Shloka 65
Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra
Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
मृत्योरास्यमनुप्राप्तं मद्रराजममोचयत् । तब आपके महाबली पुत्र दुर्योधनने भीष्मजीको आगे करके सम्पूर्ण सेनाके साथ बैतके रथपर चढ़ाई की और मृत्युके मुखमें पहुँचे हुए मद्रराज शल्यको छुड़ा लिया ।।
mṛtyor āsyam anuprāptaṃ madrarājam amocayat | tato yuddhaṃ samabhavat tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam ||
三阇耶说道：杜尔约陀那——你那强悍的儿子——以毗湿摩为前锋，率全军推进，救出了已至死神之口的马德罗王沙利耶。随即，一场惨烈的大战爆发——喧腾翻涌，令人毛骨悚然。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the war-ethic of protecting one’s ally and the kṣatriya ideal of decisive action under mortal danger, while also reminding that such valor operates within the grim reality of death and the escalating momentum of conflict.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, with Bhīṣma leading and the full Kaurava force, advances and rescues Śalya, the Madra king, from near-certain death; immediately afterward, a terrifying, chaotic battle erupts.