o lord of men, at the thought, they wondered and were delighted; and in obedience to their sectarian duties, they bowed down to the illustrious Bhishma. Then those foremost of men prepared for Bhishma of infinite energy a bed furnished with a pillow, made of close-knotted arrows.
विस्मिताश्च प्रहृष्टाश्च क्षत्रधर्मं निशम्य ते। स्वधर्म निन्दमानास्ते प्रणिपत्य महात्मने॥ शयनं कल्पयामासुर्भीष्मायामितकर्मणे। सोपधानं नरव्याघ्र शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥