Shloka 44
आजपघानोरसि क्रुद्धो नवभिर्निशितै: शरै: । महाराज! उस समय शिखण्डीने कुपित होकर भरतवंशियोंके पितामह भीष्मजीकी छातीमें नौ पैने बाण मारे || ४३ ह ।। स तेनाभिहत: संख्ये भीष्म: कुरुपितामह:
ājapaghānorasi kruddho navabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | mahārāja! tadā śikhaṇḍī kupitaḥ bharatavaṁśināṁ pitāmahaṁ bhīṣmaṁ urasi nava tīkṣṇaśarān avādayat || sa tenābhihataḥ saṅkhye bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ||
Sañjaya thưa: Tâu Đại vương! Khi ấy, Śikhaṇḍī bừng bừng phẫn nộ đã bắn chín mũi tên sắc nhọn vào ngực vị tổ phụ của dòng Bharata—Bhīṣma. Bị thương giữa cơn giao chiến, Bhīṣma, bậc tôn trưởng của nhà Kuru, vẫn chịu đựng đòn đánh ấy.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension of dharma in war: reverence for elders and ideals of honorable combat are strained by strategic necessity and prior vows. Even a revered figure like Bhīṣma becomes vulnerable when the battlefield logic of duty, destiny, and tactical advantage takes over.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Śikhaṇḍī, enraged, shoots nine sharp arrows into Bhīṣma’s chest during the battle. Bhīṣma, the Kuru patriarch, is thus wounded amid the fighting, marking the intensification of the effort to bring him down.