Bhishma said Do you, O prince, attentively listen to the details I shall recite about the custom of giving away umbrellas and shocs at religious rites, and as to how and by whom it was introduced.
भीष्म उवाच शृणु राजन्नवहितश्छत्रोपानहविस्तरम्। यथैतत् प्रथितं लोके यथा चैतत् प्रवर्तितम्॥