Shloka 35
भीष्मस्वप्न-स्मृत्युपाख्यानम् | Bhīṣma’s Dream-Linked Recollection of the Paraśurāma Combat
तब सतरगामिनी गंगानदीने उससे कहा--'भाविनि! तू कुटिल आचरण कर रही है। सुन्दर अंगोंवाली अबले! तेरा यह मनोरथ कभी पूर्ण नहीं हो सकता ।।
yadi bhīṣma-vināśāya kāśye carasi vai vratam | vrata-sthā ca śarīraṁ tvaṁ yadi nāma vimokṣyasi ||
ତେବେ ସାଗରଗାମିନୀ ଗଙ୍ଗାନଦୀ ତାକୁ କହିଲା— “ଭାବିନି! ତୁ କୁଟିଳ ଆଚରଣ କରୁଛୁ। ସୁନ୍ଦରାଙ୍ଗୀ ଅବଳା! ତୋର ଏହି ମନୋରଥ କେବେ ପୂରଣ ହେବ ନାହିଁ। ଯଦି ଭୀଷ୍ମବିନାଶ ପାଇଁ କାଶୀରେ ତୁ ବ୍ରତ ଆଚରୁଛୁ, ଏବଂ ବ୍ରତସ୍ଥ ରହି ଦେହ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରିଦେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ—ତଥାପି ତୋର ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପ ସିଦ୍ଧ ହେବ ନାହିଁ।”
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
A vow (vrata) gains moral force from righteous intention; when driven by crookedness, hostility, or deception, it is ethically flawed and is warned to be fruitless—even if pursued to extreme self-sacrifice.
Rāma addresses Gaṅgā, criticizing her conduct and stating that even if she undertakes a vow in Kāśī aimed at Bhīṣma’s destruction and dies while keeping it, her plan will not succeed.