Shloka 1086
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
आजलपश्ने भरतश्रेष्स्त्रिभि: संनतपर्वभि: । उस समरभूमिमें आपके पिता भरतश्रेष्ठ भीष्मने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले तीन बाणोंसे अभिमन्युको चोट पहुँचायी
sañjaya uvāca | asmin samara-bhūmau tava pitā bharataśreṣṭho bhīṣmaḥ tribhiḥ sannata-parvabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ abhimanyum ājaghāna |
Sañjaya berkata: Di medan perang itu, ayahanda tuanku—Bhīṣma, yang terunggul antara kaum Bharata—melukai Abhimanyu dengan tiga anak panah yang sendinya melengkung. Laporan ini menegaskan disiplin perang yang muram: bahkan para tua yang dihormati, terikat oleh kesetiaan dan kewajipan kṣatriya, menimpakan luka kepada yang muda dalam arus pertempuran yang tidak mengenal belas.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh tension between personal affection and role-based duty in war: even an elder of great stature acts according to allegiance and kṣatriya obligation, showing how dharma in conflict can demand painful, ethically weighty actions.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma, fighting for the Kauravas, wounds Abhimanyu on the battlefield by striking him with three bent-jointed arrows.