Then those sages disguised under the forms of swans inhabiting the Manasa lake flew to the sky, and in a line came to see Bhishma, the grandsire of the Kurus,
ततः सम्पातिनो हंसास्त्वरिता मानसौकसः॥ आजग्मुः सहिता द्रष्टुं भीष्मं कुरुपितामहम्।