Shloka 61
Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)
यत्र शान्तनवं भीष्म हतं शंससि संजय । संजय! निश्चय ही कालकी शक्ति बहुत बड़ी है, सम्पूर्ण जगत्के लिये वह दुर्लड्घय है, जिसके अधीन होनेके कारण तुम शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मको मारा गया बता रहे हो ।।
yatra śāntanavaṁ bhīṣmaṁ hataṁ śaṁsasi sañjaya | putraśokābhisaṁtapto mahad duḥkham acintayam ||
持国王说道：“三阇耶，你禀报说，善檀奴之子毗湿摩是在何处、在何等情势之下被杀的？我为诸子之丧痛所煎熬，忧苦滔天，心神只系于那无边的大悲。”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical and psychological cost of war: even a king becomes morally and emotionally destabilized by attachment and grief for his sons, which clouds judgment and intensifies suffering.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing Sañjaya’s report, reacts with shock and sorrow and asks where and how Bhīṣma—pillar of the Kuru side and son of Śāntanu—has been brought down, while confessing his own overwhelming grief for his sons.