Shloka 8
अध्याय ८८ — घटोत्कच-दुर्योधनयुद्धवर्णनम्
Ghaṭotkaca–Duryodhana Engagement
अथात्वरद् भीष्मवधाय जिष्णु- बलानि राजन् समरे निहत्य । उन्होंने रणक्षेत्रमें तेलके धोये हुए साठ बाण मारकर उन पृष्ठरक्षकोंका भी संहार कर दिया। इस प्रकार युद्धभूमिमें उन सभी रथियोंको जीतकर और कौरव-सेनाओंका समरमें संहार करके प्रसन्नचित्त हुए यशस्वी विजयी अर्जुनने भीष्मके वधके लिये शीघ्रता की ।।
atha atvarad bhīṣmavadhāya jiṣṇuḥ balāni rājan samare nihatya | trigartarājo nihatān samīkṣya mahātmanā tān atha bandhuvargān ||
三阇耶说道：于是，王啊，志在令毗湿摩倾覆的吉什努（阿周那），在战阵中歼灭敌军之后，便疾速向前推进。特里伽尔塔之王见那位大心之士所杀者竟是自己的亲族，只得凝望其惨状。而阿周那既已战胜诸车战勇士，又在战场上屠灭俱卢军众，便以坚决之心加紧前行，急欲完成击倒毗湿摩之业。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior ethic within dharma: a kṣatriya pursues a strategic objective (Bhīṣma’s fall) with unwavering resolve, yet the narrative also foregrounds the human cost—kinsmen witnessing the death of their own—showing that even duty-bound action in war carries moral and emotional weight.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, after cutting down enemy forces, hastens toward the goal of bringing down Bhīṣma. The Trigarta king, seeing his allied kinsmen slain by Arjuna, looks on in the aftermath, setting up the continuing clash and reactions among the opposing leaders.