'O Yudhishthira, this question certainly becomes you. Its answer yields great happiness. Listen to me, O son, as I describe to you, O Bharata, all the duties which are not generaliy known, but which should be practised in times of distress.
भीष्म उवाच त्वयुक्तोऽयमनुप्रश्नो युधिष्ठिर सुखोदयः। शृणु मे पुत्र कात्स्र्थेन गुह्यमापत्सु भारत॥