Shloka 1036
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
देवदूतवच: श्रुत्वा वधे तस्य मनो दे | उस कटे हुए धनुषको फेंककर पितामह भीष्मने देवदूतके कथनपर ध्यान देकर तुरंत ही श्वेतके वधका निश्चय किया
devadūta-vacaḥ śrutvā vadhe tasya mano dadhe | utsṛjya chinnaṃ dhanuḥ śvetasya vadha-niścayaṃ pitāmaho bhīṣmaḥ kṛtavān ||
الٰہی قاصد کے کلمات سن کر بھیشم نے شویت کے قتل پر دل جما لیا۔ ٹوٹا ہوا کمان پھینک کر، پِتامہ بھیشم نے اس آسمانی حکم پر توجہ دیتے ہوئے فوراً شویت کے وध کا پختہ ارادہ کر لیا۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights steadfastness of will in a dharmic crisis: a warrior-leader, upon receiving what is presented as a higher (divine) directive, subordinates personal hesitation to duty and resolves to act decisively within the rules and necessities of battle.
Sañjaya narrates that Bhīṣma hears a divine messenger’s words and, after his bow is cut/broken, throws it aside and immediately forms a firm determination to slay Śveta in the ongoing war episode.