Shloka 11
अम्बा-शाल्वसंवादः | Amba’s Appeal to Śālva and His Refusal
अम्बालिका च राजेन्द्र राजकन्या यवीयसी । सो5हमेकरथेनैव गत: काशिपते: पुरीम्
ambālikā ca rājendra rājakaṇyā yavīyasī | so 'ham ekarathenaiva gataḥ kāśipateḥ purīm |
Bhishma sprach: „O König, die Prinzessin Ambālikā war die Jüngste. Darum fuhr ich selbst allein, auf nur einem Wagen, in die Stadt des Herrn von Kāśī.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights dharma as resolute, purposeful action undertaken for a larger responsibility (here, the Kuru lineage), while also foreshadowing the ethical tension created when personal vows and political necessities intersect.
Bhishma narrates that Ambālikā was the youngest Kāśī princess and that he himself went alone in a single chariot to the city of the king of Kāśī, in connection with the svayaṃvara of the princesses.