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Shloka 276

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

अभज्यत महाराज न च द्वौ सह धावत: । महाराज! महेन्द्रके समान पराक्रमी भीष्मजीके द्वारा मारी जाती हुई उस विशाल सेनामें भगदड़ मच गयी थी। दो आदमी भी एक साथ नहीं भागते थे

abhajyata mahārāja na ca dvau saha dhāvataḥ |

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า ข้าแต่มหาราช เมื่อภีษมะผู้มีเดชดุจพระอินทร์กำลังสังหารกองทัพใหญ่นั้น ก็เกิดความแตกตื่นอลหม่าน ถึงกับไม่มีแม้สองคนที่หนีไปพร้อมกันในทิศเดียวกัน

अभज्यतwas broken up / scattered
अभज्यत:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभज्
Formलङ्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन
महाराजO king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
द्वौtwo (men)
द्वौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
सहtogether
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
धावतःrunning (two persons)
धावतः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootधाव्
Formशतृ, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
B
Bhīṣma
I
Indra (Mahendra)
T
the army (senā)

Educational Q&A

Unchecked fear dissolves collective strength: when discipline and mutual support collapse, even a large force becomes ineffective. The verse highlights how inner steadiness and cohesion are crucial to kṣatriya conduct in war.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma is cutting down the opposing troops with overwhelming might, causing a chaotic stampede in which soldiers scatter so completely that they do not even flee in pairs.