Shloka 26
प्रातिष्ठत ततो भीष्मो द्रोणेन सह संजय । कृपश्च सोमदत्तश्न बाह्लीकश्न महामना:,संजय! यह सब देखकर द्रोणके साथ भीष्म, कृपाचार्य, सोमदत्त और महामना बाह्नीक वहाँसे उठकर चले गये। तब मैंने विदुरकी प्रेरणासे वहाँ यह बात कही---'मैं कृष्णाको मनोवांछित वर दूँगा। वह जो कुछ चाहे, माँग सकती है”
prātiṣṭhata tato bhīṣmo droṇena saha sañjaya | kṛpaś ca somadattaś ca bāhlīkaś ca mahāmanāḥ ||
അപ്പോൾ, സഞ്ജയ, ദ്രോണനോടൊപ്പം ഭീഷ്മൻ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് പുറപ്പെട്ടു; കൃപനും സോമദത്തനും മഹാമനസ്സനായ ബാഹ്ലീകനും അവിടെ നിന്ന് യാത്രയായി।
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the role of senior figures and the court’s shifting moral atmosphere: when elders withdraw, responsibility falls more sharply on the king. In the broader episode, Dhṛtarāṣṭra is pressed toward a dharmic corrective—granting a boon to the wronged—showing that restitution and listening to wise counsel (Vidura) are essential when adharma has occurred.
After witnessing events in the assembly, Bhīṣma and other elders (with Droṇa, Kṛpa, Somadatta, and Bāhlīka) rise and leave. Their departure precedes Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s subsequent statement—urged by Vidura—about granting Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) a desired boon, a turning point aimed at easing the crisis created in the sabhā.