Shloka 85

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

विमृद्नतस्तस्य तु पाण्डुसेना- मस्तं जगामाथ सहस्नररश्मि: । ततो बलानां श्रमकर्शितानां मनो<वहारं प्रति सम्बभूव

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

vimṛdnatas tasya tu pāṇḍusenām astaṃ jagāmatha sahasraraśmiḥ |

tato balānāṃ śramakarśitānāṃ mano nivāraṃ prati sambabhūva ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：当毗湿摩如此碾压般摧折般度军之时，千光之日已渐向西沉。于是，诸军疲惫困顿，心中同起一念：愿将厮杀暂且按住，使战斗就此收束而止。此偈昭示：自然的节律与人力的极限，纵在战火狂怒之中亦能施以约束。

Word by Word

• {'sañjaya uvāca': 'Sañjaya said', 'vimṛdnatas': 'crushing, trampling down (present participle of vi-mṛd)', 'tasya': 'of him (i.e., Bhīṣma)', 'tu': 'indeed, but', 'pāṇḍu-senām': 'the Pāṇḍava army', 'astaṃ jagāma': 'went to setting

• set (asta + gam)', 'atha': 'then', 'sahasra-raśmiḥ': 'the thousand-rayed one (the Sun)', 'tataḥ': 'thereupon', 'balānām': 'of the armies/forces', 'śrama-karśitānām': 'wearied, emaciated by exertion', 'manaḥ': 'mind, intention', 'nivāraṃ prati': 'toward restraint/cessation (holding back)', 'sambabhūva': 'arose, came to be (became manifest)'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍava army (Pāṇḍu-senā)
• Sūrya (the Sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid relentless violence, dharmic restraint is prompted by time, nature, and human limits: sunset and exhaustion naturally turn the mind toward stopping the fight, reminding warriors that warfare is bounded by rules and by compassion born of fatigue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is overpowering the Pāṇḍava forces; as the Sun sets, the exhausted armies on both sides feel an urge to halt the battle, signaling the close of the day’s fighting.