Fifty-six days, O foremost of Kuru's race, still remain for you to live. Renouncing your body, you shall then, O Bhishma, obtain the blessed meed of your deeds.
पञ्चाशतं षट् च कुरुप्रवीर शेष दिनानां तव जीवितस्या ततः शुभैः कर्मफलोदयैस्त्वं समेष्यसे भीष्म विमुच्य देहम्॥