संजय उवाच
तस्य लालप्यतः श्रुत्वा वृद्धः कुरुपितामहः ॥
देशकालोचितं वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् प्रीतमानसः ॥
समुद्र इव सिन्धूनां ज्योतिषाम् इव भास्करः ॥
सत्यस्य च यथा सन्तो बीजानाम् इव चोर्वरा ॥
पर्जन्य इव भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा सुहृदां भव ॥
बान्धवास् त्वानुजीवन्तु सहस्राक्षम् इवामराः ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
tasya lālapyataḥ śrutvā vṛddhaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ||
deśakālocitaṃ vākyam abravīt prītamānasaḥ ||
samudra iva sindhūnāṃ jyotiṣām iva bhāskaraḥ ||
satyasya ca yathā santo bījānām iva corvarā ||
parjanya iva bhūtānāṃ pratiṣṭhā suhṛdāṃ bhava ||
bāndhavās tvānujīvantu sahasrākṣam ivāmarāḥ ||
Having heard his lamentation, the aged grandfather of the Kurus [Bhishma], pleased in heart, spoke a word fitting for the place and time: 'Be a support to your friends — as the ocean is to the rivers, as the sun is to the stars, as the righteous are to truth, as a rich field is to seeds, as a rain cloud is to creatures. Let your kinsmen live at your side, as the immortals live beside the thousand-eyed [Indra].'
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The grandfather, whom Karna feared to meet with reproach, answers 'pleased in heart' — and in this first gesture reveals the greatness of freedom from malice: a dying man of righteousness blesses one who had once proudly refused to fight under him. The chain of images of support — ocean, sun, field, cloud — paints not a destroyer in battle but a giver of life: the highest calling of the strong is not to destroy but to be a refuge for the weak. It is significant that the comparison is to Indra, who sustains the gods: the true leader is the one by whom others live. The verse teaches that a blessing given from a pure heart to one who recently gave offense is greater than any offense; and that the measure of greatness lies not in how many you have struck down, but in how many find support in you.