Shloka 426
भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्
Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash
तमर्जुन: प्रत्यविध्यद् दशभिर्मर्म भेदिभि: । गंगानन्दन भीष्मने उस रणक्षेत्रमें नौ बाणोंसे अर्जुनको गहरी चोट पहुँचायी। तब अर्जुनने भी उन्हें दस मर्मभेदी बाणोंद्वारा बींध डाला
sañjaya uvāca | tam arjunaḥ pratyavidhyad daśabhir marma-bhedibhiḥ |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Gumanti si Arjuna, tinuhog siya ng sampung palaso na tumatama sa mga mahalagang punto. Sa marahas na palitan sa larangan, si Bhīṣma—anak ng Ilog Gaṅgā—ay nagdulot kay Arjuna ng malalim na sugat sa siyam na palaso; at si Arjuna nama’y bumaon din sa kanya ng sampung palasong tumatama sa mga marman, ang mga puntong-buhay.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even within dharma-yuddha, action has moral gravity: the verse highlights deliberate, skilled violence (targeting vital points) and thereby invites reflection on responsibility, restraint, and the heavy cost of fulfilling kṣatriya duty.
In the ongoing duel, after being wounded, Arjuna retaliates and pierces his opponent—understood in context as Bhīṣma—with ten vital-point-piercing arrows, intensifying the battlefield exchange.