एवम् उक्ते तु भीष्मेण ततः संचुक्रुधुर् नृपाः ॥
के चिज् जहृषिरे तत्र के चिद् भीष्मं जगर्हिरे ॥
के चिद् ऊचुर् महेष्वासाः श्रुत्वा भीष्मस्य तद् वचः ॥
पापो ऽवलिप्तो वृद्धश् च नायं भीष्मो ऽर्हति क्षमाम् ॥
हन्यतां दुर्मतिर् भीष्मः पशुवत् साध्व् अयं नृपैः ॥
सर्वैः समेत्य संरब्धैर् दह्यतां वा कटाग्निना ॥
evam ukte tu bhīṣmeṇa tataḥ saṃcukrudhur nṛpāḥ ||
ke cij jahṛṣire tatra ke cid bhīṣmaṃ jagarhire ||
ke cid ūcur maheṣvāsāḥ śrutvā bhīṣmasya tad vacaḥ ||
pāpo 'valipto vṛddhaś ca nāyaṃ bhīṣmo 'rhati kṣamām ||
hanyatāṃ durmatir bhīṣmaḥ paśuvat sādhv ayaṃ nṛpaiḥ ||
sarvaiḥ sametya saṃrabdhair dahyatāṃ vā kaṭāgninā ||
When Bhishma had spoken thus, the kings grew angry; some there rejoiced, others reproached Bhishma. And others still, great bowmen, having heard that word of Bhishma's, said: "Sinful, arrogant, and old, this Bhishma does not deserve forbearance; let all the kings gather together in fury and kill the evil-minded Bhishma like cattle — or let them burn him with a fire of straw."
6dc316719009 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:49:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The furious mob of kings is ready to tear apart the lone old man "like cattle." It is telling that falsehood, unable to overcome truth in argument, at once reaches for violence: powerless to out-argue, it threatens to burn. The verse teaches that the fury of a multitude against one righteous man is not a sign of his guilt but a sign of its absence: truth cannot be refuted, only its bearer can be attacked. And the assembly's rift — some rejoicing, others reviling, still others thirsting for blood — reveals how the presence of truth divides hearts. Wherever the righteous man stands, it becomes plain who is for truth and who is for slaughter.