मया शाल्वपतिः पूर्वं मनसाभिवृतो वरः ॥
तेन चास्मि वृता पूर्वं रहस्य् अविदिते पितुः ॥
कथं माम् अन्यकामां त्वं राजञ् शास्त्रम् अधीत्य वै ॥
वासयेथा गृहे भीष्म कौरवः सन् विशेषतः ॥
एतद् बुद्ध्या विनिश्चित्य मनसा भरतर्षभ ॥
यत् क्षमं ते महाबाहो तद् इहारब्धुम् अर्हसि ॥
स मां प्रतीक्षते व्यक्तं शाल्वराजो विशां पते ॥
कृपां कुरु महाबाहो मयि धर्मभृतां वर ॥
त्वं हि सत्यव्रतो वीर पृथिव्याम् इति नः श्रुतम् ॥
mayā śālvapatiḥ pūrvaṃ manasābhivṛto varaḥ ||
tena cāsmi vṛtā pūrvaṃ rahasy avidite pituḥ ||
kathaṃ mām anyakāmāṃ tvaṃ rājañ śāstram adhītya vai ||
vāsayethā gṛhe bhīṣma kauravaḥ san viśeṣataḥ ||
etad buddhyā viniścitya manasā bharatarṣabha ||
yat kṣamaṃ te mahābāho tad ihārabdhum arhasi ||
sa māṃ pratīkṣate vyaktaṃ śālvarājo viśāṃ pate ||
kṛpāṃ kuru mahābāho mayi dharmabhṛtāṃ vara ||
tvaṃ hi satyavrato vīra pṛthivyām iti naḥ śrutam ||
'Formerly the lord of Shalva was chosen by my heart as my husband, and he too chose me before, in secret, without my father's knowledge. How then, O king, having studied the shastras, and especially being a Kaurava, could you keep me — who loves another — in your house, O Bhishma? Having resolved this with reason and with mind, O bull among the Bharatas, you must undertake here what befits you, O mighty-armed one. King Shalva plainly awaits me, O lord of the peoples. Show mercy to me, O mighty-armed one, best among the upholders of dharma. For we have heard, O hero, that you on this earth are true to your vow.'
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Amba does not appeal to Bhishma out of caprice, but on the ground of dharma: her heart already belongs to Shalva, and to keep her in Vichitravirya's house would not be right. The account of Bhishma's strength therefore turns at once into an account of that strength's limit. Victory over kings does not annul a person's own choice and righteous word — and Bhishma must act according to the very dharma he embodies.