धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
प्रतिज्ञाते फल्गुनेन वधे भीष्मस्य संजय ॥
किम् अकुर्वन्त मे मन्दाः पुत्रा दुर्योधनादयः ॥
हतम् एव हि पश्यामि गाङ्गेयं पितरं रणे ॥
वासुदेवसहायेन पार्थेन दृढधन्वना ॥
स चापरिमितप्रज्ञस् तच् छ्रुत्वा पार्थभाषितम् ॥
किम् उक्तवान् महेष्वासो भीष्मः प्रहरतां वरः ॥
सेनापत्यं च संप्राप्य कौरवाणां धुरंधरः ॥
किम् अचेष्टत गाङ्गेयो महाबुद्धिपराक्रमः ॥
वैशंपायन उवाच
ततस् तत् संजयस् तस्मै सर्वम् एव न्यवेदयत् ॥
यथोक्तं कुरुवृद्धेन भीष्मेणामिततेजसा ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
pratijñāte phalgunena vadhe bhīṣmasya saṃjaya ||
kim akurvanta me mandāḥ putrā duryodhanādayaḥ ||
hatam eva hi paśyāmi gāṅgeyaṃ pitaraṃ raṇe ||
vāsudevasahāyena pārthena dṛḍhadhanvanā ||
sa cāparimitaprajñas tac chrutvā pārthabhāṣitam ||
kim uktavān maheṣvāso bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ ||
senāpatyaṃ ca saṃprāpya kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ ||
kim aceṣṭata gāṅgeyo mahābuddhiparākramaḥ ||
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tatas tat saṃjayas tasmai sarvam eva nyavedayat ||
yathoktaṃ kuruvṛddhena bhīṣmeṇāmitatejasā ||
Dhritarashtra said: When Phalguna vowed to kill Bhishma, O Sanjaya, what did my foolish sons, headed by Duryodhana, do? I already see Gangeya, our father, as though slain in battle by the firm-bowed Partha, aided by Vasudeva. And he himself, the immeasurably wise great archer Bhishma, the foremost of those who strike, what did he say on hearing Partha's words? Having received the command of the Kauravas, what did Gangeya, bearer of that burden, great in wisdom and valor, undertake? Vaishampayana said: Then Sanjaya related everything to him just as the elder of the Kurus, Bhishma of boundless splendor, had spoken.
a9d49e02ed17 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:32:37 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here begins the sober reckoning of forces before the war. Dhritarashtra already senses the outcome: Arjuna's vow to kill Bhishma sounds to him like an almost accomplished fact. Bhishma, for his part, accepts the command without self-praise: he knows the science of war, yet does not conceal that war demands order, measure, and a clear understanding of every warrior. The listing of the rathas and atirathas shows not only the army's strength but also a web of personal debts, grievances, and choices that brought these men to Kurukshetra.