Shloka 33
(अजय्यश्लवैव लोकानां सर्वेषामिति मे मति: ।) कारणद्वयमास्थाय नाहं योत्स्यामि पाण्डवान्,अताडयन् रणे भीष्मं सहिता: सर्वसृञज्जया: । समस्त सूंजय वीर एक साथ संगठित हो भयंकर शतघ्नी, परिघ, फरसे, मुद्गर, मुसल, प्रास, गोफन, स्वर्णमय पंखवाले बाण, शक्ति, तोमर, कम्पन, नाराच, वत्सदन््त और भुशुण्डी आदि अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंद्वारा रणभूमिमें भीष्मको सब ओरसे पीड़ा देने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | (ajayyaślavāiva lokānāṁ sarveṣām iti me matiḥ |) kāraṇadvayam āsthāya nāhaṁ yotsyāmi pāṇḍavān, atāḍayan raṇe bhīṣmaṁ sahitāḥ sarvasṛñjayāḥ | samastāḥ sṛñjayā vīrā ekasātha saṅgaṭhitāḥ bhayaṅkaraiḥ śataghnyā-parigha-phaśa-mudgara-muśala-prāsa-gophana-suvarṇamaya-pakṣavālaiḥ bāṇaiḥ śaktyā-tomaraiḥ kampana-nārāca-vatsadanta-bhuśuṇḍy-ādibhiḥ astrāśastraiḥ raṇabhūmau bhīṣmaṁ sarvataḥ pīḍayām āsuḥ |
Sañjaya berkata: “Keyakinanku ialah bahawa dia benar-benar tidak dapat ditaklukkan oleh seluruh alam.” Namun, berpegang pada dua pertimbangan, dia menetapkan, “Aku tidak akan bertempur melawan kaum Pāṇḍava.” Sementara itu, di medan perang, para pahlawan Sṛñjaya yang berhimpun terus-menerus memukul Bhīṣma. Bersatu padu, mereka menekan beliau dari segenap arah dengan senjata yang menggerunkan—sataghnī, belantan dan palang besi, kapak, gada, musala, tombak, lastik, anak panah bersayap emas, śakti, tomara, kampana, nārāca, vatsadanta, bhuśuṇḍī, dan pelbagai lagi—berhasrat menenggelamkan bahkan sang datuk agung, tiang seri pihak Kuru.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid total war, the epic highlights the tension between martial duty and ethical restraint: a warrior may be deemed ‘invincible,’ yet choices—grounded in reasons and conscience—still shape action, and collective force can challenge even the greatest when dharma and strategy converge.
Sañjaya reports that Bhīṣma is regarded as unconquerable, but someone (in context, a key warrior) resolves not to fight the Pāṇḍavas for two reasons; at the same time, the Sṛñjaya fighters, acting together, surround and repeatedly strike Bhīṣma with many kinds of weapons, pressing him hard on the battlefield.