Vaishampayana said Hearing those words of the highly intelligent Vasudeva, Bhishma, raising his head a little, said these words with joined hands.
वैशम्पायन उवाच श्रुत्वा तु वचनं भीष्मो वासुदेवस्य धीमतः। किंचिदुन्नाम्य वदनं प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥