Bhishma said Listen to me as I recite the names of the princes who having been devoted to virtue, and having purified their hearts by penances and practiced gifts and other acts of virtue, undoubtedly acquire the different celestial regions.
भीष्म उवाच शृणु यैर्धर्मनिरतैस्तपसा भावितात्मभिः। लोका ह्यसंशयं प्राप्ता दानपुण्यरत्तैर्नृपः। :॥