Vaishampayana said Hearing these words of king Yudhishthira, Bhishma, the son of the river Ganges, filled with joy on account of his affection for the monarch and his brothers, said what follows.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा स्नेहादागतसम्भ्रमः। भीष्मो भागीरथीपुत्र इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥