When Bhishma became silent, the Brahmavadins, with voices suppressed with tears, worshipped that great chief of the Kurus in excellent words.
तस्मिन्नुपरते शब्दे ततस्ते ब्रह्मवादिनः। भीष्मं वाग्भिर्बाष्पकण्ठास्तमानचुमहामतिम्॥