Bhishma said Regarding it I shall recite to you an old narrative, O Yudhishthira, of the discourse between the Sadhyas and a Swan.
भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम्। साध्यानामिह संवादं हंसस्य च युधिष्ठिर॥