Shloka 14
Ulūpī’s Disclosure and the Saṃjīvana-Maṇi: Arjuna’s Restoration (उलूपी-प्रकटनं संजीवनमणि-स्थापनं च)
एष शान्तनवो भीष्मो निहत: सव्यसाचिना । अयुध्यमान: संग्रामे संसक्तो5न्येन भाविनि । तदनेनानुषड्गेण वयमद्य धनंजयम्
arjuna uvāca |
eṣa śāntanavo bhīṣmo nihataḥ savyasācinā |
ayudhyamānaḥ saṅgrāme saṃsaktaḥ anyena bhāvini |
tad anenānuṣaḍgeṇa vayam adya dhanañjayam |
Arjuna nói: “Bhīṣma, con của Śāntanu, đã bị tay cung thủ thuận tay trái (Savyasācin) giết. Dẫu không trực tiếp giao chiến, ngài vẫn bị cuốn vào trận mạc bởi vận mệnh của kẻ khác. Vì hệ quả kèm theo ấy, hôm nay chúng ta cũng phải gánh lấy phần nặng của việc làm của Dhanañjaya.”
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral complexity in war: even when an act is framed as necessary or shaped by destiny, its collateral consequences create ethical burden and shared responsibility. It points to the tension between fate (bhāvini) and accountability (anuṣaḍga—attendant consequence).
Arjuna speaks about Bhīṣma’s death, identifying him as Śāntanu’s son and noting that he was slain by the famed archer (Arjuna himself, ‘Savyasācin’). Arjuna reflects that Bhīṣma, though not actively fighting, became entangled in the battle due to another’s destined course, and that this has produced an unavoidable moral aftermath for them.