[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.12 · spoken by Bhishma ]
The strongest man on the field made his first move — not for war, but to calm a frightened boy.
Bhishma, the eldest of the Kuru clan, raised his conch and blew. The sound rolled across the field — not a war cry. A grandfather's voice saying: I'm still here.
SANSKRIT
तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः । सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥१-१२॥
हिंदी
कुरुवंश के प्रतापी पितामह भीष्म ने सिंहनाद करके शंख बजाया — दुर्योधन को हर्ष देने के लिए।
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Real strength shows up as steadiness for someone else.”