Bhishma said Having said these conciliatory words pregnant with virtue, pleasure and profit, and having pleased the king, the jackal retired to the forest.
भीष्म उवाच एवंविधं सान्त्वमुक्त्वा धर्मकामार्थहेतुमत्। प्रसादयित्वा राजानं गोमायुर्वनमभ्यगात्॥