Shloka 26
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
प्रेषिता भीमसेनेन शरास्ते दृढ्धन्वना । अपातयन्त पुत्रांस्ते रथेभ्य: सुमहारथान्,सुदृढ़ धनुर्धर भीमसेनके द्वारा चलाये हुए उन बाणोंने आपके बहुत-से महारथी पुत्रोंको मारकर रथोंसे नीचे गिरा दिया
preṣitā bhīmasenena śarās te dṛḍhadhanvanā | apātayanta putrāṁs te rathebhyaḥ sumahārathān |
三阇耶说道：毗摩塞那——那位稳健的持弓者——所射出的箭矢，击倒了你许多儿子，那些大车战士，并将他们从战车上掀落。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inexorable results of violent conflict: even exalted warriors fall when confronted by superior force and resolve. Implicitly, it points to the moral weight of the war—how the pursuit of power and adharma leads to the destruction of one’s own lineage, testing the boundaries of duty, attachment, and consequence.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Bhimasena has released a volley of arrows that kills or incapacitates many of Dhritarashtra’s sons—renowned chariot-warriors—causing them to tumble from their chariots on the battlefield.