Shloka 19
Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)
एवमुक््त्वा तव पिता तूष्णीमासीदू् विशाम्पते । व्यसर्जयच्च राजानं शयनं च विवेश ह
evam uktvā tava pitā tūṣṇīm āsīd viśāmpate | vyasarjayac ca rājānaṃ śayanaṃ ca viveśa ha ||
Sañjaya said: “Having spoken thus, your father’s elder (Bhīṣma) fell silent, O lord of the people. Then he dismissed the king (Duryodhana) and himself retired to his bed.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
After offering principled counsel, a wise elder may choose silence and withdrawal; the ruler must then exercise agency and accept accountability for the ethical outcomes of his decisions.
Sañjaya reports that Bhīṣma, having finished speaking, becomes silent, dismisses Duryodhana, and goes to rest—signaling the end of counsel and the transition back to the king’s responsibility to act.