यः सर्वान् पृथिवीपालान् समवेतान् महामृधे ॥
जिगायैकरथेनैव काशिपुर्यां महारथः ॥
जामदग्न्यं रणे रामम् आयोध्य वसुसंभवः ॥
न हतो जामदग्न्येन स हतो ऽद्य शिखण्डिना ॥
महेन्द्रसदृशः शौर्ये स्थैर्ये च हिमवान् इव ॥
समुद्र इव गाम्भीर्ये सहिष्णुत्वे धरासमः ॥
yaḥ sarvān pṛthivīpālān samavetān mahāmṛdhe ||
jigāyaikarathenaiva kāśipuryāṃ mahārathaḥ ||
jāmadagnyaṃ raṇe rāmam āyodhya vasusaṃbhavaḥ ||
na hato jāmadagnyena sa hato 'dya śikhaṇḍinā ||
mahendrasadṛśaḥ śaurye sthairye ca himavān iva ||
samudra iva gāmbhīrye sahiṣṇutve dharāsamaḥ ||
He, that great chariot-warrior, once at Kashipuri conquered on a single chariot all the assembled kings, guardians of the earth. Born of the Vasus, he fought in battle with Rama, son of Jamadagni, and was not defeated by Parashurama; yet today he has been struck down by Shikhandin. In valor he was equal to Mahendra, in steadfastness like unto Himavan, in depth like the ocean, and in forbearance equal to the earth.
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Sanjaya deepens the tragedy of the fall by recalling Bhishma's former deeds. The hero whom Parashurama could not overcome has now fallen in the war of his own kin, and this shows not Bhishma's weakness but the inescapable consequence of adharma.