Shloka 3
अभिमन्यु–अलम्बुसयुद्धम् / The Duel of Abhimanyu and Alambusa
with Arjuna’s approach to Bhīṣma
अर्धचन्द्रं च संधाय सुतीक्षणं लोमवाहिनम् । भीमसेनस्य चिच्छेद चापं क्रोधसमन्वित:,इतना ही नहीं, उसने कुपित होकर पंखयुक्त अत्यन्त तीखे अर्धचन्द्राकार बाणका प्रयोग करके भीमसेनके धनुषको काट दिया
ardhacandraṃ ca sandhāya sutīkṣṇaṃ lomavāhinam | bhīmasenasya ciccheda cāpaṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ ||
Санджая сказал: Затем, наложив на тетиву остро отточенную, оперённую стрелу в форме полумесяца, он, охваченный гневом, рассёк лук Бхимасены.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can drive a warrior toward decisive, even disabling tactics—cutting the opponent’s bow rather than merely trading blows—raising an ethical tension between skillful strategy and the destabilizing force of wrath in righteous warfare.
In the midst of battle, an unnamed warrior (as implied by the verse context) nocks a sharp, feathered, crescent-shaped arrow and cuts through Bhīmasena’s bow, temporarily depriving Bhīma of his primary weapon.