Shloka 746
Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)
त्वं हि मे सर्पिषेवाग्निमुद्दीपपसि संजय । युद्धभूमिमें शोभा पानेवाले भयंकर पराक्रमी अपने ताऊ देवव्रत भीष्मको मारा गया सुनकर मेरे हृदयमें शान्ति नहीं रह गयी है। उनके मारे जानेसे मेरे पुत्रोंकी जो हानि होनेवाली है
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | tvaṃ hi me sarpiṣevāgnim uddīpayasi saṃjaya | yuddhabhūmau śobhāpāṇḍu bhayaṅkara-parākramaṃ sva-tāu devavrataṃ bhīṣmaṃ hataṃ śrutvā me hṛdaye śāntiḥ na tiṣṭhati | tasya hataḥ san mama putrāṇāṃ yā hānir bhaviṣyati tasyāḥ kāraṇāt mama manasi gurvī vyathā prabuddhā | saṃjaya, tvaṃ vacanarūpeṇa ghṛtenāhutiṃ dattvā mama cintā-vyathā-rūpām agniṃ bhūya evoddīpayasi ||
持国王说道：“三阇耶，你如同以酥油助燃一般，正把我心中的火越扇越旺。听闻我那可怖而雄武、在战场上光辉赫赫的叔父天誓毗湿摩已被击倒，我心中再无安宁。想到他既已陨落，我诸子将遭受的损失，沉重的痛楚便在我胸中苏醒。三阇耶，你以言辞如酥油作供，反而更添我忧惧与哀恸之火。”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how attachment and fear of loss intensify suffering: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s mind turns Bhīṣma’s fall into a consuming ‘fire’ of anxiety for his sons. It also shows the ethical cost of clinging to one’s side in an unrighteous war—news and narration become fuel when the heart is already bound by partiality.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra reacts to Sañjaya’s report that Bhīṣma (Devavrata), the Kuru elder and chief protector of the Kaurava army, has been struck down. He confesses that peace has left him and accuses Sañjaya’s detailed words of further inflaming his worry and anguish about the impending losses of his sons.