O Bhishma, if you know Dharına, if your mind is guided by wisdom, why was that virtuous maiden Amba, who desired to have another for her husband, was forcibly carried away by you? Your brother Vichitravirya who followed the path of the pious men,
चेत् त्वं धर्मं विजानासि यदि प्राज्ञा मतिस्तव। अन्यकामा हि धर्मज्ञा कन्यका प्राज्ञमानिना। अम्बा नामेति भद्रं ते कथं सापहृता त्वया॥ तां त्वयापि हृतां भीष्म कन्यां नैषितवान् यतः। भ्राता विचित्रवीर्यस्ते सतां मार्गमनुष्ठितः॥