इदम् अस्त्रं सुदयितं प्रत्यभिज्ञास्यते भवान् ॥
विदितं हि तवाप्य् एतत् पूर्वस्मिन् देहधारणे ॥
प्राजापत्यं विश्वकृतं प्रस्वापं नाम भारत ॥
न हीदं वेद रामो ऽपि पृथिव्यां वा पुमान् क्व चित् ॥
तत् स्मरस्व महाबाहो भृशं संयोजयस्व च ॥
न च रामः क्षयं गन्ता तेनास्त्रेण नराधिप ॥
एनसा च न योगं त्वं प्राप्स्यसे जातु मानद ॥
स्वप्स्यते जामदग्न्यो ऽसौ त्वद्बाणबलपीडितः ॥
ततो जित्वा त्वम् एवैनं पुनर् उत्थापयिष्यसि ॥
अस्त्रेण दयितेनाजौ भीष्म संबोधनेन वै ॥
idam astraṃ sudayitaṃ pratyabhijñāsyate bhavān ||
viditaṃ hi tavāpy etat pūrvasmin dehadhāraṇe ||
prājāpatyaṃ viśvakṛtaṃ prasvāpaṃ nāma bhārata ||
na hīdaṃ veda rāmo 'pi pṛthivyāṃ vā pumān kva cit ||
tat smarasva mahābāho bhṛśaṃ saṃyojayasva ca ||
na ca rāmaḥ kṣayaṃ gantā tenāstreṇa narādhipa ||
enasā ca na yogaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyase jātu mānada ||
svapsyate jāmadagnyo 'sau tvadbāṇabalapīḍitaḥ ||
tato jitvā tvam evainaṃ punar utthāpayiṣyasi ||
astreṇa dayitenājau bhīṣma saṃbodhanena vai ||
'You will recognize this especially beloved weapon, for it was known to you already in your former embodiment. This weapon of Prajapati, created by Vishvakrit, is called Prasvapa, O Bharata. Neither Rama nor any other man anywhere on earth knows of it. Recall it, O mighty-armed one, and apply it decisively. Rama will not perish by this weapon, O lord of men, and you shall never incur the taint of sin, O bestower of honor. This Jamadagnya, overwhelmed by the power of your arrows, will fall asleep; then you yourself, having conquered him, shall raise him up again in battle with the beloved weapon of awakening, O Bhishma.'
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After many days of battle, Bhishma for the first time openly acknowledges the limit of his strength: he cannot see how to defeat Rama by ordinary means. The chapter therefore moves the action from the battlefield into the inner realm of nighttime reflection and dream. The answer comes not as a crude intensification of fury but as subtle knowledge: the Prasvapa must subdue, not kill. This marks a significant turn of dharma. Victory need not mean the destruction of an opponent, especially when that opponent is a teacher and a brahmin. Bhishma is shown a path that preserves his kshatriya duty while leaving intact his reverence for Rama.