Shloka 27
भीष्मो व: समरे सर्वान् पालयिष्यति धर्मवित् | ते भयं सुमहत् त्यक्त्वा पाण्डवान् प्रति युध्यत
bhīṣmo vaḥ samare sarvān pālayiṣyati dharmavit | te bhayaṃ sumahat tyaktvā pāṇḍavān prati yudhyata |
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ಧರ್ಮವಿದ್ ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಸಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರನ್ನೂ ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವನು; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಮಹಾಭಯವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ಪಾಂಡವರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಯುದ್ಧಮಾಡಿರಿ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fear should be relinquished when one is committed to a duty-bound course of action; confidence is grounded not in arrogance but in reliance on a leader portrayed as dharma-knowing (dharmavit), whose protection stabilizes the community in crisis.
Sañjaya reports an exhortation to the Kaurava side: with Bhīṣma as their righteous and capable protector in the coming battle, they should abandon their great fear and engage the Pāṇḍavas in combat.