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भीष्मरक्षण-प्रकरणम् / The Protective Screen around Bhīṣma and the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Clash
यथा देवासुरे युद्धे त्रिदशा वजधारिणम् | सर्वे ते सम व्यतिष्ठन्त रक्षन्तस्तं महारथम्,जिस प्रकार देवासुर-संग्रामके समय देवताओंने वज्रधारी इन्द्रकी रक्षा की थी, उसी प्रकार वे सब कौरव योद्धा महारथी भीष्मकी रक्षा करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | yathā devāsure yuddhe tridaśā vajradhāriṇam | sarve te sama vyatiṣṭhanta rakṣantastaṃ mahāratham ||
三阇耶说道：正如天神与阿修罗交战之时，三十天神同心并立，护卫执金刚杵的因陀罗；同样，诸位俱卢勇士也密集列阵，守护那位大车战士毗湿摩。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of shared responsibility: when a leader or key warrior is crucial to the army’s stability, protecting him becomes a collective duty, exemplified through the gods’ united defense of Indra.
Sañjaya describes the Kaurava fighters forming up around Bhīṣma to guard him, comparing their protective formation to the devas standing together to protect Indra during the devas–asuras war.