Shloka 37
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य तेषां सो&तिरथो रणे । प्रवीरांस्तव सैन्येषु प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे
astrair astrāṇi saṃvārya teṣāṃ so ’tiratho raṇe | pravīrāṃs tava sainyeṣu preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave ||
三阇耶说道：“然而那位超等车战士阿周那在战斗中以己之兵刃制住他们的兵刃，并将您军中最杰出的勇士送往死亡——仿佛遣入阎摩之界。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the paradox of righteous warfare: technical mastery and disciplined countering of weapons are praised as kṣatriya excellence, yet the outcome remains the irreversible moral gravity of death. It invites reflection on responsibility and consequence even amid sanctioned battle.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, described as an atiratha, is successfully neutralizing the enemy’s missiles with his own and is killing the leading warriors of the Kaurava forces—figuratively sending them to Death (Yama).