एतद् विचार्य मनसा भवान् एव विनिश्चयम् ॥
विचिनोतु यथान्यायं विधानं क्रियतां तथा ॥
भीष्मे वा कुरुशार्दूले शाल्वराजे ऽथ वा पुनः ॥
उभयोर् एव वा ब्रह्मन् यद् युक्तं तत् समाचर ॥
निवेदितं मया ह्य् एतद् दुःखमूलं यथातथम् ॥
विधानं तत्र भगवन् कर्तुम् अर्हसि युक्तितः ॥
अकृतव्रण उवाच
उपपन्नम् इदं भद्रे यद् एवं वरवर्णिनि ॥
धर्मं प्रति वचो ब्रूयाः शृणु चेदं वचो मम ॥
यदि त्वाम् आपगेयो वै न नयेद् गजसाह्वयम् ॥
शाल्वस् त्वां शिरसा भीरु गृह्णीयाद् रामचोदितः ॥
etad vicārya manasā bhavān eva viniścayam ||
vicinotu yathānyāyaṃ vidhānaṃ kriyatāṃ tathā ||
bhīṣme vā kuruśārdūle śālvarāje 'tha vā punaḥ ||
ubhayor eva vā brahman yad yuktaṃ tat samācara ||
niveditaṃ mayā hy etad duḥkhamūlaṃ yathātatham ||
vidhānaṃ tatra bhagavan kartum arhasi yuktitaḥ ||
akṛtavraṇa uvāca
upapannam idaṃ bhadre yad evaṃ varavarṇini ||
dharmaṃ prati vaco brūyāḥ śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama ||
yadi tvām āpageyo vai na nayed gajasāhvayam ||
śālvas tvāṃ śirasā bhīru gṛhṇīyād rāmacoditaḥ ||
'Having considered this in your mind, make the decision yourself and choose the just course of action. Toward Bhishma, tiger of the Kurus, or King Shalva, or both, O brahmin, do what is right. I have told you this as it truly is: the root of my suffering. O venerable one, you should wisely determine what must be done here.' Akritavrana said: 'O gracious one, O fair one, it is fitting that you speak thus of dharma. Hear this word of mine as well: had the son of the Ganga not carried you off to Hastinapura, Shalva, urged by Rama, would have received you with honor, O timid one.'
95d97f967711 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:36:31 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
In this chapter Amba's wish becomes a clearly formulated demand: not merely to find protection, but to see Bhishma requited. Akritavrana distinguishes two possible courses of action — compelling Shalva or punishing Bhishma — and shows that the root of Shalva's doubt lay precisely in Amba's forcible abduction. The appearance of Rama Jamadagnya lifts the matter into the realm of the highest dharma: an ascetic bearing arms listens to a woman's suffering, seeks a just resolution, and is ready first to send word, and only then, if that word is refused, to use force. Amba names Bhishma as the source of her misfortune and asks Rama to fulfill her long-held inner vow.