9. anye ca bahavah gura
nzadarthe tyaktajivitah
nanasastrapraharanah
sane yuddhavisaradah
(9) And many other heroes who have risked their lives for my sake. They are armed with many kinds of weapons and are all well skilled in war.
10. aparyaptam tad asmakam
balam bhismabhiraksitam
paryaptam tv idam etesam
balam bhimabhiraksitam
(10) Unlimited is this army of ours which is guarded by Bhisma, while that army of theirs which is guarded by Bhima is limited.
aparyaptam: insufficient. Sridhara.
11. ayanesu ca sarvesu
yathabhagam avasthitah
bhismam eva ' bhiraksantu
bhavantah sarva eva hi
(11) Therefore do ye all support Bhisma, standing firm in all the fronts, in your respective ranks.The Sounding of the Conchshells
The Sounding of the Conchshells
12. tasya samjanayan harsam
kuruvrddhah pitamahah
simhanadam vinadyo ccaih
sankham dadhmau pratapavan
(12) In order to cheer him up, the aged kuru, his valiant grandsire, roared aloud like a lion and blew his conch
With him and others, loyalty to duty counted tar more than individual conviction. Social order generally depends on obedience to authority. Did not Socrates tell Crito that he would not break the Laws of Athens which brought him up, guarded and watched over him? Roared aloud like a lion: Bhisma declared emphatically his confidence.
