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भीमस्य वाहाग्रयमुदारवेगं समनन्ततो बाणगणैर्निजषघ्नु: । तत: शरानापततो महात्मा चिच्छेद बाणैस्तपनीयपुड्खै:,वे भीमसेनके अत्यन्त वेगशाली श्रेष्ठ रथपर चारों ओरसे बाणसमूहोंद्वारा प्रहार करने लगे; परंतु महामनस्वी भीमसेनने अपने ऊपर आते हुए उन बाणोंको सुवर्णमय पंखवाले बाणोंद्वारा काट डाला
bhīmasya vāhāgrayam udāravegaṃ samanantato bāṇagaṇair nijaṣaghnur | tataḥ śarān āpatato mahātmā ciccheda bāṇais tapanīya-puṅkhaiḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—ते भीमस्य वाहाग्र्यं उदारवेगं समन्ततो बाणगणैर्निजघ्नुḥ। ततः शरानापततो महात्मा चिच्छेद बाणैस्तपनीयपुङ्खैः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in violent conflict, the text praises steadiness, alertness, and measured response: Bhīma does not lose control when surrounded; he meets danger with trained precision, reflecting the ideal of disciplined kṣatriya conduct.
Bhīma’s chariot-team/front is attacked from all directions by volleys of arrows. Bhīma then intercepts the incoming shafts, cutting them down with his own arrows described as having golden fletchings.