What will Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, the son of Drona (Ashvathama), Vidura, Sanjaya, the son of Balhika (king), the son of Somadatta and the other revered chiefs and also the chief men of independent professions say to me and what shall I say to them in return?
भीष्मद्रोणौ कृपद्रौणी विदुरः संजयस्तथा। बाह्रीकः सौमदत्तिश्च ये चान्ये वृद्धसम्मताः॥ ब्राह्मणाः श्रेणिमुख्याश्च तथोदासीनवृत्तयः। किं मां वक्ष्यन्ति किं चापि प्रतिवक्ष्यामि तानहम्॥