Shloka 31
Bhīṣma’s Dream-Counsel and the Prasvāpa Astra (भीष्मस्वप्नदर्शनम् / प्रस्वापास्त्रोपदेशः)
एवं ब्रुवन्तस्ते सर्वे प्रतिरुध्य रणाजिरम् । न्यासयांचक्रिरे शस्त्र पितरो भूगुनन्दनम्,इस प्रकार कहते हुए उन सब लोगोंने रणस्थलीको घेर लिया और पितरोंने भृूगुनन्दन परशुरामसे अस्त्र-शस्त्र रखवा दिया
evaṁ bruvantas te sarve pratirudhya raṇājiram | nyāsayāṁ cakrire śastraṁ pitaro bhṛgunandanam ||
当他们众人如此言说之时，便从四面封锁了战场；而诸祖灵（Pitṛ）迫使婆利古之后裔——帕罗修罗摩——放下兵刃，以遏止暴力的升级，并昭示祖先依达摩而出的训诫之权威，凌驾于个人的嗔怒与武人的骄矜之上。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a warrior’s world, dharma includes restraint: when anger and pride threaten to intensify violence, higher moral authority—here symbolized by the Pitṛs—can legitimately intervene to halt bloodshed and compel the laying down of arms.
After speaking, the assembled beings surround and block the battlefield, and the Pitṛs force Paraśurāma (Bhṛgu’s descendant) to put aside his weapons, preventing the fight from continuing.