Shloka 2
Dvīpa–Sāgara–Parvata Varṇana and Svarbhānu
Rāhu) Graha-pramāṇa (Dvīpas, Oceans, Mountains, and Astral Measures
ध्यायते धृतराष्ट्राय सहसोत्पत्य दु:खित: । आचष्ट निहतं भीष्म भरतानां पितामहम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
dhyāyate dhṛtarāṣṭrāya sahasotpatya duḥkhitaḥ |
ācakṣṭa nihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ bharatānāṃ pitāmaham ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Sanjaya, rising suddenly in distress, went to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who was sunk in anxious thought, and reported that Bhīṣma—the grandsire of the Bharatas—had been struck down.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even before any explicit moral instruction, the narrative shows the ethical weight of war: the fall of a revered elder like Bhīṣma becomes a moral shock to the entire dynasty, revealing how adharma-driven conflict produces grief and destabilizes those who enabled it.
Sañjaya, distressed, abruptly rises and goes to the brooding Dhṛtarāṣṭra to deliver the battlefield news that Bhīṣma, the grandsire of the Bharatas, has been struck down.