इत्य् उक्तः प्राञ्जलिर् भूत्वा दुःखितो भृशम् आतुरः ॥
तेभ्यो न्यवेदयं पुत्र प्रतिज्ञां पितृगौरवात् ॥
ऊर्ध्वरेता ह्य् अराजा च कुलस्यार्थे पुनः पुनः ॥
ततो ऽहं प्राञ्जलिर् भूत्वा मातरं संप्रसादयम् ॥
नाम्ब शंतनुना जातः कौरवं वंशम् उद्वहन् ॥
प्रतिज्ञां वितथां कुर्याम् इति राजन् पुनः पुनः ॥
विशेषतस् त्वदर्थं च धुरि मा मां नियोजय ॥
अहं प्रेष्यश् च दासश् च तवाम्ब सुतवत्सले ॥
एवं ताम् अनुनीयाहं मातरं जनम् एव च ॥
अयाचं भ्रातृदारेषु तदा व्यासं महामुनिम् ॥
सह मात्रा महाराज प्रसाद्य तम् ऋषिं तदा ॥
अपत्यार्थम् अयाचं वै प्रसादं कृतवांश् च सः ॥
त्रीन् स पुत्रान् अजनयत् तदा भरतसत्तम ॥
ity uktaḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā duḥkhito bhṛśam āturaḥ ||
tebhyo nyavedayaṃ putra pratijñāṃ pitṛgauravāt ||
ūrdhvaretā hy arājā ca kulasyārthe punaḥ punaḥ ||
tato 'haṃ prāñjalir bhūtvā mātaraṃ saṃprasādayam ||
nāmba śaṃtanunā jātaḥ kauravaṃ vaṃśam udvahan ||
pratijñāṃ vitathāṃ kuryām iti rājan punaḥ punaḥ ||
viśeṣatas tvadarthaṃ ca dhuri mā māṃ niyojaya ||
ahaṃ preṣyaś ca dāsaś ca tavāmba sutavatsale ||
evaṃ tām anunīyāhaṃ mātaraṃ janam eva ca ||
ayācaṃ bhrātṛdāreṣu tadā vyāsaṃ mahāmunim ||
saha mātrā mahārāja prasādya tam ṛṣiṃ tadā ||
apatyārtham ayācaṃ vai prasādaṃ kṛtavāṃś ca saḥ ||
trīn sa putrān ajanayat tadā bharatasattama ||
"'When I was told this, sorrowful and greatly distressed, I joined my palms and declared to them, my son, my vow made out of reverence for my father: that for the sake of the family I must remain celibate and not become king, again and again. Then, with joined palms, I again and again entreated my mother: "No, mother. Born of Shantanu and upholder of the line of Kuru, I will not make my vow false. Especially for your sake, do not place me under this burden. I am your messenger and your servant, O mother who loves her son." Thus, O king, having appeased my mother and the people, I then asked the great sage Vyasa on behalf of my brother's wives. Together with my mother, O great king, having appeased that rishi, I asked him for the favor of offspring, and he granted it: he then begot three sons, O best of the Bharatas.'"
1602baf2ec4f · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:17 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Krishna recounts to the Pandavas how Bhishma tried to restrain Duryodhana by the force of his own example. The account of Bhishma's own vow shows that the dharma of a family demands not proud possession but self-restraint for the sake of preserving the family and its rightful inheritance.