Bhishma said Great is the merit, O king, in supporting a suppliant. It is worthy of you, O best of the Bharatas, to ask such a question.
भीष्म उवाच महान् धर्मो महाराज शरणागतपालने। अर्हः प्रष्टुं भवांश्चैव प्रश्नं भरतसत्तम॥