Shloka 111
न किंचित् प्रत्यपद्यन्त पुत्रास्ते भरतर्षभ | भरतश्रेष्ठ! उन महान् शक्तिशाली एवं भरत-वंशियोंके पितामह भीष्मके मारे जानेपर आपके पुत्रोंको कुछ भी सूझ नहीं पड़ता था || ११० ई ।।
na kiñcit pratyapadyanta putrās te bharatarṣabha | bharataśreṣṭha! tān mahān śaktimān ca bharatavaṃśīnāṃ pitāmahaḥ bhīṣmaḥ hataḥ; tasmin hate tava putrāṇāṃ kiñcid api na pratyabhavat || sammohaś caiva tumulaḥ kurūṇām abhavat tadā ||
三阇耶说道：“婆罗多族之雄牛啊，你的诸子全然不能自持。婆罗多族之最胜者啊，当那位雄力无比、为婆罗多族祖父的毗湿摩被击倒之时，你的诸子心中竟无一策可出。就在那一刻，俱卢众被凶猛而沉重的迷惘所攫住。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the fall of a dharmic elder and strategic pillar (Bhīṣma) can shatter morale and judgment. It implicitly warns that power without inner steadiness collapses into sammoha (bewilderment), and that ethical authority and disciplined counsel are crucial in crisis.
After Bhīṣma is brought down in battle, Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava forces—especially Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons—are stunned and unable to decide what to do. A violent confusion spreads through the Kuru ranks at that moment.