| In Mahabharata the Kauravs invited Pandavas for dice | | | | lost, he never said that it was all wrong and the dice |
| play. Pandavas lost everything including Draupadi in | | | | play was manipulated. But the worst came when he |
| the dice play. After that Dushashana brought in | | | | kept silent while Dushashana was trying to disrobe |
| Draupadi to the hall and wanted to disrobe her in | | | | Draupadi. Draupadi was a lady from his own family - |
| front of all. That time Draupadi called upon all the | | | | The wife of his grandsons. It was his duty to get up |
| elders sitting in the hall including Bhishma to save her. | | | | and stop all what happened. But he kept quite. As a |
| None of them got up. They all kept quite. That was | | | | result during the great war, Bhishma was hurt and |
| a sin committed by Bhishma. | | | | wounded beyond description. He waited for sun to |
| Bhishma has been depicted as a man of principals. | | | | change its direction and suffered alone in the |
| When he found out that his father was in love with a | | | | battlefield with all the arrows stuck in his body. He |
| girl, he vowed that he would never marry. Bhishma | | | | must have suffered immense pain. |
| never married in his life. That was his character. | | | | But the law of karma does not leave anybody. |
| Though he could have rightfully become the king and | | | | Bhishma suffered all this because he did not try to |
| get married he gave it all away for his father's | | | | defend a defenseless woman. He should have got up |
| happiness. It was a huge sacrifice. | | | | and put a stop to disrobing and punished all the |
| Bhishma knew all about what is right and what is | | | | Kauravas. He did nothing of that kind. That was his |
| wrong. But even then he did not stop or even try to | | | | blunder. |
| prevent the dice play. After that when the Pandavas | | | | |