Shloka 18
अदूरात् तु ततस्तेषां ब्रह्म॒दत्तवरं सर: । हताहता वै तत्रैते जीवन्त्याप्लुत्य दानवा:
adūrāt tu tatas teṣāṃ brahmadattavaraṃ saraḥ | hatāhatā vai tatraite jīvanty āplutya dānavāḥ ||
ಅವರ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನ ವರದಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತವಾದ ಒಂದು ಸರೋವರವಿತ್ತು; ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ದಾನವರು ಮರುಮರು ಹತರಾದರೂ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿದ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲೇ ಮತ್ತೆ ಜೀವಂತವಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary boons can suspend ordinary consequences (like death in battle), creating moral and strategic complications; it implicitly warns that power granted by divine favor can prolong conflict and intensify violence rather than resolve it.
Bhīṣma describes a nearby lake endowed with Brahmā’s boon: Dānavas who are killed are carried by their companions to the lake, and by immersing in it they revive, returning to the fight.