Vaishampayana said Seeing that assembly of kings agitated by anger, as the fearful ocean is agitated by the winds at the time of the universal dissolution, Yudhishthira thus spoke to that foremost of all intelligent men, the grandsire of the Kurus, the aged Bhishma, as that slayer of foes, Purohita (Indra) of extraordinary prowess, speaks to Brihaspati. “This.vast ocean of kings have been agitated by wrath. O grandsire, tell me what should be done now.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः सागरसंकाशं दृष्ट्वा नृपतिमण्डलम्। संवर्तवाताभिहतं भीमं क्षुब्धमिवार्णवम्॥ रोषात् प्रचलितं सर्वमिदमाह युधिष्ठिरः। भीष्मं मतिमतां मुख्यं वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम्। बृहस्पतिं बृहत्तेजाः पुरुहूत इवारिहा॥ असौ रोषात् प्रचलितो महान् नृपतिसागरः। अत्र यत् प्रतिपत्तव्यं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥