Coming up, they went to that side of the bank where they had placed the lotusstalks. Reaching that place, those foremost of men found that the stalks were nowhere to be seen.
भीष्म उवाच अथोत्थाय जलात् तस्मात् सर्वं ते समुपागमन्। नापश्यंश्चापि ते तानि बिसानि पुरुषर्षभाः॥