Shloka 37

Devanagari script

कौरवनरेश! उस समय परशुरामजीने अत्यन्त क्रुद्ध होकर मेरे ऊपर तुरंत ही दस हजार, लाख, दस लाख, अर्बुद, खर्ब और निखर्ब बाणोंका प्रहार किया ।। ततो<हं तानपि रणे शरैराशीविषोपमै: । संछिद्य भूमौ नृपते पातयेयं नगानिव,नरेश्वर! तब मैंने रणभूमिमें विषधर सर्पके समान भयंकर सायकोंद्वारा उन सब बाणोंको वृक्षोंकी भाँति भूमिपर काट गिराया

Transliteration

tato 'haṃ tān api raṇe śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ | saṃchिद्य bhūmau nṛpate pātayeyam nagān iva ||

Translation

ビーシュマは語った。「クル族の王よ！その時パラシュラーマは激怒し、ただちに私へ矢を浴びせた――一万、十万、百万、さらにアルブダ、カルバ、ニカルバに及ぶほどの数である。だが王よ、戦場において私は、毒蛇のごとく恐るべき我が矢でそれらをことごとく断ち切り、木々が伐り倒されるように地へ落とした。」

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

अहम्I

तान्those (arrows)

अपिalso/even

रणेin battle

शरैःwith arrows

आशीविषोपमैःlike venomous serpents

संछिद्यhaving cut (to pieces)

भूमौon the ground

नृपतेO king

पातयेयम्I would cause to fall / I felled

नगान्trees/mountains (here: trees)

इवlike/as

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Parashurama

Kaurava king (Dhritarashtra implied)

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid extreme provocation and overwhelming force, a warrior is expected to maintain steadiness and disciplined skill; the verse highlights composure and competence as part of kshatriya-dharma rather than uncontrolled rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Bhishma–Parashurama confrontation, Parashurama releases a massive barrage of arrows; Bhishma counters by cutting those arrows mid-flight with his own, bringing them down to the ground like felled trees.