Hearing these wholesome and pregnant words of Vasudeva, the righteous Yudhishthira, with voice suppressed with tears, answered Janardana saying—'What you have said, O Madhava, about the greatness of Bhishma, is perfectly true. I have not the least doubt about it.
तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य तथ्यं वचनमुत्तमम्। साश्रुकण्ठः स धर्मज्ञो जनार्दनमुवाच ह॥ यद् भवानाह भीष्मस्य प्रभावं प्रति माधव। तथा तन्नात्र संदेहो विद्यते मम माधव।॥