O Lord, how can a kingdom be protected without a king? Therefore, see that the ladies conceive. Bhishma will watch over the children in their womb.
कथं चाराजकं राष्ट्र शक्यं धारयितुं प्रभो। तस्माद् गर्भ समाधत्स्व भीष्मः संवर्धयिष्यति॥