धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
कथम् आसंस् तदा योधा हीना भीष्मेण संजय ॥
बलिना देवकल्पेन गुर्वर्थे ब्रह्मचारिणा ॥
तदैव निहतान् मन्ये कुरून् अन्यांश् च पार्थिवान् ॥
न प्राहरद् यदा भीष्मो घृणित्वाद् द्रुपदात्मजे ॥
ततो दुःखतरं मन्ये किम् अन्यत् प्रभविष्यति ॥
यद् अद्य पितरं श्रुत्वा निहतं मम दुर्मतेः ॥
अश्मसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम संजय ॥
श्रुत्वा विनिहतं भीष्मं शतधा यन् न दीर्यते ॥
पुनः पुनर् न मृष्यामि हतं देवव्रतं रणे ॥
न हतो जामदग्न्येन दिव्यैर् अस्त्रैः स्म यः पुरा ॥
यद् अद्य निहतेनाजौ भीष्मेण जयम् इच्छता ॥
चेष्टितं नरसिंहेन तन् मे कथय संजय ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
katham āsaṃs tadā yodhā hīnā bhīṣmeṇa saṃjaya ||
balinā devakalpena gurvarthe brahmacāriṇā ||
tadaiva nihatān manye kurūn anyāṃś ca pārthivān ||
na prāharad yadā bhīṣmo ghṛṇitvād drupadātmaje ||
tato duḥkhataraṃ manye kim anyat prabhaviṣyati ||
yad adya pitaraṃ śrutvā nihataṃ mama durmateḥ ||
aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama saṃjaya ||
śrutvā vinihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ śatadhā yan na dīryate ||
punaḥ punar na mṛṣyāmi hataṃ devavrataṃ raṇe ||
na hato jāmadagnyena divyair astraiḥ sma yaḥ purā ||
yad adya nihatenājau bhīṣmeṇa jayam icchatā ||
ceṣṭitaṃ narasiṃhena tan me kathaya saṃjaya ||
Dhritarashtra said: "What were the warriors like then, Sanjaya, deprived of Bhishma - the mighty one, godlike, who kept his vow of celibacy for his duty toward his father? I think that even then the Kurus and other kings were as good as slain, when Bhishma, out of compassion, did not strike Drupada's son. What could be more painful for me than to hear today that my forefather has fallen because of my own evil thought? My heart, Sanjaya, must be made of stone, since, hearing of Bhishma's fall, it does not shatter into a hundred pieces. Again and again I cannot bear that Devavrata has fallen in battle, though once even Jamadagnya's son could not kill him with divine astras. Tell me, Sanjaya, what this lion among men, Bhishma, who sought victory, did in battle today when he was struck down."
d021b55f7378 · 发布于 2026年7月17日 22:03:51 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
For the first time, Dhritarashtra speaks of Bhishma's fall as the fruit of his own evil thought. His grief is not merely a family matter: he understands that with Bhishma the moral foundation of the Kurus has collapsed.