Bhishma said Thus, O king, the kinsmen of the dead child, unable to settle what they should do, were, for fulfilling his own purpose, induced by that sinful jackal who uttered sweet falsehoods-that dweller of the crematorium who went there every night in search of food.
भीष्म उवाच तथा धर्मविरोधेन प्रियमिथ्याभिधायिना। श्मशानवासिना नित्यं रात्रिं मृगयता नृप॥ ततो मध्यस्थतां नीता वचनैरमृतोपमैः। जम्बुकेन स्वकार्यार्थं बान्धवास्तस्य धिष्ठिताः॥