वैशंपायन उवाच
अथ गावल्गणिर् धीमान् समराद् एत्य संजयः ॥
प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य भूतभव्यभविष्यवित् ॥
ध्यायते धृतराष्ट्राय सहसोपेत्य दुःखितः ॥
आचष्ट निहतं भीष्मं भरतानाम् अमध्यमम् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
atha gāvalgaṇir dhīmān samarād etya saṃjayaḥ ||
pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyavit ||
dhyāyate dhṛtarāṣṭrāya sahasopetya duḥkhitaḥ ||
ācaṣṭa nihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ bharatānām amadhyamam ||
Vaishampayana said: then the wise Sanjaya, son of Gavalgana, returned from the field of battle. He had been a direct eyewitness of everything, and he knew the past, the present, and the future. Coming swiftly to Dhritarashtra, who sat immersed in thought, the grieving Sanjaya told him that Bhishma, the foremost of the Bharatas, had fallen.
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The turn from cosmography to news of Bhishma's fall is abrupt, and deliberately so. After a discourse on the world and dharma, Dhritarashtra hears the fruit of his own policy: the pillar of the Bharata line lies struck down.