|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 33 – The legend of Lord Krishna – Bhishma Sthuthi

Krishna with the Pandavas arrived on the war zone of Kurukshetra, witnessed Bhishma Pithamaha who was lying on the bed of arrows, his majestic posture resembled deity.  Krishna and Pandavas reverentially greeted him with folded hands.  Soon all the illustrious Rishis and Sages assembled in the Kurukshetra, there were Badarayana, Narada, Dhaumya, Bhrihadhvasha, Parvatha, Bharadhvaja, and his disciples, Parashurama, Vashishta, Indhra, Gauthama, Atri, Kaushika, Sudharshana, Grithsama, Bhramaratha along with his disciples, Kashyapa, Angira, etc.  Bhishma Pithamaha listened to the sounds of the chariot, looked through the corner of his eyes, and realized it was Krishna, he mentally offered salutation to the supreme Lord Krishna.  Bhishma Pithamaha worshiped Krishna as Jagatheeshwara who resides as a soul in living beings; he envisioned that glorious form of Krishna in his heart.  He saw Pandavas stood with folded hands; he closed his eyes overflowing with tears.  Dharmaputhra thought it was scorching heat and pain from the bed of arrows, brutal scene on the war zone, animals crazily flying over the corpse, burning funeral pyre, made Pithamaha shed tears. 

Bhishma Pithamaha spoke “Oh! Children, you are an extremely fortunate one to have Krishna with you; it is a great blessing that you have the safest heaven Acchyutha.  I feel sorry for you dear children, still, you are grieving over the incidents that happened.  Oh! Children, no one can override ‘Time’, that provides the fruit of Karma. Oh! Yudhishtira, you symbolize Dharma, Vrikodhara represents might, Arjuna is a great archer and no words to praise his Gandeevam and Nakula Sahadeva are prominent ones, leave all this aside, you have supreme Lord Krishna as your sincere companion, then why should you feel distressed? Oh! Children, you have not understood Krishna, even though he was constantly following you everywhere.”