Shloka 52
Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)
आजघान महाराज शरेणानतपर्वणा | महाराज! तत्पश्चात् राजा भगदत्तने कुपित होकर झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणसे भीमसेनकी छातीमें गहरी चोट पहुँचायी ।। ५१ है ।। सो5तिविद्धो महेष्वासस्तेन राज्ञा महारथ:
sañjaya uvāca | ājaghāna mahārāja śareṇānataparvaṇā | so 'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ tena rājñā mahārathaḥ ||
三阇耶说道：大王啊，他以一支节处弯曲的箭矢射击。于是那位大弓手、强大的车战士被此王贯穿，重创在身——此段昭示：战火炽烈之际，嗔怒与技艺会驱使人下决断之击，纵使对方是声名赫赫的英雄亦然。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield reality that skill and anger can culminate in severe harm even to eminent warriors; ethically, it reflects the tension between kṣatriya duty (fighting decisively) and the tragic cost of violence.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a king strikes with a distinctive bent-jointed arrow, and the great archer and mahāratha is grievously pierced—contextually describing Bhagadatta’s powerful hit against Bhīmasena.