वैशंपायन उवाच
ततः शांतनवं भीष्मं प्राञ्जलिर् धृतराष्ट्रजः ॥
सह सर्वैर् महीपालैर् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
ऋते सेनाप्रणेतारं पृतना सुमहत्य् अपि ॥
दीर्यते युद्धम् आसाद्य पिपीलिकपुटं यथा ॥
न हि जातु द्वयोर् बुद्धिः समा भवति कर्हि चित् ॥
शौर्यं च नाम नेतॄणां स्पर्धते च परस्परम् ॥
श्रूयते च महाप्राज्ञ हैहयान् अमितौजसः ॥
अभ्ययुर् ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे समुच्छ्रितकुशध्वजाः ॥
तान् अन्वयुस् तदा वैश्याः शूद्राश् चैव पितामह ॥
एकतस् तु त्रयो वर्णा एकतः क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tataḥ śāṃtanavaṃ bhīṣmaṃ prāñjalir dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ ||
saha sarvair mahīpālair idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
ṛte senāpraṇetāraṃ pṛtanā sumahaty api ||
dīryate yuddham āsādya pipīlikapuṭaṃ yathā ||
na hi jātu dvayor buddhiḥ samā bhavati karhi cit ||
śauryaṃ ca nāma netṝṇāṃ spardhate ca parasparam ||
śrūyate ca mahāprājña haihayān amitaujasaḥ ||
abhyayur brāhmaṇāḥ sarve samucchritakuśadhvajāḥ ||
tān anvayus tadā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś caiva pitāmaha ||
ekatas tu trayo varṇā ekataḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: Then the son of Dhritarashtra, joining his palms, together with all the kings addressed Bhishma, son of Shantanu, with these words: "Even a very great army, lacking a leader, when it meets battle, is scattered like an anthill. For the minds of two men are never wholly alike, and the valor of leaders rivals against itself. It is known, O greatly wise one, that once all the brahmins, with raised banners of kusha grass, marched against the Haihayas of measureless might. Then the vaishyas and shudras followed after them, O forefather: on one side stood the three varnas, on the other, the foremost of kshatriyas.
68e591d8028f · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:52 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana grasps the outward need for unified command, yet his choice still stands within an already broken dharma. Bhishma's answer reveals the tragic duality of his position: bound by duty to the throne, he does not renounce his knowledge of the truth or his attachment to the Pandavas. Bhishma's conditions, and Karna's refusal to fight under him, show that even within the vast Kaurava army, unity remains only superficial.