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तव क्रोधहतः पूर्वं देवैर् अपि सुदुर्जयः ॥
शरतल्पगतः शेते भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः ॥
दुर्लभो हि जयस् तेषां संग्रामे रिपुसूदन ॥
याता मृत्युवशं ते वै येषां क्रुद्धो ऽसि पाण्डव ॥
राज्यं प्राणाः प्रियाः पुत्राः सौख्यानि विविधानि च ॥
अचिरात् तस्य नश्यन्ति येषां क्रुद्धो ऽसि मानद ॥
विनष्टान् कौरवान् मन्ये सपुत्रपशुबान्धवान् ॥
राजधर्मपरे नित्यं त्वयि क्रुद्धे युधिष्ठिर ॥
tava krodhahataḥ pūrvaṃ devair api sudurjayaḥ ||
śaratalpagataḥ śete bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ||
durlabho hi jayas teṣāṃ saṃgrāme ripusūdana ||
yātā mṛtyuvaśaṃ te vai yeṣāṃ kruddho 'si pāṇḍava ||
rājyaṃ prāṇāḥ priyāḥ putrāḥ saukhyāni vividhāni ca ||
acirāt tasya naśyanti yeṣāṃ kruddho 'si mānada ||
vinaṣṭān kauravān manye saputrapaśubāndhavān ||
rājadharmapare nityaṃ tvayi kruddhe yudhiṣṭhira ||
"Struck down already by your wrath, Bhishma, forefather of the Kurus, hard to conquer even for the gods, now lies on a bed of arrows. For victory in battle is hard to attain, O destroyer of enemies, for those with whom you are angered, Pandava — they pass into the power of death. Kingdom, life, beloved sons, and every joy soon perish for one with whom you are angered, O bestower of honor. I consider the Kauravas, together with their sons, cattle, and kinsmen, as good as destroyed, now that you, ever faithful to the royal dharma, are angered, Yudhishthira."
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Terrible is the wrath of one who is always "faithful to the royal dharma": the righteous man is angered rarely, and so his wrath is inescapable, like death itself. Notable is that even Bhishma fell "before your wrath": the unseen force of righteousness precedes the weapon. The verse teaches that the wrath of a long-suffering righteous man is a verdict; and one against whom the meek, driven to anger by injustice, has risen loses everything — for not merely an army but dharma itself turns against him.