Shloka 27
भीष्मो व: समरे सर्वान् पालयिष्यति धर्मवित् | ते भयं सुमहत् त्यक्त्वा पाण्डवान् प्रति युध्यत
bhīṣmo vaḥ samare sarvān pālayiṣyati dharmavit | te bhayaṃ sumahat tyaktvā pāṇḍavān prati yudhyata |
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Si Bhīṣma, ang nakaaalam ng dharma, ang magtatanggol sa inyong lahat sa labanan. Kaya iwaksi ang malaking takot at makipagdigma laban sa mga Pāṇḍava.” Ipinapakita nito ang tapang bilang tungkuling nakaugat sa pagtitiwala sa matuwid na tagapangalaga, at hinihikayat ang hukbo ng Kaurava na kumilos nang walang sindak at tuparin ang kanilang napiling pananagutan ng mandirigma.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fear should be relinquished when one is committed to a duty-bound course of action; confidence is grounded not in arrogance but in reliance on a leader portrayed as dharma-knowing (dharmavit), whose protection stabilizes the community in crisis.
Sañjaya reports an exhortation to the Kaurava side: with Bhīṣma as their righteous and capable protector in the coming battle, they should abandon their great fear and engage the Pāṇḍavas in combat.