Exception
A Nano Drama
Śikhaṇḍin (blowing conch): "Hiding behind Aśvatthāman and Droṇa, your life's last seven days ... Face your death!"
Bhīṣma (laughing): "Wait, Ambā!"
Śikhaṇḍin (uncomprehending): "Who? 'Mother' ... Gaṅgā?"
Bhīṣma (blowing conch): "Pāṇḍu's five sons want to fight me together. I'll enjoy that battle first, then die."
Bhīṣma's arrow breaks Śikhaṇḍin's bow. Śikhaṇḍin falters.
Canonical basis: Bhīṣmaparvan 81.17-23
chinn'āyudhaṃ Śāṃtanavena rājā
Śikhaṇḍinaṃ prekṣya ca jāta-kopaḥ
Ajātaśatruḥ samare mah'ātmā
Śikhaṇḍinaṃ kruddha uvāca vākyam
uktvā tathā tvaṃ pitur agrato mām
ahaṃ haniṣyāmi mahā-vrataṃ tam
Bhīṣmaṃ śar'aughair vimal'ārka-varṇaiḥ
satyaṃ vadām'īti kṛtā pratijñā
tvayā na c'aināṃ saphalāṃ karoṣi
Devavrataṃ yan na nihaṃsi yuddhe
mithyā-pratijño bhava mā nṛ-vīra
rakṣasva dharmaṃ ca kulaṃ yaśaś ca
prekṣasva Bhīṣmaṃ yudhi bhīma-vegaṃ
sarvāṃs tapantaṃ mama sainya-saṃghān
śar'augha-jālair atitigma-tejaiḥ
kālaṃ yathā mṛtyu-kṛtaṃ kṣaṇena
nikṛtta-cāpaḥ samar'ānapekṣaḥ
parājitaḥ Śāṃtanavena rājñā
vihāya bandhūn atha sodarāṃś ca
kva yāsyase n'ānurūpaṃ tav'edam
dṛṣṭvā hi Bhīṣmaṃ tam ananta-vīryaṃ
bhagnaṃ ca sainyaṃ dravamāṇam evam
bhīto'si nūnaṃ Drupadasya putra
tathā hi te mukhavarṇo'prahṛṣṭaḥ
ājñāyamāne'pi Dhanaṃjayena
mah'āhave saṃprasakte nṛ-vīra
kathaṃ hi Bhīṣmāt prathitaḥ pṛthivyāṃ
bhayaṃ tvam adya prakaroṣi vīra
Canonical basis: Bhīṣmaparvan 113.38-39
Draupadeyāḥ Śikhaṇḍī ca KuntiBhojaś ca vīryavān
Suśarmā ca Virāṭaś ca Pāṇḍaveyā mahā-balāḥ
ete c'ānye ca bahavaḥ pīḍitā Bhīṣma-sāyakaiḥ
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