Shloka 69
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
विव्याध समरे राजन् सर्वलोकस्य पश्यत: । राजन! तब सेनापति श्वेतने कुपित हो उस समरभूमिमें बहुत-से लौहमय बाणोंद्वारा सब लोगोंके देखते-देखते भीष्मको क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया ।।
vivyādha samare rājan sarvalokasya paśyataḥ |
Sabi ni Sañjaya: O Hari, sa gitna ng labanan, sa harap ng paningin ng lahat, tinusok niya ang kaaway sa pamamagitan ng mga palaso. Ipinakikita ng tagpong ito na ang hayagang karahasan sa digmaan ay hindi lamang pansariling tagumpay, kundi isang tanawing humuhubog sa loob, takot, at sa mismong diwang-moral ng larangan ng digmaan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that actions in war occur under collective witness; such public deeds influence the wider community’s morale and ethical climate, reminding rulers that battlefield conduct has social and moral repercussions beyond individual valor.
Sañjaya reports to the king that, in the thick of combat and in full view of everyone present, a warrior struck his opponent with arrows—an event presented as a visible, morale-shaping moment on the battlefield.