एवं संभाषमाणां तु नृशंसः शाल्वराट् तदा ॥
पर्यत्यजत कौरव्य करुणं परिदेवतीम् ॥
गच्छ गच्छेति तां शाल्वः पुनः पुनर् अभाषत ॥
बिभेमि भीष्मात् सुश्रोणि त्वं च भीष्मपरिग्रहः ॥
एवम् उक्ता तु सा तेन शाल्वेनादीर्घदर्शिना ॥
निश्चक्राम पुराद् दीना रुदती कुररी यथा ॥
evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇāṃ tu nṛśaṃsaḥ śālvarāṭ tadā ||
paryatyajata kauravya karuṇaṃ paridevatīm ||
gaccha gaccheti tāṃ śālvaḥ punaḥ punar abhāṣata ||
bibhemi bhīṣmāt suśroṇi tvaṃ ca bhīṣmaparigrahaḥ ||
evam uktā tu sā tena śālvenādīrghadarśinā ||
niścakrāma purād dīnā rudatī kurarī yathā ||
While she spoke thus and lamented pitifully, the cruel King Shalva then utterly rejected her, O Kauravya. "Go, go," Shalva said to her again and again. "I fear Bhishma, O fair-hipped one, and you are Bhishma's possession." Thus addressed by the shortsighted Shalva, she, wretched, went out of the city, weeping like a female osprey.
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Amba finds herself caught between two men's decisions: Bhishma releases her in keeping with dharma, while Shalva rejects her out of fear and pride. Her speech rests on the truth of an inward choice: she never accepted Bhishma and has come to the one her heart chose. But Shalva sees not her truth, only the outward touch of the victor. Thus Amba's personal tragedy becomes the fruit of martial pride and social suspicion.