Shloka 39
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
विरथो वध्यमानस्तु सौभद्रेण यशस्विना । अवल्लुत्य रथात् तूर्णमम्बष्ठो वसुधाधिप:
sañjaya uvāca | viratho vadhyamānas tu saubhadreṇa yaśasvinā | avallutya rathāt tūṛṇam ambaṣṭho vasudhādhipaḥ | yaśasvī subhadrākumāra abhimanyunā pīḍita evaṃ rathahīnaḥ san rājā ambaṣṭhaḥ sva-rathāt kūdya mahāmanā subhadrākumāram prati raṇakṣetre asiṃ prāharat | tataḥ sa mahābalī nareśaḥ kṛtavarmāṇaḥ rathaṃ gatvā tasmin upāviśat |
三阇耶说道：被光耀的苏跋陀罗之子（阿毗曼纽）击伤并夺去战车后，安婆湿吒王迅速从车上跃下。虽受逼迫且已无车，他仍以战场之高心挥剑斩向阿毗曼纽。随后，那位强悍的国王走向克利多跋摩的战车，并登车就座。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when deprived of advantage (a chariot), a kṣatriya is expected to maintain resolve and continue the fight; yet the episode also highlights the pragmatic ethics of war—survival and regrouping (mounting another chariot) are part of battlefield duty.
Abhimanyu disables and pressures King Ambaṣṭha, leaving him chariotless. Ambaṣṭha jumps down, attacks Abhimanyu with a sword on foot, and then withdraws to mount Kṛtavarmā’s chariot to continue the battle.