Shloka 12
देवविमान-दर्शनम् / The Celestial Assembly and Vimana Spectacle
Bhīṣma–Arjuna Encounter Framed Cosmically
सर्वे संहत्य युध्याम: पाकशासनिमागतम्,ब्रह्मास्त्र और वेद--ये दोनों वस्तुएँ हमारे आचार्योंके सिवा अन्यत्र कहीं नहीं देखी जातीं। आचार्यपुत्र क्षमा करें, यह समय आपसमें फूट पैदा करनेका नहीं है। हम सब लोग मिलकर यहाँ आये हुए अर्जुनसे युद्ध करेंगे
sarve saṁhatya yudhyāmaḥ pākaśāsanam āgatam | brahmāstraṁ caiva vedāś ca—ete dve vastūnīha naḥ ācāryebhyo ’nyatra na kvacid dṛśyete | ācāryaputra kṣamyatām; nāyaṁ kālo ’nyonyabhedakaraṇasya | vayaṁ sarve militaivātra āgatena arjunena saha yotsyāmaḥ ||
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भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes collective discipline and unity in a crisis: internal rivalry and faction-making are unethical and strategically ruinous when facing a formidable opponent. He also underscores reverence for the lineage of learning—supreme weapons and sacred knowledge are preserved through teachers—so personal ego should yield to shared duty.
In the Virāṭa episode, Arjuna reveals himself and confronts the Kaurava force. Bhīṣma urges the Kauravas to stop infighting, forgive personal slights, and fight together against Arjuna, whom he likens to Indra in prowess.