Shloka 473

Devanagari script

तानप्याशु शरैर्भीष्म: प्रविव्याध महारथ: । इसी प्रकार दूसरे लोगोंने भी सहस्रों बाणोंद्वारा भीष्मजीको घायल किया। तब महारथी भीष्मने भी तुरंत ही अपने बाणोंद्वारा उन सबको बींध डाला

Transliteration

tān apy āśu śarair bhīṣmaḥ pravivyādha mahārathaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Bhīṣma, the great chariot-warrior, swiftly pierced even those opponents with his arrows. Though others too struck Bhīṣma with thousands of shafts, he at once answered by riddling them all in return—an image of relentless martial duty where prowess and endurance, not personal hatred, drive the exchange on the battlefield.

Word by Word

तान्them

अपिalso/even

आशुquickly

शरैःwith arrows

भीष्मःBhishma

प्रविव्याधpierced

महारथःthe great chariot-warrior

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

arrows (śara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes