They listen to him, amazed; only Krishna smiles slightly. Bheeshma sighs and goes on, "I curse my celibacy and the strength it gives me! How I loathe the very thing for which other kshatriyas envy me. But listen, children, besides Krishna there is someone else who has the power to kill me. Arjuna."
Tears start in Arjuna's eyes. Bheeshma wipes them with his fingers. "Why do you cry, child? You say you love me. If you truly love me, you should be glad to set me free me from the dark bondage of this life. Mortal life is cruel; a punishment for old sins we have committed and forgotten. Death is a joyful liberation. I beg you, Arjuna, kill me tomorrow and deliver me to peace. I have carried life's burden for too long. I cannot bear it any more." Arjuna comes into his grandfather's arms and sobs like a child. Bheeshma takes the Pandava onto his lap, as he used to when Arjuna was a boy! He says, "Even you cannot kill me while I am fighting, Arjuna; but if I lay down my weapons, then, yes, you can end my miserable life. In dharma, I cannot allow you to kill me, unresisting, which I would do except for the solemn word I have given Duryodhana. Yet, there is a way to make me put down my bow on the field. In your army, is a kshatriya born just to kill me. He has crossed two lives to come as my death. Set Shikhandi before you and I will not fight him: because he was once a woman."
Menon, Ramesh (2006-07-20). THE MAHABHARATA: A Modern Rendering, Vol 2 (Kindle Locations 4277-4287). iUniverse. Kindle Edition.
THIS is so deep---I want to see this;
I do nto care about going through stuff at speed anymore; all i care is that MY Arjun's emotions while Pitama is killed; Drona is killed and Abhi is killed are SHOWN.
Is that too much to ask???
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