Shloka 76
Adhyāya 74 (Book 6, Bhīṣma-parva): Bhīma–Duryodhana re-engagement and afternoon escalation
समभ्यधावद् गाड़्ेयं भैरवास्त्रो धनंजय: । भयंकर अस्त्रवाले अर्जुनने प्रचण्ड आँधी, बिजली तथा गर्जनासे युक्त मेघके समान सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको अपनी बाणवर्षासे आप्लावित करते हुए गंगानन्दन भीष्मपर सब ओरसे धावा किया
saṃabhyadhāvad gāṅgeyaṃ bhairavāstro dhanaṃjayaḥ | bhayaṅkara-astravān arjunaḥ pracaṇḍāndhī-vidyut-garjanā-yukta-megha-samo diśaḥ sarvāḥ śara-vṛṣṭyā āplāvayan sarvataḥ gāṅgeyaṃ bhīṣmam abhyadhāvat |
خوفناک اسلحے سے آراستہ دھننجے ارجن گنگا نندن بھیشم پر جھپٹ پڑا۔ وہ تیز آندھی، بجلی اور گرج سے بھرے بادل کی مانند، تیروں کی بارش سے تمام سمتوں کو ڈبو دیتا ہوا، ہر طرف سے بھیشم پر حملہ آور ہوا۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethos of resolute action in battle while implicitly underscoring dharmic complexity: Arjuna’s duty to fight for justice and order is enacted through overwhelming martial force, yet the target is Bhīṣma—an elder worthy of reverence—so the scene carries an ethical tension between personal veneration and public duty.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna charging Bhīṣma and saturating all directions with a dense rain of arrows, likening Arjuna to a storm-cloud with wind, lightning, and thunder. It is a vivid battlefield moment emphasizing Arjuna’s intensity and the ferocity of the engagement against Bhīṣma.