Vaishampayana said : Thus addressed by his mother, relatives and friends, the chastiser of foes, the virtuousminded (Bhishma) said the following comfortable to the dictates of virtues.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तथोच्यमानो मात्रा स सुहृद्धिश्च परंतपः। इत्युवाचाथ धर्मात्मा धर्म्यमेवोत्तरं वचः॥