भीष्म उवाच
सा निष्क्रमन्ती नगराच् चिन्तयाम् आस भारत ॥
पृथिव्यां नास्ति युवतिर् विषमस्थतरा मया ॥
बान्धवैर् विप्रहीनास्मि शाल्वेन च निराकृता ॥
न च शक्यं पुनर् गन्तुं मया वारणसाह्वयम् ॥
अनुज्ञातास्मि भीष्मेण शाल्वम् उद्दिश्य कारणम् ॥
किं नु गर्हाम्य् अथात्मानम् अथ भीष्मं दुरासदम् ॥
आहो स्वित् पितरं मूढं यो मे ऽकार्षीत् स्वयंवरम् ॥
ममायं स्वकृतो दोषो याहं भीष्मरथात् तदा ॥
प्रवृत्ते वैशसे युद्धे शाल्वार्थं नापतं पुरा ॥
तस्येयं फलनिर्वृत्तिर् यद् आपन्नास्मि मूढवत् ॥
धिग् भीष्मं धिक् च मे मन्दं पितरं मूढचेतसम् ॥
येनाहं वीर्यशुल्केन पण्यस्त्रीवत् प्रवेरिता ॥
bhīṣma uvāca
sā niṣkramantī nagarāc cintayām āsa bhārata ||
pṛthivyāṃ nāsti yuvatir viṣamasthatarā mayā ||
bāndhavair viprahīnāsmi śālvena ca nirākṛtā ||
na ca śakyaṃ punar gantuṃ mayā vāraṇasāhvayam ||
anujñātāsmi bhīṣmeṇa śālvam uddiśya kāraṇam ||
kiṃ nu garhāmy athātmānam atha bhīṣmaṃ durāsadam ||
āho svit pitaraṃ mūḍhaṃ yo me 'kārṣīt svayaṃvaram ||
mamāyaṃ svakṛto doṣo yāhaṃ bhīṣmarathāt tadā ||
pravṛtte vaiśase yuddhe śālvārthaṃ nāpataṃ purā ||
tasyeyaṃ phalanirvṛttir yad āpannāsmi mūḍhavat ||
dhig bhīṣmaṃ dhik ca me mandaṃ pitaraṃ mūḍhacetasam ||
yenāhaṃ vīryaśulkena paṇyastrīvat praveritā ||
Bhishma said: As she left the city, she pondered, O Bharata: 'On this earth there is no young woman in a more grievous plight than I. I am bereft of kin and rejected by Shalva. Nor can I return again to Hastinapura, for Bhishma released me on the understanding that I was going to Shalva. Whom then should I blame -- myself, the unassailable Bhishma, or my foolish father who arranged my svayamvara? This is my own fault: when the terrible battle broke out, I did not leap down from Bhishma's chariot for Shalva's sake. Here is the fruit of that deed: I have fallen into misfortune like a madwoman. Shame on Bhishma, and shame on my weak, dull-hearted father, because of whom I was put up like a woman for sale, with valor for a ransom.'
4b605a479592 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:36:31 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
After Shalva's rejection, Amba turns her pain into resolve for the first time. She still wavers over whom to blame -- herself, her father, Shalva, fate, or Bhishma -- but gradually comes to see Bhishma as the central knot of her misfortune. Her turn to austerity is significant: lacking any social support, she seeks strength not in the protection of kin but in tapas. Thus personal humiliation becomes a long path of retribution that will later return on the field of Kurukshetra.