Shloka 32
भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः
Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed
तथैव पाण्डवो राजज्छारद्वतममर्षणम्
sañjaya uvāca | tathaiva pāṇḍavo rājan śāradvatam amarṣaṇam | rājan sahadevo 'pi kupito bhīṣmavadhecchayā | kṛpācāryasya vakṣasi śaraiḥ samaprahārayat | tayor yuddhaṃ tadā ghoraṃ bhayaṅkaraṃ babhūva ||
桑阇耶说道：“同样地，大王啊，般度之子萨诃提婆怒火中烧，怀着诛灭毗湿摩之志，以箭矢射中舍罗德瓦特之子——久经忍耐的克利帕阿阇梨——的胸膛。二人之战随即变得极其惨烈而可怖。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intention and emotion (anger, resolve to remove a formidable elder like Bhīṣma) intensify violence in war; it implicitly raises an ethical tension in dharma-yuddha: even when duty demands fighting, uncontrolled wrath can make combat ‘ghora’ (dreadful) and morally perilous.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Sahadeva, driven by anger and the aim of bringing down Bhīṣma, shoots Kṛpācārya in the chest with arrows; their encounter escalates into a fierce and frightening duel.