Shloka 3
इदमाश्चर्यमासीच्च मध्ये तेषां महात्मनाम् । सहितैरऋषिभि: सर्वैस्तदा व्यासादिभि: प्रभो
idam āścaryam āsīc ca madhye teṣāṃ mahātmanām | sahitair ṛṣibhiḥ sarvais tadā vyāsādibhiḥ prabho prabho ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“主上啊，主上啊！在那些大德仙人之间，发生了一件奇异之事。以毗耶娑等为首、聚集于彼处的一切圣贤都看见：当商多奴之子毗湿摩入于瑜伽定境，使生命之气上升、从身体各部位依次撤离之时，正嵌在那部位的箭矢竟自行滑脱而出，创口也随即合拢。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the mastery of self through yoga and steadfast dharma: Bhīṣma’s disciplined control over prāṇa makes even the violent remnants of war (arrows and wounds) lose their power, suggesting that inner realization and righteous resolve can transcend bodily suffering at life’s end.
In the assembly of sages, Vyāsa and others witness a marvel: as Bhīṣma, Śāntanu’s son, raises his life-breath upward in yogic concentration, arrows embedded in each limb come out by themselves and the corresponding wounds heal.