भीष्म उवाच
एवम् उक्त्वा ततो रामः सह तैर् ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥
प्रयाणाय मतिं कृत्वा समुत्तस्थौ महामनाः ॥
ततस् ते ताम् उषित्वा तु रजनीं तत्र तापसाः ॥
हुताग्नयो जप्तजप्याः प्रतस्थुर् मज्जिघांसया ॥
अभ्यगच्छत् ततो रामः सह तैर् ब्राह्मणर्षभैः ॥
कुरुक्षेत्रं महाराज कन्यया सह भारत ॥
न्यविशन्त ततः सर्वे परिगृह्य सरस्वतीम् ॥
तापसास् ते महात्मानो भृगुश्रेष्ठपुरस्कृताः ॥
bhīṣma uvāca
evam uktvā tato rāmaḥ saha tair brahmavādibhiḥ ||
prayāṇāya matiṃ kṛtvā samuttasthau mahāmanāḥ ||
tatas te tām uṣitvā tu rajanīṃ tatra tāpasāḥ ||
hutāgnayo japtajapyāḥ pratasthur majjighāṃsayā ||
abhyagacchat tato rāmaḥ saha tair brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ ||
kurukṣetraṃ mahārāja kanyayā saha bhārata ||
nyaviśanta tataḥ sarve parigṛhya sarasvatīm ||
tāpasās te mahātmāno bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛtāḥ ||
Bhishma said: Having spoken thus, the magnanimous Rama, together with those brahmin sages, resolved upon departure and rose up. Then the ascetics, having spent the night there, having offered the fire sacrifices and recited the prescribed mantras, set out with the desire to kill me. After that Rama, together with the foremost brahmins and the maiden, arrived at Kurukshetra, O great king, O Bharata. Then all those great-souled ascetics, led by the foremost of the Bhrigus, encamped by the Sarasvati.
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In this chapter Rama first tries to settle the matter by word alone: he promises to bring Bhishma and Shalva under the sway of his speech and recalls that he takes up arms only under a special obligation. But Amba does not accept so gentle a resolution: her plea has already become a demand for rightful retribution. Akritavrana reinforces her position, reminding Rama of his own vow to protect those who take refuge in him and to punish arrogant kshatriya might. Thus word, vow, and refuge come together: Rama approaches Bhishma first as a teacher, yet already ready to act as a warrior should righteous speech be refused.