If so requested they would give away their lives; why should not they do this which is, I say, O learned man, for the preservation of others.
देतद् विद्वन् साधनार्थं ब्रवीमि। एतद् राज्ञो भीष्मपुरोगमस्य मतं यद् वः शान्तिरिहोत्तमा स्यात्॥