वैशंपायन उवाच
एवम् उक्तस् तु विमनास् तिर्यग्दृष्टिर् अधोमुखः ॥
संहत्य च भ्रुवोर् मध्यं न किं चिद् व्याजहार ह ॥
तं वै विमनसं दृष्ट्वा संप्रेक्ष्यान्योन्यम् अन्तिकात् ॥
पुनर् एवोत्तरं वाक्यम् उक्तवन्तौ नरर्षभौ ॥
भीष्म उवाच
शुश्रूषुम् अनसूयं च ब्रह्मण्यं सत्यसंगरम् ॥
प्रतियोत्स्यामहे पार्थम् अतो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥
द्रोण उवाच
अश्वत्थाम्नि यथा पुत्रे भूयो मम धनंजये ॥
बहुमानः परो राजन् संनतिश् च कपिध्वजे ॥
तं चेत् पुत्रात् प्रियतरं प्रतियोत्स्ये धनंजयम् ॥
क्षत्रधर्मम् अनुष्ठाय धिग् अस्तु क्षत्रजीविकाम् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
evam uktas tu vimanās tiryagdṛṣṭir adhomukhaḥ ||
saṃhatya ca bhruvor madhyaṃ na kiṃ cid vyājahāra ha ||
taṃ vai vimanasaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃprekṣyānyonyam antikāt ||
punar evottaraṃ vākyam uktavantau nararṣabhau ||
bhīṣma uvāca
śuśrūṣum anasūyaṃ ca brahmaṇyaṃ satyasaṃgaram ||
pratiyotsyāmahe pārtham ato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim ||
droṇa uvāca
aśvatthāmni yathā putre bhūyo mama dhanaṃjaye ||
bahumānaḥ paro rājan saṃnatiś ca kapidhvaje ||
taṃ cet putrāt priyataraṃ pratiyotsye dhanaṃjayam ||
kṣatradharmam anuṣṭhāya dhig astu kṣatrajīvikām ||
Vaishampayana said: Hearing this, Duryodhana grew despondent, turned his gaze aside, lowered his face, knit his brows, and spoke not a word. Seeing his dejection, the two bulls among men glanced at one another and spoke again as follows. Bhishma said: "Must we truly fight against Partha, who is obedient, free from envy, devoted to sacred duty, and true to his word? What could be more bitter than this?" Drona said: "O king, toward Dhananjaya, the Monkey-bannered one, I bear even greater esteem and regard than toward my own son Ashvatthaman. If, in fulfilling the duty of a kshatriya, I must fight against Dhananjaya, who is dearer to me than my own son, then shame upon such a warrior's way of life."
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Bhishma and Drona no longer speak as partisans of one side, but as elders who clearly perceive the moral cost of war. Their words reveal the tragedy of duty, in which the outward obligation of a kshatriya collides with an inner knowledge of the Pandavas' righteousness and Arjuna's worth.