Shloka 14
भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103
शराश्ष निशिता: पीता निश्चरन्ति सम संयुगे | वनात् फुल्लद्रुमाद् राजन् भ्रमराणामिव व्रजा:
śarāś ca niśitāḥ pītā niścaranti sama-saṃyuge | vanāt phulla-drumād rājan bhramarāṇām iva vrajāḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Dalam pertempuran yang seimbang itu, anak-anak panah yang tajam dan berkilau terus mengalir keluar dari busurnya. Wahai Raja, ia memancar seperti kawanan lebah yang keluar dari pinggir rimba yang dipenuhi pohon-pohon sedang mekar—gambaran yang meninggikan kekaguman terhadap kepahlawanan, namun mengingatkan bahawa perang, walau tampak teratur dalam irama kelamnya, melepaskan daya yang tak terbendung seperti alam.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily offers poetic battlefield description rather than a direct moral injunction; implicitly, it shows how martial skill in a dharma-governed war can appear as natural and relentless as a swarm in spring—suggesting that once conflict is unleashed, its momentum becomes difficult to restrain and demands disciplined responsibility from warriors.
Sañjaya describes a warrior (contextually, the archer being praised) releasing a continuous stream of sharp, shining arrows in the midst of battle, comparing their outflow to swarms of bees emerging from a blossoming forest.