Shloka 13
भीष्म–रामसंयुगनिवृत्तिः
Bhishma and Rama: Restraint and Withdrawal in the Engagement
हनिष्यसि रणे भीष्म॑ पुरुषत्वं च लप्स्यसे । स्मरिष्यसि च तत् सर्व देहमन्यं गता सती
haniṣyasi raṇe bhīṣmaṁ puruṣatvaṁ ca lapsyase | smariṣyasi ca tat sarvaṁ deham anyaṁ gatā satī ||
Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “Sa digmaan, tunay na mapapatay mo si Bhīṣma, at ayon sa pangangailangan ng pagkakataon ay magkakamit ka rin ng pagkalalaki. Kahit lumisan ka na tungo sa ibang katawan, mananatili sa iyo ang alaala ng lahat ng pangyayaring ito.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the force of destiny and vows within kṣatriya ethics: a foretold act in war will occur, and even extraordinary means (such as acquiring manhood) may be sanctioned by circumstance; it also affirms continuity of consciousness through rebirth via retained memory.
Bhīṣma addresses the one destined to be his slayer (contextually Śikhaṇḍin/Śikhaṇḍinī), declaring that in the coming battle Bhīṣma will be killed and that the slayer will gain manhood as needed, while remembering these events even after taking another body.