Our grandsire is aged, wise, great in wisdom and endued with every virtue. Is this Bhishma, the son of Kunti, in health? Is he of the same habits, as in days of old?
पितामहो नः स्थविरो मनस्वी महाप्राज्ञः सर्वधर्मोपपन्नः। स कौरव्यः कुशली तात भीष्मो यथापूर्वं वृत्तिरस्त्यस्य कच्चित्॥