Shloka 52
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
(सारथ्यं निपुणं कुर्वन् प्रत्यदृश्यत संयुगे । भीष्मस्तावत् सुसंक्रुद्ध: पुनर्बाणान् मुमोच ह ।।
saṃjaya uvāca | sārathyaṃ nipuṇaṃ kurvan pratyadṛśyata saṃyuge | bhīṣmas tāvat susaṃkruddhaḥ punar bāṇān mumoca ha || pārthāya yudhi rājendra tad adbhutam ivābhavat | arjunas tu susaṃkruddhaḥ pitāmaham ariṃdamaḥ | avarṣad bāṇavarṣeṇa yoddhuṃ hy abhimukhe sthitam || tāv ubhau yudhi durdharṣī yuyudhāte parasparam | śuśubhāte naravyāghrau tau bhīṣmaśaravikṣatau | govṛṣāv iva saṃrabdhau viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau ||
三阇耶说道：在鏖战之中，人们看见奎师那娴熟地履行御者之职。大王啊，毗湿摩怒火炽盛，屡屡向帕尔塔（阿周那）倾泻箭雨，几近奇观。阿周那这位降敌者亦被激怒，便对着立于面前、迎战而立的毗湿摩回以箭雨。于是这两位战场上难以抵挡的勇士彼此交锋。而奎师那与阿周那——“人中之虎”——虽被毗湿摩之矢撕裂创伤，却仍熠熠生辉，宛如两头暴怒的公牛，身带角擦之痕与裂伤。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights kṣatriya-dharma in its stark form: even the greatest elders and heroes must fulfill their martial duty with unwavering resolve. It also foregrounds the ethical tension of war—anger surges, yet discipline and role-based responsibility (Kṛṣṇa’s steady charioteering; Arjuna’s facing the grandsire) sustain the order of battle.
Sanjaya describes a fierce exchange: Kṛṣṇa is seen driving Arjuna’s chariot with consummate skill; Bhīṣma, enraged, repeatedly showers arrows at Arjuna; Arjuna, equally incensed, answers with his own arrow-rain at Bhīṣma. Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, wounded by Bhīṣma’s shafts, are compared to two furious bulls scarred by horn-strikes, emphasizing the intensity and endurance of the combat.