Shloka 213
भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्
Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash
सहसा प्रत्युदीयाय भीष्म: शान्तनवोडर्जुनम् । मदकी धारा बहानेवाले गजराजकी भाँति उन्हें वेगसे आते और रणक्षेत्रमें सायकोंद्वारा शूरवीरोंका मर्दन करके उन्हें भयभीत करते देख जयद्रथ आदि राजाओं तथा पूर्वदेश
sahasā pratyudīyāya bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo 'rjunam | madakī-dhārā-bahānevale gajarāja-kī bhānti tān vegena āyāntam raṇakṣetre sāyakair śūravīrān mardanam kṛtvā tān bhayabhītān karoti iti dṛṣṭvā jayadrathādi-rājabhiḥ pūrvadeśa-sauvīra-kekaya-yoddhaiś ca surakṣitaḥ śāntanunandano bhīṣmaḥ sahasā 'rjunasya or bāḍhaṃ pravavṛdhe
三阇耶说道：见阿周那以不可阻挡之势疾冲而来——如发情的巨象，涌流着狂热之液——又在战场上以箭雨摧折诸勇士，使之心生恐惧；毗湿摩，善檀奴之子，虽有阇耶陀罗等诸王与东方诸地、苏毗罗与计迦耶的战士护卫，仍忽然挺身前进，迎向阿周那。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in dharmic warfare, personal valor and disciplined skill can overturn numerical support and external protection; leaders must respond directly when the moral and tactical balance shifts, even at personal risk.
Arjuna charges with great speed and overwhelms warriors with arrows, spreading fear. Observing this, Bhishma—though guarded by Jayadratha and allied contingents from the eastern lands, Sauvira, and Kekaya—suddenly advances to confront Arjuna.