Having saluted Hrishikesha, and Bhishma, and taken the permission of all the elders assembled there, Yudhishthira began to question Bhishma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच प्रणिपत्य हृषीकेशमभिवाद्य पितामहम्। अनुमान्य गुरून् सर्वान् पर्यपृच्छद् युधिष्ठिरः॥