Shloka 6
Śara-śayyā-sthita-bhīṣma-saṃvāda-prastāvaḥ
The Prelude to Questioning Bhīṣma on the Bed of Arrows
तेडभिगम्य महात्मानो भरतानां पितामहम् । अन्वशोचन्त गण्ड्रेयमादित्यं पतितं यथा
teḍabhigamya mahātmāno bharatānāṁ pitāmaham | anvaśocanta gāṅdreyam ādityaṁ patitaṁ yathā ||
于是，那些大心之人、幸存者走近婆罗多族的祖父毗湿摩。见他如同日轮自天穹坠落而卧地，他们一再哀号，倾尽悲恸——此景昭示：战后并非仅是胜负之分，更是一场道义的崩塌，迫使人反思法（dharma）与暴力的代价。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of war: even the victors are compelled to mourn when dharma’s foremost elder lies struck down. The simile of the fallen sun suggests a world dimmed—victory cannot erase the moral and emotional consequences of violence.
After the great war, the surviving leaders go to the battlefield where Bhīṣma lies fallen. They approach him and repeatedly express grief, recognizing him as the venerable grandsire of the Bharata line and as a towering moral presence now brought low.