Bhishma said "O Krishna, O foremost of Beings, be pleased with words with I utter, in brief and in full, from desire of singing your praises.
भीष्म उवाच आरिराधयिषुः कृष्णं वाचं जिगदिधामि याम्॥ तया व्याससमासिन्या प्रीयतां पुरुषोत्तमः।