अनीकमध्ये तिष्ठन्तं राजपुत्रं दुरासदम् ॥
अब्रवीद् भरतश्रेष्ठं गुडाकेशं जनार्दनः ॥
वासुदेव उवाच
य एष गोप्ता प्रतपन् बलस्थो; यो नः सेनां सिंह इवेक्षते च ॥
स एष भीष्मः कुरुवंशकेतुर्; येनाहृतास् त्रिंशतो वाजिमेधाः ॥
एतान्य् अनीकानि महानुभावं; गूहन्ति मेघा इव घर्मरश्मिम् ॥
एतानि हत्वा पुरुषप्रवीर; काङ्क्षस्व युद्धं भरतर्षभेण ॥
anīkamadhye tiṣṭhantaṃ rājaputraṃ durāsadam ||
abravīd bharataśreṣṭhaṃ guḍākeśaṃ janārdanaḥ ||
vāsudeva uvāca
ya eṣa goptā pratapan balastho; yo naḥ senāṃ siṃha ivekṣate ca ||
sa eṣa bhīṣmaḥ kuruvaṃśaketur; yenāhṛtās triṃśato vājimedhāḥ ||
etāny anīkāni mahānubhāvaṃ; gūhanti meghā iva gharmaraśmim ||
etāni hatvā puruṣapravīra; kāṅkṣasva yuddhaṃ bharatarṣabheṇa ||
Janardana said to Gudakesha, foremost of the Bharatas, the unassailable prince standing in the midst of the army: "This protector, blazing amid the host and gazing upon our army as a lion does — he is Bhishma, the banner of the Kuru race, by whom thirty horse-sacrifices were performed. These armies conceal this great soul, as clouds conceal the burning ray of the sun. Having slain them, O foremost of men, seek battle with this bull among the Bharatas."
369173a7ee52 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 8:55:05 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Krishna does not diminish Bhishma: he calls him the banner of the Kuru race and a great hero. But precisely for this reason Arjuna's task becomes clear: first to break through the armies that shield him, and only then to meet the enemy's central strength. This is a clear-eyed view of the adversary, free of hatred.