Bhishma said nus spoken to by Utatthya, O Bharata, Mandhatri unhesitatingly did as he as he was directed, and became the soul king of the wide Earth.
भीष्म उवाच स एवमुक्तो मान्धाता तेनोतथ्येन भारत। कृतवानविशङ्कश्च एकः प्राप च मेदिनीम्॥