राजानो ये च तत्रासन् स्वयंवरदिदृक्षवः ॥
स्वान्य् एव ते ऽपि राष्ट्राणि जग्मुः परपुरंजय ॥
एवं विजित्य ताः कन्या भीष्मः प्रहरतां वरः ॥
प्रययौ हास्तिनपुरं यत्र राजा स कौरवः ॥
सो ऽचिरेणैव कालेन अत्यक्रामन् नराधिप ॥
वनानि सरितश् चैव शैलांश् च विविधद्रुमान् ॥
अक्षतः क्षपयित्वारीन् संख्ये ऽसंख्येयविक्रमः ॥
आनयाम् आस काश्यस्य सुताः सागरगासुतः ॥
स्नुषा इव स धर्मात्मा भगिन्य इव चानुजाः ॥
यथा दुहितरश् चैव प्रतिगृह्य ययौ कुरून् ॥
ताः सर्वा गुणसंपन्ना भ्राता भ्रात्रे यवीयसे ॥
भीष्मो विचित्रवीर्याय प्रददौ विक्रमाहृताः ॥
सतां धर्मेण धर्मज्ञः कृत्वा कर्मातिमानुषम् ॥
भ्रातुर् विचित्रवीर्यस्य विवाहायोपचक्रमे ॥
सत्यवत्या सह मिथः कृत्वा निश्चयम् आत्मवान् ॥
rājāno ye ca tatrāsan svayaṃvaradidṛkṣavaḥ ||
svāny eva te 'pi rāṣṭrāṇi jagmuḥ parapuraṃjaya ||
evaṃ vijitya tāḥ kanyā bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ ||
prayayau hāstinapuraṃ yatra rājā sa kauravaḥ ||
so 'cireṇaiva kālena atyakrāman narādhipa ||
vanāni saritaś caiva śailāṃś ca vividhadrumān ||
akṣataḥ kṣapayitvārīn saṃkhye 'saṃkhyeyavikramaḥ ||
ānayām āsa kāśyasya sutāḥ sāgaragāsutaḥ ||
snuṣā iva sa dharmātmā bhaginya iva cānujāḥ ||
yathā duhitaraś caiva pratigṛhya yayau kurūn ||
tāḥ sarvā guṇasaṃpannā bhrātā bhrātre yavīyase ||
bhīṣmo vicitravīryāya pradadau vikramāhṛtāḥ ||
satāṃ dharmeṇa dharmajñaḥ kṛtvā karmātimānuṣam ||
bhrātur vicitravīryasya vivāhāyopacakrame ||
satyavatyā saha mithaḥ kṛtvā niścayam ātmavān ||
The kings who were there, wishing to see the svayamvara, likewise departed each to his own kingdom, O conqueror of enemy cities. Thus, having won those maidens, Bhishma, best of warriors, set out for Hastinapura, where that king, the Kaurava, was. In a short time, O lord of men, he passed through forests, rivers, and mountains with their varied trees. Unharmed, having destroyed his enemies in battle, that son of Ganga who flows to the ocean, of immeasurable valor, brought the daughters of the king of Kashi. As daughters-in-law, that righteous one, or as younger sisters, or as daughters, having received them, he set out for the land of the Kurus. All of them, endowed with virtues, won by valor — brother to younger brother — Bhishma gave to Vichitravirya. By the dharma of the virtuous, the knower of dharma, having performed a superhuman deed, he set about the marriage of his brother Vichitravirya, he, master of himself, having reached a decision together with Satyavati.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Bhishma brings the princesses to Hastinapura and treats them with great reverence. It is significant that, having won them by force in battle, he treats them "as daughters-in-law, sisters, daughters": won by arms, they are not humiliated but surrounded with familial care. Here is the purity of his heart: the one who won these maidens for his brother harbors no desire toward them; bound by his vow of celibacy, he sees in them only daughters of the family — his strength is free of lust. This also refutes Shalva's slander: the one called "lustful" is in fact a model of restraint and nobility. It is significant, too, that he acts "together with Satyavati," consulting the elder of the family: even in his greatness he is not self-willed but humbly takes counsel. Here is the harmony of a family where decisions are made in accord, not by one's own authority alone. Thus the text shows that true nobility lies not only in the valor to win, but in the purity and reverence with which one treats what has been won; strength crowned with chastity and care is true greatness.