Shloka 7
Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)
विव्याध विशिखै: षड्भि: कड़कपत्रै: शिलाशितै: । तब क्रोध और अमर्षमें भरे हुए आपके पुत्र नन्दकने कई हजार रथियोंके साथ आकर शिलापर तेज किये हुए कंकपत्रयुक्त छः: बाणोंसे महाबली भीमसेनको बींध डाला || ६६ || दुर्योधनश्व॒ समरे भीमसेनं महारथम्
sañjaya uvāca | vivyādha viśikhaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | tataḥ krodha-amārṣa-bhareṇa tava putro nanda(kaḥ) sahasraśo rathibhiḥ saha āgatya śilāśitaiḥ kaṅkapatrayuktaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ bāṇaiḥ mahābalī bhīmasenaṃ vivyādha | duryodhanaś ca samare bhīmasenaṃ mahāratham ... |
Wika ni Sañjaya: Tinuhog niya si Bhīmasena ng anim na palaso—may balahibong tagak at pinatalas sa bato. Pagkaraan, ang iyong anak na si Nandaka, namamaga sa galit at sugatang dangal, ay sumulong kasama ng libu-libong mandirigmang nasa karwahe at muling tumama kay Bhīma na makapangyarihan sa anim na matatalim na palasong pinatalas sa bato at may balahibong tagak. Si Duryodhana man ay sumalakay din kay Bhīmasena, ang dakilang mandirigmang-karwahe, sa labanan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how krodha (anger) and amārṣa (injured pride) can dominate judgment and escalate harm. Even in a kṣatriya battlefield context, it implicitly contrasts raw aggression with the ethical ideal of self-mastery.
Sañjaya reports that Bhīma is struck by six stone-sharpened, heron-feathered arrows. Then Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son—understood in context as Duryodhana—presses the attack amid many chariot-warriors, continuing the assault on Bhīma in the thick of battle.