Shloka 286
भीष्म: प्रासृजदुग्राणि शरजालानि मारिष । “माननीय कुन्तीनन्दन! पाण्डववीरोंने जब वहाँ सेनाके प्रमुख भागका विनाश कर डाला, तब भीष्मजी भयंकर बाणसमूहोंकी वृष्टि करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | bhīṣmaḥ prāsṛjad ugrāṇi śarajālāni māriṣa |
Sañjaya nói: “Hỡi bậc đáng kính, con của Kuntī! Dẫu các dũng sĩ Pāṇḍava đã phá tan khối chủ lực của quân đội tại đó, Bhīṣma vẫn phóng ra những lưới tên hung bạo, trút xuống một cơn mưa mũi nhọn kinh hoàng.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grim persistence of kṣatriya-duty in war: even when formations collapse and destruction is evident, a warrior like Bhishma continues to fight with full force. It implicitly raises the ethical tension between steadfast duty and the escalating suffering produced by relentless combat.
Sanjaya reports that Bhishma responds to the Pandava warriors’ devastation of the army’s main contingent by releasing a dense, fearsome volley of arrows—intensifying the battle and attempting to check their advance.