ततः सूते हते राजन् क्षिपतस् तस्य मे शरान् ॥
प्रमत्तमनसो रामः प्राहिणोन् मृत्युसंमितान् ॥
ततः सूतव्यसनिनं विप्लुतं मां स भार्गवः ॥
शरेणाभ्यहनद् गाढं विकृष्य बलवद् धनुः ॥
स मे जत्र्वन्तरे राजन् निपत्य रुधिराशनः ॥
मयैव सह राजेन्द्र जगाम वसुधातलम् ॥
मत्वा तु निहतं रामस् ततो मां भरतर्षभ ॥
मेघवद् व्यनदच् चोच्चैर् जहृषे च पुनः पुनः ॥
तथा तु पतिते राजन् मयि रामो मुदा युतः ॥
उदक्रोशन् महानादं सह तैर् अनुयायिभिः ॥
tataḥ sūte hate rājan kṣipatas tasya me śarān ||
pramattamanaso rāmaḥ prāhiṇon mṛtyusaṃmitān ||
tataḥ sūtavyasaninaṃ viplutaṃ māṃ sa bhārgavaḥ ||
śareṇābhyahanad gāḍhaṃ vikṛṣya balavad dhanuḥ ||
sa me jatrvantare rājan nipatya rudhirāśanaḥ ||
mayaiva saha rājendra jagāma vasudhātalam ||
matvā tu nihataṃ rāmas tato māṃ bharatarṣabha ||
meghavad vyanadac coccair jahṛṣe ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
tathā tu patite rājan mayi rāmo mudā yutaḥ ||
udakrośan mahānādaṃ saha tair anuyāyibhiḥ ||
When the charioteer was slain, O king, and I, shaken by this calamity, kept loosing arrows at Rama, he sent at me arrows like unto death. Then Bhargava, seeing me thrown into confusion by the death of my charioteer, struck me hard with an arrow, having drawn his mighty bow. That blood-thirsty shaft fell between my collarbones, O king, and together with me sank to the ground. Believing me slain, Rama, O best of the Bharatas, roared loudly like a cloud and exulted again and again. When I had thus fallen, O king, Rama, filled with joy, together with his followers let out a great shout.
b4809d83933d · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:42:04 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the battle becomes a trial not only of strength but of Bhishma's endurance before fear, loss, and the sight of death. The charioteer's death breaks the ordinary order of chariot combat: Bhishma is left without support, falls, sees himself nearly slain, yet receives protection from brahmins and from Ganga. This matters: even when a kshatriya stands firm in his vow, his life is sustained not by personal valor alone but by blessing, lineage, and unseen grace. The omens at Rama's fall show that violence between such great souls shakes the world itself. Victory here again brings no triumph; each day ends only in a halt to the fighting, while the conflict endures like a heavy karma that cannot be quickly untied.