O great king, O Yudhishthira, having said this, that foremost of virtuous men, Bhishma restraining his speech, stood (before the Rishi) in silence and with joined hands.
एवमुक्त्वा महाराज भीष्मोधर्मभृतां परः। वाग्यतः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा तृष्णीमासीद् युधिष्ठिर॥