Shloka 60
Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance
अहमावारयिष्यामि वेलेव मकरालयम् । “मैं द्रोणाचार्य
sañjaya uvāca | aham āvārayiṣyāmi veleva makarālayam | kurūṃś ca sahitān sarvān yudhyamānān mahābalān | nivārayiṣyāmi raṇe sādhayasva pitāmaham ||
三阇耶说：“我将阻住他们——如同海岸遏止大海（那是摩伽罗之所居）不使前涌。即便诸多强大的俱卢众在战场上并肩鏖战，我也要在阵中将他们拦下。你则去完成关于祖父毗湿摩之事。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethic of assigned duty (svadharma) within a larger collective aim: one warrior accepts the responsibility of containing overwhelming forces so another can fulfill a difficult, morally weighty objective—bringing down a revered elder in war—framed as a necessary task within the chosen course of battle.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield assurance: the speaker vows to restrain the united, powerful Kaurava fighters—likened to holding back the ocean at the shore—so that the addressed warrior can focus on accomplishing the specific mission of dealing with Bhīṣma (the grandsire).