Shloka 10
धृतराष्ट्रस्य बलाबलचिन्ता
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Strength and Preference for Śama
भीष्मद्रोणकृपादीनां भयादशनिसंनि भम् । रिरक्षिषन्त: संरम्भं गमिष्यन्तीति मे मति:
bhīṣma-droṇa-kṛpādīnāṃ bhayād aśani-sannibham | rirakṣiṣantaḥ saṃrambhaṃ gamiṣyantīti me matiḥ ||
ভীষ্ম, দ্রোণ, কৃপ প্রভৃতির ভয়ে পাণ্ডবদের রক্ষা করতে ইচ্ছুক দেবগণ ভীষ্মপক্ষের বিরুদ্ধে বজ্রসম ভয়ংকর ক্রোধে উদ্বেল হবেন—এমনই আমার মত।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When adharma grows powerful through formidable champions, the protection of the righteous is portrayed as drawing even higher forces into decisive opposition; moral order (dharma) is not merely personal but cosmic, and protection of the just may require stern, thunderbolt-like resolve.
Vaiśampāyana expresses his view that, fearing the might of Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa and allied warriors, the gods—intent on safeguarding the Pāṇḍavas—will become fiercely enraged against Bhīṣma’s side, with anger likened to a thunderbolt.