Shloka 666
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः
Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma
को<थ वोत्सहते जेतु त्वां पुमान् भरतर्षभ । शत्रुवीरोंका नाश करनेवाले भरतश्रेष्ठ. आप रथ, अश्व, पैदल मनुष्य और हाथियोंका भी संहार करनेवाले हैं। कौन पुरुष आपको जीतनेका साहस कर सकता है?
ko 'tha vo 'tsahate jetuṁ tvāṁ pumān bharatarṣabha | śatruvīrāṇāṁ nāśa-kartā bharataśreṣṭha, tvaṁ ratha-aśva-pādāta-gaja-saṁhāra-kartāsi; kaḥ pumāṁs tvāṁ jetuṁ śaknoti ||
三阇耶说道：“婆罗多之雄牛啊，世间何人竟敢妄言胜你？婆罗多中最上者，你是摧灭敌方勇士之人；你能击倒战车、战马、步卒，乃至大象。又有哪一个男子有胆量战胜你呢？”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral-psychological force of recognized prowess in war: when a warrior’s capacity to protect and to destroy is evident, it shapes the battlefield’s ethics and decision-making—courage, fear, and duty (kṣatriya-dharma) are tested against overwhelming strength.
Sanjaya, narrating the Kurukṣetra war, praises a foremost Bharata warrior’s irresistible might, describing him as capable of destroying all four arms of an army—chariots, cavalry, infantry, and elephants—and asks rhetorically who could dare to defeat him.