Shloka 8
भीष्मस्य सेनापत्यप्रतिज्ञा तथा रथसंख्यावर्णनम् | Bhishma Accepts Command and Enumerates Kaurava Strength
यस्य वीर्य समाश्रित्य धार्तराष्ट्र विकत्थसे । हन्तास्मि प्रथमं भीष्म मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम्,'धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र! तू जिनके पराक्रमका आश्रय लेकर बड़ी-बड़ी बातें बनाता है, उन पितामह भीष्मको ही मैं सबसे पहले तेरे समस्त थधरनुर्धरोंके देखते-देखते मार डालूँगा
sañjaya uvāca | yasya vīrya-samāśritya dhārtarāṣṭra vikatthase | hantāsmi prathamaṃ bhīṣma miṣatāṃ sarva-dhanvinām ||
Sañjaya said: “O son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, relying on the prowess of him because of whom you boast so loudly, I shall strike down Bhīṣma first—before the very eyes of all your bowmen.” The utterance frames a moral challenge to arrogance born of borrowed strength and signals the grim resolve that drives the war toward its most revered elders.
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