Shloka 94

अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः

Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो गज्जा सुतस्नेहाद भीष्म॑ पुनरुपागमत्‌ | नचास्याश्चाकरोद्‌ वाक्यं क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षण:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! तब गंगादेवी पुत्रस्नेहवश पुनः भीष्मके पास आयीं। उस समय भीष्मके नेत्रोंमें क्रोध व्याप्त हो रहा था; अतः उन्होंने भी माताका कहना नहीं माना

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca—tato Gaṅgā sutasnehād Bhīṣmaṃ punar upāgamat | na cāsyāś cākarod vākyaṃ krodha-paryākulekṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: О Джанамеджая, тогда Ганга, движимая материнской любовью, вновь пришла к Бхишме. Но Бхишма — с глазами, помраченными и взволнованными гневом, — не послушался её слов.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/from there

गङ्गाGaṅgā (the river-goddess)

सुतस्नेहात्from affection for (her) son

भीष्मम्Bhīṣma

पुनःagain

उपागमत्approached/came near

नnot

चand

अस्याःof her

चalso/and

अकरोत्did/made (i.e., complied)

वाक्यम्word/speech (request)

क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणःhe whose eyes were agitated by anger

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Gaṅgā

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger can eclipse judgment so thoroughly that even legitimate, compassionate counsel—especially from elders or one’s own mother—fails to guide action. The verse implicitly commends self-mastery as a prerequisite for dharmic decision-making.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gaṅgā returns to Bhīṣma out of maternal affection and attempts to speak to him, but Bhīṣma, visibly overtaken by anger (his gaze disturbed), does not accept or act upon her words.