Bhishma said Considering these words of the Rishi Vasishtha as highly important, that great giver of land, king Saudasa, then made gifts of a very large number of kine to the Brahmanas, controlling his senses all the while, and as the result of those gifts, the king succeeded in acquiring many regions of happiness in the next world.
भीष्म उवाच वरमिदमिति भूमिदो विचिन्त्य प्रवरमृषेर्वचनं ततो महात्मा। व्यसृजत नियतात्मवान् द्विजेभ्यः सुबहु च गोधानमाप्तवांश्च लोकान्॥