Shloka 14
भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103
शराश्ष निशिता: पीता निश्चरन्ति सम संयुगे | वनात् फुल्लद्रुमाद् राजन् भ्रमराणामिव व्रजा:,युद्धके मैदानमें उसके धनुषसे तीखे और चमचमाते बाण इस प्रकार छूटते थे, मानो विकसित वृक्षावलियोंसे भरे हुए वनप्रान्तसे भ्रमरोंके समूह निकल रहे हों
śarāś ca niśitāḥ pītā niścaranti sama-saṃyuge | vanāt phulla-drumād rājan bhramarāṇām iva vrajāḥ ||
سنجے نے کہا—اے راجن! برابر کی گھمسان جنگ میں اس کے کمان سے تیز اور چمکتے تیر لگاتار نکلتے تھے؛ جیسے کھلے پھولوں والے درختوں سے بھرے جنگل کے کنارے سے بھنوروں کے غول نکل پڑیں۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily offers poetic battlefield description rather than a direct moral injunction; implicitly, it shows how martial skill in a dharma-governed war can appear as natural and relentless as a swarm in spring—suggesting that once conflict is unleashed, its momentum becomes difficult to restrain and demands disciplined responsibility from warriors.
Sañjaya describes a warrior (contextually, the archer being praised) releasing a continuous stream of sharp, shining arrows in the midst of battle, comparing their outflow to swarms of bees emerging from a blossoming forest.