Shloka 3
इदमाश्चर्यमासीच्च मध्ये तेषां महात्मनाम् । सहितैरऋषिभि: सर्वैस्तदा व्यासादिभि: प्रभो,प्रभो! उस समय वहाँ एकत्र हुए सभी संत-महात्माओंके बीच एक बड़े आश्वर्यकी घटना घटी। व्यास आदि सब महर्षियोंने देखा कि योगयुक्त हुए शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मके प्राण उनके जिस-जिस अंगको त्यागकर ऊपर उठते थे, उस-उस अंगके बाण अपने-आप निकल जाते और उनका घाव भर जाता था
idam āścaryam āsīc ca madhye teṣāṃ mahātmanām | sahitair ṛṣibhiḥ sarvais tadā vyāsādibhiḥ prabho prabho ||
ప్రభో! ఆ సమయంలో వ్యాసాది సమస్త ఋషులతో కూడిన ఆ మహాత్ముల మధ్య ఒక ఆశ్చర్యకరమైన సంఘటన జరిగింది.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the mastery of self through yoga and steadfast dharma: Bhīṣma’s disciplined control over prāṇa makes even the violent remnants of war (arrows and wounds) lose their power, suggesting that inner realization and righteous resolve can transcend bodily suffering at life’s end.
In the assembly of sages, Vyāsa and others witness a marvel: as Bhīṣma, Śāntanu’s son, raises his life-breath upward in yogic concentration, arrows embedded in each limb come out by themselves and the corresponding wounds heal.