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1 1, 1 | Hastina's royal hall,~Spake to Bhishma and to Kripa, spake to lords
2 1, 1 | the monarch left his hall,~Bhishma and the pious Kripa with
3 1, 6 | gallant Arjun, and brave Bhishma warrior old,~Women too with
4 1, 9 | And with Kripa and with Bhishma homeward silent bent their
5 3, 1 | preceptor Kripa, and the ancient Bhishma came,~Elders of the race
6 3, 2 | Spake Yudhishthir unto Bhishma, elder of the Kuru race,~
7 3, 2 | king and chief of might,~Bhishma and the pious Drona watched
8 3, 4 | IV - THE ARGHYA~Outspake Bhishma to Yudhishthir: "Monarch
9 3, 4 | ring spake the ancient Bhishma in his accents deep and
10 3, 4 | unto Krishna's holy might!"~Bhishma spake and Sahadeva served
11 3, 4 | shook,~To Yudhishthir and to Bhishma turns the chief his flaming
12 3, 5 | knowledge yet unblessed,~Knowing Bhishma blessed with wisdom hath
13 3, 5 | his warlike fame?~Thou, O Bhishma! Death's Subduer, surely
14 3, 7 | race,~Bhima on the ancient Bhishma and on Kuru's king doth
15 4, 2 | protect an outraged queen?~Bhishma, hath he lost his virtue,
16 4, 3 | Darkly frowned the ancient Bhishma, wrathful Drona bit his
17 4, 3 | Karna laughed, but saintly Bhishma wiped his old and manly
18 4, 4 | the Queen Gandhari knew,~Bhishma muttered "svasti! svasti!"
19 4, 5 | Noble grandsire stainless Bhishma, may thy glories ever shine,~
20 4, 5 | holier peace,~Bowed to Bhishma and to Drona, and to chiefs
21 4, 6 | never pray in vain,~Help me, Bhishma, warlike Drona, Kripa ever
22 6, 1 | the hawk upon its prey!~Bhishma, Drona, peerless Karna,
23 6, 1 | them to their distant hold!~Bhishma and the proud Duryodhan,
24 6, 4 | there,~Kripa and the mighty Bhishma, archer Karna, tall and
25 7, 2 | mind,~Make obeisance unto Bhishma and to Drona true and bold,~
26 7, 3 | Indra-prastha's jewelled throne!~Bhishma counsels, Drona urges, Kripa.
27 7, 4 | his fitful star,~Ancient Bhishma, righteous Drona, cannot
28 7, 5 | they guard the Kuru land!~Bhishma is thy kingdom's bulwark,
29 7, 6 | VI - BHISHMA'S SPEECH~From the monarch'
30 7, 6 | and sobs convulsive broke,~Bhishma wiped his manly eyelids
31 7, 7 | righteous Krishna said,~Ancient Bhishma's voice of warning thou
32 7, 10| father, wise Vidura, ancient Bhishma, Drona bold,~Join thee in
33 7, 10| leads us as in days of old,~Bhishma greater than the bright-gods,
34 8 | BHISHMA-BADHA~(Fall of Bhishma)~All negotiations for a
35 8 | his army, and for ten days Bhishma held his own and inflicted
36 8 | ending with the fall of Bhishma, are narrated in this Book.~
37 8, 1 | I - PANDAVS ROUTED BY BHISHMA~Ushas with her crimson fingers
38 8, 1 | mighty elephants of war!~Bhishma led the Kuru forces, strong
39 8, 1 | bright and glistening hail!~Bhishma leader of the Kurus, as
40 8, 1 | Panchalas faced the mighty Bhishma's car!~But the fiery son
41 8, 1 | dissevered from his chariot Bhishma's palm-tree standard fell,~
42 8, 1 | Anger stirred the ancient Bhishma and he rose in all his might,~
43 8, 1 | Sankha from the ancient Bhishma's wrath,~Drupad too, Panchala'
44 8, 1 | consumes the forest, wrathful Bhishma slew the foe,~None could
45 8, 1 | Onward came the mighty Bhishma and the slaughter fiercer
46 8, 2 | SURYA drove his fiery car,~Bhishma and the helméd Arjun strove
47 8, 2 | to turn the tide of war.~Bhishma's glorious palm-tree standard
48 8, 2 | valour Arjun still the mighty Bhishma sought,~Warlike prince of
49 8, 3 | III - BHISHMA AND ARJUN MEET~Anxious was
50 8, 3 | hisframe~As he spake to ancient Bhishma words of wrath in bitter
51 8, 3 | wrath in bitter shame:~"Bhishma! dost thou lead the Kurus
52 8, 3 | for Kurus doth the noble Bhishma fight?~Pardon, chief, if
53 8, 3 | Kuru line!~Anger flamed on Bhishma's forehead and the tear
54 8, 3 | unwise Duryodhan! Nor can Bhishma warrior old,~Nor can Drona
55 8, 3 | since he leads thy forces, Bhishma still shall meet his foe,~
56 8, 3 | unto the battle ancient Bhishma held his way,~Sweeping all
57 8, 3 | die!~If to-day with angry Bhishma, Arjun shuns the dubious
58 8, 3 | the Kurus by the matchless Bhishma led,~Shouts arose and cry
59 8, 7 | VII - PANDAVS ROUTED BY BHISHMA~Morning came and angry Arjun
60 8, 7 | like star on billowy ocean Bhishma's palm-tree banner rose!~
61 8, 7 | brothers on the peerless Bhishma fell,~Gods in sky nor earthly
62 8, 7 | sky nor earthly warriors Bhishma's matchless might could
63 8, 8 | saw the turn of battle; Bhishma's charioteer was slain,~
64 8, 9 | IX - PANDAVS ROUTED BY BHISHMA~Fell the thickening shades
65 8, 9 | arose in dewy starlight Bhishma's proud and snowy tent,~
66 8, 9 | heaving sighs were broke:~"Bhishma! on thy matchless prowess
67 8, 9 | Gods nor men with warlike Bhishma can in field of war contend,~
68 8, 9 | Pandu, but they face not Bhishma's might,~In their fierce
69 8, 9 | foeman's hostile line!"~Bhishma's heart was full of sadness
70 8, 9 | hast courted cruel fate,~Bhishma still will do his duty,
71 8, 9 | and deathful war,~Ancient Bhishma, in his anger drove once
72 8, 10| X - FALL OF BHISHMA~Good Yudhishthir gazed with
73 8, 10| warriors by the matchless Bhishma slain:~"Vain this unavailing
74 8, 10| Gainst the death-compelling Bhishma hopeless in this arduous
75 8, 10| parchéd woodland feeds,~Bhishma tramples on my forces in
76 8, 10| And they went to ancient Bhishma, love and mercy to entreat,~
77 8, 10| love and mercy to entreat,~Bhishma loved the sons of Pandu
78 8, 10| unto Duryodhan righteous Bhishma would not part!~"Sons of
79 8, 10| Prince Duryodhan is my lord,~Bhishma is no faithless servant
80 8, 10| craves for mercy, ancient Bhishma doth not fight,~Bhishma
81 8, 10| Bhishma doth not fight,~Bhishma doth not fight a rival who
82 8, 10| submits, fatigued and worn,~Bhishma doth not fight the wounded,
83 8, 10| triumph! Hath not truthful Bhishma sworn~He will fight no wounded
84 8, 10| Trick against the sinless Bhishma, fraud upon his spotless
85 8, 10| jewelled sceptre won with Bhishma's saintly life!"~Gravely
86 8, 10| answered noble Krishna: "Bhishma falls by close of day,~Victim
87 8, 10| mail,~Rushed to wax where Bhishma's standard gleamed slid
88 8, 10| Where the peerless ancient Bhishma on that dark and fatal day,~
89 8, 10| from dark clouds parting Bhishma burst on Arjun's view,~And
90 8, 10| the deathful battle's van,~Bhishma viewed the Pandav forces
91 8, 10| mighty storm-winds roar!~Bhishma thought of word he plighted
92 8, 10| chariot, threw its shade on Bhishma's seat,~And the flagstaff
93 8, 10| lances did the peerless Bhishma quell,~T'rue to oath and
94 8, 10| to oath and unresisting, Bhishma turned his face away,~Turned
95 8, 10| silent Pandavs went where Bhishma dying lay,~Arjun wept as
96 8, 10| my latest breath,~List to Bhishma's dying counsel and revere
97 8, 10| Vain, alas, the voice of Bhishma like the voice of angel
98 8, 10| his bed of pointed arrows Bhishma lone and dying lay,~Karna,
99 8, 10| Karna, though he loved not Bhishma whilst the chieftain lived
100 8, 10| fame,~Gently to the dying Bhishma in the midnight darkness
101 8, 10| midnight darkness came!~Bhishma heard the tread of Karna
102 9 | of Drona)~ON the fall of Bhishma the Brahman chief Drona,
103 9, 2 | from battle while his rival Bhishma led,~Ancient hate and jealous
104 9, 2 | warlike heart,~And while Bhishma led, all idly slumbered
105 10, 1 | Matchless was the ancient Bhishma in this famed and warlike
106 10, 1 | for Yudhishthir palsied Bhishma's slaying hand,~Matchless
107 10, 4 | Call to mind the stainless Bhishma for thy sins and folly slain,~
108 11, 2 | ceaseless sorrow weep,~Mighty Bhishma, hath he fallen, quenched
109 12 | great and venerable warrior Bhishma, still lying on his death
110 12 | character in the Epic than Bhishma, and these rules and laws
111 12 | Epic, and we pass them by.~Bhishma dies and is cremated; but
112 End | chariot driven.~This is Bhishma stainless warrior, by the
113 Epi | grandeur; the noble grandsire Bhishma, "death's subduer" and unconquerable
114 Epi | of the grand old fighter Bhishma. Then follows the stirring
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