Shloka 18
अदूरात् तु ततस्तेषां ब्रह्म॒दत्तवरं सर: । हताहता वै तत्रैते जीवन्त्याप्लुत्य दानवा:,“उनके पास ही मानसरोवर था, जिसके लिये ब्रह्माजीके द्वारा दैत्योंको यह वरदान प्राप्त था कि “इसमें डुबकी लगानेसे तुम्हें नूतन जीवन प्राप्त होगा: अत: उस समय दानवोंमेंसे जो हताहत होते थे, उन्हें दूसरे दानव उठाकर सरोवरमें फेंक देते थे और वे उसके जलमें डुबकी लगाते ही जी उठते थे
adūrāt tu tatas teṣāṃ brahmadattavaraṃ saraḥ | hatāhatā vai tatraite jīvanty āplutya dānavāḥ ||
Not far from them lay a lake that had been granted a boon by Brahmā. There, the Dānavas—though struck down again and again—would regain life by plunging into its waters. Hence, whenever some among them fell in battle, the others would lift them up and cast them into the lake; the moment they immersed themselves, they rose again, restored to life.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary boons can suspend ordinary consequences (like death in battle), creating moral and strategic complications; it implicitly warns that power granted by divine favor can prolong conflict and intensify violence rather than resolve it.
Bhīṣma describes a nearby lake endowed with Brahmā’s boon: Dānavas who are killed are carried by their companions to the lake, and by immersing in it they revive, returning to the fight.