Shloka 1
Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्यवधपर्वमें सात्यकिका युद्धाविषयक एक सौ चारवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ १०४ ॥। अपना बछ। अफड-ण करा पञ्चाधिकशततमोब< ध्याय: मर आओ दुःशासनको भीष्मकी रक्षाके लिये आदेश
sañjaya uvāca |
dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmaṁ raṇe kruddhaṁ pāṇḍavair abhisamvṛtam |
yathā meghair mahārāja tapānte divi bhāskaram ||
Sañjaya nói: “Thấy Bhīṣma, giận dữ giữa chiến địa và bị các Pāṇḍava vây bọc bốn bề—như, tâu đại vương, mây trên trời bao quanh mặt trời rực cháy vào cuối hạ—(tôi sẽ thuật lại những gì xảy ra tiếp theo).”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames battlefield perception through a moral-narrative lens: even the mightiest warrior (Bhīṣma, likened to the sun) can be momentarily obscured by collective opposition (clouds/Pāṇḍavas). It highlights the tension between personal prowess and the larger forces—duty, circumstance, and the gathered momentum of many—shaping outcomes in a dharmic conflict.
Sañjaya begins describing a new phase of fighting: Bhīṣma is enraged on the battlefield and is being pressed and surrounded by the Pāṇḍavas. The scene is introduced with a simile comparing Bhīṣma to the summer sun and the Pāṇḍavas to clouds encircling it.