ततः शिखण्डी वेगेन प्रगृह्य परमायुधम् ॥
भीष्मम् एवाभिदुद्राव रक्ष्यमाणः किरीटिना ॥
ततो ऽस्यानुचरान् हत्वा सर्वान् रणविभागवित् ॥
भीष्मम् एवाभिदुद्राव बीभत्सुर् अपराजितः ॥
सात्यकिश् चेकितानश् च धृष्टद्युम्नश् च पार्षतः ॥
विराटो द्रुपदश् चैव माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥
दुद्रुवुर् भीष्मम् एवाजौ रक्षिता दृढधन्वना ॥
अभिमन्युश् च समरे द्रौपद्याः पञ्च चात्मजाः ॥
दुद्रुवुः समरे भीष्मं समुद्यतमहायुधाः ॥
ते सर्वे दृढधन्वानः संयुगेष्व् अपलायिनः ॥
बहुधा भीष्मम् आनर्छन् मार्गणैः कृतमार्गणाः ॥
विधूय तान् बाणगणान् ये मुक्ताः पार्थिवोत्तमैः ॥
पाण्डवानाम् अदीनात्मा व्यगाहत वरूथिनीम् ॥
कृत्वा शरविघातं च क्रीडन्न् इव पितामहः ॥
नाभिसंधत्त पाञ्चाल्यं स्मयमानो मुहुर् मुहुः ॥
स्त्रीत्वं तस्यानुसंस्मृत्य भीष्मो बाणाञ् शिखण्डिनः ॥
जघान द्रुपदानीके रथान् सप्त महारथः ॥
ततः किलकिलाशब्दः क्षणेन समपद्यत ॥
मत्स्यपाञ्चालचेदीनां तम् एकम् अभिधावताम् ॥
ते वराश्वरथव्रातैर् वारणैः सपदातिभिः ॥
तम् एकं छादयाम् आसुर् मेघा इव दिवाकरम् ॥
भीष्मं भागीरथीपुत्रं प्रतपन्तं रणे रिपून् ॥
ततस् तस्य च तेषां च युद्धे देवासुरोपमे ॥
किरीटी भीष्मम् आनर्छत् पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम् ॥
tataḥ śikhaṇḍī vegena pragṛhya paramāyudham ||
bhīṣmam evābhidudrāva rakṣyamāṇaḥ kirīṭinā ||
tato 'syānucarān hatvā sarvān raṇavibhāgavit ||
bhīṣmam evābhidudrāva bībhatsur aparājitaḥ ||
sātyakiś cekitānaś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ ||
virāṭo drupadaś caiva mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau ||
dudruvur bhīṣmam evājau rakṣitā dṛḍhadhanvanā ||
abhimanyuś ca samare draupadyāḥ pañca cātmajāḥ ||
dudruvuḥ samare bhīṣmaṃ samudyatamahāyudhāḥ ||
te sarve dṛḍhadhanvānaḥ saṃyugeṣv apalāyinaḥ ||
bahudhā bhīṣmam ānarchan mārgaṇaiḥ kṛtamārgaṇāḥ ||
vidhūya tān bāṇagaṇān ye muktāḥ pārthivottamaiḥ ||
pāṇḍavānām adīnātmā vyagāhata varūthinīm ||
kṛtvā śaravighātaṃ ca krīḍann iva pitāmahaḥ ||
nābhisaṃdhatta pāñcālyaṃ smayamāno muhur muhuḥ ||
strītvaṃ tasyānusaṃsmṛtya bhīṣmo bāṇāñ śikhaṇḍinaḥ ||
jaghāna drupadānīke rathān sapta mahārathaḥ ||
tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ kṣaṇena samapadyata ||
matsyapāñcālacedīnāṃ tam ekam abhidhāvatām ||
te varāśvarathavrātair vāraṇaiḥ sapadātibhiḥ ||
tam ekaṃ chādayām āsur meghā iva divākaram ||
bhīṣmaṃ bhāgīrathīputraṃ pratapantaṃ raṇe ripūn ||
tatas tasya ca teṣāṃ ca yuddhe devāsuropame ||
kirīṭī bhīṣmam ānarchat puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam ||
Then Shikhandi, seizing his mighty weapon, rushed swiftly straight at Bhishma, shielded by Kiritin. After this, Bibhatsu the unconquered, versed in the divisions of battle, slew all of Bhishma's followers and himself charged straight at him. Satyaki, Chekitana, Dhrishtadyumna the son of Prishata, Virata, Drupada, and the two sons of Madri, the Pandavas, likewise rushed straight at Bhishma in battle under the protection of the firm-bowed Arjuna. Abhimanyu and the five sons of Draupadi, their great weapons raised, also charged at Bhishma in the fight. All of them, firm of bow and never fleeing the field, skilled marksmen, showered Bhishma with arrows again and again. But the grandfather, as if at play, shook off the masses of arrows loosed by the finest kings, warded them off, and plunged into the army of the Pandavas, undaunted in spirit. Remembering Shikhandi's former womanhood, Bhishma smiled again and again and would not aim at the son of Panchala; he struck down Shikhandi's arrows instead, while in the ranks of Drupada this great chariot-warrior cut down seven chariots. Then, among the Matsyas, Panchalas and Chedis, who were attacking him alone, a tumultuous roar arose in an instant. With their finest troops of horses and chariots, with elephants and foot soldiers, they covered him alone as clouds cover the sun - Bhishma, son of Ganga, who was scorching his enemies in battle. And then, in a battle resembling that of gods and demons, Kiritin showered Bhishma with arrows, having placed Shikhandi in front of him."
1d30c94ce181 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 10:03:50 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The chapter ends at the very point toward which everything had been moving: Shikhandi in front, Arjuna behind him, Bhishma surrounded and still unconquered. Victory draws near not through ordinary superiority of force, but through the precise joining of knowledge, protection, and Bhishma's own moral boundary.