Shloka 1
भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King
अपन (_) ] अति्ऑशा<< एकाशीतितमो< ध्याय: सातवें दिनके युद्धमें कौरव-पाण्डव-सेनाओंका मण्डल और वजव्यूह बनाकर भीषण संघर्ष संजय उवाच अथात्मजं तव पुनर्गाज्जियो ध्यानमास्थितम् | अब्रवीद् भरतश्रेष्ठ: सम्प्रहर्षकरं वच:
sañjaya uvāca | atha ātmājaṃ tava punar gāḍhaṃ dhyānam āsthitam | abravīd bharataśreṣṭhaḥ sampraharṣakaraṃ vacaḥ ||
ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲੇ—ਮਹਾਰਾਜ! ਫਿਰ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਨੂੰ ਮੁੜ ਗਹਿਰੀ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੁੱਬਿਆ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ, ਭਰਤ-ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਗੰਗਾ-ਨੰਦਨ ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਹੌਸਲਾ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਬਚਨ ਕਹੇ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid crisis, leadership requires steadiness: elders and mentors aim to transform paralyzing worry into purposeful resolve, aligning emotion with one’s perceived duty (kṣātra-dharma) rather than being ruled by anxiety.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Duryodhana is again absorbed in anxious thought; seeing this, Bhishma speaks to him with encouraging words, preparing his mind for the next phase of the battle.