Shloka 496
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
आपतत् सहसा भूयो यत्र भीष्मो व्यवस्थित: । राजन! विराटपुत्र श्वेत उस समय क्रोधसे मूर्च्छिंत हो रहे थे। वे आपकी सेनाको दूर भगाकर फिर सहसा वहीं आ पहुँचे, जहाँ भीष्म खड़े थे
āpatat sahasā bhūyo yatra bhīṣmo vyavasthitaḥ | rājan virāṭa-putraḥ śvetaḥ tadā krodhena mūrcchita iva | sa tava senāṃ dūrīkṛtya punar api sahasā tatraivābhyāpatat yatra bhīṣmaḥ sthitaḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—राजन्, विराटपुत्रः श्वेतः क्रोधमूर्च्छित इव, यत्र भीष्मो व्यवस्थितस्तत्र सहसैव भूयः समापतत्। तव सेनां दूरं निवार्य, पुनरेव शीघ्रं तस्मिन्नेव देशे भीष्मं प्रति अभ्यपतत्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield tension between disciplined steadiness and impulsive fury: Bhīṣma stands firm while Śveta, overwhelmed by anger, repeatedly charges. It implicitly warns that valor without inner control can become rashness, even when aligned with a warrior’s duty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Śveta, Virāṭa’s son, after scattering the Kaurava troops, suddenly returns and charges again toward Bhīṣma, who remains stationed and ready.