Shloka 726
Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)
अन्ये भीष्माच्छान्तनवात् तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय । संजय! शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मके सिवा
anye bhīṣmāc chāntanavāt tan mamācakṣva sañjaya |
持国王说道：“三阇耶，也把其他人的情形详尽告诉我——除去圣檀奴之子毗湿摩。在那场战斗中，谁被压制，谁遭败北，哪些英雄成了箭矢的靶子而被射倒？这一切都向我陈述。”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension of war-reporting: a ruler’s desire to know outcomes (victory, defeat, deaths) reflects attachment and anxiety, while the narrator is tasked with truthful, comprehensive witnessing. It frames the battle not merely as spectacle but as an ethically weighty accounting of human loss and responsibility.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions Sañjaya, asking him to report the broader course of the battle beyond Bhīṣma—specifically who is being overpowered, who has been defeated, and which warriors have been struck down as targets of arrows.