Shloka 15
इति सम शरतल्पस्थं भरतानां महत्तमम् | ऋषयस्त्वभ्यभाषन्त सहिता: सिद्धचारणै:,इस प्रकार सिद्धों और चारणोंसहित ऋषिगण भरतकुलके महापुरुष भीष्मको बाणशगय्यापर स्थित देख पूर्वोक्त बातें कहते थे
iti sma śarat-talpa-sthaṁ bharatānāṁ mahattamam | ṛṣayas tv abhyabhāṣanta sahitāḥ siddha-cāraṇaiḥ ||
ดังนี้ เหล่าฤๅษีผู้มาพร้อมด้วยสิทธะและจารณะ ครั้นเห็นภีษมะผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดในหมู่ภารตะนอนอยู่บนแท่นศร ก็กล่าวถ้อยคำดังที่ได้พรรณนามาแล้วนั้น
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Bhīṣma as an authoritative moral witness even amid extreme suffering: dharma-instruction is presented as arising not from comfort but from steadfastness, reputation, and lived commitment to duty.
Sañjaya reports that sages—along with celestial Siddhas and Cāraṇas—approach Bhīṣma as he lies on the arrow-bed and speak to him, continuing the discourse previously mentioned.