Lying on his bed of arrows, that foremost of men, Bhishma, with pure hearts and joined hands, thought of Krishna in mind, word, and deed.
भीष्मस्तु पुरुषव्याघ्रः कर्मणा मनसा गिरा॥ शरतल्पगतः कृष्णं प्रदध्यौ प्राञ्जलिः शुचिः।