जनमेजय उवाच
आपगेयं महात्मानं भीष्मं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥
पितामहं भारतानां ध्वजं सर्वमहीक्षिताम् ॥
बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या क्षमया पृथिवीसमम् ॥
समुद्रम् इव गाम्भीर्ये हिमवन्तम् इव स्थिरम् ॥
प्रजापतिम् इवौदार्ये तेजसा भास्करोपमम् ॥
महेन्द्रम् इव शत्रूणां ध्वंसनं शरवृष्टिभिः ॥
रणयज्ञे प्रतिभये स्वाभीले लोमहर्षणे ॥
दीक्षितं चिररात्राय श्रुत्वा राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥
किम् अब्रवीन् महाबाहुः सर्वधर्मविशारदः ॥
भीमसेनार्जुनौ वापि कृष्णो वा प्रत्यपद्यत ॥
janamejaya uvāca
āpageyaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhīṣmaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam ||
pitāmahaṃ bhāratānāṃ dhvajaṃ sarvamahīkṣitām ||
bṛhaspatisamaṃ buddhyā kṣamayā pṛthivīsamam ||
samudram iva gāmbhīrye himavantam iva sthiram ||
prajāpatim ivaudārye tejasā bhāskaropamam ||
mahendram iva śatrūṇāṃ dhvaṃsanaṃ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ||
raṇayajñe pratibhaye svābhīle lomaharṣaṇe ||
dīkṣitaṃ cirarātrāya śrutvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
kim abravīn mahābāhuḥ sarvadharmaviśāradaḥ ||
bhīmasenārjunau vāpi kṛṣṇo vā pratyapadyata ||
Janamejaya said: 'Having heard that Apageya, the great-souled Bhishma, the best of weapon-bearers, grandfather of the Bharatas and banner of all earthly lords, equal to Brihaspati in wisdom and to the earth in patience, like the ocean in depth and like Himavat in steadfastness, like Prajapati in generosity and like the sun in radiance, like Mahendra shattering his foes with showers of arrows, had been consecrated for a long time to the terrible sacrifice of battle, full of arrows and hair-raising in its dread, what did the mighty-armed King Yudhishthira, knower of all dharmas, say? What did Bhimasena and Arjuna, or Krishna, decide?'
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The chapter contrasts two forms of faithfulness: the Pandavas organize their army under Krishna's guidance, while Balarama, equally bound to both Bhima and Duryodhana, chooses not to take part in the fratricidal war. His departure does not diminish the rightness of the Pandavas' cause, but it underscores the gravity of the moment: even one who accepts Keshava's will is not always able to watch the destruction of his own kin.