Again the king asked that foremost of virtuous men. That perpetuator of Kuru's race once more began to discourse cheerfully on the subject.
पुनश्च परिपप्रच्छ भीष्मं धर्मभृतां वरम्। तपः प्रति स चोवाच तस्मै सर्वं कुरूद्वह॥