Shloka 59
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
ग्रसन्तमिव चेतांसि तावकानां महाहवे । दृष्टवा माधवमाक्रन्दे भीष्मायोद्यतमन्तिके
sañjaya uvāca | grasann iva cetāṃsi tāvakānāṃ mahāhave | dṛṣṭvā mādhavam ākrande bhīṣmāya udyatam antike |
संजय म्हणाला—त्या महायुद्धात माधव जणू तुमच्या पुत्रांची व सैन्याची चेतनाच गिळून टाकीत होता. महाराज! रणकोलाहलात माधव जवळ येऊन भीष्मवधासाठी उद्यत झाला आहे असे पाहताच, वासुदेवाच्या भयाने सर्वत्र मोठा गोंधळ उठला—“भीष्म मारला गेला! भीष्म मारला गेला!”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the presence and resolve of a divinely guided leader can overwhelm an opposing force psychologically: fear, rumor, and collapsing morale can decide outcomes as much as weapons. Ethically, it also points to the tension between vows and dharma in war—Bhīṣma’s near-invincibility and Kṛṣṇa’s readiness to intervene underscore that protecting righteousness may demand extraordinary resolve.
Sañjaya reports that during the fierce fighting, Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava/Vāsudeva) moved close, appearing ready to strike down Bhīṣma. Seeing this, the Kaurava side panicked; a loud commotion spread with people crying that Bhīṣma had been killed, even before it had actually happened.