Shloka 243
आस्ते महर्षिभि: सार्ध ब्रह्मा देवगणैर्यथा । तदनन्तर वे सब लोग उस स्थानपर गये जहाँपर प्रभावशाली भीष्मजी बाणशय्यापर सो रहे थे। जैसे देवताओंसे घिरे हुए ब्रह्माजी शोभा पाते हैं, उसी प्रकार महर्षियोंके साथ भीष्मजी सुशोभित हो रहे थे
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: āste maharṣibhiḥ sārdhaṁ brahmā devagaṇair yathā | tadanantaraṁ te sarve lokāḥ tasmin sthāne gatāḥ yatra prabhāvaśālī bhīṣmaḥ bāṇaśayyāyāṁ suptaḥ | yathā devatābhiḥ parivṛto brahmā śobhate tathā maharṣibhiḥ sārdhaṁ bhīṣmaḥ suśobhate |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。ビーシュマは大聖仙たちとともにそこに横たわり、神々の群れに囲まれたブラフマーのごとく光り輝いていた。その後、人々は皆、矢の床の上に憩う威力あるビーシュマのもとへ赴いた。神々に取り巻かれてブラフマーが荘厳に映えるように、ビーシュマもまたマハルシたちに侍されて燦然とし—戦の勝利ゆえではなく、ダルマへの不動の貫徹と、最期の教誨が帯びる道義の重みによって敬われていた。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Bhīṣma’s authority as moral and spiritual: even while wounded and near death, he is honoured like a cosmic teacher, surrounded by sages. The ethical point is that dharma and wisdom command reverence beyond battlefield outcomes.
After preceding events, the assembled people go to the spot where Bhīṣma lies on his bed of arrows. He is depicted as resplendent in the company of maharṣis, compared to Brahmā encircled by the gods—setting the scene for Bhīṣma’s instruction in Śānti Parva.