न चैनं पार्थिवा राजञ् शेकुः के चिन् निरीक्षितुम् ॥
मध्यं प्राप्तं यथा ग्रीष्मे तपन्तं भास्करं दिवि ॥
यथा दैत्यचमूं शक्रस् तापयाम् आस संयुगे ॥
तथा भीष्मः पाण्डवेयांस् तापयाम् आस भारत ॥
तथा च तं पराक्रान्तम् आलोक्य मधुसूदनः ॥
उवाच देवकीपुत्रः प्रीयमाणो धनंजयम् ॥
na cainaṃ pārthivā rājañ śekuḥ ke cin nirīkṣitum ||
madhyaṃ prāptaṃ yathā grīṣme tapantaṃ bhāskaraṃ divi ||
yathā daityacamūṃ śakras tāpayām āsa saṃyuge ||
tathā bhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍaveyāṃs tāpayām āsa bhārata ||
tathā ca taṃ parākrāntam ālokya madhusūdanaḥ ||
uvāca devakīputraḥ prīyamāṇo dhanaṃjayam ||
The kings could not even bear to look at him, O king, as at the blazing sun in the sky that has reached its zenith in a summer noon. As Shakra once scorched the army of the daityas in battle, so Bhishma scorched the sons of Pandu, O Bharata. Beholding his prowess, Madhusudana, the son of Devaki, rejoicing, spoke to Dhananjaya.
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Bhishma becomes like the noonday sun: his light no longer sustains life but burns. It is precisely at this moment that Krishna turns Arjuna toward the decisive action.