Bhishma said 'I shall tell you, O Bharata, the policy the king should pursue amid such distress. I shall tell you how he should behave himself at such a time, casting off mercy.
भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि नीतिमापत्सु भारत। उत्सृज्यापि घृणां काले यथा वर्तेत भूमिपः॥