Vaishampayana said Then Vyasa, O king, that foremost of all persons conversant with the Vedas, looking at that ancient and omniscient person, viz., Narada, said,-If O king, you wish to hear of duties and morality at length, then ask Bhishma, O mighty-armed one, that old grandfather of the Kurus.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तमुवाच महाराज व्यासो वेदविदां वरः। नारदं समभिप्रेक्ष्य सर्वज्ञानां पुरातनम्॥ श्रोतुमिच्छसि चेद् धर्मं निखिलेन नराधिप। प्रैहि भीष्मं महाबाहो वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम्॥