正しき戦いによって天界に至ることを願う。ゆえに、海をかき乱すマカラのごとく、彼らは敵の陣形へと突入し、軍勢を騒乱に陥れる――怒りと志、そして勇敢な戦闘を崇高な帰結とみなす武人の掟に突き動かされて。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a kshatriya ideal: many warriors seek heavenly merit through courageous, 'proper' combat, and this aspiration—mixed with pride and anger—drives them to shake enemy formations. It implicitly raises an ethical tension between dharmic duty in war and the passions that fuel violence.
Bhishma is describing the mindset and battlefield effect of elite kshatriyas: intent on winning heavenly reward through valor, they charge into opposing armies and create upheaval, compared to makaras stirring the ocean.