Shloka 246
भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103
ऋते त्वां राक्षसश्रेष्ठ सर्वविद्यासु पारगम् । जैसे वृत्रासुर देवताओंकी सेनाको मार भगाता था
ṛte tvāṃ rākṣasaśreṣṭha sarvavidyāsu pāragam | yathā vṛtrāsuro devatānāṃ senāṃ mārabhāgāyata, tathā sa api krodhapūrvakaṃ mama senāṃ khadedayati | ahaṃ yuddhasthale samastavidyāpāraṅgataṃ rākṣaseṣu ca sarvaśreṣṭhaṃ tvādṛśaṃ vīraṃ vihāya anyaṃ kaṃcid na paśyāmi, yo ’sya rogasyottamāṃ bhiṣajam bhavet ||
三阇耶说道：“除你之外——罗刹之中最胜者，诸般技艺学问皆已通达——我再不见他人可当此任。正如弗栗陀罗阿修罗昔日击溃天军一般，此人亦以盛怒驱迫我军后退。在这战场上，若不算你这般英雄——罗刹中至高无上，诸艺皆经完备训练——我看不出还有谁能作这支军队所染‘病患’的上上良药。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames military collapse as a ‘disease’ and highlights the ethical-political duty of seeking the most competent remedy—i.e., relying on the truly capable leader/warrior rather than on numbers or panic. It also shows how epic memory (Vṛtrāsura’s rout of the gods) is used to interpret present events and intensify urgency.
Sanjaya describes a fierce warrior driving back the army in anger and tells the addressed Rākṣasa-hero that, apart from him—renowned and skilled in all arts—no one seems capable of checking the disaster on the battlefield.