तेन त्वं निर्जिता भद्रे यस्मान् नीतासि भामिनि ॥
संशयः शाल्वराजस्य तेन त्वयि सुमध्यमे ॥
भीष्मः पुरुषमानी च जितकाशी तथैव च ॥
तस्मात् प्रतिक्रिया युक्ता भीष्मे कारयितुं त्वया ॥
अम्बोवाच
ममाप्य् एष महान् ब्रह्मन् हृदि कामो ऽभिवर्तते ॥
घातयेयं यदि रणे भीष्मम् इत्य् एव नित्यदा ॥
भीष्मं वा शाल्वराजं वा यं वा दोषेण गच्छसि ॥
प्रशाधि तं महाबाहो यत्कृते ऽहं सुदुःखिता ॥
भीष्म उवाच
एवं कथयताम् एव तेषां स दिवसो गतः ॥
रात्रिश् च भरतश्रेष्ठ सुखशीतोष्णमारुता ॥
tena tvaṃ nirjitā bhadre yasmān nītāsi bhāmini ||
saṃśayaḥ śālvarājasya tena tvayi sumadhyame ||
bhīṣmaḥ puruṣamānī ca jitakāśī tathaiva ca ||
tasmāt pratikriyā yuktā bhīṣme kārayituṃ tvayā ||
ambovāca
mamāpy eṣa mahān brahman hṛdi kāmo 'bhivartate ||
ghātayeyaṃ yadi raṇe bhīṣmam ity eva nityadā ||
bhīṣmaṃ vā śālvarājaṃ vā yaṃ vā doṣeṇa gacchasi ||
praśādhi taṃ mahābāho yatkṛte 'haṃ suduḥkhitā ||
bhīṣma uvāca
evaṃ kathayatām eva teṣāṃ sa divaso gataḥ ||
rātriś ca bharataśreṣṭha sukhaśītoṣṇamārutā ||
'But since you were conquered by him and carried off, O beautiful one, that is why King Shalva came to doubt you, O slender-waisted one. Bhishma is proud of his manhood and of his victory over Kashi; therefore it is fitting for you to obtain retribution precisely against Bhishma.' Amba said: 'O brahmin, this great desire also lives always in my heart: may Bhishma be slain in battle. Command that Bhishma be punished, or King Shalva, or whomever you deem guilty, O mighty-armed one, because of whom I suffer so.' Bhishma said: While they spoke thus, O best of the Bharatas, a day passed, and a night wafted by a pleasant, cool-and-warm breeze.
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In this chapter Amba's wish becomes a clearly formulated demand: not merely to find protection, but to see Bhishma requited. Akritavrana distinguishes two possible courses of action — compelling Shalva or punishing Bhishma — and shows that the root of Shalva's doubt lay precisely in Amba's forcible abduction. The appearance of Rama Jamadagnya lifts the matter into the realm of the highest dharma: an ascetic bearing arms listens to a woman's suffering, seeks a just resolution, and is ready first to send word, and only then, if that word is refused, to use force. Amba names Bhishma as the source of her misfortune and asks Rama to fulfill her long-held inner vow.