Shloka 8
भीष्म–रामसंयुगनिवृत्तिः
Bhishma and Rama: Restraint and Withdrawal in the Engagement
छन््द्यमाना वरेणाथ सा वव्रे मत्पराजयम् । हनिष्यसीति तां देव: प्रत्युवाच मनस्विनीम्
chandyamānā vareṇātha sā vavre mat-parājayam | haniṣyasīti tāṃ devaḥ pratyuvāca manasvinīm ||
ਜਦੋਂ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਵਰ ਮੰਗਣ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ ਗਿਆ, ਉਸਨੇ ਮੇਰੀ ਪਰਾਜਯ ਦਾ ਵਰ ਮੰਗਿਆ। ਤਦ ਮਹਾਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ-ਮਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ—“ਤੂੰ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੀ ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਦਾ ਵਧ ਕਰੇਂਗੀ।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A boon granted by a deity can crystallize moral causality into destiny: steadfast resolve (manas) and a chosen aim—here, the downfall of Bhishma—become sanctioned as an inevitable outcome, showing how personal vows and divine confirmation shape the ethical landscape of the war.
A woman, when offered a boon by Mahādeva, asks specifically for Bhishma’s defeat. Śiva replies that she will indeed be the cause of Bhishma’s death, foreshadowing the later events in which Bhishma’s fall becomes possible.