Shloka 8
भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः
Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify
एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व याथातथ्येन संजय । दैववश मेरे ही ऊपर अत्यन्त भयंकर दण्ड पड़ रहा है। संजय! क्यों पाण्डव अवध्य हैं और क्यों मेरे पुत्र मारे जा रहे हैं? यह सब यथार्थरूपसे मुझे बताओ ।। न हि पारं प्रपश्यामि दुःखस्यास्थ कथंचन
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | etan me sarvam ācakṣva yāthātathyena sañjaya | daivavaśa mamaiva upari atyanta-bhayaṅkara-daṇḍaḥ patitaḥ | sañjaya! kutaḥ pāṇḍavā avadhyāḥ, kutaś ca mama putrā hanyante? etat sarvaṃ yathārtha-rūpeṇa me vada | na hi pāraṃ prapaśyāmi duḥkhasya asya kathaṃcana ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Tell me all this, Sañjaya, exactly as it truly is. By the force of fate a most dreadful punishment has fallen upon me. Sañjaya—why are the Pāṇḍavas unassailable, and why are my sons being slain? Explain all of it to me in its real form. For I can see no end to this sorrow in any way.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच