Having been thus again and again urged by his miserable and son-bereaved mother (Satyavati), with words inconsistent with virtue, Bhishma said-
लालप्यमानां तामेवं कृपणां पुत्रगृद्धिनीम्। धर्मादपेतं ब्रुवतीं भीष्मो भूयोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥