Bhishma’s Vow UNMAPPED · MAHABHARATA The war council asks for your vow You are Bhishma. Hastinapura’s throne needs an heir, but you have sworn celibacy for your father’s sake. Now the council presses you further: when the war comes, whose side will you fight on? Refuse to answer — silence is safest Vow loyalty to the throne, whoever sits on it Ask to be released from your vow entirely