उक्तवांश् चापि यत् पार्थं भीष्मं प्रति नरर्षभम् ॥
तथान्तो विहितस् तेन स्वयम् एव महात्मना ॥
तस्यापि तव सोदर्यो निहन्ता पापकृत्तमः ॥
नान्यः पाञ्चालपुत्रेभ्यो विद्यते भुवि पापकृत् ॥
स चापि सृष्टः पित्रा ते भीष्मस्यान्तकरः किल ॥
शिखण्डी रक्षितस् तेन स च मृत्युर् महात्मनः ॥
uktavāṃś cāpi yat pārthaṃ bhīṣmaṃ prati nararṣabham ||
tathānto vihitas tena svayam eva mahātmanā ||
tasyāpi tava sodaryo nihantā pāpakṛttamaḥ ||
nānyaḥ pāñcālaputrebhyo vidyate bhuvi pāpakṛt ||
sa cāpi sṛṣṭaḥ pitrā te bhīṣmasyāntakaraḥ kila ||
śikhaṇḍī rakṣitas tena sa ca mṛtyur mahātmanaḥ ||
'And also what he [Bhishma] said to Partha [Arjuna] about Bhishma, the bull among men — thus the end [of Bhishma] was contrived by himself, the great soul. And of him too, the slayer is your own brother, worst of evildoers; there is none other than the sons of Panchala to be found on earth as an evildoer. And he too was fashioned by your father [Drupada] as the destroyer of Bhishma, so they say — Shikhandin, shielded by that one [Arjuna]; and he is the death of the great-souled one [Bhishma].'
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Satyaki, in accusing the whole house of Panchala, overlooks that Bhishma's end was arranged by Bhishma himself — the great elder pointed the way to his own death. It is telling how his denunciation contradicts itself: he brands Shikhandin while forgetting Bhishma's own consent. The verse teaches that in the heat of accusation it is easy to distort the picture by leaving out what is inconvenient; and an accuser who seizes only on another's fault often builds his verdict on the very half-truth he condemns in others.