Shloka 30
भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः
Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed
तस्य माद्रीसुतश्चापं द्विधा चिच्छेद सायकै: । अथैनं छिन्नथन्वानं विव्याध नवभि: शरै:
tasya mādrīsutaś cāpaṃ dvidhā ciccheda sāyakaiḥ | athainaṃ chinnathanvānaṃ vivyādha navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
三阇耶说道：随后，摩德丽之子萨诃提婆以箭矢将对手之弓斩为两段；待那武士立于原地、弓已断裂之时，萨诃提婆又以九支箭再度贯穿他。此景凸显战阵无情的法则：先夺其兵器，再加其创伤——以技艺与决心削去敌手继续作战的能力。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic of neutralizing an enemy’s fighting capacity by first disabling the weapon (the bow) and then striking—showing tactical discipline within the harsh framework of kṣatriya warfare.
Sahadeva shoots to split an opponent’s bow into two; once the opponent is left bowless (chinnathanvan), Sahadeva follows up by wounding him with nine arrows, as Sañjaya reports.