Shloka 6
भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः
Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation
आर्य! फिर लगे हाथ चित्रसेन, विकर्ण और भगदत्तने भी दस-दस बाण मारकर भीमसेनको घायल कर दिया ।। सैन्धवश्न त्रिभि्बाणिर्भीमसेनमताडयत् | विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ पञठ्चभि: पठ्चभि: शरै:
sañjaya uvāca | saindhavaś ca tribhir bāṇair bhīmasenam atāḍayat | vindānuvindāv āvantyau pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—सैन्धवः त्रिभिः शरैर्भीमसेनमताडयत्। विन्दानुविन्दौ चावन्त्यौ पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैर्भीमं विव्यधतुः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war amplifies harm through coordinated aggression: multiple fighters focus their weapons on a single powerful opponent. Ethically, it underscores the Mahabharata’s recurring tension between kshatriya duty in battle and the erosion of restraint when victory becomes the overriding aim.
During the Kurukshetra battle, Jayadratha shoots Bhima with three arrows, and the Avanti brothers Vinda and Anuvinda each shoot him with five arrows, wounding him as several warriors converge on him at once.