Shloka 65
शिखण्डी तु समासाद्य भरतानां पितामहम् | इषुभिस्तूर्णमव्यग्रो बहुभि: स समाचिनोत्,उसी समय शिखण्डीने भरतकुलके पितामह भीष्मके सामने पहुँचकर स्वस्थचित्तसे अनेक बाणोंद्वारा तुरंत ही उन्हें आच्छादित कर दिया
śikhaṇḍī tu samāsādya bharatānāṁ pitāmaham | iṣubhis tūrṇam avyagro bahubhiḥ sa samācinot ||
三阇耶说道：随后，尸佉ṇḍī迎面逼近婆罗多族的祖父——毗湿摩，心神安定而不紊乱，立刻以无数箭矢迅疾覆盖其身。于战场的道义氛围中，此举昭示一种有意的指向：借毗湿摩不愿还击之人来锁定毗湿摩——一计带着沉重伦理意味的权谋，在战争的必然之中，利用誓愿与个人法（dharma）为破绽。
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how personal dharma and vows shape battlefield ethics: Bhīṣma’s restraint toward Śikhaṇḍī becomes a strategic opening, showing that in war, moral commitments can be both noble and tactically consequential.
Śikhaṇḍī advances directly before Bhīṣma and rapidly showers him with many arrows, while remaining composed; Sañjaya reports this as part of the unfolding confrontation that leads toward Bhīṣma’s downfall.