अपाराणाम् इव द्वीपम् अगाधे गाधम् इच्छताम् ॥
स्रोतसा यामुनेनेव शरौघेण परिप्लुतम् ॥
महान्तम् इव मैनाकम् असह्यं भुवि पातितम् ॥
नभश्च्युतम् इवादित्यं पतितं धरणीतले ॥
शतक्रतोर् इवाचिन्त्यं पुरा वृत्रेण निर्जयम् ॥
मोहनं सर्वसैन्यस्य युधि भीष्मस्य पातनम् ॥
apārāṇām iva dvīpam agādhe gādham icchatām ||
srotasā yāmuneneva śaraugheṇa pariplutam ||
mahāntam iva mainākam asahyaṃ bhuvi pātitam ||
nabhaścyutam ivādityaṃ patitaṃ dharaṇītale ||
śatakrator ivācintyaṃ purā vṛtreṇa nirjayam ||
mohanaṃ sarvasainyasya yudhi bhīṣmasya pātanam ||
[Bhishma, who was] like a [saving] island for those who, having no crossing, seek firm ground amid the bottomless deep; flooded by a torrent of arrows as by the current of the Yamuna; like the great [mountain] Mainaka, invincible, brought down to the ground; like the sun fallen from the sky and dropped onto the earthly ground — [his fall was] unthinkable, like the once unimaginable conquest of Shatakratu [Indra] by Vritra; the fall of Bhishma in battle plunged the whole army into bewilderment.
3251316f9431 · 发布于 2026年7月19日 14:46:26 UTC
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This chain of images — an island for the drowning, Mount Mainaka, the fallen sun, the unthinkable conquest of Indra — raises the fall of Bhishma to the rank of events that break the very order of things, as though the sun had gone out or a mountain had collapsed. The comparison to Indra's defeat by Vritra runs especially deep: even the lord of the gods was once overthrown, and this "unthinkable" thing came to pass — there is no invincible one in the worlds but the Supreme. The verse teaches that any support that seems as unshakable as the sun or a mountain can fall, and that the shock overtaking those who relied on a mortal is the very fruit of their own trust — for only the Lord is unwavering, and only on Him can one stand without fear of ruin.