Shloka 25

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ७२: सैन्यगुणवर्णनम्, व्यूहरक्षा, दैव-पुरुषकारचिन्ता

Devanagari script

ततो द्रोणश्र भीष्मश्ष तथा शल्यश्ल मारिष | भीमसेन रणे क्रुद्धाश्छादयांचक्रिरे शरै:,आर्य! तदनन्तर द्रोणाचार्य, भीष्म तथा शल्य तीनोंने कुपित होकर भीमसेनको युद्धस्थलमें अपने बाणोंसे ढक दिया

Transliteration

tato droṇaś ca bhīṣmaś ca tathā śalyaś ca māriṣa | bhīmasenaṁ raṇe kruddhāś chādayāṁ cakrire śaraiḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Затем, о благородный, Дрона, Бхишма и Шалья — все трое, разгневанные в бою, — осыпали Бхимасену дождём стрел, покрыв его ими.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

द्रोणःDrona

भीष्मःBhishma

तथाand also, likewise

शल्यःShalya

मारिषO noble one / dear sir

भीमसेनम्Bhimasena

रणेin battle

क्रुद्धाःangered

छादयाम्they covered

चक्रिरेthey did / they made

शरैःwith arrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

Bhīṣma

Śalya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

battlefield (raṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the battlefield tension between dharma as duty (fighting as required by one’s role) and the rise of krodha (anger), showing how even revered elders can be swept into intense violence when confronting a powerful adversary.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Droṇa, Bhīṣma, and Śalya, becoming angry during the fight, collectively target Bhīma and overwhelm him by raining arrows upon him.