Shloka 56
Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)
घातयित्वा महावीर्य पितरं लोकधार्मिकम् | अगाधे सलिले मग्नां नावं दृष्टवेव पारगा:,संजय! आज जीवित रहनेपर भी हमलोगोंमें क्या सामर्थ्य है? जगत्के विख्यात धर्मात्मा महापराक्रमी पिता भीष्मको युद्धमें मरवाकर हम उसी प्रकार शोकमें डूब गये हैं, जैसे पार जानेकी इच्छावाले पथिक नावको अगाध जलनमें डूबी हुई देखकर दुःखी होते हैं
ghātayitvā mahāvīryaṃ pitaraṃ lokadhārmikam | agādhe salile magnāṃ nāvaṃ dṛṣṭveva pāragāḥ, sañjaya! āj jīvita rahanepar bhī hamalogoṃ meṃ kyā sāmarthya hai? jagat-ke vikhyāta dharmātmā mahāparākrāmī pitā bhīṣma-ko yuddha meṃ maravākar ham usī prakār śoka meṃ ḍūb gaye haiṃ, jaise pāra jāne-kī icchā-vāle pathik nāva-ko agādha jala meṃ ḍūbī huī dekhkar duḥkhī hote haiṃ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Having caused the death of our mighty father—righteous and upheld by the whole world—we are plunged into grief, Sañjaya. Even if we still live, what strength is left in us? After making Bhīṣma, renowned in the world as a dharmic and supremely valiant elder, fall in battle, we have sunk into sorrow, like travelers longing to cross who, seeing their boat submerged in deep waters, are overcome with despair.”
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