Bhishma said I do not instruct you regarding duty, taught by what I have heard from the Vedas alone. What I have told you is the result of wisdom and experience. This is the honey that the learned have gleaned.
भीष्म उवाच नैतच्छ्रुत्वाऽऽगमादेव तव धर्मानुशासनम्। प्रजासमवहारोऽयं कविभिः सम्भृतं मधु॥