Shloka 18
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः
Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma
सो5हमेवंगते कृष्ण निमग्न: शोकसागरे । आत्मनो बुद्धिदौर्बल्याद् भीष्ममासाद्य संयुगे
so ’ham evaṁgate kṛṣṇa nimagnaḥ śokasāgare | ātmano buddhidaurbalyād bhīṣmam āsādya saṁyuge ||
三阇耶说道：“噢，奎师那，在此困境中，我正沉入忧伤之海。由于我自身判断的软弱，当我在战场上与毗湿摩迎面相逢时，内心被悲痛所淹没。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how inner weakness of judgment (buddhi-daurbalya) can drown a person in grief even amid duty-bound action. It frames sorrow not merely as an external reaction to war, but as a consequence of mental and ethical instability that requires guidance and steadiness.
Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa, confessing that in the present crisis he is overwhelmed by sorrow. The immediate trigger is encountering Bhīṣma in battle—an elder and revered figure—causing emotional collapse and self-reproach for his own lack of clarity.