Shloka 293
भीष्मस्य समरे राजन् यशो मानं च वर्धयन् । राजन! चित्रसेनने कुपित हो झुकी हुई गाँठवाले तीस बाणोंसे रणक्षेत्रमें सुशर्माको गहरी चोट पहुँचायी। महाराज! उसने समरमें भीष्मके यश और सम्मान दोनोंको बढ़ाया
sañjaya uvāca | bhīṣmasya samare rājan yaśo mānaṃ ca vardhayan | rājan citrasenena kupito jhūkī-huī gāṇṭhavāle tīsa bāṇoṃse raṇakṣetreṃ suśarmāko gaharī coṭa pahuṃcāyī | mahārāja sa samare bhīṣmasya yaśaḥ-sammāna ubhayaṃ vardhayām āsa |
三阇耶说道：“大王啊，在那场交战中，他增益了毗湿摩的名声与尊荣。因质多罗仙那而怒，他在战场上以三十支箭射击苏沙尔摩——那些箭杆在节处微曲——使其受了深创。于是，大王，在那一战里，他使毗湿摩的声望与威望俱增。”
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights the kshatriya ideal that personal prowess in battle can uphold a commander’s reputation: disciplined martial action, when aligned with one’s duty and side’s leadership, becomes a means of sustaining honor and public esteem.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that a warrior, angered at Chitrasena, shot Susharma on the battlefield with thirty arrows, grievously wounding him; this feat is said to have increased Bhishma’s fame and honor in the ongoing war.