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जनमेजय उवाच । आपगेयं महात्मानं भीष्मं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् । पितामहं भारतानां ध्वजं सर्वमहीक्षिताम्॥५-१५४-१॥
Janamejaya said: Tell me of Bhīṣma, the son of Āpaṅgā (Gaṅgā), great-souled and foremost among weapon-bearers—the grandsire of the Bhāratas, the standard among all rulers of the earth.
english translation
बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या क्षमया पृथिवीसमम् । समुद्रमिव गाम्भीर्ये हिमवन्तमिव स्थिरम्॥५-१५४-२॥
(Bhīṣma was) equal to Bṛhaspati in intellect, equal to the earth in forbearance; like the ocean in depth, and like Himavat in steadiness.
english translation
प्रजापतिमिवौदार्ये तेजसा भास्करोपमम् । महेन्द्रमिव शत्रूणां ध्वंसनं शरवृष्टिभिः॥५-१५४-३॥
(He was) like Prajāpati in generosity, like the sun in radiance; and like Mahendra in crushing foes with showers of arrows.
english translation
रणयज्ञे प्रतिभये स्वाभीले लोमहर्षणे । दीक्षितं चिररात्राय श्रुत्वा राजा युधिष्ठिरः॥५-१५४-४॥
Hearing that (Bhīṣma) had been consecrated for a long duration in the “sacrifice” of battle—an awe-inspiring, hair-raising undertaking—King Yudhiṣṭhira responded.
english translation
किमब्रवीन्महाबाहुः सर्वधर्मविशारदः । भीमसेनार्जुनौ वापि कृष्णो वा प्रत्यपद्यत॥५-१५४-५॥
What did the mighty-armed one, skilled in every aspect of dharma, say? And what course did Bhīmasena and Arjuna—or Kṛṣṇa—adopt?
english translation