Vaishampayana said After Krishna, the son of Devaki, had said these words, Yudhishthira once more asked Bhishma the son of Shantanu, saying, O you of great intelligence, O foremost of all persons, knowing duties, which, indeed of the two, direct perception and the scriptures, is to be considered as authority for coming to a conclusion?
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तवति वाक्यं तु कृष्णे देवकिनन्दने। भीष्मं शान्तनवं भूयः पर्यपृच्छद् युधिष्ठिरः॥ निर्णये वा महाबुद्धे सर्वधर्मविदां वर। प्रत्यक्षमागमो वेति किं तयोः कारणं भवेत्॥