Having heard these words of the king of the Chedis, that foremost of the Kurus, that best of all intelligent men, Bhishma thus spoke to Bhima.
ततश्चेदिपतेर्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तत् कुरुसत्तमः। भीमसेनमुवाचेदं भीष्मो मतिमतां वरः॥