Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शिखण्डी तु महाबाणान्‌ यान्‌ मुमोच महारथ:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śikhaṇḍī tu mahābāṇān yān mumoca mahārathaḥ, atāḍayan raṇe bhīṣmaṃ sahitāḥ sarvasṛñjayāḥ |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ສິຂັນດີ ນັກຮົບລົດສົງຄາມຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ໄດ້ປ່ອຍລູກສອນອັນມະຫາອຳນາດ; ແລະ ສຣິນຈະຍະທັງປວງກໍຮ່ວມກັນຟາດຟັນ ພີສະມະ ໃນສົງຄາມ. ພວກເຂົາຮ່ວມເປັນໜຶ່ງ ຮຸກໂຈມຈາກທຸກດ້ານ ໝາຍຈະບໍ່ໃຫ້ຜູ້ເຖົ້າພັກຫາຍໃຈ ດ້ວຍກຳລັງອັນບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ—ຕອນນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ໃນສົງຄາມ ກຸລະຍຸດຮ່ວມ ແລະ ການໃຊ້ຈຸດອ່ອນທີ່ຮູ້ກັນ ອາດຊະນະໄດ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ເຖົ້າຜູ້ຊອບທຳ ແລະ ນ່າຢ້ານທີ່ສຸດ.

Word by Word

• {'sañjaya uvāca': 'Sañjaya said', 'śikhaṇḍī': 'Śikhaṇḍī (Pāṇḍava-aligned warrior

• key to Bhīṣma’s fall)', 'tu': 'then

• indeed', 'mahābāṇān': 'great/mighty arrows', 'yān': 'which', 'mumoca': 'released

• shot forth', 'mahārathaḥ': 'a great chariot-warrior', 'atāḍayan': 'they struck

• smote', 'raṇe': 'in battle', 'bhīṣmam': 'Bhīṣma', 'sahitāḥ': 'together

• united', 'sarva-sṛñjayāḥ': 'all the Sṛñjayas (Pāṇḍava confederates)'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Bhīṣma
• Sṛñjayas
• mahābāṇa (mighty arrows)
• raṇa (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the mightiest warrior can be brought down when opponents act in disciplined unity and exploit a moral or situational constraint. The verse invites reflection on the ethics of victory: success in war often depends not only on strength but on strategy that targets an adversary’s known limitation—raising questions about dharma in combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Śikhaṇḍī releases powerful arrows and, along with all the Sṛñjaya warriors, attacks Bhīṣma from all sides on the battlefield, intensifying the assault that leads toward Bhīṣma’s eventual incapacitation.