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जीवितेऽप्यद्य सामर्थ्यं किमिवास्मासु संजय । घातयित्वा महावीर्यं पितरं लोकधार्मिकम्॥६-१५-५१॥
Even if we are alive today, what strength remains in us, O Saṃjaya, after bringing about the fall of that mighty father, a man aligned with the dharma that upholds the world’s order?
english translation
अगाधे सलिले मग्नां नावं दृष्ट्वेव पारगाः । भीष्मे हते भृशं दुःखान्मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रकाः॥६-१५-५२॥
As swimmers, seeing a boat sink in deep water, are overwhelmed—so, I think, the princes grieve intensely in great distress when Bhīṣma has fallen.
english translation
अद्रिसारमयं नूनं सुदृढं हृदयं मम । यच्छ्रुत्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रं हतं भीष्मं न दीर्यते॥६-१५-५३॥
Surely my heart is made of mountain-stone, exceedingly hard—since, on hearing that Bhīṣma, the tiger among men, has fallen, it does not break apart.
english translation
यस्मिन्नस्त्रं च मेधा च नीतिश्च भरतर्षभे । अप्रमेयाणि दुर्धर्षे कथं स निहतो युधि॥६-१५-५४॥
In him, O bull among the Bharatas, weapon-skill, intelligence, and policy were immeasurable and unassailable—how, then, was he brought down in the engagement?
english translation
न चास्त्रेण न शौर्येण तपसा मेधया न च । न धृत्या न पुनस्त्यागान्मृत्योः कश्चिद्विमुच्यते॥६-१५-५५॥
Not by weaponry, not by heroism, not by austerity, nor by intelligence; not by endurance, nor again by renunciation—does anyone become free from death.
english translation