Bhishma said Listen to me with rapt attention, O king, as I explain to you, O Bharata, these mysteries of duties as the holy Vyasa had explained them to me formerly.
भीष्म उवाच शृणुष्वावहितो राजन् धर्मगुह्यानि भारत। यथा हि भगवान् व्यासः पुरा कथितवान् मयि॥