Shloka 11
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
भृशं क्रुद्धश्न तेजस्वी नाराचेन समार्पयत् चित्रसेनं महाराज तव पुत्रं महायशा:,नरेश्वर! महायशस्वी और तेजस्वी भीमसेन अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए थे। उन्होंने आपके पुत्र चित्रसेनपर एक नाराचके द्वारा प्रहार किया
bhṛśaṁ kruddhaś ca tejasvī nārācena samārpayat | citrasenaṁ mahārāja tava putraṁ mahāyaśāḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—भृशं क्रुद्धस्तेजस्वी महायशा भीमसेनः, महाराज, तव पुत्रं चित्रसेनं नाराचेन समार्पयत्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical strain of righteous warfare: even a famed hero, driven by intense anger, must act within the harsh framework of kṣatriya-duty, where personal emotion and moral cost coexist with battlefield obligation.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, burning with anger, attacks Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Citrasena by shooting him with a nārāca arrow, marking a sharp escalation in the combat.