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Shloka 6

Chapter 89: Bhīma dispatched to protect Ghaṭotkaca amid escalating engagements

तेन सम्यक्‌ प्रणीतानि शरजालानि मारिष । प्रतिजग्राह गाड़ेयः शतशो5थ सहस्रश:,आर्य! उनके द्वारा अच्छी तरह चलाये हुए सैकड़ों और हजारों बाणोंके समूहको गंगानन्दन भीष्मने ग्रहण कर लिया (अपने बाणोंद्वारा विफल कर दिया)

tena samyak praṇītāni śarajālāni māriṣa | pratijagrāha gāḍeyaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Sañjaya nói: Hỡi bậc đáng kính, Bhīṣma—người sinh từ sông Gaṅgā—đã đón nhận, đúng hơn là triệt tiêu, những loạt tên được đối thủ nhắm bắn chuẩn xác, hết trăm rồi đến nghìn, dùng chính tên mình chặn lại khiến chúng trở nên vô hiệu. Cảnh ấy nêu bật sự tinh luyện và kỷ luật của võ nghệ nơi chiến trường: tài nghệ được kiềm chế bởi bổn phận, hướng theo đòi hỏi của trận mạc chứ không theo cơn giận riêng.

तेनby him/thereby
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
सम्यक्properly, well
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
प्रणीतानिsent/shot/propelled
प्रणीतानि:
TypeParticiple
Rootप्र-नी (नीञ्)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural, Passive, Past passive participle (क्त)
शरजालानिnets/masses of arrows
शरजालानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशरजाल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
मारिषO noble one / O sir
मारिष:
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootमारिष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रतिजग्राहreceived/took up (met, countered)
प्रतिजग्राह:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-ग्रह् (ग्रह्)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गाड़ेयःthe son of Ganga (Bhishma)
गाड़ेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootगाङ्गेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शतशःby hundreds
शतशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतशस्
अथand then / and also
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
सहस्रशःby thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
B
Bhishma (Gangeya/Gadeya, son of Ganga)
A
arrows (shara)
V
volleys/masses of arrows (sharajala)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights disciplined competence in warfare: even amid violence, the warrior’s conduct is governed by kṣatriya-dharma—skill, steadiness, and duty-bound restraint—rather than uncontrolled anger.

An opponent releases well-aimed volleys of arrows in great numbers; Bhīṣma, called the Gaṅgā-born (Gāṅgeya/Gāḍeya), counters them effectively, ‘receiving’ them by meeting them with his own arrows and nullifying their impact.